John Goddard, born November 12, 1756, "with an unhealthy constitution of body, but with some uncommon qualities of mind, united to a remarkable acuteness of sensibility and general sensitiveness of system. Before he had attained the age of nine years, he had repeated to the Rev. Joseph Jackson (then clergyman of Brookline) the whole book of Proverbs, together with the 119th Psalm. He entered Harvard College just previous to the Revolutionary War, which he was soon compelled, by a long and severe illness to leave; and subsequently by the events of the war, was much interrupted in his college term. He stood high, however, in his class and in the College as a scholar; and for his uncommon social and colloquial powers, was proportionally esteemed." He graduated in 1777, and "proceeded to qualify himself for the medical profession, as a student with the much esteemed and respected Doct. A. R. Cutter, Physician of Portsmouth: but his constitution, in his opinion, being insufficient for the hardships then incident to the medical profession, he proposed to commence a business life as a apothecary; and after a term of service, as purser, clerk or secretary in the army, - obtained the situation of surgeon in our of our armed vessels, with a view to go to Spain, the only quarter to which he cold then look for a stock, in the line above described-- then after availing himself of an opportunity to leave the cockpit to take part in an action or two, from the short handed state of the ship, they were captured and carried off to one of the W.I. Islands, where he narrowly escaped death in a long confinement with fever; when liberated and on his way home, he was again captured, and again apparently brought to the verge of life by a fever--- he however, at length arrived in safety at the age of 24 with a considerable debt accumulated in his long periods of sickness."
He was married June 5, 1783, to Susannah Heath, daughter of John Heath of Brookline. They had the following children: John, Henry, Samuel and Lucy Maria Goddard.
He then married Jane Boyd on June 5, 1788 in Brookline, eldest daughter of George Boyd, Esq of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They had 3 children, William and Jane (twins) and Harriet Goddard.
He then married December 14, 1791, to Mary Langdon, daughter of the Rev, Samuel Langdon, of Portsmouth. They had the following children: Elizabeth, William, Charles, Ann, Warren, Ann White, and Richard Langdon Goddard.
He married a fourth time in January 1811 to Ann white, born September 15, 1768 and died in September 1832.
John Goddard was for many years Representative and Senator in the legislature of New Hampshire; also President of N.H. Union Bank at Portsmouth. He was also nominated as Senator to Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire, but publicly declined being a candidate for either of those office. He died December 18, 1829, at the age of y3, "highly and deservedly honored by a numerous surviving family - his example in society as well as in his family tended through his life to elevate the standard of morals; and his activity of mind, intelligence, and thoroughness of habits, rendered him early eminently useful in public life in the place of his residents. (Taken from A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Goddard)
He was married June 5, 1783, to Susannah Heath, daughter of John Heath of Brookline. They had the following children: John, Henry, Samuel and Lucy Maria Goddard.
He then married Jane Boyd on June 5, 1788 in Brookline, eldest daughter of George Boyd, Esq of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They had 3 children, William and Jane (twins) and Harriet Goddard.
He then married December 14, 1791, to Mary Langdon, daughter of the Rev, Samuel Langdon, of Portsmouth. They had the following children: Elizabeth, William, Charles, Ann, Warren, Ann White, and Richard Langdon Goddard.
He married a fourth time in January 1811 to Ann white, born September 15, 1768 and died in September 1832.
John Goddard was for many years Representative and Senator in the legislature of New Hampshire; also President of N.H. Union Bank at Portsmouth. He was also nominated as Senator to Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire, but publicly declined being a candidate for either of those office. He died December 18, 1829, at the age of y3, "highly and deservedly honored by a numerous surviving family - his example in society as well as in his family tended through his life to elevate the standard of morals; and his activity of mind, intelligence, and thoroughness of habits, rendered him early eminently useful in public life in the place of his residents. (Taken from A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Goddard)
John Goddard, born November 12, 1756, "with an unhealthy constitution of body, but with some uncommon qualities of mind, united to a remarkable acuteness of sensibility and general sensitiveness of system. Before he had attained the age of nine years, he had repeated to the Rev. Joseph Jackson (then clergyman of Brookline) the whole book of Proverbs, together with the 119th Psalm. He entered Harvard College just previous to the Revolutionary War, which he was soon compelled, by a long and severe illness to leave; and subsequently by the events of the war, was much interrupted in his college term. He stood high, however, in his class and in the College as a scholar; and for his uncommon social and colloquial powers, was proportionally esteemed." He graduated in 1777, and "proceeded to qualify himself for the medical profession, as a student with the much esteemed and respected Doct. A. R. Cutter, Physician of Portsmouth: but his constitution, in his opinion, being insufficient for the hardships then incident to the medical profession, he proposed to commence a business life as a apothecary; and after a term of service, as purser, clerk or secretary in the army, - obtained the situation of surgeon in our of our armed vessels, with a view to go to Spain, the only quarter to which he cold then look for a stock, in the line above described-- then after availing himself of an opportunity to leave the cockpit to take part in an action or two, from the short handed state of the ship, they were captured and carried off to one of the W.I. Islands, where he narrowly escaped death in a long confinement with fever; when liberated and on his way home, he was again captured, and again apparently brought to the verge of life by a fever--- he however, at length arrived in safety at the age of 24 with a considerable debt accumulated in his long periods of sickness."
He was married June 5, 1783, to Susannah Heath, daughter of John Heath of Brookline. They had the following children: John, Henry, Samuel and Lucy Maria Goddard.
He then married Jane Boyd on June 5, 1788 in Brookline, eldest daughter of George Boyd, Esq of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They had 3 children, William and Jane (twins) and Harriet Goddard.
He then married December 14, 1791, to Mary Langdon, daughter of the Rev, Samuel Langdon, of Portsmouth. They had the following children: Elizabeth, William, Charles, Ann, Warren, Ann White, and Richard Langdon Goddard.
He married a fourth time in January 1811 to Ann white, born September 15, 1768 and died in September 1832.
John Goddard was for many years Representative and Senator in the legislature of New Hampshire; also President of N.H. Union Bank at Portsmouth. He was also nominated as Senator to Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire, but publicly declined being a candidate for either of those office. He died December 18, 1829, at the age of y3, "highly and deservedly honored by a numerous surviving family - his example in society as well as in his family tended through his life to elevate the standard of morals; and his activity of mind, intelligence, and thoroughness of habits, rendered him early eminently useful in public life in the place of his residents. (Taken from A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Goddard)
He was married June 5, 1783, to Susannah Heath, daughter of John Heath of Brookline. They had the following children: John, Henry, Samuel and Lucy Maria Goddard.
He then married Jane Boyd on June 5, 1788 in Brookline, eldest daughter of George Boyd, Esq of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. They had 3 children, William and Jane (twins) and Harriet Goddard.
He then married December 14, 1791, to Mary Langdon, daughter of the Rev, Samuel Langdon, of Portsmouth. They had the following children: Elizabeth, William, Charles, Ann, Warren, Ann White, and Richard Langdon Goddard.
He married a fourth time in January 1811 to Ann white, born September 15, 1768 and died in September 1832.
John Goddard was for many years Representative and Senator in the legislature of New Hampshire; also President of N.H. Union Bank at Portsmouth. He was also nominated as Senator to Congress and as Governor of New Hampshire, but publicly declined being a candidate for either of those office. He died December 18, 1829, at the age of y3, "highly and deservedly honored by a numerous surviving family - his example in society as well as in his family tended through his life to elevate the standard of morals; and his activity of mind, intelligence, and thoroughness of habits, rendered him early eminently useful in public life in the place of his residents. (Taken from A Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Goddard)
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