William was the son of Edward Goddard and his second wife Constance Thornbaugh. William, son of Edward Goddard, was born on 1 September 1633 and baptised on 12 September 1633 in East Woodhay, Hampshire, England.[1]
He married Elizabeth, the daughter of John D'Oyley of Chislehampton, Oxfordshire. William married Elizabeth Doyly in November 1653 in St Gregory By St Paul, City of London, London, England.[2]They had one son, Edward.
William's second marriage was to Dorothy Scrope by a licence issued stating[3]
Goddard, William of East Woodhey, co. Southampton, gent., widower, 30, and Dorothy Scrope, spinster, 19, her parents dead, with consent of her brother-in-law, John Collins, of Wormsley, co. Oxon, gent. - at Aston, Stokenchurch, or Ipston, co. Oxon. 12 Sept 1663
He made a third marriage to Frances Carpenter, daughter of Robert Carpenter of London. their marriage took place on 14 June 1666 at Saint Margaret Lothbury, London.[4]
William died 21 Jan 1690 aged 57 years and was buried at East Woodhay, Hampshire, England. [5] A monumental inscription in the church at East Woodhay reads:
Here lies buried William GODDARD Esq son of the above said Edward GODDARD and Constance his wife (who married Elizabeth ye daughter of John D’OYLEY of Chiselhampton in the county of Oxon, and had issue by her one son Edward). He died the 21st day of January 1690 aged 57 years. [5]
William was buried on 26 Jan 1690 in East Woodhay, Hampshire, England.[6]
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Categories: East Woodhay, Hampshire | England, Goddard Name Study
From Foster's London Marriage Licences p.556 https://archive.org/details/londonmarriageli00fost/page/n307/mode/2up
Goddard, William of East Woodhey, co. Southampton, gent., widower, 30, and Dorothy Scrope, spinster, 19, her parents dead, with consent of her brother-in-law, John Collins, of Wormsley, co. Oxon, gent. - at Aston, Stokenchurch, or Ipston, co. Oxon. 12 Sept 1663
Dorothy might be yet another previously unrecognised daughter of Adrian Scrope