Probably died young.
9. John Ruddick Goodenow Goodnow Sr.
in ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||
Alfred Sereno Hudson, The History of Sudbury,
CONFIDENCE passenger list gives John's age as 42, Edmund's as
27, and Thomas' as 30. This would indicate birth dates of
1596, 1611 and 1608, respectively. Their sister Dorothy was
married to John Ruddick, also a passenger on the "Confidence".
Thomas' wife was Jane Ruddock or Ruddick. It seems quite
probable that John and Jane could have been brother and sister,
or perhaps cousins. Edmund died April 16, 1688; Dorothy, May
9, 1686; John, March 28, 1654 (LDS); and Thomas, 1666.
He was a Freeman and in 1644 became a selectman.
in Ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||
There is some question about a first marriage to Joanna ______
and whether Nathaniel, a child born in England belonged to
Jane or Joanna. In the CONFIDENCE he was accompanied by his
wife, Jane, son Thomas, one year, and sisters, Ursula and
Dorothy. Some believe the latter was Dorothy Ruddick, married
to John Ruddick, brother of Jane.
Thomas, 1608, a Proprietor of Sudbury, was living there in
1638. He petitioned for, and became an early settler of
Marlboro, MA, his house lot being next to that of Joseph Rice.
He was a Selectman of Marlboro in 1661-1662 and 1664. He was
also Guard of the fence, commissioned to build a bridge across
the Sudbury River, surveyor of ye Highway, Marlboro. In 1656
voted 32 acres.
He bequeathed to two daughters, Susanna and Jane; his
"loving yoak fellow Joane Goodenow"; to every one of his
grandchildren,"a shepe", ten years after his decease; to his
two married daughters, Marie and Abigail, and son, Samuel. His
wife and son Samuel were executors and "my two brothers John
Rudduck and Edmund Goodenow and old Brother Ward my three
loving friends" were overseers.
A Thomas Goodenow, returned to England in 1655 and brought
Nathaniel Goodenow, age 16, over in the SPEEDWELL from London
in 1656. Some believe Nathaniel was more likely the son of
Nathaniel, Thomas's brother, who remained in England. What is
known is that boys went to live with relatives in Sudbury after
landing.LDS Archive Records, Stearns, New Hampshire
Genealogies, Savage, Genealogical Dictionary,
Hudson, History of Sudbury, 1889.
in ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||
||Some researchers use September 5, 1663 as the date of Death
with a burial date of October 5, 1663, a month later. It is
highly unlikely that a body would be kept above ground in
September weather considering the very poor embalming methods
available in the Massachusetts Colony. As an example of the
poor techniques, those who were returned to England for burial
were frequently transported in a cask of whiskey.
12. Capt Edmund Goodenow Goodnow
in ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||
Held an official position as church warden of the parish at
Donhead St. Andrew. Nevertheless, he was fined in 1636 and
sentenced to do public penance for attending "nonconforming"
sermons outside his parish. He was also reprimanded in 1637
for going to church in Shaftsbury, where his brother, Thomas,
lived. Donald Robert Goodenough, "I imagine he was among those
Englishmen who came to America in search of greater religious
freedom." Very active in Sudbury affairs. Freeman 13 May,
1640. Appointed Ensign August 12 1645 Deputy Lieutenant and
Captain of Foot Co. of Sudbury May 27, 1674 in King Philips
Indian War. Along with Thomas Noyes and William Kerley,
commissioned to lay out a highway known as the Road to
Nashuaway, later known as the Lancaster Old Road. Deputy to the
General Court from Sudbury 1645, 1649, 1650, 1660, 1673, 1674,
1679 and 1680. He served in all government posts (30 in all)
in Sudbury which he founded.Archdeaconry of Wiltshire Acts Book
Stone, similar to parents reads:
Here-lyeth-ye-body-of-Joseph
Goodenow-who-dyed-ye-30-May
1676-aged-31-years-Febry-18-1691 The latter date can be
assumed as the date of setting of all these stones, probaby by
John, the eldest son.
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