Stephen Goodrich (1760 - 1825)

Born 28 Dec 1760 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Bidwell) Goodrich — married 6 Mar 1783 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1825 at age 64 in Locke, Cayuga, New York, United States

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Biography

Unsourced Biography in The Goodrich Family in America (Lafayette W. Case, M.D., 1889, page 102, #392): ^[1]

The Goodrich Family in America (1889)

On further investigation, Stephen Goodrich Jr. never served in the military; the Revolutionary War service cited in his biography by Lafayette W. Case in 1889 was that of his father, Captain Stephen Goodrich (1732-1823), ^[2] and his year of death (1854) in Middlebury, Vermont is attributed to his brother, Amos Goodrich (1764-1854). ^[3]

Stephen Goodrich Jr., son of Stephen and Dorothy Goodrich, was born on a 50-acre farm outside the extreme southeast corner of the Three Mile lots in South Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut that his father bought and moved to in 1759. ^[4] Stephen was baptized on 28 Dec 1760 at Glastonbury First Congregational parish; ^[5]

Transcript baptismal record 28 Dec 1760

Published marriage record 06 Mar 1783

Stephen and Lois settled in South Glastonbury, where in 1786 Stephen was deeded the 25 acre south tract of the homestead of his father, ^[8] who had moved with the rest of his family to Middlebury, Addison, Vermont. ^[9]

Goodrich Lands in South Glastonbury

From 1786 through 1794, the family of Stephen Goodrich shared the home of father-in-law Joseph Bidwell, who bought on the same day in 1786 the 25 acre north tract of the 50 acre homestead of Captain Stephen Goodrich; including the house. ^[10] Stephen sold his 25 acres to Jonathan Bidwell; an uncle of Lois, ^[11] in early 1795; ^[12] the year Stephen and his family rejoined the rest of his family in Middlebury, Vermont and Stephen bought his first two land tracts in Middlebury from his brother William Goodrich (tracts 2, 3 in the map). ^{[13] [14]} A year later, on 02 Sep 1796, Stephen sold tract 3 to Samuel Miller ^[15] and bought tract 4; a 100 acre homestead, from Rev. John Barnet, ^[16] in exchange for tract 2. ^[17] Another land acquisition was tract 5c; 10.5 acres of 21 acres (tracts 5b + 5c) bought by Stephen Goodrich and William Goodrich from Amos Goodrich on 19 Feb 1805; ^[18] the same day Amos Goodrich sold 50 acres (tract 5a) to Aaron Goodrich, ^[19] and bought tract 6; the 205 acre homestead of their father, Captain Stephen Goodrich, on the Middlebury-Salisbury border. ^[20]

Lands of descendants of Captain Stephen Goodrich in Middlebury-Salisbury, Addison, Vermont from 1784-1844

Stephen and Lois remained in Middlebury, where Stephen was a household head in the 1800 US Census, ^[21] and in the 1810 US Census, ^[22] until they sold their two properties there by 06 Feb 1811; ^{[23] [24]} soon after the death of his mother Dorothy there that year, ^[25] and moved their family to Locke, Cayuga, New York, ^[26] where on 20 Feb 1819 they joined the First Congregational Church of Locke with a recommendation letter from John Stoyell of the Sempronius Church of Christ farther to the north, ^[27] and on 01 Oct 1819 bought 37.5 acres of land on the western border of section 46; east of Chipman Corner Cemetery (now Howell Cemetery). ^[28]

Record of parish admission at First Congregational Church of Locke, New York (20 Feb 1819)

Palmer, King, Greenleaf, Goodrich Lands (1808-1833)

Section 46 became part of Summer Hill after the Town of Locke had been subdivided into Groton, Tompkins County (south-1817); then into Locke and Summerhill, Cayuga County (north-1831). ^[29]

Stephen sold his land in Locke to his son-in-law Thomas Chipman in 1823; ^[30] the year of a quit-claim deed to Amos Goodrich of Middlebury, Vermont regarding lands there of their deceased brother William Goodrich.^[31]

Quit-claim deed: Stephen Goodrich of Locke, New York to his brother Amos Goodrich of Middlebury, Vermont (12 May 1823)

This quit-claim deed clears up the confusion raised by his published biography; connecting Stephen Goodrich Jr. with his family, his former residence in Middlebury, Vermont and his final residence in Locke, New York, where he died on 25 Jul 1825, ^[32] and was buried in Howell Cemetery. ^[33]

Death record 25 Jul 1825

Tombstone photo

Sources

1. ↑ Lafayette W. Case, The Goodrich Family in America (1889), page 102, #392
2. ↑ Fold3.com: Revolutionary War Pension File of Captain Stephen Goodrich, #S38735, page 11
3. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Amos Goodrich
4. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut Land Records (23 Apr 1759; Richard Fox to Stephen Goodrich; 6:529).
5. ↑ Glastonbury First Congregational parish transcript records of Rev. John Eells (1759-1791).
6. ↑ Donald L. Jacobus, Hale, House and Related Families (1952), page 472
7. ↑ Frederic Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages, volume 7, page 107 (1906)
8. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut Land Records (26 Dec 1786; Stephen Goodrich to son Stephen; 9:305).
9. ↑ History of the Town of Middlebury, Vermont, Samuel Swift (1859), page 202
10. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut Land Records (26 Dec 1786; Stephen Goodrich to Joseph Bidwell; 9:306).
11. ↑ Donald L. Jacobus, Hale, House and Related Families (1952), page 473
12. ↑ Glastonbury, Connecticut Land Records (21 Jan 1795; Stephen Goodrich to Jonathan Bidwell; 12:68).
13. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (24 Feb 1795; William Goodrich to Stephen Goodrich; in 2:364)
14. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (24 Jul 1795; William Goodrich to Stephen Goodrich; in 2:347)
15. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (02 Sep 1796; Stephen Goodrich to Samuel Miller; 2:364)
16. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (02 Sep 1796; Rev. John Barnet to Stephen Goodrich; 2:363)
17. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (02 Sep 1796; Stephen Goodrich to Rev. John Barnet; 2:362)
18. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (19 Feb 1805; Amos to William, Stephen Goodrich; 5:334)
19. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (19 Feb 1805; Amos Goodrich to Aaron Goodrich; 5:154)
20. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (19 Feb 1805; Stephen Goodrich to Amos Goodrich; 9:50)
21. ↑ Stephen Goodrich in the 1800 US Census of Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, page 19, row 18
22. ↑ Stephen Goodrich in the 1810 US Census of Middlebury, Addison, Vermont, page 134, row 12
23. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (29 May 1810; Stephen Goodrich Jr. to David Yale; 6:630
24. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (06 Feb 1811; Stephen Goodrich Jr. to William Bass, M.D.; 6:301
25. ↑ Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954: Mrs. Dorothy Goodrich died 19 Jan 1811 in Middlebury
26. ↑ 1855 NY State Census, p 3, row 38: daughter Ruth (Goodrich) Chipman a Locke resident for 44 years
27. ↑ First Congregational Church of Locke records, pp 28-29 (parish admission on 20 Feb 1819).
28. ↑ Cayuga, New York Land Records (01 Oct 1819; Andrew, David Allen to Stephen Goodrich; 57:112)
29. ↑ Elliot G. Storke, History of Cayuga County, New York (1879), page 507
30. ↑ Cayuga, New York Land Records (19 Feb 1823; Stephen Goodrich to Thomas Chipman; 56:477)
31. ↑ Middlebury, Vermont Land Records (12 May 1823; Stephen Goodrich to Amos Goodrich; 9:51)
32. ↑ Records of First Congregational Church of Locke: Stephen Goodrich died 25 Jul 1825.
33. ↑ Find-a-Grave memorial for Stephen Goodrich

Notes

Stephen Goodrich. (Source S2: pages 59, 102)

Baptized 28 DEC 1760. Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. (Glastonbury First Congregational parish transcript records of Rev. John Eells (1759-1791))

Died 25 JUL 1825. Locke, Cayuga, New York. (Records of First Congregational Church of Locke: Stephen Goodrich died 25 Jul 1825)

Marriage Husband Stephen Goodrich. Wife Lois Bidwell. Child: John Goodrich. Child: Nathaniel Goodrich. Child: Ruth Goodrich. Child: William Goodrich. Child: Josiah Goodrich. Child: Anna Goodrich. Child: Lois Goodrich. Child: Chauncey Goodrich. Child: Lucy Goodrich. Marriage 06 MAR 1783. (Early Connecticut Marriages, volume 7, Rev. Frederic Bailey, page 107 (1906).)

Husband Stephen Goodrich. Wife Dorothy Unknown. Child: William Goodrich. Child: Martha Goodrich. Child: Stephen Goodrich. Child: Stephen Goodrich. Child: Aaron Goodrich. Child: Amos Goodrich. Child: Martha Goodrich. Child: Mabel Goodrich. Child: Rachel Goodrich. Child: Mary Goodrich. Marriage 01 JAN 1754. (Source S2: page 59)

• Source: S2 The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodridge of Watertown, Mass. Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984

Acknowledgements

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