Capt.
John
Godfrey
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Godfrey and Sarah (Godfrey) Smithwick
Died
at about age 52
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2013
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Biography
"... of Newport, mariner, who, in 1689, under the authority of the Colony of Rhode Island, was given command of an armed brigantine fitted out from that place and sent in pursuit of a French privateer which had invaded and plundered Block Island." (Clarke)
Name
- John Godfrey
Title
- Captain
Birth
- abt 1650 England
Marriage
- Sarah Waller
Death
- 1702
Sources
- Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903) Page 110-1
- Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Joan (Greene) Pierpont
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M390794 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lucile Bryan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch RC6715648 [compare], FTDNA kit #257319
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