John Goodrich Jr. (abt. 1652 - bef. 1696)

Born about 1652 in Upper Parish, Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia

Husband of Anne (Bechinoe) Goodrich — married 1673 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia

Descendants

Died before 9 Jun 1696 before about age 44 in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

John Goodrich Jr. is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

John Goodrich Jr. was a Virginia colonist.

John Goodrich,^[1] son of John Goodrich and Joan UNKNOWN, was born about 1652 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

John was Captain of Militia and justice of the peace in Isle of Wight County. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses for the 1695-96 sessions but died before the 1696 session began.^[2]

Death & Legacy

Captain John Goodrich died before June 9, 1696, when his will was recorded in Isle of Wight county:^[3]

• sons George and John
  
• daughters Honour, Constancy, Mary, and Elizabeth
  
• daughter Elizabeth had "land given her by her grandfather-in-law, George Cripps"
  
• wife (not named) extx
  
• Overseers: "my brother Robert Kae and Mr. James Day"
• Wit. Robert Thomas, Martha Thropp, Edward Farnesfield, Thomas Proud

His will was dated January 13, 1695 and describes land adjoining Thomas Proud and Thomas Thropp (to son George), land on which Thomas Drew lives (to son John), and land "bought of Gilbert Adams" (in addition to the land given to Elizabeth, noted above).^[3]

Heirs

Isle of Wight Co., VA, DB 8, p. 457, 3 Apr 1752: “Edward Goodrich and James Calcote and wife, Mary Calcote, of Newport Parish in Isle of Wight and Elizabeth Clinch of Southwark Parish in Surry Co. to James Baker of Isle of Wight. 50 acres on the main Blackwater adj. Benjamin Goodrich and sd. Baker (being the same land John Goodrich, the Elder, willed on 13 Jan 1695 to his dau. Constantia Goodrich for her natural life and then to go to his two sons, John Goodrich and George Goodrich. Edward Goodrich is Heir at Law to the sd. John Goodrich and Mary Calcote and Elizabeth Clinch are coheirs of the sd. George Goodrich). Wit: John Wills, Richard Baker, Thomas Applewhaite, Francis Wrenn, Charles Fulgham, William Goodrich. Rec. 4 Jun 1752.” ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Goodrich, John - A3101; died 1696, Isle of wight Co.: 1695-96 (Burgess). accessed 7 August 2021
2. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R., Editor. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia.Richmond, Va.: 1915. Pages 4, 5, 46
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Probate record index, page 52, Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records, 1634-1951 (posted by FamilySearch, courtesy of Isle of Wight Circuit Court)
4. ↑ Hopkins, William Windsay, “Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Deeds, 1750-1782,” Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA, 1995.

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Goodrich-530 created through the import of Williams Family Tree(1).ged on May 30, 2012 by Chris Harter.