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William Goodrich (bef.1609-bef.1645)

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Disputed Origins: William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, MA

General Y-DNA Testing Strategy

Though it has been common practice in published works concerning the immigrant William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, MA to focus attention on William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, MA rather than on the more familiar and extensively published brothers John-1 Goodrich and William-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT, [1] [2] [3] a closer investigation and review of various prior works eventually yielded an increase in knowledge of what these three immigrants appear to share in their respective ancestries.

Since there are no known vital, parish, will or other records to corroborate as his parents William Goodrich II of Hessett and Barbara Cole, who were married on 16 May 1608 and had an un-named son (expected to be named William if named after the paternal grandfather, as was the family tradition at that time, or even if named after the father) was baptized on 11 Jun 1609 at St. Ethelbert-Hessett; [4] about 30 miles from Woolverstone where the immigrant William Goodrich married Margaret Butterfield on 19 Aug 1631, an attempt was made to demonstrate with Y-DNA testing whether the proposed parents were even possible, and if possible, what is the current status of the probability that the proposed parents are accurate, and what if any kit types would still be required to improve the current status.

The strategy for determining whether or not the proposed ancestry for William-1 Goodridge of Watertown is likely using Y-DNA testing can be visualized by referring to the Felsham Goodrich ancestral chart below:

Felsham Goodrich Y-Ancestry Options

In the chart above, note that:

  • The ancestries of Thomas-1 Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, VA (represented by kit G-62; YF05421 on the YFull tree on YFull.com) and of William-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT (represented by kit G-18; YF02189) are known; the proposed ancestry of William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge (represented by kit G-50; YF05422) is being tested.
  • If G-50 was a descendant of the Goodrich ancestry shown, he would be more closely related to G-18 than he is related to G-62, and William-1 Goodridge would be a first cousin of William-1 Goodrich, and they would be second cousins of Thomas-1 Goodrich.
  • Therefore, if G-50 is more closely related to G-18 than to G-62, the ancestry of G-50 also has to go through William Goodrich I of Hessett, and only then would G-50 be a single generation closer to G-18, with common Y-ancestor William Goodrich I of Hessett, with Robert Goodrich of Felsham being the common Y-ancestor of all 3 kits G-18, G-50 and G-62.
  • The requirement that the Y-line of G-50 must co-descend from William Goodrich I of Hessett is the reason why the un-named son of William Goodrich II of Hessett, baptized 11 Jun 1609 at Hessett, [5] is of interest, because in the Felsham Goodrich chart shown above there are only 3 Y-descendants of William Goodrich I of Hessett who had sons, and only one of them, William Goodrich II of Hessett, is both old enough to be the father of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, and has a recorded son old enough to be William-1 Goodridge of Watertown.
  • If G-50 is not related more closely to G-18 than to G-62, or if a closer relationship cannot be demonstrated with sufficiently reliable evidence, then the resulting greater number of possible origins of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown in the cumulative Felsham Goodrich ancestry will restore a sole reliance on finding a proof record, with no way to know in advance where to find it.
  • Eldest son Robert died before the 1631 will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, so though he is old enough to be the father of William Goodridge of Watertown, MA, there is no record to substantiate that eldest son Robert Goodrich even survived childhood after he was named: William Goodrich and Robert his son, in a Hessett deed of feoffment with livery of seisin dated 06 Oct 1585. [6] At least in the case of Robert, there is a record of his baptism on 05 May 1577 at St. Ethelbert-Hessett, [7] and the deed of feoffment in 1585, to verify that he existed. In other (especially earlier) cases in which a Felsham Goodrich will has a principal heir not named after his paternal grandfather, there may have been another undocumented son who, like Robert, was named after the paternal grandfather, and was possibly destined to be the principal heir in the will of his father, until this son died prematurely.
  • Though second son William Goodrich II of Hessett was named in the 1631 will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, he was not the principal heir, though it is unknown if second son William knew, 22 years earlier in 1609, that this would be the case, and so he would be expected to name his eldest son after paternal grandfather William Goodrich I, and even if William Goodrich II ignored the family first name convention and named his first son after himself, the eldest son would still be named William.
  • Third son Henry Goodrich also died before the 1631 will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, and had by his second wife, Rose Howe, [8] a son John Goodrich baptized in 1621, [9] and in 1626 his son named William Goodrich was baptized. [10] Both of these sons were too young, by far, to be married in 1631 as was the immigrant William Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, MA.
  • Fourth son and principal heir John Goodrich not only named what is now realized to be his first son, Rev. William Goodrich the Elder of Hessett, after paternal grandfather William; he also named a younger son, the immigrant William-1 Goodrich of CT, William Goodrich the Younger; and named both sons with this distinguishing convention along with his youngest son Jeremy Goodrich and his second son and principal heir John Goodrich in his 1632 will (13 years after third son Henry Goodrich was baptized and buried in 1619); [11] a year after John had been named as principal heir in the 1631 will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, despite not being the eldest surviving son.
  • Though all three immigrant ancestors have multiple Y-DNA test kits shown in their Y-STR groupings, William-1 Goodridge of MA and Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA both have representation from just one generation 2 son of the immigrant ancestor, while William-1 Goodrich of CT has representation from all four surviving generation 2 sons.

Two major types of Y-DNA testing have been accomplished: Y-STR (since 2005) and next-generation-sequencing (NGS) Y-SNP (since 2013).

Y-STR Testing

Though Y-STR mutations are not permanent, and are reversible, and therefore have limitations in terms of their capability of resolving relationships in genealogical timeframes, there appear to be two potential uses for Y-STR testing in the current situation.

After commercial Y-STR Y-DNA testing became available after 2000, 5 Y-line descendants of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown, Massachusetts tested Y43/Y37 with SMGF. [12] The results for these 5 kits (2-6) as of Jan 2011, when SMGF was still operational, are shown and are compared with kit 1; also known as G-18, who is an attested Y-descendant of William-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield, Connecticut, in the image that follows.

Goodrich (1) vs. Goodridge (2-6) in SMGF Y-STR Y43/Y37 Y-DNA Testing (26 Jan 2011)

More extensive Y-STR comparison information is available from FTDNA [13] Y25, Y37, Y67 and Y111 Y-STR tests, shown in the 2-part (Y1-Y55); (Y56-Y111) image below with a probability assessment for the DYS390 = 25 (William-1 Goodridge of MA and William-1 Goodrich of CT) vs. DYS390 = 24 (Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA) results.

Goodrich Surname Y-STR Y-DNA Project (Y1-Y55)
Goodrich Surname Y-STR Y-DNA Project (Y56-Y111)
Goodrich Surname Y-DNA Project DYS390 Y-STR Results Compared to Parent Y-DNA Haplogroup E-Z5018 Results

In the more extensive Y25-Y111 Y-STR data depicted in the 3 images above, with representation from one generation 2 son for William-1 Goodridge of MA and Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA and representation from all four generation 2 sons of William-1 Goodrich of CT, note that:

  • No consistent trends are observed when kits are compared side-by-side in terms of genetic distance (difference in the number of highlighted mutations) at Y37, Y41, Y43, Y67 or even at Y111, yet this was the preferred simple method of comparison of close genealogical time-frame relations from 2005 through 2011.
  • There are, however, certain mutations at individual Y-STR markers that are useful as long as the Y-STR markers involved mutate just fast enough so that points of difference are seen, yet do not mutate too rapidly so that stray mutations not associated with a point of difference of interest are avoided. The best example of such a Y-STR marker in the Y111 data shown is DYS390, which has been DYS390 = 24 (24 is known as the allele value for DYS390) for all Y-descendants of Thomas-2 Goodrich of VA, and DYS390 = 25 for all Y-descendants of William-1 Goodridge of MA and of William-1 Goodrich of CT. No stray instances of DYS390 = 25 or DYS390 = 24 that are not part of this single trend have been seen. It remains to be seen whether DYS635 = 21 (DYS635 is also known as Y-GATA-C4) among Y-descendants of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown is of similar utility once DYS635 status in kits that represent all of the 3 surviving sons of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown is determined.
  • In the DYS390 allele value chart shown, the number of instances in which DYS390 is allele value 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 in the parent Y-DNA haplogroup E-Z5018 is shown. DYS390 = 24 is the modal (mode), or most prevalent, or the "ancestral" allele value, with 70.54% occurrence in 594 total E-Z5018 kits, and DYS390 = 25 is one of the minor mutated allele values at 16.67% occurrence.
  • The probability that a given kit (an independent observation) is DYS390 = 25 is 0.167 or 16.7%. And so the probability that, for instance, all of the kits Y-descending from the 4 sons of William-1 Goodrich mutated to DYS390 = 25 independently sometime after their respective Y-lines diverged is, with regard to the 4 Y-lines involved: 0.167 x 0.167 x 0.167 x 0.167 = 0.0007778, or 1 in 1,295. It is therefore unlikely that the current status of DYS390 = 25, among all Y-descendants of William-1 Goodrich who have tested so far, is due to independent mutations in the 4 Y-lines; rather, it is more likely the mutation DYS390 = 24 to DYS390 = 25 occurred in a shared Y-ancestor no later than William-1 Goodrich of CT, or in one of his Y-ancestors.
  • The DYS390 = 25 situation for the 1 son (of 3 total sons) of William-1 Goodridge is not as straightforward. SInce the 6 kits shown all Y-descend from the same generation 2 son (and even share the same generation 7 Y-ancestor), it is not prohibitively unlikely that this single Y-line went from DYS390 = 24 to DYS390 = 25 with a probability of 0.167 or 1 in 6, especially in this case since there are 7 generations of shared Y-ancestry during which this mutation could have taken place, whereas there is considerable generational diversity represented among the 4 sons of William-1 Goodrich of CT who have tested so far. And so the appropriate conservative interpretation is that the probability the single Y-line of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown represented so far mutated to DYS390 = 25 independently, sometime during the 7 generations these 6 kits shared the same Y-line, is 1 in 6, and therefore this possibility is not sufficiently prohibitive.
  • The situation for William-1 Goodridge Y-descendants could be improved if Y-descendants of sons Jeremiah-2 Goodridge and Benjamin-2 Goodridge could be recruited and tested. If DYS390 = 25 is seen in all 3 of these Y-lines, then it could be stated that the probability that each of the 3 Y-lines mutated to DYS390 = 25 independently is 1 in 215, and the 3 Y-lines and the 4 Y-lines of William-1 Goodrich of CT could be pooled to yield a cumulative probability that the 7 Y-lines involved mutated to DYS390 = 25 independently is just 1 in 279,544.
  • The situation is improved further if Y-descendants of the other sons of Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA: Benjamin-2 Goodrich, Joseph-2 Goodrich, and Peter-2 Goodrich, test and have DYS390 = 24 result seen for Y-descendants of Charles-2 Goodrich; providing maximum support for the interpretation that the DYS390 = 24 to DYS390 = 25 mutation occurred in a shared Y-ancestor of WIlliam-1 Goodridge of MA and William-1 Goodrich of CT, which in turn would require that William-1 Goodridge of MA and William-1 Goodrich of CT were related to each other more closely (first cousins) than they were related to Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA (second cousins).

Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS) Y-STR Testing

The latest NGS Y-SNP tests also include hundreds of Y-STR markers, and the FTDNA Big Y-700 test, in particular, provides up to 700 Y-STR markers or more. Increasing the number of Y-STR markers that are being compared increases the number of Y-STR mutation points of difference, which increases the accuracy of calculations of genetic distance between kits.

G-18 and G-62 have taken the Big Y-700 test, and G-50 is preparing to take the Big Y-700 test soon.

In the meantime, using the FGC Y-Elite 2.0 test that G-18, G-50 and G-62 took at the same time in 2014 and had interpreted in 2015, the Y-STR portion of the data was interpreted by YFull and a total of 463 Y-STR markers with reliable reads were found to be shared by the 3 kits. The table below, summarizing the results by comparing each kit to the Y463 modal of the 3 kits, suggests that G-18 is related more closely to G-50 than to G-62.

Y463 Y-STR Comparison

However, the modal distances between G-18 vs. G-50 (16), and G-18 vs. G-62 (19), differ by just 3 mutations. This could be increased to as much as 5 mutations when Big Y-700 Y700+ data is available for all 3 kits, and of course the disparity should be in the same direction if the trend is accurate, so for now the data shown above is considered preliminary, with an outcome that is at least not inconsisted with the proposed placement of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown as son of William Goodrich II of Hessett.

NGS Y-SNP Testing

NGS Y-SNP testing is a much simpler and more powerful tool to use that is capable of producing Y-SNP mutations that, due to their permanent, irreversible nature, are considered to be of "fingerprint" quality, provided that: 1) a Y-SNP mutation point of difference exists, 2) the Y-SNP mutation point of difference is detected, and 3) the Y-SNP mutation point of difference has reliable rather than ambiguous reads of the allele status (A, C, G, T) at the nucleotide base pair (nbp) out of the 59 million total nbps of the Y-chromosome. There are an estimated 12-14 million nbps, of the 59 million total nbps of the Y-chromosome, believed to be capable of reliable reads for Y-SNP mutations in the FTDNA Big Y-700 and FGC Y-Elite 2.1 NGS Y-SNP tests. [14]

The current output for the Goodrich Surname Y-SNP Project shown in the table that follows lacks the complexity and ambiguities of the Y25-Y111 Y-STR outputs shown previously:

Goodrich Surname NGS Y-SNP Project

Each color-coded level of relationship is associated with a specific Y-SNP mutation, or group of Y-SNP mutations, including as examples:

  • E-Z5018: the geographically diverse parent of its rare branch E-Z16242, with its origins in the Balkans possibly concentrated in the former Roman provinces of Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior, and Illyria.
  • E-Z16242: seen in all Y-descendants of Felsham Goodrich who have tested, as well as in 2 separate kits from Brazil with known pre-1500 origins in Portugal and in 1 kit from Georgia; formerly of Armenia. Until E-Z16242+ is seen in a kit from the Balkans, its current roster of kit locations seems to imply that E-Z16242 originated in the former Roman province of Hispania sometime after its Roman conquest (presumably including imperial auxiliary cavalry units with carriers of the parent E-Z5018 Y-SNP mutation) began in 218 BC. No other families that have immigrant ancestor origins in England and who are E-Z16242+ have been found so far, and E-Z16242 remains one of the rarest descendant haplogroups of the much larger, Balkans-originated E-Z5018 to date.
  • E-L1019: seen in all Y-descendants of Robert Goodrich of Felsham who have tested; Robert is the most recent common Y-ancestor of all of the E-L1019+ kits shown.
  • E-FGC19308: seen in all Y-descendants of William-1 Goodrich of CT who have tested; William is the most recent common Y-ancestor of all of the E-FGC19308+ kits shown.
  • E-FGC14559: seen in all Y-descendants of Ephraim-2 Goodrich who have tested; Ephraim is the most recent common Y-ancestor of all of the E-FGC14559+ kits shown.
  • E-A21920: seen in all Y-descendants of David-2 Goodrich who have tested; David is the most recent common Y-ancestor of all of the E-A21920+ kits shown.
  • E-FGC61650, E-FGC61651, E-FGC61652: a set of 3 Y-SNP mutations seen in a group of Y-descendants of William-2 Goodrich; the particulars of their specific Y-ancestry, and the specific Y-SNP mutation, if any, attributable to William-2 Goodrich remain to be determined.
  • E-FGC44079: this Y-SNP mutation was used previously as a point of difference; believed since 2015 to be shared by Y-descendants of William-1 Goodridge of MA and William-1 Goodrich of CT and not shared with Y-descendants of Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA. Unfortunately, E-FGC44079 appears to be an example of a Y-SNP mutation with occasionally ambiguous reads similar to those seen for E-BY3880; the parent of E-Z5018; however, there are enough kits that have reliable E-BY3880+ and E-BY3880- reads to compensate statistically for those that are not, which is not the case for E-FGC44079, which is now left out of the chart shown. The prospects of compensating for E-FGC44079 by accumulating a sufficient number of reliable positive and negative reads are poor, given that only one representative of William-1 Goodridge of MA and one representative of Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA have been identified, recruited, and have taken NGS Y-SNP testing since 2014.
  • Note how the pattern of shared Y-SNP mutations is more consistent within the generation 2 ancestral lines than is the case in the Y25-Y111 output shown previously. However, the ideal single Y-SNP mutation shared by Y-descendants of William-1 Goodridge of MA and William-1 Goodrich of CT not shared with Y-descendants of Thomas-1 Goodrich of VA is not E-FGC44079, and therefore has not appeared yet, though with further testing of more representatives of each Y-line one could appear.
  • Regarding the known and postulated origins of the 4 families so far, including Felsham Goodrich, that share the rare Y-SNP mutation E-Z16242: E-Z5018 is the parent of E-Z16242, which is represented so far by 2 families (1 kit for both) from Brazil with certain pre-1500 origins in Portugal, and 1 family (1 kit) from Armenia (now in Georgia), and 1 family, Felsham Goodrich (43 total kits shown), from England (now in USA), with suspected shared origins in what is now Portugal. Their confluence in Portugal can be rationalized most readily by the known conquest of the former Hispania by the Roman Empire that began in 218 BC and ended in 19 BC; bringing the Y-DNA haplogroup E-Z5018; a descendant of E-V13, with known origins in the Balkans, to Hispania where, so far, it appears that E-Z16242 emerged. The two kits from Brazil could share Y-ancestors who were part of the Ala II Flavia Hispanorum Roman auxiliary cavalry unit, which had a permanent garrison at Rosina de Vidriales near the Legio VII Gemini in Leon in NW Spain near northern Portugal. [15] This could have kept their Y-line in Hispania through the 4th-5th centuries, while other E-Z16242+ Y-lines were being deployed to Britannia and Armenia in the 1st-2nd centuries and settled ultimately in these remote locations.
Potential Interplay of (E-Z5018+, E-L17+) and (E-Z5018+, E-Z16242+) in Iberian Roman Auxiliary Units
  • When the kit from Armenia, in particular, appeared and displayed Y-DNA relation to kits from Portugal and England, the immediate interpretation that came to mind was the invasion of a then-much-larger Armenia/Parthian Empire by the Roman General-Emperor Trajan; a native of Hispania with Italian ancestry, in the years 114-117 AD. Trajan had a single unit in his army, the Ala I Ulpia Auriana, that was comprised, in part, of a unit based in Hispania, the Ala I Hispanorum Auriana, that took part in the invasion and conquest of Armenia in 114-117 AD at the time of the Roman Empire. [16] This may be as close as the Goodrich Surname Y-SNP Project can ever approach to an actual placement of any kit as a Y-descendant of a member of a specific Roman imperial cavalry unit, or any other group from ancient history, due to the fortuitous military recruitment circumstances described for the Ala I Ulpia Auriana.
  • The simplest attempted rationale for E-Z16242+ proto-Goodrich in Britannia; now England (as part of an imperial Roman auxiliary cavalry unit based in Hispania and attached to Roman legions in military deployments), involves deployment to the Roman fort at Ixworth, Suffolk (10 miles north of Felsham), in the aftermath of the Boudiccan revolt of 61 AD in that general vicinity, as part of a peacekeeping force. Though the revolt was intense and caused thousands of casualties, [17] its aftermath was relatively uneventful, so that by 100 AD the Roman fort at Ixworth had been converted into a civilian settlement, [18] where the proto-Goodrich cavalry soldier could retire as a full Roman citizen, after he had completed 25 years of military service. [19] Hispania-based auxiliary unit candidates include the Ala I Hispanorum Asturum; attested by Roman military diplomas in the former East Anglia. [20]

Status of Genealogical Placement Attempts (1948-2016)

Descendant Merton Taylor Goodrich compiled the most recent publication of records attributed to immigrant William Goodridge of Watertown, including his marriage, as William Goodrich, to Margaret Butterfield (both single) at St. Michael-Woolverstone on 19 Aug 1631, the baptism of their son William on 04 Oct 1632 and his burial on 30 Apr 1633, and the baptism of their daughter Mary on 21 Aug 1634; all at St. Michael-Woolverstone, followed shortly by their presumed immigration to America by an unknown voyage. No ancestry for immigrant William Goodrich was found, and no sustained presence of generations of Goodrich or Goodridge in the vicinity of Woolverstone was found. [21]

Marriage of William Goodrich and Margaret Butterfield at St. Michael-Woolverstone, Suffolk (19 Aug 1631)

Any attempt to link William Goodridge to what is known now as the Felsham, Suffolk, England Goodrich ancestry prior to 2008 would likely be obstructed by a series of conjectures published by Mary Lovering Holman in 1948, based on the information available at that time, which concealed the clues that are necessary in order to see where to search for William Goodridge of Watertown in the Felsham Goodrich ancestry. [22] Excerpts of her verbatim introduction are annotated with 2008-2016 findings.

"WILLIAM GOODRICH, the earliest ancestor to whom this family can be traced, was born probably in Suffolk, about 1545 and was buried in Hessett in that shire, 24 Oct 1631, 'Sepulti, Guglielmus Gotheridge vicesimo quarto Octobris.' "

  • William Goodrich I of Hessett was the third son named in the 26 Jun 1563 will of Robert Goodrich of Felsham (proved 24 Feb 1569/70), whose principal heir was Adam Goodrich. [23] [24] Robert Goodrich was principal heir in the 20 May 1554 will of John Goodrich of Felsham (proved 08 Oct 1558). [25] [26] John Goodrich of Felsham is the earliest proven ancestor; it is apparent that genealogist Ernest Flagg was aware of earliest proven ancestor John Goodrich of Felsham by 1926. [27]

"He married about 1670, Margaret ______, who was buried in Hessett, 22 Mar. 1630-31. She was apparently the mother of all of his children. The marriage of a William Goodrich and Margaret Richardson in Felsham in 1568 is given in the Suffolk Marriage Index at Ipswich. This is quite probably the marriage of William Goodrich of Hessett. It must be from a transcript as the earliest extant register of Felsham begins in 1656."

  • The marriage of William Goodrich and Margaret Richardson at St. Peter-Felsham was on 07 Nov 1568, according to a transcript record available from the Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich. [28]
  • Margaret Richardson may be the fourth of four daughters: Susan, Johan, Parnell and Margaret, named in the 20 Sep 1558 will of Alexander Richardson of Hessett (proved 02 Oct 1559), in which Alexander bequeathed to each daughter £5 and 10 sheep, and also bequeathed minor amounts to Anne Clerke, Elizabeth Clerke and Henry Clerke; 3 children of wife Isabel by first husband Henry Clerke. [29] [30] Alexander Richardson was buried on 06 Oct 1559 at Hessett. [31]
  • Alexander Richardson married first Margaret Maltiward on 27 May 1543, then married Isabel Clerke; widow of Henry Clerke, on 27 Jun 1547. [32] [33] Susan Richardson was baptized 18 Feb 1543/4, so Susan was apparently a daughter by first wife Margaret; Parnell Richardson was baptized 12 Jun 1549, so Parnell was a daughter by second wife Isabel. [34]
  • The baptism records for daughters Johan Richardson and Margaret Richardson were not found in the St. Ethelbert-Hessett parish register. However, Margaret appears to be the youngest daughter named in the will, and so she should be a daughter by second wife Isabel, yet Margaret appears to have been named after the first wife Margaret (Maltiward) Richardson, who does not have a recorded burial.

"It is stated that William was the son of an Adam Goodrich of Felsham whose will is dated, 1596-97. Other records are stated to exist which, if substantiated, would give William the pedigree, Adam, Robert, John, Robert, but the documents are not quoted and have not been found again..."

  • The will of Adam Goodrich of Felsham on 13 Mar 1596/7 (proved 08 Apr 1597) named all of his 11 children, including principal heir Robert Goodrich and John Goodrich of Bury (St. Edmunds). [35] [36]
  • Ernest Flagg placed: Adam s/o Robert s/o John correctly; [37] however, William son of Adam b. ~1570 could not be William Goodrich I of Hessett, who married Margaret Richardson at Felsham in 1568. He is William Goodrich; son of Adam Goodrich of Felsham, baptized at St. Peter-Felsham on 12 Nov 1574 prior to the death of Ann; the first wife of Adam Goodrich, [38] and William is also named in the 1596/7 will of his father Adam Goodrich with stepmother Katherine; second wife of Adam Goodrich.[39] [40]
Felsham, Suffolk, Goodrich Ancestry postulated by Ernest Flagg (1926)
  • Though Ernest Flagg did not provide specific, accessible sources for his Felsham Goodrich ancestry, he cited Felsham Goodrich wills, and recognized the 20 May 1554 will of John Goodrich of Felsham was the earliest one with a proven principal heir, and he may have had access to the St. Peter-Felsham parish transcript records, so Ernest Flagg was the likely un-named source of the conjectured "lost" Goodrich ancestry provided by Mary Lovering Holman.
  • The available Goodrich wills of Felsham (FW) and Hessett (HW) from 1475-1631 reveal the proven ancestry: William Goodrich I of Hessett (HW 1631) son of Robert (FW 1563) son of John (FW 1554). [41] Court rolls of Felsham Manor (1382-1453) (CRFM) [42] [43] and 1336 Felsham Feet of Fines (FFF) [44] suggest 6 earlier generations: John (FW 1503), John (FW 1475), John (CRFM 1412; FW of brother 1423), John (CRFM 1412), John (FFF 1336), and Robert Goodrich in the 1327 Felsham Subsidy; [45] each generation comprising one resident married heir of Felsham Manor usually named John.[46]

...The records of Hessett were searched, in a somewhat sketchy fashion, years ago and the results embodied in the Goodrich Genealogy. In 1938, much more exhaustive work was done. This account is based on that research and some additional work. It seems quite evident, to the present compiler, that John Goodrich was the eldest son of William. He may have been born in Felsham, if his mother belonged in that parish. In the lapse of so much of specific data, conclusions have to be based on the customs of the time, the laws, etc., as well as from vital records as may be unearthed...

  • One record unearthed after Mary Lovering Holman published her tentative postulates in 1948 was a Hessett deed of feoffment with livery of seisin, [47] dated 06 Oct 1585, that named: William Goodrich and Robert his son. [48] This record is a direct proof that Robert Goodrich; likely the son of William and Margaret Goodrich baptized at Hessett on 05 May 1577, [49] was their eldest son and named after paternal grandfather Robert Goodrich of Felsham by a now-visible, long-standing Felsham Goodrich tradition that was also responsible for Adam Goodrich of Felsham naming his principal heir, [50] [51] and presumed eldest son, Robert Goodrich. Immediately after this record had been found, and its genealogical implications and potential revealed, the search for the Goodrich ancestry of immigrant William-1 Goodridge of Watertown was transformed into an investigation of much narrower scope.
  • In addition, the full text of the baptismal record of Henry Goodrich; son of William and Margaret baptized on 12 Jan 1583/4, reveals a detail also noted by Lillian Redstone in her own transcripts: [52] Henry was the third son, which would make William Goodrich II baptized 11 Sep 1580 the second son, and so Robert Goodrich baptized 05 May 1577 would be the eldest son. [53] This is a major revelation, since eldest son Robert Goodrich died before the will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, [54] [55] affecting the potential heir status of second son William Goodrich II of Hessett.
Baptism of Henry Goodrich; third son of William Goodrich I of Hessett (12 Jan 1583/4); transcribed by Lillian Redstone
  • So the 9.5 year gap between the marriage of William Goodrich I of Hessett to Margaret Richardson on 07 Nov 1568 and the baptism of eldest son Robert Goodrich on 05 May 1577 cannot be remedied by arbitrarily attributing to the principal heir (yet youngest son) of William Goodrich I of Hessett, [56] [57] John Goodrich, a birth sometime between the years 1569-1574 when St. Ethelbert-Hessett has no parish entries. [58] However, it is still possible that the apparent eldest daughter Elizabeth Goodrich; named after paternal grandmother Elizabeth/Isabella and named before her sister Susan in the will of William Goodrich I of Hessett, [59] [60] was born within this 1569-1574 timeframe, and had no recorded children after her marriage to Philip Clarke on 25 Jul 1623 at Bradfield St. George because it was a marriage that took place when Elizabeth was about age 50 and past her child bearing years, yet it provided for her security as her parents had reached ages ~73-78 by then. Or it is even possible that William Goodrich I of Hessett had a second wife Margaret that he married after the first wife died, though if he did so, no record has been found to corroborate the second marriage.
  • The Felsham Goodrich family had freehold property, which could be bequeathed or even sold as the owner desired, with no requirement that it be bequeathed to the eldest son, that was mentioned first in an entry in the court rolls of Felsham Manor dated Oct 1412, [61] and more than two centuries later mentioned in the will of William Goodrich I of Hessett. [62] [63]

...JOHN GOODRICH (William), born, probably in Suffolk, about 1575, died in St. Mary's parish, Bury St. Edmunds, being buried there, 21 Apr 1632, "Mr. John Goodrich clothier." He probably had a first wife, by whom his eldest son John was born, and married secondly, in Bury St. James', Bury St. Edmunds, 7 Aug. 1615, MARGERY HOW, or HOWES, who died between the 14 Apr., and the 16 May, 1632, and was sister of Jone (How) Coats.

John Goodrich was about forty when he married Margery How, that is, if he were his father's eldest son, and as he was undoubtedly his father's heir and the law of primogeniture was strong in England, there can be no doubt that he was the oldest of the sons. He was probably born in his mother's parish and if so, the law compelled his baptism there. The fact of John Sr.'s age coupled with the other fact that it is nearly impossible to have his son John, also undoubtedly the eldest son, born of the marriage to Margery, because of the birth of William-the-elder, in 1617, points to an earlier marriage. It is possible, but not probable, that he was Margery's son.

Apparently John did not live in Hessett. He was a clothier and is probably that John Goodrich who appears as a servant (a clerk) of Robert Draper, a clothier of Bury, in 1614. After that, he seems to have stayed in Bury but, although he was married in St. James' and his death is recorded in St. Mary's, the baptisms of John and William-the-elder are not found in either church. The only date we have of these two children is that of William in his matriculation at Cambridge, where in 1634, his age is given as seventeen, making him born in 1617.

There are at least three John Goodriches' having children baptised in St. Mary's at the time and very little to show which John was father of which children, so the only ones that can be absolutely conceded to be John the clothier's are the ones mentioned in his will...As two of the four supervisors who, by the will, were to have charge of the children in case of Margery's decease, before they were of age, renounced the trust, the two Chaplins were left the children's sole guardians. It is probable Jeremy died soon after his father and mother. William-the-elder was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, a sizar, aged seventeen, 15 Apr 1634, born at Bury St. Edmunds, son of John, draper, school Bury, matrix 1634, B.A. 1637-38...This left the Chaplins with John and William-the-younger as wards.

  • The baptism of John, son of John Goodrich 22 Mar 1617/8 at St Mary-Bury St. Edmunds [64] was omitted, though it had been compiled in the transcripts of Lillian Redstone. [65] The duplifiche copy of the record of baptism of John Goodrich on 22 Mar 1617/8 at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich even has better legibility than the duplifiche copy of the baptism of his brother William Goodrich (the Younger) at the same parish on 13 Feb 1621/2; [66] an event and date known widely and cited frequently.
Baptism of John Goodrich; son of John Goodrich the Clothier (22 Mar 1617/8; transcribed by Lillian Redstone)
  • This son John; presumably baptized soon after birth, was next in age after William Goodrich the Elder, who truly has no known birth or baptismal record, yet if age 17 on 15 Apr 1634 with earliest date of birth (9 months after the marriage of John Goodrich and Margery Howe) 07 May 1616 - 15 Apr 1617; midpoint 24 Oct 1616, or about 14.5 months after the marriage of John Goodrich and Margery Howe.
  • So there was never a need for a first marriage of John Goodrich the Clothier in order to make his second son and principal heir John Goodrich (the eventual immigrant of Wethersfield, CT) fit into the family. And once again, and most importantly regarding the search for the Goodrich ancestry of William-1 Goodridge of Watertown: the eldest son, William Goodrich the Elder, was named after paternal grandfather William Goodrich I of Hessett, and the principal heir, John Goodrich, [67] [68] was the second son rather than the youngest son. The latter inconsistency in naming of the principal heir in the will of a Felsham Goodrich descendant is also revealing.
  • Mr. John Goodrich clothier at St. Mary-Bury St. Edmunds was not John Goodrich the Clothier; father of the immigrants John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Connecticut. He was John Goodrich the Alderman, Feltmaker, Gentleman of Bury St. Edmunds, named John Goodrich of Bury in the 1596/7 will of his father Adam Goodrich as mentioned previously. This older John Goodrich was revealed during research by descendants of the immigrant Thomas-1 Goodrich, Gentleman of Old Rappahannock, VA once Y-DNA Y-STR testing in 2008 revealed they co-descended from the Felsham, Suffolk, Goodrich ancestry and so they discontinued their former sustained research of the titled Goodricke ancestry. John Goodrich the Alderman was baptized 08 Sep 1568 at St. Ethelbert-Hessett, [69] where he and his older sister Susan Goodrich (baptized 15 Apr 1566) were baptized until Adam Goodrich apparently moved his family to Felsham after the death of his father Robert Goodrich of Felsham before his will was proved 24 Feb 1569/70 and Adam began his tenancy as heir of the Felsham property, leaving only younger brother William Goodrich I of Hessett as a resident of Hessett. John Goodrich the Alderman and his wife Martha had 11 of his 12 children baptized at St. Mary-Bury St. Edmunds, starting with son Henry Goodrich baptized 06 Apr 1595 and ending with the eventual immigrant Thomas-1 Goodrich baptized 14 Apr 1615. [70] A known child of John Goodrich the Alderman not baptized at Bury St. Mary was eldest surviving son, and principal heir of his 30 Jun 1625 will (proved 01 Mar 1625/6), [71] [72] John Goodrich, whose estimated year of birth ~1593 places him within the age range of John Goodrich the Clothier of Bury St. Edmunds. John Goodrich; eldest son of John Goodrich the Alderman, had a son John (sometimes confused with John-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT) and a daughter Martha baptized at St. James-Bury St. Edmunds in 1623-1625, [73] and then had Robert, Mary, Margaret and Catherine baptized at St. Mary-Bury St. Edmunds from 1626-1633. [74] These two men named John Goodrich, with John Goodrich the Clothier of Bury St. Edmunds, do represent 3 men named John Goodrich having children baptized at Bury St. Edmunds from 1595-1633. The way to determine which children belong to which father named John Goodrich is to note that: 1) the children of John Goodrich the Alderman were all baptized before John Goodrich married his likely only wife Margery Howe, 2) the children of John Goodrich the Clothier are named in his 14 Apr 1632 will, [75] 3) the remainder are children of John Goodrich; son of John Goodrich the Alderman.
  • Jeremy Goodrich; baptized at Bury St. Mary on 24 Jun 1627, [76] died before 10 Aug 1662, at age ~35, when his infant son William Goodrich, by his unknown widowed wife, had been placed in the care of Rev. William Goodrich the Elder, [77] and later the son William Goodrich had died by 19 May 1665 when Rev. William Goodrich the Elder was granted administration. [78] Great-grandfather Alexander Richardson had died on 06 Oct 1559 at age ~39, and proposed first cousin William-1 Goodridge died before 08 May 1645 at age ~36. So if William-1 Goodridge was a descendant of Alexander Richardson as proposed, he had at least one known potential source of an inherited short lifetime longevity.

Clement Chaplin and His Goodrich Wards of Cambridge, MA

  • Clement Chaplin was guardian of the heirs of John Goodrich the Clothier, who had died of disease on 20 Apr 1632, followed by widow Margery within a week, [79] according to an inheritance dispute "Chaplin vs. Howe" that was filed on 24 Jul 1633 by brothers Clement Chaplin and Thomas Chaplin vs. Margery (Lonsdale) Howe [80] [81]; widow of John Howe; [82] mother of Margery (Howe) Goodrich and Mary (Howe) Bradish, [83] [84] (claiming Margery and Mary were trying to gain access to money in the estate of John Goodrich the Clothier; citing a 1619 debt that the Chaplins considered to be paid). [85]
  • The will of John Goodrich the Clothier gave sole remaining guardian in America Clement Chaplin full control of all money (£100 to William Goodrich the Elder, £100 to William Goodrich the Younger, £100 to Jeremy Goodrich; £300 total), property (in Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds and Horningsheath to principal heir John Goodrich), and any other assets bequeathed in his 14 Apr 1632 will, until each individual heir reached age 21 in ~1637, ~1639, ~1643, ~1648 [86] [87] in the event of the death of widow Margery, which occurred less than two weeks after the will by 27 Apr 1632. [88]
  • Given the published personal background of Clement Chaplin, [89] it seems unlikely that he would leave his goldsmith heiress wife in England, or leave his valuable Goodrich wards in the care of their surviving relatives in Bury St. Edmunds: uncle-aunt Robert and Mary (Howe) Bradish, and elderly grandmother Margery (Lonsdale) Howe, with whom Chaplin had an openly hostile relationship, as revealed in an inheritance dispute filed 24 Jul 1633: "Chaplin vs. Howe." In this dispute, Clement Chaplin and Thomas Chaplin stated:
    • The Chaplin brothers countered that the widowed mother-in-law Margery (Lonsdale) Howe had defrauded her daughters Margery (Howe) Goodrich and then-single sister Mary Howe out of a much larger, unknown sum bequeathed to them by the will of their father John Howe by burning or otherwise destroying the will so that it was never proved, and then widow Margery took ownership of all bequests.
    • Margery (Lonsdale) Howe had paid the 1619 sum of £20 due her daughter Mary as the least she could do given the massive bequest to daughters Mary and Margery that she had blocked.
    • Robert and Mary (Howe) Bradish had borrowed and taken untold amounts of money and goods from the household of John and Margery (Howe) Goodrich, especially during the time they were confined and bedridden with a shared terminal illness when the Howes attended them and were running their household.
    • The Chaplins were requesting that Margery (Lonsdale) Howe and Robert and Mary (Howe) Bradish be issued subpoenas to appear in court and provide answers for all of the above, and demanded that the estate of John Goodrich the Clothier be reimbursed accordingly for the benefit of his orphaned sons. [90] [91]
Colloquial Translation of Chaplin vs. Howe-1633 Inheritance Dispute (24 Jul 1633)
    • Of course, a skeptic could suspect that Clement Chaplin; known to be a controversial figure wherever he went, [92] and who the Howes likely believed would be a bad influence on the orphaned Goodrich boys, controlled £300 and lands-tenements in Hessett, Bury St. Edmunds and Horningsheath from the estate of John Goodrich the Clothier, and sought even more money in the estate of the late, wealthy father-in-law John Howe the Clothier, believing he could acquire some of it using the courts to his advantage. [93] If Clement Chaplin immigrated to Cambridge, MA with his wife and Goodrich wards as unlisted passengers in an attempt to evade the Howe in-laws, he may have been taken by surprise when Robert and Mary (Howe) Bradish chased him to Cambridge, and by 28 Aug 1635 they were his neighbors across Holyoke Street there. [94] [95] However, the Bradish family was at least not among listed passengers that embarked on the Elizabeth and Ann in April-May 1635, [96] so they may have arrived on a different voyage.
Home Lots of William Goodridge of Watertown, MA and Clement Chaplin of Cambridge, MA (1635)
    • This intolerable situation possibly forced Clement Chaplin to depart with the congregation of Thomas Hooker soon afterward in 1636 for Hartford, Connecticut, and may have even affected the decision by Chaplin, on arrival with Rev. Hooker in Hartford, to not settle there and instead settle in Wethersfield, where Clement Chaplin was attested first at a Hartford General Court conducted on 01 May 1637, [97] and was later appointed Treasurer on 09 Feb 1637/8, [98] and was Ruling Elder, owned 200 rods (1,200 acres; the largest lot) of land in the Three Mile allotments east of Wethersfield known as Glastonbury, and bought the home of the widow of John Brundish by 1641, and later sold it to John-1 Goodrich, who did not record it until much later in 1672. [99] Possibly at this same time, John-1 Goodrich; recorded as John Goodridge, was fined 40 shillings for signing a declaration defaming Rev. Henry Smith of Wethersfield drafted by Clement Chaplin, who was fined £11 for instigating the event, in a Hartford General Court dated 10 Nov 1643. [100]
John-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield Recorded as John Goodridge in Hartford General Court (10 Nov 1643)

In 1635, Clement Chaplin came to New England in the Elizabeth and Ann, aged forty-eight, sailing from London. The shipping list names no wife or child of his although gives the wives and children of other men. It is obvious he came first and that his wife followed him. He settled first in Cambridge where on 23 Nov. 1635, he was one of nine men who were to rule the town affairs. He appears last in the Cambridge records, 4 Apr. 1636, and he evidently accompanied Rev. Thomas Hooker to Hartford, Conn., when the latter moved there with his congregation in July 1636. Sometime before 1637, he was undoubtedly joined by his wife and his wards, the two Goodriches.

It is said that they were first at Watertown, but this can be doubted, there was another William Goodrich in that town and a John in Boston, and it is possible that William of Watertown had a John with him. Clement Chaplin was always given the title of dignity, "Mr." in the early records. He was a deputy, and treasurer of the colony, is known to have been in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1642 and 1646, but soon after he and his wife Sarah (Hinds) Chaplin returned to England, but not to Bury. He settled in Thetford, Essex, and ten years later, 16 Aug. 1656, made his will giving to his wife all "my houses and lands in Hartford and Weathersfield in New England"...Clement had been Ruling Elder of the Church in Wethersfield and calls himself "Clerk" in his will.

  • The passenger list of the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635 also did not mention the names of the known children of Rev. Peter Bulkeley; a neighbor of Clement Chaplin in Cambridge; however, genealogist Donald Jacobus stated that children of Rev. Peter Bulkeley traveled under assumed names on the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635. [101] In Cambridge, Clement Chaplin was a neighbor of Mr. Peter Bulkeley and of Robert Bradish; [102] husband of Mary (Howe) Bradish and co-defendant in the inheritance dispute filed by Clement Chaplin and Thomas Chaplin in England on 24 Jul 1633. [103]
  • James Savage had opined in 1860 that he believed, though the passenger list of the Elizabeth and Ann did not indicate he was accompanied by a wife or other companions, Clement Chaplin came to Cambridge with his wife Sarah (Hinds) Chaplin; heiress of a Bury St. Edmunds goldsmith. [104]
  • If Clement Chaplin did not bring his wards John Goodrich and William Goodrich to Cambridge with him in 1635, then who were the 3 individuals in his Cambridge household, [105] and who was the "man" referred to in the following sentence from the Town Records of Cambridge during a meeting that had been conducted on 08 Feb 1635/6? Agreed with Mr. Chaplin, that his man shall keep the goats and have three half-pence a week for one goat and a penny a week for wethers or kids to begin next Monday (15 Feb 1635/6). [106] It seems possible that this was to be an early experience in animal husbandry for William Goodrich the Younger; at or near age 14 as of 08 Feb 1635/6, that would serve him well when he and his older brother John, nearing age 18, likely helped Clement Chaplin in the operation of his 200 rods (1,200 acres) in the 3-Mile lots of Wethersfield, Connecticut by 1639. [107] Possibly older brother John Goodrich was helping William Goodridge with his farm in Watertown.
  • The distance from the home of Clement Chaplin in lot 11 of Cambridge in 1635 to the home lot of William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown at the north end of the current Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown was a distance of 1.4 miles if John and William walked to Watertown by a path available in 1635 that passed to the north of Windmill Hill Marsh in order to bypass it.
Walking Distance Between Goodridge of Watertown, MA and Goodrich of Cambridge, MA
  • Clement Chaplin and William Goodrich arrived in Massachusetts at a similar time; how far could the occurrence of passengers traveling under assumed names go, if it did occur? Could William and Margaret (Butterfield) Goodrich and their daughter Mary have been on the Elizabeth and Ann in 1635; possibly traveling under assumed names as is claimed to be the case for a number of other passengers? [108]
  • Clement Chaplin would be alone in America with his wife and Goodrich charges if he did not recruit some kind of assistance. The Howe in-laws were enemies; living siblings of John Goodrich the Clothier were limited to his sisters Elizabeth (Goodrich) Clarke and Susan (Goodrich-Lock) Beamond and his brother William Goodrich II of Hessett; the heir who was passed over. His son William Goodrich of Woolverstone had no connection to the Howes, and may have been approached by Clement Chaplin to accompany him to America, bringing his wife and daughter, to provide assistance and moral support in moving the Goodrich boys and their inheritance to unfamiliar America. John-1 Goodrich was nearing legal adulthood; he could have assisted William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge in managing his Watertown lands and livestock, and if he did, then the reason the household of Clement Chaplin as of 08 Feb 1635/6 consisted of 3 occupants (Clement, wife Sarah, and William-1 Goodrich), [109] rather than 4 occupants was because John-1 Goodrich was living in Watertown.
  • There were mysterious Watertown land grants to "John Goodridge:" 25 acres on 25 Jul 1636, [110] and 3 acres on 26 Jun 1637, [111] that were among the tracts of land owned by William-1 Goodridge, [112] after his own grant of 91 acres of upland received 10 May 1642, [113] with no known transfer records. Henry Bond, M.D. suggested in his history and genealogies of Watertown, Massachusetts that this could have been a simple recording error. [114] Another possibility is that these grants were acquired in some way by Clement Chaplin. Household accounting for these grants treated cattle and human occupants equally; Chaplin may have provided William-1 Goodridge with land and cattle for his help, and kept his Chaplin name off of it, so it would not be lost in the event of a lawsuit. Possibly the resident of the 3 acre farm in the Remote Meadows was John-1 Goodrich/Goodridge.
Watertown, MA Land Grants and Holdings of John Goodridge and William Goodridge
  • If more legal records can be found, maybe these conjectures can be developed more accurately. The prospects of transcending conjecture on these questions seem dim; however, alternate passenger manifests and any kind of legal proceedings involving Clement Chaplin while he was in Cambridge or still in England would be examples of record types not known to exist currently (the 1633 inheritance dispute involving Clement Chaplin, Robert and Mary (Howe) Bradish, and Margery (Lonsdale) Howe was not found until mid-2018) that could be valuable if ever found in terms of developing a clearer picture of the relationship between the immigrants William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, MA and John-1 Goodrich and William-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT, via their guardian Clement Chaplin, that appears consistent with a first cousin relationship that is at least not inconsistent with the results of preliminary Y-STR and NGS Y-STR/SNP testing.

Biography

William Goodrich married Margaret Butterfield at Woolverstone, Suffolk on 19 August 1631,[115] and the births in Woolverstone of their children William Goodrich born 4 October 1632; died in infancy 30 April 1633) and Mary Goodrich born 21 August 1634.[115] were recorded there.

Soon afterward, the surviving family immigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts where William Goodridge was a landowner, [116] and where sons Jeremiah Goodridge born 6 March 1636/7, Joseph Goodridge born 29 September 1639, and Benjamin Goodridge born 11 April 1643 [117] joined the family. William was admitted a freeman in 1642.[118]

There is no known record of the death of William Goodridge. He died sometime before 8 May 1645, when "Margaret Gutteredge, widow" apprenticed her son Joseph to Samuel Thatcher.[119][120] An inventory of William's estate dated April 3, 1647 was taken by Samuel Thatcher and Thomas Hastings.[121][122]

Widow Margaret (Butterfield) Goodridge married, as her second husband, Captain John Hull in 1650 and moved her family to Newbury, Massachusetts. Captain Hull died 1 February 1669/70 and she died 3 February 1682/3. [123] [118]

It appears that William's estate may not have been properly administered, and his property ended up in the possession of John Hull upon his marriage to widow Margaret, without any court supervised provision for William's heirs. There are five bonds in the Ipswich Deed and Court Records in which John Hull appears to be distributing the estate to William's children. However, in the10 April 1683, following the death of their mother and step-father, Joseph and Jeremiah Goodrich petitioned the Ipswich Court asking the court for a proper distribution of the estate, which had been left to their brother Benjamin.[124]

Family

Marriage: married Margaret Butterfield, 19 August 1631, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England See image.
Children:
  1. William Goodrich bp 4 October 1632, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England[125] d 30 April 1633
  2. Mary Goodridge bp 21 August 1634, Woolverstone, England, m Edward Woodman,
  3. Jeremiah Goodrich b 6 March 1637/8, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony[126]
  4. Joseph Goodridge b 29 September 1639, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony[127]
  5. Benjamin Goodridge b 11 April 1642, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Research Notes

See also William Goodrich (Goodrich-391) related WikiTree Free-Space pages,

William Goodrich DNA Research.
William Goodrich Research Notes/Mary Lovering Holman (1948).

Great Migration Directory. Goodrich, William: Woolverstone, Suffolk; 1636; Watertown [WaBOP 5, 52; MBCR 1:270; WaVR 1:5; SPR Case #50; TAG 13:78-82, 43:43-49; Hale, House 550-51; Edwin Alonzo Goodridge, The Goodridge Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge (New York 1918)]. (The two early Watertown land grants to “John Gutterige” were almost certainly clerical errors and were actually grants to this William Goodrich [WaBOP 5, 8].)

Parentage. A prior version of this profile included, "WARNING: Some show this William died in Wolverstone, Suffolk, England, an obvious error. Some show him as the son of Richard and Muriel (Eure) Goodricke of Ribston, Yorkshire, but that seems inconsistent with William's origins in Bury St. Edmonds. There is a problem with dates: William couldn't have been born in 1605 if his supposed father Richard Goodricke (of Yorkshire) died in 1601. In short, it appears that William's parents are unknown at this time."

Unproven Children. Online trees sometimes show a daughter Elizabeth, b 1644. There is no mention of her in MT Goodrich's works or Edwin Alonzo Goodrich's book, and no original record found indicating he had a daughter. As there is often confusion between the Watertown and Wethersfield families, its possible she was created from a gedcom entry error of Elizabeth Goodrich b 1645 in Wethersfield. Cole-12288 16:34, 7 December 2021 (UTC)

Savage. "WILLIAM, Watertown 1636, by w. Margaret had Mary, perhaps b. in Eng.; Jeremy, b. 6 Mar. 1638; Joseph, 29 Sept. 1639; and Benjamin, 11 Apr. 1642; d. I conject. at Newbury, bef. 3 Apr. 1647, when his inv. was tak.; and his wid. m. John Hull of Newbury. Coffin. This name is in the rec. frequent. spelt Gutteridge, sometimes without d, sometimes Guttrige, sometimes with single t, sometimes without final e, often, too, Goodrich, once Guddridge. Mary m. 20 Dec. 1653, Edward Woodman, Jr." --James Savage

Pope. "William, Watertown, propr. 1636. Wife Margaret; ch. Jeremy b. 6 (1) 1637, Joseph b. 29 (7)1639, apprenticed 8 May, 1645, by widow Margaret to Samuel Thatcher. [Mdx. De. 1. 188.], Benjamin b. 11 (2) 1642. He d. and inv. of his est. was taken April 3, 1647. [Reg. VIII, 57.] The widow m. John Hull of Newbury; she d. Feb. 3, 1682. Will dated Aug. 4, prob. 10 April, 1683, beq. to sons Jeremiah, Joseph and Benjamin; gr. son Benjamin G.; to dau. Mary Woodman; gr. ch. Mary Emry and Elizabeth Woodman." --Charles H. Pope

Name Variants: English records seem to use Goodrich, early Watertown records use variant of Gutterig, and Essex County uses Goodridge.

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  2. ↑ The Goodridge Genealogy, Edwin Alonzo Goodridge, M.D. (1918)
  3. ↑ "Whence Came William Goodrich of Watertown?" The American Genealogist. 43:1 (1967), pages 43-49
  4. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Ethelbert-Hessett at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  5. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Ethelbert-Hessett at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  6. ↑ Deed of feoffment, 06 Oct 1585, FL528/13/11585, Suffolk Record Office, Bury St. Edmunds Branch
  7. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Ethelbert-Hessett at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  8. ↑ 05 Feb 1618/9: Church of England Records, St. James-Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  9. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary-Troston, Suffolk at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
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  24. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
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  26. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
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  36. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  37. ↑ Ernest Flagg, Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England, (Hartford, CT: 1926), page 317
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  40. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  41. ↑ Goodrich Family Association Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue 2, pages 21-18
  42. ↑ Researched-transcribed by Diana Spelman in June 2016: https://www.dianaspelman.co.uk/
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  55. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
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  57. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  58. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Ethelbert-Hessett at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
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  60. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  61. ↑ Goodrich Family Association Newsletter, Volume 13, Issue 3, page 46
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  63. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  64. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  65. ↑ Goodrich Family Association Private Collection: Lillian Redstone English Research, page 30b
  66. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  67. ↑ Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Volume 52, pages 127-129, FHL Film 97085
  68. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  69. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Ethelbert-Hessett at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
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  72. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  73. ↑ Church of England Records of St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  74. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
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  77. ↑ Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, Probate Records: 1354-1857, page 48, FHL film #97117
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  80. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary-Bury St. Edmunds at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  81. ↑ Margery Lonsdale; daughter of John, baptized 07 Oct 1562 at Bury St. Mary
  82. ↑ Marriage of John Howe and Margery Lonsdale on 18 Jun 1582 at Bury St. Mary
  83. ↑ Church of England Records of St. Mary-Bury St. Edmunds at Suffolk Record Office-Ipswich
  84. ↑ Margery Howe bp. 15 Dec 1588; Margaret Howe bp. 26 Sep 1591; daughters of John, at Bury St. Mary
  85. ↑ Chaplin vs. Howe 1633, Inheritance Disputes Index, 1574-1714, UK National Archives, C8/86/83
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  87. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
  88. ↑ Chaplin vs. Howe 1633, Inheritance Disputes Index, 1574-1714, UK National Archives, C8/86/83
  89. ↑ The History of Ancient Wethersfield (Grafton, NY: 1904), Volume 2, page 256
  90. ↑ Chaplin vs. Howe 1633, Inheritance Disputes Index, 1574-1714, UK National Archives, C8/86/83
  91. ↑ Professional transcription by Simon Neal
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  94. ↑ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877, Lucius Paige (1877), page 496
  95. ↑ Records of the Town of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Cambridge, 1901), page 18, resident map
  96. ↑ Passengers Embarked on the Elizabeth and Ann, 13 Apr 1635 - 14 May 1635
  97. ↑ The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Vol. 1, page 9
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  104. ↑ James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England (1860), Vol. 1, page 360
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  106. ↑ The Records of the Town of Cambridge, Massachusetts, (1901), end of page 17
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  109. ↑ Records of the Town of Cambridge, Massachusetts (Cambridge, 1901), page 18, resident map
  110. ↑ Watertown, MA Records: Lands, Grants and Possessions, page 5
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  122. ↑ Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol 2, Page 50 (Case #50). View on FamilySearch.
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See also:

  • Merton Taylor Goodrich, "Whence Came William Goodrich of Watertown?" The American Genealogist. 43 (Jan 1967):pp 43-49; digital images by subscription, American Ancestors.
  • Merton Taylor Goodrich, "Two Wives or Three--The Family History of Benjamin Goodridge of Newbury and Rowley, Mass.," The American Genealogist, 13 (1936):78-82; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors; also at View on FamilySearch.
  • Colket, Meredith B. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657. Cleveland, Ohio: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #177610032 : accessed 07 December 2021), memorial page for William “Goodridge” Goodrich (11 Jun 1609–8 May 1645), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177610032, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Steve Goodrich (contributor 47431881) . (Note: Memorial only, no headstone or burial record)
  • Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo. The Goodridge Genealogy, A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge ( 1918) archive.org
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines. Hale, House, and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1952) Pages 550 -51
  • Case, Lafayette W. 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. 1889. in FamilySearch.




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Resident Map of Cambridge, Massachusetts (08 Feb 1635/6)
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Proposed Felsham, Suffolk, England Ancestry of Immigrant William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, MA
Proposed Felsham, Suffolk, England Ancestry of Immigrant William-1 Goodrich/Goodridge of Watertown, MA
John-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield Recorded as John Goodridge in Hartford General Court (10 Nov 1643)
John-1 Goodrich of Wethersfield Recorded as John Goodridge in Hartford General Court (10 Nov 1643)
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Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
Such a wealth of good information. Thank you for your contributions to WikiTree Steve.
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Brad Stauf
Steve, this has some really good analysis on the paper trail and genetic analysis for William Goodrich.

Do you think it makes sense to split this into two different pages - the DNA evidence/analysis and the records evidence/analysis? We have those pages set up now so we can move the info pretty easily.

I'm asking mainly because with the length of the page it may get difficult for viewers to quickly pull out key data either related to DNA or records, so both might get somewhat lost.

Let me know what you think, thanks!

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