Edward Goddard, Esq

1675 - 1754  (78 years)

• Name	Edward Goddard
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	24 Mar 1674/75	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Occupation	say 1695 (Age 20)  [5]
  He was a weaver.
  Occupation	1697 to 1707 (Age 22)	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  He was employed by the town as a schoolmaster.
  Religion	6 Feb 1697/98 (Age 23)	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [5]
  He was admitted to the First Church Watertown.
  Moved To	1707 (Age 32)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  In Boston, he kept a school, and was a Ruling Elder in the First Church of Boston.
  Land/House	25 Nov 1713 (Age 38)	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [6]
  On 25 November 1713, he bought a farm in Framingham from Joseph Buckminster for £143.
  History	say 1714  [4]
  	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 (Age 43)	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [6]
  Edward and Susanna were admitted to the church in Framingham.
  Offices Held	1720 to 1738 (Age 45)  [6]
  He was the Town Clerk.
  Offices Held	1724 (Age 49)  [6]
  He was elected the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court. He served for 8 years in this position.
  Religion	14 Apr 1725 (Age 50)	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [4, 6]
  He was chosen on 14 Apr 1725 as Deacon of the Framingham Church, but he declined the appointment.
  Religion	1732 (Age 57)  [6]
  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 (Age 58)  [4, 6]
  He was chosen as a member of His Majesty's Council.
  Death	9 Feb 1754	Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  	Cause: of a fever epidemic
  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."
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. William Goddard,   b. 1653, London, England d. 6 Feb 1708, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years) + 2. Joseph Goddard,   b. 1655, London, England d. 25 Jul 1728, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years) ▻ Deborah Treadway,  m. 25 Mar 1680   3. Robert Goddard,   b. London, England d. Nov 1716, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   4. Thomas Goddard,   b. 8 Jun 1667, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 9 Jul 1667, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   5. Benjamin Goddard,   b. 17 Aug 1668, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 24 Oct 1748, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years)   6. Elizabeth Goddard,   b. 22 Jan 1670/71, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. young   7. Josiah Goddard,   b. Abt 1672, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Nov 1720, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years) + 8. Edward Goddard, Esq,   b. 24 Mar 1674/75, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years) ▻ Susanna Stone,  m. Jun 1697
  Person ID	I285	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	William Goddard,   c. 28 Feb 1627/28, Inglesham, Wiltshire, England d. 6 Oct 1691, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Miles,   b. Abt 1631, England d. 8 Feb 1697/98, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F316	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Stone,   b. 4 Nov 1675, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Feb 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1697  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 3 months - She : 21 years and 7 months.
  Children	+ 1. Edward Goddard,   b. 4 May 1698, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 13 Oct 1777, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)   2. Susanna Goddard,   b. 25 Feb 1699/1700, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. say 1780, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)   3. Simon Goddard,   b. 18 Feb 1701/02, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 3 Nov 1758, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)   4. Benjamin Goddard,   b. 15 Aug 1704, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 28 Jan 1754, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 49 years)   5. The Rev. David Goddard,   b. 26 Sep 1706, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 47 years)   6. William Goddard,   b. 22 Mar 1708/9, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 6 Jun 1709, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   7. Mary Goddard,   b. 4 Jun 1711, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 5 Aug 1711, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   8. Ebenezer Goddard,   b. 18 Nov 1712, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 24 Dec 1712, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   9. Ebenezer Goddard,   b. 17 Jan 1713/14, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 18 Nov 1762, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 48 years)   10. William Goddard,   b. 10 Dec 1720, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 17 Dec 1720, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 0 years)   11. Hepzibah Goddard,   c. 8 May 1723, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Mar 1674/75 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Occupation - 1697 to 1707 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Religion - 6 Feb 1697/98 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Edward Goddard - 4 May 1698 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Susanna Goddard - 25 Feb 1699/1700 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Simon Goddard - 18 Feb 1701/02 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Benjamin Goddard - 15 Aug 1704 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - The Rev. David Goddard - 26 Sep 1706 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Moved To - 1707 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Child - William Goddard - 22 Mar 1708/9 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Mary Goddard - 4 Jun 1711 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Ebenezer Goddard - 18 Nov 1712 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Land/House - 25 Nov 1713 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Ebenezer Goddard - 17 Jan 1713/14 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Religion - 9 Apr 1718 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - William Goddard - 10 Dec 1720 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Child - Hepzibah Goddard - 8 May 1723 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Religion - 14 Apr 1725 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - 9 Feb 1754 - Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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