Like many other colonial era families in America, the Goodyear line from New Haven has been winding down lately. There aren't very people in America named Goodyear any more.

Stephen Goodyear (1598-1658) was the first Goodyear to settle in America.
1) His grave site is verified to be located at the St. Martin Churchyard, in downtown London. However, there is no headstone or cemetery marker for him there.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139993092/stephen-goodyear
2) He has a obelisk cenotaph at the Central Burying Grounds, at Hamden CT.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28844665/stephen-goodyear/photo
3) He also has a wall marker cenotaph on the Center Church on the Green, in New Haven CT.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17501582/stephen-goodyear

Grace Goodyear Kirkman wrote a book about the family history, and published it in 1899. Her book was distributed to colleges and public libraries across the country.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126574992/grace-kirkman

A few researchers have been working to attempt to identify two additional daughters of Stephen Goodyear (1598-1658). This is a difficult task, since these two ladies were not mentioned by their names in his will, nor were they documented in any books or family paperwork or legal paperwork as his daughters.
1) Rebecca Bishop (1626-1681).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116831727/rebecca-bishop
2) Denise Sperry (1624-1707).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12320118/denise-sperry

It is fairly easy to trace a relationship to the Goodyear family of New Haven, Connecticut, using current DNA tests. AncestryDNA sells a popular autosomal test for about $99, which can be used to test both men and women.
https://www.ancestrydna.com/kits/?pgrid=1308418947272556&ptaid=kwd-81776243662019%3aloc-190&s_kwcid=ancestrydna+test&gclid=CLLKlrOiv-QCFVZGgQodDg0NVw&gclsrc=ds&o_xid=79109&o_lid=79109&o_sch=Paid+Search+Brand

For Goodyear men, the best DNA test to take is a Y-DNA 67 test, or better yet a Y-DNA 111 test or higher. The FamilyTreeDNA site has a Goodyear project which accepts Y-DNA test results from men, and mt-DNA test results from women.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/goodyear/about

On a different topic, the Goodyear family of Connecticut, is not related to the Gutjarh family of Germany.

Finally, the Goodyear family of Connecticut has never been affiliated with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. This reprint of an entertaining story from Reader's Digest magazine in 1957, clarifies that point.
https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/about/history/charles-goodyear-story.html

Like many other colonial era families in America, the Goodyear line from New Haven has been winding down lately. There aren't very people in America named Goodyear any more.

Stephen Goodyear (1598-1658) was the first Goodyear to settle in America.
1) His grave site is verified to be located at the St. Martin Churchyard, in downtown London. However, there is no headstone or cemetery marker for him there.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139993092/stephen-goodyear
2) He has a obelisk cenotaph at the Central Burying Grounds, at Hamden CT.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28844665/stephen-goodyear/photo
3) He also has a wall marker cenotaph on the Center Church on the Green, in New Haven CT.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17501582/stephen-goodyear

Grace Goodyear Kirkman wrote a book about the family history, and published it in 1899. Her book was distributed to colleges and public libraries across the country.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126574992/grace-kirkman

A few researchers have been working to attempt to identify two additional daughters of Stephen Goodyear (1598-1658). This is a difficult task, since these two ladies were not mentioned by their names in his will, nor were they documented in any books or family paperwork or legal paperwork as his daughters.
1) Rebecca Bishop (1626-1681).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116831727/rebecca-bishop
2) Denise Sperry (1624-1707).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12320118/denise-sperry

It is fairly easy to trace a relationship to the Goodyear family of New Haven, Connecticut, using current DNA tests. AncestryDNA sells a popular autosomal test for about $99, which can be used to test both men and women.
https://www.ancestrydna.com/kits/?pgrid=1308418947272556&ptaid=kwd-81776243662019%3aloc-190&s_kwcid=ancestrydna+test&gclid=CLLKlrOiv-QCFVZGgQodDg0NVw&gclsrc=ds&o_xid=79109&o_lid=79109&o_sch=Paid+Search+Brand

For Goodyear men, the best DNA test to take is a Y-DNA 67 test, or better yet a Y-DNA 111 test or higher. The FamilyTreeDNA site has a Goodyear project which accepts Y-DNA test results from men, and mt-DNA test results from women.
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/goodyear/about

On a different topic, the Goodyear family of Connecticut, is not related to the Gutjarh family of Germany.

Finally, the Goodyear family of Connecticut has never been affiliated with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. This reprint of an entertaining story from Reader's Digest magazine in 1957, clarifies that point.
https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/about/history/charles-goodyear-story.html