Edward Goddard, Esq

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• Occupation: say 1695; He was a weaver.
• Occupation: 1697 to 1707, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was employed by the town as a schoolmaster.
• Religion: 6 Feb 1697/98, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was admitted to the First Church Watertown.
• Moved To: 1707, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; In Boston, he kept a school, and was a Ruling Elder in the First Church of Boston.
• Land/House: 25 Nov 1713, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; On 25 November 1713, he bought a farm in Framingham from Joseph Buckminster for £143.
• History: say 1714; Edward kept the first grammar school in Framingham, Massachusetts. There he was the Town Clerk for 18 years, a Selectman for 10 years, the Town Treasurer for 2 years, and a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for 8 years. He held a commission as a Justice of the Peace and was the Captain of the militia troop.
• Religion: 9 Apr 1718, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Edward and Susanna were admitted to the church in Framingham.
• Offices Held: 1720 to 1738; He was the Town Clerk.
• Offices Held: 1724; He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served for 8 years in this position.
• Religion: 14 Apr 1725, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was chosen on 14 Apr 1725 as Deacon of the Framingham Church, but he declined the appointment.
• Religion: 1732; Edward disagreed with the pastor of the Framingham Church, the Rev. Mr. Swift, and left it to join the church in Hopkington in 1732. He later helped form the Second Church in Framingham in 1746.
• Offices Held: 1733; He was chosen as a member of His Majesty's Council.
• Obituary: 1755; According to the Boston papers recording his death, he was "a person of very good natural powers, inquisitive and curious genius, industrious spirit, and considerable improvements in both divine and political knowledge, esteemed for sobriety, integrity, judiciousness and piety from his youth,......being of so good a character and a very accurate writer and draughter in almost all sorts of instruments, he was in his younger time encouraged to keep a school for writing and arithmetic in Boston, where he behaved himself to great acceptance, contracted and intimate friendship with the Rev. Mr. Bridge,... and other serious and solid men,...... in whose society he continued and grew in esteem and affection, and with mutual pleasure, till purchasing a farm in Framingham, he thought it best, for the sake of his children, to live upon and improve it. He was many yeas in commission for the peace, nine years chosen and served as Representative for the town in the General Court, and also chose and served three years more in his Majesty's Council for the Provence.... He was one of the greatest and most steady patriots, both of civil and religious liberties, in their largest extent, that ever appeard in the General Assembly in his day."

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Edward married Susanna Stone in Jun 1697. Susanna (daughter of Deacon Simon Stone and Mary Whipple) was born on 4 Nov 1675 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Feb 1754 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward Goddard was born on 4 May 1698 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Oct 1777 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
2. Susanna Goddard was born on 25 Feb 1699/1700 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in say 1780 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
3. Simon Goddard was born on 18 Feb 1701/02 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Nov 1758 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
4. Benjamin Goddard was born on 15 Aug 1704 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Jan 1754 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
5. The Rev. David Goddard was born on 26 Sep 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jan 1754 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
6. William Goddard was born on 22 Mar 1708/9 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Jun 1709 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
7. Mary Goddard was born on 4 Jun 1711 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was christened on 10 Jun 1711 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Aug 1711 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
8. Ebenezer Goddard was born on 18 Nov 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was christened in Nov or Dec 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Dec 1712 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
9. Ebenezer Goddard was born on 17 Jan 1713/14 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Nov 1762 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
10. William Goddard was born on 10 Dec 1720 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Dec 1720 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
11. Hepzibah Goddard was christened on 8 May 1723 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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• Residence: 1647, London, England; He was a citizen and grocer in London, England. He suffered in the Great Fire of London.
• Immigration: 1665, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He came to New England and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts. His wife and surviving children came over the following year.
• Offices Held: 1668 to 1669; He served as a selectman in 1668 and 1669.
• Occupation: say 1670, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was hired by the town to instruct the children in Latin.
• Freeman: Dec 1677, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Religion: 8 Jan 1687/88, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; William was admitted to the First Church Watertown.

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William married Elizabeth MilesEngland. Elizabeth (daughter of Benjamin Miles and Elizabeth Child) was born about 1631 in England; died on 8 Feb 1697/98 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1666; She came over with her sons, Joseph, Robert, and William. Her husband had come over a year earlier.

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• History: say 1640; Edward was a parliament-man in the time of the civil wars and suffered a loss of property by the Cavaliers.
• Estate Admin: 12 Aug 1647, Wiltshire, England

Edward married Priscilla D'OyleyEngland. Priscilla (daughter of John D'Oyley and Ursula Cope) was born about 1593 in Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, England; died on 15 Jun 1681 in Wiltshire, England; was buried in Box, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: say 1628, Ware, Hertfordshire, England

Benjamin married Elizabeth Child in 1626 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of Wolstone Child and Ellen Empson) was born in 1599 in England; died in 1662 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: say 1628, Ware, Hertfordshire, England
• History: 18 Jun 1631; After her husband's death, she was listed as 'Lately of Were, Herts' in a commission issued at London, 18 June 1631.
• Residence: say 1635, St. Dunstan's Parish, City of London, England

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• Will: 13 Nov 1614, Upper Upham, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
• Probate/Proved: 8 May 1615, Wiltshire, England

Richard married Elizabeth Walrond. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ursula CopeEngland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Estate Admin: 7 Feb 1600/01, Bishopsgate, London, England

Wolstone married Ellen Empson on 4 May 1590 in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire, England. Ellen (daughter of Thomas Empson and Amy Ymal) was christened on 21 Sep 1570 in Westminster, London, England; was buried on 26 Jun 1616 in Aldgae, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]