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William Goodrich ★ was of Watertown, Massachusetts TR2, BO6, and may have also been referred to as William “Goodridge” BO6. “Willia Goodrich” and “Margaret Butterfeild”, both single people, married on August 19, 1631 in Woolverstone Parish, Suffolk, England CH24, GO5, BO19. William emigrated from England to Watertown before February 28, 1636/7, when on that date William “Gutterig” was granted three acres of ploughland at “Beverbroke Planes” WA21. The 106 townsmen were allotted one acre per person in their family WA21.
On September 3, 1639, William was given custody of Ales Burwood SH17, BO6, GO5, who may have also been called Alice Benfield, a daughter of John Binfield or Benfield, who had died sometime before November 10, 1636, when Alice was three years old BO6, GO5. Alice was originally meant to be cared for by Emanuel and Katharine White, but for unknown reasons, they were unable to do so BO6, GO5. Unless there was another person named Ales Burwood in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, this young girl was the victim of a horrific act perpetrated upon her twofold, by her attacker and by the Boston Quarterly Court session of December 4, 1638 SH17. The record of that court stated SH17:
John Bickerstaffe was censured to bee severely whiped for committing fornication wth Ales Burwoode.
Ales Burwoode was censured to bee whiped for yelding to Bickerstaffe wthout crying out, & concealing it 9 or 10 dayes.
According to the First Inventory of Grants and Possessions of Watertown, which was conducted in compliance with an order of the courts of 1634, 1635, and 1639, William’s homestall, or homestead, was five acres WA21. It was bounded on the southeast by land which belonged to Edmond White, on the northwest with a highway, on the northeast with land held by Henry Bright, Jr. and Roger Willington, and on the southwest with the lot of Richard Sawtle WA21. He held one acre of meadow “at Beverbrook bounded the South with Simin Eire the East with John Stowers & the West with the brooke granted to him” WA21. He also owned three acres of meadow “in the remote Meddowes & the 15 Lott”, three acres of ploughland “in the further Plaine & the 106 Lott”, ten and one half acres of upland “beyond the further Plaine & the 7 Lott”, and twenty-five acres of upland “being a great Divident” in the fourth division and the seventeenth lot WA21.
He was a freeman on May 18, 1642 GO5, PE13. In 1642, all of the townsmen who did not already have farms were granted thirteen acres of upland “to every head of Perfons & cattle”, and so William was granted ninety-one acres of land at lot number twenty-three WA21. The Second Inventory of the Grants and Possessions of the Lands in Watertown, which transpired in 1644, itemized the same parcels of land that had been previously recorded in the First Inventory as in the possession of William “Gutterig” WA21.
William died in the spring of 1645, sometime before May 8 GO5, PE13, and the inventory of his estate, which was taken by Samuel Thatcher and Thomas Hastings on April 3, 1647 TR2, PE13, was valued at a little over thirty-two pounds GO5, PE13. The inventory stated that Henry Ambrose of Hampton owed him one pound and twelve shillings, and that William owed six pounds to Mr. Willowbie, six shillings to Goodwife Hedsbie, and seven shillings and six pence to Major Ciboud PE13. A transcription of his inventory, exclusive of the valuation of each item, follows PE13:
one dwelling house & fyve Acres & a halfe of planting land & ten Acres of land in the liew of the township 13 Acres of remote meddow & 25 Acres of Divident… one bible one psalme booke… one Cowe… two flockbeds two flockboulsters, 2 fether pillowes, 2 blanketts & one rugg… linnen one paire of sheetes… more 3 sheets… a paire of pillowe beeres & a table cloth, one napkin, one ell of linnen cloth… 3 yron potts 2 paire of pothooks… 2 brasse kettles 2 brasse skellets, 1 scum[m]er, & one warming pan… 5 peeces of pewter & a covered pot… one Cupbord 1 chest, 2 boxes, 1 tablechaire, 1 joined stoole, 1 plaine chaire, 1 cowle… one brush… 1 frying pan, 1 roste yron, 1 tramell, 1 pr of tongs & a fire pan… 3 wedges of yron, 2 beetle rings, 1 hames, 1 tackle hooke, 1 yron pestell, 2 yron pale bayles, 1 sickle, 3 yron hinges, 1 pitchforke
Margaret Butterfield ★ was called Margaret Butterfeild in a marriage record dated August 19, 1631 in Woolverstone, Suffolk, which recorded the names “Willia Goodrich” and “Margaret Butterfeild” CH24, GO5, BO19. She was the mother of William, Mary, Jeremiah, Joseph, and Benjamin.
William Goodrich was called the son of William Goodrich in his baptism recorded on October 4, 1632 in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England EN4, but this young child died on April 30, 1633 in Woolverstone GO5.
Marie Goodrich, the daughter of Will. Goodrich, was christened on August 21, 1634 in Woolverstone, Suffolk, England EN4. Mary Goodridg married Edward Woodman on December 20, 1653 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
Jeremiah/Jeremy Guttereg was born on March 6, 1637/8 in Watertown, Massachusetts GO5, PE13. The record of his birth occurred under the heading of 1637: “Jeremy Guttereg of Willyam and mergrett guttereg borne ye – 6 d – 1 m” WA21. Jeremy Goodridg married Mary Adams on November 15, 1660 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Jeremy Goodridg was the father of five known children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI28. These were Mary, born on November 21, 1663, William, born on August 2, 1665, Elizabeth, born on February 27, 1678, Hannah, born on November 15, 1681, and John, born on May 26, 1685 VI28. Jeremiah Goodridg, Sr. died on January 20, 1707 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6.
Joseph Goodridg was born on September 29, 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts GO5, PE13. The record of his birth occurred under the heading of 1639: “Joseph gutterig son of willyan and Mergrett gutterig borne the 29d – 7m” WA21. Joseph Goodridg married Martha Moores on August 28, 166? (perhaps in 1664) in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Joseph Goodridg was the father of eight children whose births were recorded in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts (his son Edmund was the only one of these children whose surname was spelled “Goodridge”, rather than “Goodridg”) VI28. Hanah was born on July 27, 1665, John was born on September 13, 1667, Phillip was born on November 13 or 23, 1669, Edmund was born on June 24, 1672, Abigaill was born on September 17, 1675, Martha was born on February 2, 1680, Margaret was born on October 11, 1683, and Joseph was born on October 21, 1688 VI28. Joseph Goodridge was involved in two horse appraisals which were entered into the Ipswich records on January 30, 1670 SA21. He was the owner of a small light bay colored yearling mare colt which was appraised at twenty shillings on that date by Joseph Bayley and Thomas West, and he and Anthony Austen were the appraisers of a stray brownish-black yearling steer owned by Duncan Steward, which they appraised at twenty-five shillings SA21. Joseph Goodridge of Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts wrote his will on April 16, 1716 which was proved on June 4, 1716 MA59.
Benjamin Goodridg was born on April 11, 1642 in Watertown, Massachusetts GO5, PE13. The record of his birth occurred under the heading of 1642: “Benjamin the son of William & Margaret Guttridge borne 11 (2)” WA21. According to the records for Newbury, Benjamin Goodridg married Mary Jordan on September 8, 1663 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. After the death of his first wife, Benjamin married Sarah Croad on November 16, 1678 in Newbury VI6. Deborah, the wife of Benjamin Goodridg, died on November 28, 1676 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts VI6. Merton Taylor Goodrich demonstrated that there may have been an error in the Newbury marriage record which stated that Benjamin Goodrich married Mary Jordan, rather than her sister Deborah Jordan GO9. M.T. Goodrich stated that Benjamin first married Deborah Jordan and second married Sarah Croad, but never married Mary Jordan GO9. The mother of Deborah and Mary was Jane, the widow of Francis Jordan GO9. The will of Jane Jordan, dated December 10, 1689, made a bequest to the children of Deborah, the late wife of Benjamin Goodridge, who were Benjamin, Joseph, Daniel, and Josiah GO9. Jane Jordan’s will also included a bequest to her daughter, Mary Kimball, who was the wife of John Kimball GO9. Mary Jordan and John Kimball had married on October 8, 1666 GO9. With Deborah, Benjamin Goodridge was the father of Benjamin, born on September 8, 1664, Joseph, born on July 6, 1667, Daniel, born on March 3, 1670, John, born on January 1, 1674, and Josiah, born in 1676 GO9. With Sarah, Benjamin Goodridge was the father of Samuel, born on August 15, 1681, Deborah, born about 1686, Ebenezer, born on December 3, 1688, and an unidentified daughter GO9. Benjamin’s children Samuel and Deborah were ““captured by the Indians and returned to the colony” and his children Ebenezer and another unidentified infant daughter were “killed by the Indians” on October 23, 1692 GO9. Benjamin and his wife, Sarah, were allegedly also killed on the same day GO9.
On May 8, 1645, Margaret, as the widow of William Goodrich, made an indenture with William Thatcher, in which he accepted her son, Joseph, as an apprentice, and assumed responsibility for him GO5, PE13. She sold her property in Watertown, and in 1650 GO5 she married Captain John Hull of Newbury BO6, GO5, PE13, where she and her children, Mary, Jeremiah, and Benjamin, thereafter resided GO5, PE13. On May 15, 1654, the court granted the request of John and Margrett Hull of Newbury to sell a parcel of land at Watertown, which was owned by Margrett, to John White, “the evidences being burned” SH19.
Two deeds between her son-in-law, Edward Woodman, Jr., and John and Margaret Hull, which were both dated April 15, 1656, stated that Edward Woodman, Jr. purchased a four-hundred-acre farm in Newbury from John Hull, a yeoman of Newbury, but that he was in this deed granting it back to John Hull SA21. The terms stated that Edward Woodman, Jr. would pay twelve pounds and twelve shillings per year to John Hull during every year that he remained alive SA21. This payment was to take the form of one fat beast, two firkins of sweet butter, and dry wheat and malt, with the goods delivered at the end of September and the end of April each year SA21. Edward also was obligated to pay eight pounds per year to Margaret Hull during every year that she remained alive SA21. This payment was to take the form of one firkin of butter and in wheat and malt SA21. If Edward paid John and Margaret the agreed-upon goods, then the entire contract would be void, meaning the farm would not belong to John Hull, but instead to Edward Woodman, Jr. SA21. The deed below was transcribed by George Freeman Sanborn, Jr. and is reproduced here under a Creative Commons “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International” license SA21:
Be it knowne unto all men by these pr’sents, that I, Edward Woodmand Jun’r. of Nubery, in the county of Essex, in New England, yeoman, have demised, granted & made over, & by these presents doe demise, grant & confirme, unto John Hull of Nubery aforesaid, yeoman, all that my farme in Nubery, which I purchased of him, with all the land, both meadow & upland, with all the outhouses, barne, comonage, privilidges & appurtenances belonging thereunto, as it lyeth scittuated in Nubery aforesaid, containing by estimation neere foure hundred acres, be it more or less, bounded with ye land of Richard Thurlay toward ye west, land of Robert Addams towards the east, Nuberry great river towards the south, & the comon towards the north. To have & to hould & quietly to possess & enjoy the same, & every part & parcel thereof, unto the said John Hull, his heirs and assignes forever: provided alwaies & it is the tru intent of both parties, that if the said Edward Woodman Jun’r. aforesd shall well & truly pay or cause to be pd unto the said John Hull or his assignes, the full & just some of twelve pound, twelve shillings & six pence yearly, and every yeare during the natural life of the said John Hull, in such pay and at such time & place, as is heareafter mentioned, viz: one fatt beast not above eight yeare old (noe bull) & two firkins of butter, sweet & marchantable, at the house of John Jackson, carpenter, in Boston, neere the tide mill, by the last day of September, yearely, & every yeare, or before that day, & the remainder to be paid in wheate & malt, dry & merchantable, at the place before exprest, at price currant, (of either alike) by the last day of Aprill, yearly, & every yeere during the naturall life of the sd John Hull; and alsoe that if the sd Edward Woodman, his heirs, executors or assigns, shall pay or alow unto Margaret Hull, wife of the said John Hull, sufficient maintynance during her natural life, (if shee please to live with him) and if she be minded to part from the said Edward, then the said Edward shall pay unto the said Margaret Hull, the full sume of eight pounds yearly, & every yeare during the terme of her naturall life, in such pay & at such time & place as is hereafter mentioned, viz: one firkin of butter & the rest in halfe wheate & halfe malt, at price current, to be paid to her or her assignes where she liveth, at any place within six mile of Newbury, at the same times of payments as is above expressed, that then this present writing to be voyd & of none effect, or elce to remaine & abide in full force & virtue. In witnes whereof I the said Edward Woodman Jun’r. have heerunto sett my hand & seale, dated the fifteenth day of the second month, comonly called Aprill, Anno: Dom: one thousand, six hundred, fifty & six, 1656.
Edward Woodman
Subscribed, sealed & delivered as ye act & deed of the said Edward Woodman, in the presence of us,
James Chute.
Hen: Short.
Provided, before the sealeing & delivery hereof, that if John Hull aforesaid shall depart this life before the sd Margaret his wife, in case the sd Margaret shall require the thirds of the farm aforesaid, during her life, that then the engagement of the said Edward Woodman to maintaine her or pay her eight pounds per annum, shall be voyd and of none effect. as witnes
After arriving in Newbury, she purchased land, and some of this land was leased by her son-in-law, Edward Woodman, Jr. PE13. Five bonds, dated March 6, 1656, April 15, 1656, March 6, 1656/7, April 1, 1658, and two which were dated July 1, 1661, mentioned Margaret or John Hull, and have been transcribed below SA21, TH26:
Bond of Edward Woodman, jr. of Newbury, yeoman, for 200li. to Henry Shortt of Newbury, yeoman, (for the use of John Hull of Newbury), to maintain the “like stock” upon the farm which he bought of John Hull, during the life of the said John Hull, and also to pay all debts and legacies expressed as follows: To Jerimy Goodridge five pounds, which is his portion at twenty one years of age, and five pounds more as a gift from his father-in-law, John Hull one year after his youngest brother’s portion is due; and Joseph Goodridge ten pounds at twenty one as above, after the decease of his father and mother fifteen pounds more; and to Benjamine Goodridge at twenty one, three cows, two steers and after the death of his father and mother five pounds more (provided he acquits Edward Woodman of a cow & her increase which is upon the farm), which if he refuses to do he is to have but ten pounds in all, and to keep the housing & fences belonging to the farme in repair. Signed Apr. 15, 1656 by Edward Woodman. Witness: James Chute, Edward Woodman, sr.
Bond of Joseph Jewett of Rowley, merchant, for 200li. to pay to John Hull of Newbury, yeoman, 20li. 12s. 6d. yearly during his life in one beast, three firkins of butter, and the remainder in half wheat and half mault. If John Hull shall depart this life before Margarett his wife then he to pay Margarett or her assigns, 8li. yearly during her life, in one firkin of butter and the rest in half wheat and half mault. If the said Margarett after the decease of her husband shall require the thirds of the farm then the engagement of Joseph Jewett to pay 8li. yearly during her life to be void. If she should die before her husband then the said John to have but 12li. 12s. 6d. yearly during his life. Signed and sealed 6: 1: 1656, by Joseph Jewett. Witness: John Bond, Henry Lunt.
Bond of Joseph Jewett of Rowley to John Hull of Newbury, to pay five pounds, which is the portion of Jerimy Goodridge at twenty-one years of age, and five pounds more to said Jerimy as a gift one year after his youngest brother’s portion was due; and unto Joseph Goodridge, ten pounds at twenty-one as above, from his father-in-law, John Hull; and to Benjamin Goodridge, at twenty-one, three cows, two steers and five pounds in money. Dated, Apr. 1, 1658. Wit: Robert Lord, Thomas Lord and Thomas Wood.
Bond of Edmond Moores of Newbury, husbandman, for 200li. to John Hull of Newbury, yeoman, to pay him 20li. 12s. M. yearly, during life, in one beast, three firkins of butter and the remainder in half wheat and half mault. If he die before his wife, Margarett, to pay her yearly, 8li. during her life, in one firkin of butter and the rest in half wheat and half mault. But if she should require the thirds of the farm then this to be void. Signed and sealed July 1, 1661. Witness: Robbert (his mark) Adams, James Chute and Richard Dole.
Bond of Edmond Mores of Newbury, husbandman, for 200li. to John Hull of Newbury, to pay to him 5li. in cattle, which is the portion of Jerimy Goodridge at twenty-one years of age, and 5li. more in like pay as a gift from his father-in-law, John Hull one year after his youngest brother’s portion is due; and to Joseph Goodridge l0li. in like pay at twenty-one as above, and after the death of his father and mother 15li. more; and to Benjamyn Goodridge at twenty-one, three cows, two steers and after the death of his father and mother 5li. more. Signed and sealed July 1, 1661. Witness: Robert (his mark) Addams, James Chute, Richard Dole.
She outlived her second husband, who died on February 1, 1670 BO6, GO5, PE13. The administration of the estate of John Hull, who died intestate, was granted to Margaret on March 29, 1670 TH27, and his possessions, inventoried by John Person (probably Pearson or Pearsons) and Thomas Thorla PE13, were few TH27:
Two bookes… 2 yerds Casey [perhaps kersey, a coarse wool cloth]… wearing clothes… beeding… 2 cettles [kettles], on scilet… a lanthorn [lantern], pint pot, tinn cetel… a tunell, 2 poringers, 3 spoones… pare of belous [bellows]… warming pan… pot and hookes and hangin and a knife… friing pan… a pes of Iron… 2 bells… 2 chaines… a bason… an ourglas… 6 trayes… 2 hogsheads… & Lumber… 2 beare barils and powdering tub and a firkin… a chirne… 5 pailes… 2 sives… beatle and weegis [beetle and wedges; a beetle is a heavy wooden hammer, and is used with a wedge to split wood]… a rope… a plow and plow Irons… nailes… a sadel and pillion… a paire of feeters… lether… a ridle and a peese of cloth… paire of tonges and a peele [a peel was spade-like tool with an elongated handle, which was used to insert or remove dough and bread from the oven]… a chist… a bottle and 2 glases… a candlestick, 2 paire of spectacles, a pair sisers [scissors]… rake and fork… five cowes and ther hay… fouer yong Cattell… a coulte… five swine… a peauter pot and an axe… 2 chares… 2 baggs… a smoothing Iron
Mary probably suffered from illness for approximately two years, or longer, because a portion of the inventory of her estate recorded a debt due to her son, Benjamin, “To Benj. Guttridg: for attendance upon his mother one year & 3 qtrs: house room & firewood attendance in sickneſs & health at 20s a quarter” PE13. The Newbury death register recorded that Margaret died on February 3, 1682/3 MA26, BO6, GO5. She wrote her will on August 4, 1681, which was witnessed by William and Mary Chandler, and was proved on April 10, 1683 GO5, PE13. A transcript of this will, followed by her inventory, which was taken by Richard Dummer and John Pearsons and delivered to the Court at Ipswich on March 27, 1683, has been reproduced below PE13:
The laſt will and testamt of Margaret Hull revoking all other Wills either by Word or writeing but weake in body but of perfect memory and vnderſtanding doe make this my laſt [will] & teſtamt as followeth
1°: I Comit my ſoule into ye hands of my moſt faithfull Creator and prſerver, and my body to the grave by decent buriall, in hope of a bleſſed reſurextion of my Redemer the Lord Jeſus Chrift: And as to my out ward Eſtate which God of his goodnes hath gratiouſly sent mee I give and bequeath as followeth:
2°: I give and bequeath to my ſonne Jerremiah Goodridge forty ſhillings to bee payd him by my Executor heareafter mentioned in ſome good pay in ſix moneths after my deceaſe: haveing good Reſon as I Ingage for not giving him more.
3°: I give to my daughter Mary Woodman my beſt red Pettecoat & a broad Cloth Waſcoate: And all ye reſt of my wearing Apparrell both Woollen and lin[n]ing [linen] my will is ſhould bee equally devided betweene my ſayd daughter mary and my grand child Mary Emry, and my grand child Elizabeth Woodman
4°: I give vnto ye sd Elizabeth Woodman my box Iron & a paire of flaxen Sheetes
5°: I give vnto my Sonne Joſeph Gooderidge five ſhillings to bee payed by my Executor in ſome good pay in ſix moneths after my deceaſe.
6°: I give vnto my grand Child Benjamin Goodridge my new bedd & new boulſter, two feather Pilloes & one paire of Sheetes, ye one Cotton & ye other flaxx, one yelloe Rugg, & a paire of new woollen blanketts, and a new peuter chamber pott, to bee deliuerred him after my deſeaſe when hee comes to ye age of one & twenty yeares:
7°: As Conſcerning ye Remainder of my Eſtate, due by Bill or Bills, goods and Chattells wtſoever eſtate I am poſeſſed with all, my Legall debts and the Leggacies being payed, allſoe my funerall Expences diſcharged I freely, fully, and abſolutely give vnto my Sonne Benjamin Goodridge: whome I make and Appoint to bee the ſole Executor of this my laſt Will and Teſtament. In wittnes where of I have here vnto put my hand & ſeale Auguſt the 4th: 1681
Thre old Cowes & two young ones at four pound apiece… one Mare at 40s, & a ſwine… One Calf a yeer old… A flock bed… two pair of sheets… A yellow Rugg, two Blankets… four fether pillows… pillow beers… A fether Bolstir, & case… An old Rugg, & a new blanket… Woollen Cloaths, & linning… Silk, & other linning things… A cheſt, chaires, tubs, a hat & pillion… 2 Kettles, & other Braſſe things… 1 Iron pott, frying pan, & some other Irons… one sife, pewter drinking pot, & other pewter… 2 earthen potts, 2 glaſſes, wooden tubs, & diſhes… Books & smoothing Iron… pair of shoes, Bedsted, Malt, earthen pan & a bag… sheeps Wooll… Malt, Corn, meal, & wheat meal… Ten yrd of New Cotten & linning Cloath… Money thirty eight shillings
On April 10, 1683, the sons of William and Margaret, Jeremiah and Joseph Goodridge, presented a petition to the Ipswich Court, which stated that their father died intestate and left “four children and a competent estate which came into the hands of their mother Margarett Goodridge” TH26. The petitioners further stated that when their mother married John Hull, the entire estate was transferred to him, and when John Hull died, he “left a competent estate to their mother Margarett Hull”, but after her death, the petitioners, Jeremiah and Joseph, stated that they believed that she left the entire estate to their brother Benjamin Goodridge TH26. They concluded the petition by requesting the court “to adjust and allot to us what you think may be right of the estate and if there appear any will to the contrary to consider whether it may not be rejected when it seems to carry such injury to your petitioners” TH26. Essentially, Jeremiah and Joseph attempted to contest the will of their mother.