John Goodsell was born on 21 Dec 1706[1] in East Haven, CT. He died 27 Dec 1762.
NEGHR has birth date 21 Dec 1706, from the Greenfield Hill Church register.
He married Mary Lewis on 20 July 1725 at Greenfield Hill Church.[2]
1725 grad. Yale
He was the first rector of the Greenfield Church.
They had 10 children.
John Goodsell "inherited part of his father's land in Branford, and in 1738 he traded 14 acres on "Mulliner's Hill" in that town for a negro girl."[3]
His will is dated 21 April 1762 and proved on 21 February 1764 in Fairfield.[4]
His inventory was taken on 4 May 1764 in Fairfield.[5]
Slaves
a negro girl
Research Notes
Corrected death year of Rev. John Goodsell to 1763. It would be exceedingly strange for him to die in 1762 and the family would wait until 1764 to have his will probated. Although Jacobus (1923) reported 1762, both Dexter (1885) and Orcutt (1886) reported 1763 as his death year.
Sources
↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-W : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 26, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 1.
↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9F6-9 : 17 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 91, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 186.
↑The Goodsell Family of Connecticut, P. H. Goodsell, 1986, Newberry Library, Chicago IL: CS71.G6556 1986, p. 8.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBKR : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 220-221 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 407-409.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBJF : 7 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 281-282, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 525-527.
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Godsell-2 and Goodsell-189 appear to represent the same person because: Info on Goodsell-189 is from the Greenfield Hill Church records, entered by Goodsell himself (and/or his wife.) Either way, both profiles are for the first pastor of Greenfield Hill Church, so it's definitely the same man. I recommend going with the info on Goodsell-189 because it's closer to the source.