Ebenezer Goddard

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• Married: 1776; Ann Woodward, the daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Brown) Woodward. She was born on 9 June 1753 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. After Jonathan's death, Ann married John Bachelor. She died on Saturday 19 February 1820 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Ann's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Mrs. Anna wife of John Bachellar, Esq. formerly wife of Ebenezer Goddard d. Feb. 21, 1820 æ. 66 Issue: 1. Anna Goddard (1777-1841) 2. Ebenezer Goddard (1779-1851) 3. Benjamin Goddard (1779-____) 4. Samuel Goddard (1780-____) 5. Enoch Goddard (1783-____) 6. Louisa Goddard (1785-1816) 7. Tryphena Goddard (1787-____) 8. Jonas Goddard (1791-1868) 9. Maria Goddard (1793-____) 10. Stephen Goddard (1796-1816)

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Buried:
Mr. Ebenezer Godard
d. Jan. 1, 1803
in his 50th year

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• Religion: 13 Dec 1749, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathan and Dorothy were admitted to the church in Petersham.
• Residence: 1750, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He lived on house lot number 10.
• Offices Held: 1755, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.
• Moved To: 1760, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He had removed to a farm in what is now North Orange, and was running a saw mill and a tannery.
• History: 1 Jan 1781; On 1 January 1781, in Benjamin Mayo's house, a committee met, which agreed to build a meeting house, more close to them. At the meeting were Benjamin Mayo; Nathan Goddard; Nehemiah Ward, serving as clerk; John Stow; Edward Ward; and Ebenezer Foskett. To this document they added the words, "Moreover, the subscribers do covenant, promise and agree that the said Meeting House is build and intended for a Congregational Church and Society to worship in; nevertheless, we do hereby covenant, promise and agree that whenever there shall be a Town, District or Parish set off by the General Court in this place then the said House shall be free for all the inhabitants thereof to hold all their legal, Town, District, or Parish meetings in." From this meeting house grew the Town of Orange, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was dedicated 31 March 1782 . Orange remained a "District" until 1810 because the Massachusetts General Court wanted to limit membership.
• Offices Held: 24 Nov 1783, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served through 1784.

Nathan married Dorothy Stevens on 28 Nov 1748 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Simon Stevens and Mary Wilder) was born in 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 13 Sep 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Mar 1808 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 13 Dec 1749, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nathan and Dorothy were admitted to the church in Petersham.

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Married:
Bond (1860) gives Lois as a child of this family. This is in error, as Lois Stevens was married in 1762.

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• History: say 1723, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was one of the first settlers of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and one of the founders of its church.

Edward married Hepzibah Hapgood in 1722. Hepzibah (daughter of Thomas Hapgood and Judith Barker) was born on 27 Jun 1704 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jul 1763 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 1728, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was admitted to the church in Shrewsbury.

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Married:
Hapgood (1898) gives the year as 1822, a misprint.

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• Occupation: say 1698; He was a blacksmith.
• Military: 1702; During Queen Anne's War, Simon was assigned to the garrison of Peter Joslin, the same garrison as his father. During the attack, he lost one horse.
• Military: 25 Oct 1722 to 25 Nov 1722; During Lovewell's War, Simon is listed in the muster roll of Sergeant Samuel Wright.
• Moved to: Abt 1724, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut

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Birth:
Simon was born during the exile from Lancaster after the massacre during King Philip's War.

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Simon married Mary Wilder in 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Lt. Nathaniel Wilder and Mary Sawyer) was born on 12 May 1679 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1728 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved to: Abt 1724, Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut

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Birth:
Mary was born during the exile from Lancaster after the massacre during King Philip's War. The Lancaster records list her as born in Boston, however the vital records of Sudbury list her birth as in that town.

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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]

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• Religion: 27 Apr 1701, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She joined the First Church Watertown.
• Religion: 9 Apr 1718, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Edward and Susanna were admitted to the church in Framingham.

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• Living: 1695, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He acting for Edmund Rice.
• History: 12 Nov 1703; In a petition to the General Court of 12 November 1703, he requested an allowance as "he having, in 1690, been detached into service against the Indian enemy, was engaged in the bloody fight near Oyster River, New Hampshire, wherein Captain Noah Wiswell and divers others were slain and wounded; that he then had his left arm broken and his right hand much shot, so that he endured great pain and narrowly escaped with his life; that he was thereby much disabled for labor and getting his livelihood" The Court granted him five pounds.
• Will: 10 Jun 1760, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his children: John, Joseph, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hepzibah, and Huldah.
• Inventory: 30 Oct 1763; His inventory was valued at £533 2/3d.
• Probate/Proved: 31 Oct 1763, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Thomas married Judith Barker about 1693 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Judith (daughter of John Barker and Judith Symonds) was born on 9 Sep 1671 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Aug 1759 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1675 to 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In 1675, he was in charge of a garrison house in Lancaster, which was attacked during King Philip's War. He later served under Capt. Thomas Wheeler in 1676, and was at Lancaster again in 1704, under Ensign Peter Joslin.
• History: 1676; Cyprian was assigned an Indian boy for service. He was about 6 years old, son of Nohanet of Chobnakonkonon and was named Samuel.
• Moved To: 1676, Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea), Suffolk County. Massachusetts ; They were forced out of Lancaster by the Indians. Once the war was over, they returned to Lancaster.
• Occupation: 1678, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was an attorney.
• Offices Held: 1682 to 1687, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was the Clerk of the Writs.
• Offices Held: 1690, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.

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Cyprian married Mary Willard on 22 Jan 1671/72 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Major Simon Willard and Mary Dunster) was born on 7 Sep 1653 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died about 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: 1676, Rumney Marsh (now Chelsea), Suffolk County. Massachusetts ; They were forced out of Lancaster by the Indians. Once the war was over, they returned to Lancaster.
• Complier's Note: 2000; Potter (1887) states she married Capt Thomas Brintnall, the son of Thomas and Esther Brintnall on 23 May 1693.

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Birth:
Her birth is recorded as 7 (7) 1653.

Died:
Lancaster is her probable death place.

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Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 22 (11) 1671.

Lawson (1998) gives the marriage place as Chelsea, Massachusetts.

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• History: He was involved in the killing of some Indians and showing his hatred to some friendly Indians during King Philip's War along with Daniel Hoar. They were released by the General Court upon payment of £20 to each of the Indians involved.
• Moved To: 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He removed to Sudbury when Lancaster was destroyed during the War. They returned to Lancaster after 1681 where they may have had more children and he ran an inn.
• History: 1688; He was paid forty shillings by Lancaster for the killing of two wolves.

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Died:
He was killed by Indians. During Queen Anne's War, he was the commander of a garrison house and was shot in the thigh by Indians near that house in the attack of 30 July 1704. He soon died of the wound.

Nathaniel married Mary Sawyer on 24 Jan 1673/74 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 4 Jan 1652/53 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1705; Mary testified that while her brother was held captive by the Indians in 1705, she took care of her father and mother.
• Living: 5 Nov 1740; This was the date when her father's estate was settled.
• Estate Admin: 22 Jan 1740/41, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; The estate of Mary (Sawyer) Wilder was administered by Capt. Ephraim Wilder.

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 4 (11) 1652.