Stephen Goodyear born to Zachary and Susanna (Baxter) Goodyear of London was baptized at Saint Gregory, London, England about 1598. The time of his arrival in America is unknown, but it is known that he owned the vessel, ST. JOHN, that sailed from Bristol to New Haven, licensed to transport 250 persons and he was listed as a passenger.
He was a merchant, large land-owner, and trader who lived in New Haven. His estate in 1643 was worth at 100 pounds, and he owned land totaling approx. 939 acres in the meadow and the neck. His tax rate for that year was 9-19-02. The location of his actual farm was north of New Haven in the neighborhood of Pine Rock.
On July 1, 1644, he was administered the Oath of Fidelity by Theophilus Eaton who was chosen Governor of New Haven Colony annually for many years along with Stephen Goodyear who was chosen Deputy Governor. "They had no salary but served the people for the honor of it and the general good." He also served as commissioner for United Colonies from 1643-46.
In 1644 he built a trading post on "Goodyear's Island" at the cove below Falls Mountain for the purpose of trading with the Indians. He was assigned in a town meeting to judge whether Indian money also known as wampum (strings of beads & shells -- white beads were worth twice as much as black beads) was good or not and if a value should be assigned to it.
Mr. Goodyear was a member of "The Company of Merchants of New Haven" or "The Ship Company" which was established direct trade with the mother country (England). Their plan was to build a ship filled with goods for trading and sail it to London. In January, 1646, the ship was ready to embark on the voyage and 70 New Haven citizens were aboard, including Mrs. Goodyear (his wife), Mr. Lamberton and Mr. Gregson. The New Haven harbor was frozen and the ice had to be cut with saws for three miles in front of the ship. Month after month, with no word from the ship, dispair set in with the inhabitants of New Haven. In November, 1647, the estates of those lost in what was also called "The Phantom Ship" were settled, and they were recorded as deceased. This of course included Stephen Goodyear's wife, Mary. He married second, Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton, widow of George Lamberton, who was also lost in the Phantom Ship.
His ownership of 150 acres near Sterling, now Greenport, was acknowledged in 1649. The first iron works in Connecticut was established in the town of East Haven in 1655 by Stephen Goodyear and continued for about 25 years.
On June 2, 1653, he sold the 150 acres to John Ketcham. He was a grantee of the Earl of Stirling of Shelter Island in the Long Island Sound and sold the island to Sylvester Constant, a merchant in London, at Barbados in 1657 for sixteen hundred pounds of good merchantable muscovado sugar.
Stephen Goodyear died in England in 1658, leaving an "entangled estate". His inventory filed on Oct. 15th, 1658 valued at 800 pounds, 9 shillings, 10 pence plus part of the iron works which was unapprized and minus some debts in Barbados.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
He was a merchant, large land-owner, and trader who lived in New Haven. His estate in 1643 was worth at 100 pounds, and he owned land totaling approx. 939 acres in the meadow and the neck. His tax rate for that year was 9-19-02. The location of his actual farm was north of New Haven in the neighborhood of Pine Rock.
On July 1, 1644, he was administered the Oath of Fidelity by Theophilus Eaton who was chosen Governor of New Haven Colony annually for many years along with Stephen Goodyear who was chosen Deputy Governor. "They had no salary but served the people for the honor of it and the general good." He also served as commissioner for United Colonies from 1643-46.
In 1644 he built a trading post on "Goodyear's Island" at the cove below Falls Mountain for the purpose of trading with the Indians. He was assigned in a town meeting to judge whether Indian money also known as wampum (strings of beads & shells -- white beads were worth twice as much as black beads) was good or not and if a value should be assigned to it.
Mr. Goodyear was a member of "The Company of Merchants of New Haven" or "The Ship Company" which was established direct trade with the mother country (England). Their plan was to build a ship filled with goods for trading and sail it to London. In January, 1646, the ship was ready to embark on the voyage and 70 New Haven citizens were aboard, including Mrs. Goodyear (his wife), Mr. Lamberton and Mr. Gregson. The New Haven harbor was frozen and the ice had to be cut with saws for three miles in front of the ship. Month after month, with no word from the ship, dispair set in with the inhabitants of New Haven. In November, 1647, the estates of those lost in what was also called "The Phantom Ship" were settled, and they were recorded as deceased. This of course included Stephen Goodyear's wife, Mary. He married second, Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton, widow of George Lamberton, who was also lost in the Phantom Ship.
His ownership of 150 acres near Sterling, now Greenport, was acknowledged in 1649. The first iron works in Connecticut was established in the town of East Haven in 1655 by Stephen Goodyear and continued for about 25 years.
On June 2, 1653, he sold the 150 acres to John Ketcham. He was a grantee of the Earl of Stirling of Shelter Island in the Long Island Sound and sold the island to Sylvester Constant, a merchant in London, at Barbados in 1657 for sixteen hundred pounds of good merchantable muscovado sugar.
Stephen Goodyear died in England in 1658, leaving an "entangled estate". His inventory filed on Oct. 15th, 1658 valued at 800 pounds, 9 shillings, 10 pence plus part of the iron works which was unapprized and minus some debts in Barbados.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Stephen Goodyear born to Zachary and Susanna (Baxter) Goodyear of London was baptized at Saint Gregory, London, England about 1598. The time of his arrival in America is unknown, but it is known that he owned the vessel, ST. JOHN, that sailed from Bristol to New Haven, licensed to transport 250 persons and he was listed as a passenger.
He was a merchant, large land-owner, and trader who lived in New Haven. His estate in 1643 was worth at 100 pounds, and he owned land totaling approx. 939 acres in the meadow and the neck. His tax rate for that year was 9-19-02. The location of his actual farm was north of New Haven in the neighborhood of Pine Rock.
On July 1, 1644, he was administered the Oath of Fidelity by Theophilus Eaton who was chosen Governor of New Haven Colony annually for many years along with Stephen Goodyear who was chosen Deputy Governor. "They had no salary but served the people for the honor of it and the general good." He also served as commissioner for United Colonies from 1643-46.
In 1644 he built a trading post on "Goodyear's Island" at the cove below Falls Mountain for the purpose of trading with the Indians. He was assigned in a town meeting to judge whether Indian money also known as wampum (strings of beads & shells -- white beads were worth twice as much as black beads) was good or not and if a value should be assigned to it.
Mr. Goodyear was a member of "The Company of Merchants of New Haven" or "The Ship Company" which was established direct trade with the mother country (England). Their plan was to build a ship filled with goods for trading and sail it to London. In January, 1646, the ship was ready to embark on the voyage and 70 New Haven citizens were aboard, including Mrs. Goodyear (his wife), Mr. Lamberton and Mr. Gregson. The New Haven harbor was frozen and the ice had to be cut with saws for three miles in front of the ship. Month after month, with no word from the ship, dispair set in with the inhabitants of New Haven. In November, 1647, the estates of those lost in what was also called "The Phantom Ship" were settled, and they were recorded as deceased. This of course included Stephen Goodyear's wife, Mary. He married second, Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton, widow of George Lamberton, who was also lost in the Phantom Ship.
His ownership of 150 acres near Sterling, now Greenport, was acknowledged in 1649. The first iron works in Connecticut was established in the town of East Haven in 1655 by Stephen Goodyear and continued for about 25 years.
On June 2, 1653, he sold the 150 acres to John Ketcham. He was a grantee of the Earl of Stirling of Shelter Island in the Long Island Sound and sold the island to Sylvester Constant, a merchant in London, at Barbados in 1657 for sixteen hundred pounds of good merchantable muscovado sugar.
Stephen Goodyear died in England in 1658, leaving an "entangled estate". His inventory filed on Oct. 15th, 1658 valued at 800 pounds, 9 shillings, 10 pence plus part of the iron works which was unapprized and minus some debts in Barbados.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
He was a merchant, large land-owner, and trader who lived in New Haven. His estate in 1643 was worth at 100 pounds, and he owned land totaling approx. 939 acres in the meadow and the neck. His tax rate for that year was 9-19-02. The location of his actual farm was north of New Haven in the neighborhood of Pine Rock.
On July 1, 1644, he was administered the Oath of Fidelity by Theophilus Eaton who was chosen Governor of New Haven Colony annually for many years along with Stephen Goodyear who was chosen Deputy Governor. "They had no salary but served the people for the honor of it and the general good." He also served as commissioner for United Colonies from 1643-46.
In 1644 he built a trading post on "Goodyear's Island" at the cove below Falls Mountain for the purpose of trading with the Indians. He was assigned in a town meeting to judge whether Indian money also known as wampum (strings of beads & shells -- white beads were worth twice as much as black beads) was good or not and if a value should be assigned to it.
Mr. Goodyear was a member of "The Company of Merchants of New Haven" or "The Ship Company" which was established direct trade with the mother country (England). Their plan was to build a ship filled with goods for trading and sail it to London. In January, 1646, the ship was ready to embark on the voyage and 70 New Haven citizens were aboard, including Mrs. Goodyear (his wife), Mr. Lamberton and Mr. Gregson. The New Haven harbor was frozen and the ice had to be cut with saws for three miles in front of the ship. Month after month, with no word from the ship, dispair set in with the inhabitants of New Haven. In November, 1647, the estates of those lost in what was also called "The Phantom Ship" were settled, and they were recorded as deceased. This of course included Stephen Goodyear's wife, Mary. He married second, Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton, widow of George Lamberton, who was also lost in the Phantom Ship.
His ownership of 150 acres near Sterling, now Greenport, was acknowledged in 1649. The first iron works in Connecticut was established in the town of East Haven in 1655 by Stephen Goodyear and continued for about 25 years.
On June 2, 1653, he sold the 150 acres to John Ketcham. He was a grantee of the Earl of Stirling of Shelter Island in the Long Island Sound and sold the island to Sylvester Constant, a merchant in London, at Barbados in 1657 for sixteen hundred pounds of good merchantable muscovado sugar.
Stephen Goodyear died in England in 1658, leaving an "entangled estate". His inventory filed on Oct. 15th, 1658 valued at 800 pounds, 9 shillings, 10 pence plus part of the iron works which was unapprized and minus some debts in Barbados.
This is a cenotaph. View burial and family links at ACTUAL BURIAL HERE.
Inscription
"In Memoriam
Stephen Goodyear
First Deputy Governor
of the
Colony of New Haven
and one of the
earliest members of this Church
Died in London England 1658
Erected by his descendent Wm. B. Goodyear"
