John Goddin (abt. 1738 - 1825)

Born about 1738 in James City Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Priscilla (Hamner) Goddin — married 1779 in York Co VA

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1825 at about age 87 in Henrico, Virginia, United States

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Biography

John is said to be the son of Isaack Goddin and his wife Sarah Overstreet Goddin.^[1]

John served in the Revolutionary War.^[2]

According to family tradition, John married four wives:^[3]

1. Miranda Isham m. 1759
2. Priscilla Hamner
3. Lucy Webb
4. Ann Corbett Timberlake

His children with Miranda Isham were:

1. Isham
2. Avery
3. Miranda
4. William D.

Family tradition records 28 additional children.

Died 14 September 1825 in James City County, Virginia, 73 years old, leaving a wife and 19 children.^[4]

Alternatively, family tradition records that John died in 1830 at the age of 92.^[5]

Buried New Kent County VA.

Land Record Research Notes

in 1840, John Goddin brought in Chancery a legal action against other family claimants.^[6] Then, in 1841, John O. Goddin organized the sale of 536.5 acres outside Richmond to settle the estate of Isham Goddin.^[7] It is possible that the named defendants in the Chancery suit are siblings (and heirs of siblings) of Isham Goddin. John O. appears to be John Otway Goddin, a son of Isham Goddin.

The defendants named in the 1840 Chancery suit are:

1. Sarah Goddin
2. James Goddin (listed first)
3. Marietta Goddin
4. Clarke Goddin
5. John G. Allen and Elizabeth his wife
6. Daniel Rowland and Mahala his wife
7. William S. Tyree
8. Hugh Goddin
9. Patsy Robinson
10. John S. Allen and Rebecca his wife
11. James Goddin (listed second)
12. Nancy Price
13. Isaac A. Goddin
14. Thomas H. Goddin

According to the notice,the following defendants had not appeared before the court, and will be presumed "not inhabitants of this country", i.e. dead or having abandoned their property interests around Richmond:

1. John G. Allen and Elizabeth his wife
2. Daniel Rowland and Mahala his wife
3. Hugh Goddin
4. Patsy Robinson
5. John S. Allen and Rebecca his wife
6. James Goddin
7. Nancy Price

Sources

1. ↑ Goddin: Page 11.
2. ↑ Goddin: Page 12, citing "War Book, Vol 23, Virginia State Library" for a 1778 payroll record
3. ↑ Vaughan, Arnetta Goddin and Goddin, Avery Howe, Genealogy of the Goddin family, (A.H. Goddin, 1952), page 14.
4. ↑ Henley; "Died: John Goddin", Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va. : 1815 : Semiweekly), Tuesday, September 27, 1825, (p 3, c. 5).
5. ↑ Goddin: Page 13
6. ↑ Richmond Enquirer, Volume 37, Number 68, 22 December 1840, Page 4 Col 6
7. ↑ "Valuable Real Estate Near Richmond For Sale At Public Auction", Richmond Enquirer, Volume 38, Number 61, 7 December 1841, Page 1 Col 1

"Another Soldier of the Revolution Gone!" Richmond Enquirer, Volume 22, Number 42, 27 September 1825, Page 3, Col 5 (death of John Goddin).

Henley Marriage/Obituary Index 1736-1982, compiled by Bernard J. Henley from Richmond and Virginia newspapers in 1967-1983, available as a searchable database http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/opac/henleyabout.htm (accessed 5 April 2017)

Chancery Court Notice: Goddin vs. Goddin et al., Richmond Enquirer, Volume 37, Number 68, 22 December 1840, Page 4 Col 6 (http://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=RE18401222.1.4# : 5 April 2017)

"Auction Sales Future Days By Goddin & Apperson, Auct's: Commissioners' sale" The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA : November 9, 1860.) transcript available from University of Richmond; scan available at Virginia Chronicle. "Commissioners' sale of A large amount of valuable Real estate in the City of Richmond, and Also in the County of Henrico.--By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, pronounced on the 3d November, 1860, in the case of O'Neil's ex'rs against Isaac A. Goddin, we, the undersigned, who were appointed Commissioners, will sell at public auction, at the front door of the State Court-House, in the city of Richmond, on Thursday, 22d Nov., 1860..."

Vaughan, Arnette Goddin and Goddin, Avery Howe, Genealogy of the Goddin family, (Del., A. H. Goddin, 1952), pages 12-15

See also:

• Goddin, John. Letter, 1816 Aug. 25. N.p., 1816, from John Goddin (1738-1830) of James City County, Virginia, to his son John Goddin (1780-1864) of Richmond, Virginia, concerning family news and concerning the purchase of land; held by Library of Virginia.