Thomas Goodwin was born in Kittery, Maine about 1660. He was the son of Daniel Goodwin and Margaret Spencer.
Thomas Goodwin and Mehitable Plaisted married about 1685 in Maine; daughter of Lieut. Roger Plaisted (son of Ichabod Plaisted).[1]
Thomas and his family were living in Mr. Love's house when Salmon Falls was sacked by the Indians in March 1689/90. He, his wife Mehitable and their infant son were captured. Mehitable's brother James who was also captured wrote that Thomas had killed one Frenchman and wounded another in the attack and was to be tried for his life by a council of war, however he was free before his wife was released in Oct. 1695. Mehitable had a cruel captor who was disturbed by the wailing of her young baby. To quiet the child she would sit for hours in the snow far from the fire, but the Indian, impatient of her slow progress, snatched it from her arms and killed it.
Three years later, at Montreal, on Monday, 11 May, 1693, there was solemnly baptized an English woman, called in her own country, Mehetabel and by the French, who captured her in war 18 March 1690, Esther, who, born at Barwic, in New England 30 April (old style or 19 May new style) 1670, of the marriage of Roger Pleisted, Protestant, and of Olive Colman, of the same religion, and married to Thomas Gouden, also Protestant, living since nearly three years in the service of Mademoiselle de Nauguiere. She was named Marie Esther.[2] "Hitobl Goodin" was one of those redeemed in Oct 1695 by Mathew Cary. [3]
Thomas signed a Berwick petition for a separate township 4 Sept. 1697 and a petition asking for assistance to support the minister 3 Apr. 1698.[4]
"Thomas Goodwin of ye parrish of Berwick… Husbandman… in Consideration of ye Sum of forty Shillings… paid… by Daniel Goodwin… husbandman… doth… sell… Sundry pieces & parcells of upland and Meadow… in sd Berwick at a plae Comonly Called… Slutts Corner Containing Two Acres… Also Three Quarters of an acres of Meadow… Joyning to that formerly purchased of Daniel Goodwin Senr decd… & halfe an Acre of Meadow ground bounded on Meadow of Richd Lord… ye Twentyeth day of may… seventeen hundred & Thirteen…
Thomas Goodwin
Mehittable Goodwin
In ye psence of us
John Bradstreet
Mary Spencer
William Wadlin
His W Mark"[5]
"An Inventory of the estate of Ensign Thomas Gooding of Barwick Decesed
Waring Cloaths & new Cloath at................10 13 0
Armes & amonition at.................................02 05 0
Mony or Cash...............................................08 00 0
Beds and beden...........................................14 11 6
Tabell Linin....................................................00 13 6
Colen [?] woll.................................................01 03 4
Woll and yearn..............................................00 15 0
Puter at..........................................................03 15 6
Brase at.........................................................00 16 0
Wood at.........................................................01 07 0
Fier vesels at.................................................03 19 1
Old Iron..........................................................00 14 0
Chains & [ ]...................................................03 00 0
Old housold ware and Tubs........................04 08 0
Books and some old house stufe...............01 09 0
4 oxen : 24 : 3 Cowes : 12£ : 2 : 3 : year old- 7£ 4 :
2 : year old one yearling: 9..........................52 00 0
One Mare : Bridle and Sadle......................02 12 0
Cart whels yoks forks sled Plow.................02 07 0
ffour Swine at................................................02 10 0
three old horses...........................................02 10 0
home steed house Barn orchard Land and houses
Medowes all at...........................................260 00 0
Seven acres & half of Land at Will Cocks
pond..............................................................03 00 0
Twenty five acers of Land at pipstafe hill..12 10 0
Eighteen acres of Land at Neteguteqit......09 0 0
Seven acres at Letell Rever.........................02 0 0
.....................................................................405 19 11
Apprised by us the Subscribers this ffirst Day of march : 1713/14 :
Daniell Emery
Benjamin nason
Benjamin Libby
The accompt of Mehetable Goodin administratrix of… Mr. Thomas Gooding late of Berwick…
The said accomptant petitions for allowance as followeth
To Charges of Administration......................1 0 0
Paid Mrs Elizabeth Hubbord & Phillip
Hubbord.........................................................1 10 0
Paid Mrs Spencer..........................................1 00 0
Paid Phillip Stagpole.....................................3 16 0
Paid Mr Daniel Goodin.................................4 10 0
Paid the Doctriss woman.............................2 00 0
Ditto to Elizabeth Hearl................................0 15 0
To Samuell Brackit........................................0 5 0
Paid Collo Packer...........................................2 15 0
Paid Nathaniel goodin..................................1 2 0
To Benjamin Libby.........................................0 15 -
Paid Alexander Gray......................................0 10 6
To James Grant...............................................0 7 0
Paid Capt Brackit...........................................0 6 0
To Bial Hambleton.........................................2 2 0
To Mr. Breade.................................................1 15 0
To madm Brown............................................9 0 0
Paid Daniel Stone..........................................1 0 0
Paid Jonathan Stone.....................................3 0 0
......................................................................37 8 6
To Captn Elisha Plaisted...............................4 8 0
The funeral Charges...................................20 0 0
To bringing up two Children one of three years old
& the other of five years............................38 10 0
To allowing accompts & other Charges...00 8 0
To [ ] Demanded of Coll Plaisted.........20 15 10
To 45£ Ditto of Madm Brown...................45 0 0
To 10£-10s to Isaac Barns.........................10 10 0
To allowance to the administration for her
extraordinary trouble and expence...........5 0 0
....................................................................184 12 4…
In Real Estate..........................................£289 0 0
In personal Estate....................................126 19 11
...................................................................415 19 11"[6]
I Mehetable Goodin of Berwick… Widow & Reliques of Thomas Goddin of sd Berwick Decd… in Consideration of ye Sum of twenty five Pounds… paid… by John Plaisted Esqr of Portsmouth… twenty five Acres…bounded… on ye Land of Moses Spencer… Isaac Botts… on Neckewanack little River… part of a fifty Acres Grant Granted toMoses Spencer in ye Year 1671 & Sold to Daniel Goodin in ye Year 1674… Dated in sd Berwick Octobr ye Twentieth… seventeen hundred & twenty six…
Mehetebel Gooden
Presence of us
Elisha Plaisted
Daniel Lebey
John Bradstreet"[7]
Their children include:[1]
Thomas Goodwin died on 26 March 1714 in Kittery, Maine and is buried in Old Fields Cemetery, South Berwick, Maine. (Find A Grave memorial page includes a note: Thomas is assumed to be there, based on the fact that his parents, wife, and son are buried there. The only photography of a memorial stone, amoung these, is for his wife.)[8]
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