Died
at about age 58
in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield County, Connecticut United States
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Biography
Sergeant Epaphras Goodsell served with 2nd Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Epaphras Goodsell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045678.
Necronym
Epaphras was born "Monday about breaks a day in the morning" of 23 May 1742 and baptized on 29 May 1742 at Greenfield Hill, CT.[1]
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.
New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Jul 1914; Records of the Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., page 295
United States Revolutionary War Rolls Name Epaphras Goodsell Event Type Military Service Event Date 03 Jan 1778 Event Place Connecticut, United States Military Rank Privte Citing this Record "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-CMXX : 15 March 2018), Epaphras Goodsell, 03 Jan 1778; citing 03 Jan 1778, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,285.
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 30 Aug 2023), "Record of Epaphras Goodsell", Ancestor # A045678.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Epaphras 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 Epaphras: