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Elijah Goodrich

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Elijah Goodrich

Birth
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
3 Oct 1791 (aged 67)
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Hancock, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Elijah4 Goodrich (Jacob3, John2, William1) was the son of Jacob Goodrich and his wife Benedicta Goodwin, daughter of Nathaniel Goodwin and his wife, Mehitable Porter. The family resided in Wethersfield and Windsor, Connecticut.

Elijah was born 3 July 1724; married 20 August 1752, Margaret Gillett, they resided in Windsor, Connecticut and Hancock, Massachusetts.

Elijah & Margaret (Gillett) Goodrich had 12 children:
1. Elijah, born 3 January 1754; married Zilphia Stone
2. John, born 26 December 1755; married (1) Susan Hamblin; married (2) Anna Treat
3. Jeremiah, born 4 August 1757; married Hannah Lobdell
4. Jesse, born 28 October 1759; married Dinah Bishop
5. Solomon, born 11 October 1761; married Esther Barber
6. Marjory, born 24 July 1763; married Stephen Remmington
7. Daniel, born 8 August 1765; married Esther Adams
8. Uriah, born 24 August 1767; married Polly Carpenter
9. Justus, born 16 June 1769; married Lydia Sheldon
10. Jonah, born 30 June 1772; married Nancy Taylor
11. Mercy, born 1 May 1774; married Sylvanus Carpenter
12. Lucy, born 7 December 1776; married Solomon Carpenter

Source for Elijah Goodrich's place of birth: Connecticut Vital Records: Wethersfield Births, Marriages, Death 1634-1868 (Hartford, Connecticut: Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library: 1927)
Source for his date of death, gravestone and Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1850, American Ancestors org.
Provided by Barbara Fletcher Ledbetter (47091203)
Elijah4 Goodrich (Jacob3, John2, William1) was the son of Jacob Goodrich and his wife Benedicta Goodwin, daughter of Nathaniel Goodwin and his wife, Mehitable Porter. The family resided in Wethersfield and Windsor, Connecticut.

Elijah was born 3 July 1724; married 20 August 1752, Margaret Gillett, they resided in Windsor, Connecticut and Hancock, Massachusetts.

Elijah & Margaret (Gillett) Goodrich had 12 children:
1. Elijah, born 3 January 1754; married Zilphia Stone
2. John, born 26 December 1755; married (1) Susan Hamblin; married (2) Anna Treat
3. Jeremiah, born 4 August 1757; married Hannah Lobdell
4. Jesse, born 28 October 1759; married Dinah Bishop
5. Solomon, born 11 October 1761; married Esther Barber
6. Marjory, born 24 July 1763; married Stephen Remmington
7. Daniel, born 8 August 1765; married Esther Adams
8. Uriah, born 24 August 1767; married Polly Carpenter
9. Justus, born 16 June 1769; married Lydia Sheldon
10. Jonah, born 30 June 1772; married Nancy Taylor
11. Mercy, born 1 May 1774; married Sylvanus Carpenter
12. Lucy, born 7 December 1776; married Solomon Carpenter

Source for Elijah Goodrich's place of birth: Connecticut Vital Records: Wethersfield Births, Marriages, Death 1634-1868 (Hartford, Connecticut: Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library: 1927)
Source for his date of death, gravestone and Massachusetts Vital Records 1620-1850, American Ancestors org.
Provided by Barbara Fletcher Ledbetter (47091203)

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ELIJAH GOODRICH
Died October 11, 1791
AE 63 yrs 6 ms

"Behold and see as you pass by
As you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you must be
Prepare for death and follow me"



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