Rebecca Goodridge (1723 - 1809)

Born 17 Apr 1723 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Ezekiel Goodridge — married 18 Dec 1744 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1809 at age 85 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

REBECCA GOODRIDGE, b. at Newbury, 17 Apr 1723^[1] daughter of Philip and Mehitable (Woodman) Goodridge; d. at Lunenburg, 4 Mar 1809;^[2] m. at Newbury, 18 Dec 1744,^[3] her first cousin, EZEKIEL GOODRIDGE, b. 3 Jun 1713^[4] son of Jeremiah and Mary (Rowe) Goodridge; Ezekiel d. at Lunenburg, 30 Aug 1777.

Ezekiel and Rebecca had a farm in Lunenburg. Ezekiel did not leave a will and widow Rebecca was administratrix. Inventory was made 20 October 1777 with personal estate valued at £170.3.6. Real estate was house and barn on sixty acres valued at £266.13.4. The distribution of the real estate was made 21 October 1778. The dower thirds were set off to the widow and the remainder of the estate to Ezekiel eldest son, Joshua Goodridge second son, Mary Ritter wife of Moses Ritter eldest daughter, Francis Goodridge third son, and Elizabeth Goodridge second daughter. Philip Goodridge was guardian for Francis Goodridge.^[5]

Children

Rebecca Goodridge and Ezekiel Goodridge were parents of five children.

i MARY GOODRIDGE, b. at Newbury, 23 Sep 1747;^[6] d. at Lunenburg, 15 Dec 1785; m. at Lunenburg, 5 Sep 1771, MOSES RITTER, b. at Newbury, 17 Feb 1741/2 son of Moses and Hannah (Jackman) Ritter; Moses d. at Lunenburg, 20 Apr 1810. Moses married second at Shirley on 8 Dec 1791 the widow Elizabeth Hartwell Diggins.

ii ELIZABETH GOODRIDGE, b. at Newbury, 20 Oct 1751;^[7] d. after 1808 when living at Clarendon, VT; m. at Lunenburg, 11 Sep 1779. JOSHUA SAXTON who has not been identified; Joshua d. at Lunenburg, 1783 (probate 7 August 1783). No children are known. On 1 April 1783, Elizabeth sold the property set off to her from her father’s estate to Thomas Burkmore for £13.10. In October 1808, Elizabeth Saxton then of Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont, sold her right in the reversion of the dower of Rebecca Goodridge to Peter Brown of Lunenburg for $25.^[8] Spinster Elizabeth Saxton was “warned out” of Lunenburg in 1791.^[9] As Elizabeth had not remarried, this warning out likely refers to her. Elizabeth was head of household in Lunenburg in 1790, the household consisting of two females.^[10] In 1800 at Clarendon, VT, the household of Elizabeth Saxton was one female.^[11]

iii EZEKIEL GOODRIDGE, b. at Lunenburg, 5 May 1755;^[12] d. after 1818; m. 1st at Lunenburg, 17 Mar 1779, HEPHZIBAH DODGE, b. at Lunenburg, 30 Oct 1761 daughter of Zebulon and Martha (Wallace) Dodge; Hephzibah d. by 1818. Ezekiel Real estate m. 2nd (intention at Lunenburg, 1 May 1818), widow EUNICE DAVIS.

iv JOSHUA GOODRICH, b. at Lunenburg, 7 Oct 1758; d. at Fletcher, VT, 26 Oct 1835; m. 27 Aug 1792, SALLY CARRIER, b. at Ellington, 18 Sep 1765 daughter of Isaac and Prudence (Hubbard) Carrier; Sally d. at Fletcher, 17 Jul 1843.

v FRANCIS GOODRIDGE, baptized 29 Aug 1761;^[13] d. at Fletcher, VT, 4 Mar 1838; m. at Wilmington, MA, 25 Jul 1782, SARAH GRIFFIN who has not been identified.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMP-N22 : 15 January 2020), Rebecca Goodridge, 1723.
2. ↑ Rebecca and Ezekiel are interred at South Cemetery in Lunenburg: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84225476/rebeckah-goodridge: accessed 12 November 2023), memorial page for Rebeckah Goodridge Goodridge (17 Apr 1723–4 Mar 1809), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84225476, citing South Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Dennis Hitzing (contributor 48315235)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-Z5J : 10 November 2020), Rebecca Goodridge in entry for Ezekial Goodridge, 18 Dec 1744; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZSLB : 29 November 2018), Ezekiel Goodridge, 3 Jun 1713; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.
5. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 24732
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMV-CRX : 15 January 2020), Mary Goodridge, 1747.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZM2-YN5 : 15 January 2020), Elizabeth Goodridge, 1751.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 92:607; 171:143
9. ↑ Cunningham, George Alfred. n.d. Cunningham's History of the Town of Lunenburg: from the Original Grant, December 7th 1719 to January 1st, 1866. https://dp.la/search?q=Cunningham%27s+history+of+the+town+of+Lunenburg. S-Z, p 704
10. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Lunenburgh, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 325; Image: 364; Family History Library Film: 0568144
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRQ-Y2M : accessed 5 March 2021), Elizabeth Saxton, Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, United States; citing p. 50, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 52; FHL microfilm 218,689.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TLLF : 10 November 2020), Ezekiel Goodridge, 5 May 1755; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
13. ↑ Cunningham, George Alfred. n.d. Cunningham's History of the Town of Lunenburg: from the Original Grant, December 7th 1719 to January 1st, 1866. https://dp.la/search?q=Cunningham%27s+history+of+the+town+of+Lunenburg. E-H, p 317

See Also

• Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

Acknowledgements

• GED file graciously provided to Whitney Rapp on 10/18/17 by Goodrich Family Association (http://www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org) for upload to WikiTree.