Goodrich

My Goodrich ancestors

GENERATION 1

01. Richard Goodrich ^[1]

was born between 1590 and 1613 in Ribston, Yorkshire, England. The book "The Goodrich Family in America" by Lafayette Wallace Case, 1889, page 350 mentions this Richard as "an original settler of Guilford." No parents are listed. He died on May 7, 1676 in Guilford. The same book shows he married Dinah on June 7, 1646. She was born in 1620. Children for this marriage are given as Bartholomew (9-3-1647), John (3-13-1650), Rachel (9-24-1653), and Elizabeth (10-8-1655). Note that Lydia is not listed among their children and one researcher I have contacted claims that Lydia was the daughter of Richard's unknown first wife. Note the birth date for Lydia (abt. 1643) would make her older than any of the children of Richard and Dinah and she would have been born before their marriage. Richard was the twelfth signer of the Guilford Plantation Covenant in June 1639.

The children of Richard and an unknown first wife are:

1	Lydia Goodrich (See Below)

The 4 children of Richard and Dinah as listed in "The Goodrich Family in America" are listed below.
References for each of their families are noted. Note that Bartholomew is not listed - The "Goodrich
Family Association Newsletter", December 2019 notes that Bartholomew is not his son.

1	John Goodrich (Feb 13, 1650 - 1728) Married Mary Alling (1662-1722) - no children
2	Mary Goodrich (Jun 9, 1652 - ) Married John Bailey on Aug 15, 1676 Source: "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Famlies of the State of Massachusetts" Cutter/Adams p. 2697 1. Mehitable Bailey (Aug 23, 1685 - ) Married Samuel Doolittle 1. Mary Doolittle (Jun 16, 1712 - ) 2. Ephraim Doolittle (-) 3. Moses Doolittle (-) 4. Mindwell Doolittle (Jun 15, 1715 - ) Married David Moss
3	Rachel Goodrich (Sep 24, 1653 - Oct 18, 1685) Married Daniel Benton on Dec 23, 1678 Source: "Caleb Benton and Sarah Bishop: Their Ancestors and Descendants" by Charles Edward Benton (1906) p. 40 Children: Andrew, Edward, Hannah, Mary John, Tabitha, Elizabeth, Sarah, Zacheus
4	Elizabeth Goodrich (Oct 8, 1655 - ) Married Ephraim Darwin on Jun 6, 1677 Source: "Genealogy of Connecticut Families Vol. 1"; Gary Boyd Roberts p. 515 1. Daniel Darwin (Sep 15, 1680 - Sep 9. 1682) 2. Samuel Darwin (Jan 24, 1683/4 - ) 3. Rachel Darwin (Nov 11, 1685 - Nov 5, 1691) 4. Joseph Darwin (Feb 9. 1687/8 - ) 5. Ebenezer Darwin (Apr 9, 1691 - ) 6. Daniel Darwin (May 6, 1694 - Dec 1756)

GENERATION 2

02. Lydia Goodrich ^[1] daughter of Richard and an unkown first wife was born abt. 1643 in Guilford, New Haven, CT. On January 24, 1660 she married James Evarts, son of John Evarts and 1st wife Elizabeth. I descend from Lydia and James' son John Evarts who married Sarah Crampton.

My Descent From The Goodrich Line
Generation	Father	Mother
13	Richard Goodrich (1590-1676)
12	James Evarts (1638-1682)	Lydia Goodrich (1643-)
11	John Evarts (1664-)	Sarah Crampton (1669-)
10	Benjamin Jones (1696-1783)	Patience Evarts (1695-1770)
9	Ebenezer Jones (1718-1800)	Zerviah Loomis (1724-1808)
8	Miles Jones (1764-1812)	Mehitable Adams (1771-1812)
7	Miles Jones (1794-1885)	Pamelia Turner (1805-1883)
6	Darius Benjamin Jones (1834-1918)	Marquerite Cowan (1835-1906)
5	Nathaniel Henry Hawk (1858-1944)	Anna Irene Jones (1868-1936)
4	Ernest August Schwiening (1873-1944)	Grace Myrtle Hawk (1885-1984)
3	William Edward Marshall (1901-1981)	Irene Sophia Schwiening (1908-1992)
2	William Edward Marshall
1	Tod Howard Marshall

Goodrich links to royalty
	The parents of Richard Goodrich are not proven but the majority of researchers feel he is either the son of: (Henry Goodrich and Jane Savile) or (Richard Goodrich and Muriel Eure), either of which would give Richard a royal lineage given the documented lines. I would appreciate any information that helps to prove Richard's parents.