Elijah Goodrich (1724 - 1791)

Born 3 Jul 1724 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Gillett) Goodrich — married 20 Aug 1752 in Wintonbury Church, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 Oct 1791 at age 67 in Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts USA

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Biography

Elijah Goodrich is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045552.

Elijah Goodrich served with Civil Service, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

"Elijah Goodrich (Jacob, John, William), born July 3, 1724; died Oct. 3, 1791 ; married, Aug. 20, 1752, Margaret Gillett; resided in Windsor, Conn., and Hancock, Mass."^[1]

Apr 20, 1752 - Elijah Goodrich and Margeree Gillett married in Wintonbury Church^[2]

13 Nov 1753 - Elijah Goodrich and Margeret his Wife - Renewed their covenant in Wintonbury Church^[3][4]

1782 - Elijah Goodrich served as a Surveyor of Highways ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ No. 87, pg 52 - The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
2. ↑ Wintonbury Church Records - The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vols. 37-52 (1883-98), pg. 278
3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vols. 37-52 (1883-98), pg. 79
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Bloomfield, Connecticut
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 11 Aug 2023), "Record of Elijah Goodrich Sr", Ancestor # A045552.

• findagrave.com for Elijah Goodrich
• No. 87, pg 52 - The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
• Genealogical Notes Or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Masschusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin (1982), pg. 71
• The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut, descendants of William and Ozias Goodwin by Goodwin, James Junius (1891), No. 81, pg. 162

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Dennis Soules for creating WikiTree profile Goodrich-719 through the import of Never Ending Story_2013-04-18_01.ged on Apr 18, 2013.
• GED file graciously provided to Whitney Rapp on 10/18/17 by Goodrich Family Association (http://www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org) for upload to WikiTree.

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