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Edmund Godwin 1685–1755 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1685

Birth Location: Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1755

Death Location: Nansemond, Virginia, USA

Father: Thomas Godwin

Mother: Martha 1660*++**#

Spouse(s): Mary Mills

Children(s): Thomas Goodwin, Elizabeth Godwin, Col. Godwin, Charity Godwin, Mary Godwin, William Godwin

Edmund Godwin was born in 1685 in Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA, the child of Thomas Bobbie Godwin And Martha Elizabeth Godwin Bridger 1660. Edmund Godwin married Mary Mills, and had children including Ann Goodwin, Charity Godwin, Col Jonathan Godwin, Elizabeth Godwin, Frederick George Godwin, Mary Godwin, Matthew Godwin, Thomas The Traveller Goodwin, William Godwin. Edmund Godwin passed away in 1755 in Nansemond, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Edmund Godwin was born in 1685 in Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA, the child of Thomas Bobbie Godwin And Martha Elizabeth Godwin Bridger 1660.
  • Edmund Godwin married Mary Mills, and had children including Ann Goodwin, Charity Godwin, Col Jonathan Godwin, Elizabeth Godwin, Frederick George Godwin, Mary Godwin, Matthew Godwin, Thomas The Traveller Goodwin, William Godwin.
  • Edmund Godwin passed away in 1755 in Nansemond, Virginia, USA.

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Edmund Godwin's Ancestors

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Edmund Godwin
1685–1755
Birth Place: Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Parents
Thomas Bobbie Godwin
1655–1714
New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America
Martha (Elizabeth (Godwin) Bridger) 1660*++**#
1660–1715
Whitemarsh, Isle of Wight, Virginia, Colonial America
Grandparents
Thomas Godwin
1614–1675
Wookey, Somerset, England
Mary (Elizabeth Bridges) Bridger
1616–1676
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Hester (Stevens Stephens (Bridger) Pitt 1629**++#) Immigrant
1628–1674
Bristol, Dorset, England
Great-Grandparents
Colonel I
1589–1664
Samuel Bridger
1584–1650
MARY WEBB
1601–1683
Col. Burgess
1605–1672
Hester Immigrant
1608–1634
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dorothey Taberer
1565–1596
Lawrence Bridges
1558–1631
Julyan (Bridger)
–1585
Nicholas II
1577–1663
Lady Wight
1578–1652
William Officer
1578–1624
Mary 1582+++*#
1578–1634
George Stephens
1575–1653
Lady Clarke
1582–1625

Edmund Godwin's Descendants

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Edmund Godwin (1685–1755) m. Mary Mills (28 Jan 1682–1720)
  1. 1. Thomas (the Traveller) Goodwin 1707–1779 m. Rebecca SMITH 1725–
    1. 1. Elizabeth Goodwin 1760–1815 m. Thomas (Suckling) *** 1754–1828
      1. 1. Charles (Edmund) Suckling 1778–1837 m. Elizabeth ('Suckling') BARTLETT 1775–1833
        1. 1. Rachel Suckling 1802–1868 m. James Parker 1798–1875
        2. 2. George SUCKLING 1803–1883
        3. 3. Charles (SUCKLING) -Blacksmith 1805–1846
        4. 4. Elizabeth ((infant)) SUCKLING 1806–1806
        5. 5. Thomas SUCKLING 1808–1859
        6. 6. Sarah SUCKLING 1810–1905
        7. 7. Hannah ('Markwell') SUCKLING 1813–1905
        8. 8. Eliza (\ Elizabeth) SUCKLING 1816–1870
      2. 2. Catherine ('Matthews') SUCKLING 1783–1844
      3. 3. Martin Suckling 1784–1840
      4. 4. Rachel ('Gregory' SUCKLING -Shopkeeper) -Chandler 1780–1862
      5. 5. Thomas Suckling 1778–1777
      6. 6. William SUCKLING 1791–1823
      7. 7. mary Suckling 1774–
    2. 2. Rebecca GOODWIN 1749–
    3. 3. David GOODWIN 1766–
    4. 4. William GOODWIN 1765–
    5. 5. Phillip GOODWIN 1755–
    6. 6. George GOODWIN 1759–
    7. 7. Anne GOODWIN 1752–
    8. 8. Mary GOODWIN 1758–
    9. 9. Charlotte GOODWIN 1769–
  2. 2. Elizabeth Godwin 1710–
  3. 3. Col. (Jonathan) Godwin 1703–1762 m. Charity Holladay 1703–1753
    1. 1. Jonathan Godwin 1732–
    2. 2. Charity Godwin 1742–1822
    3. 3. Huldah Godwin 1727–1796
    4. 4. Ameliora Godwin 1749–
    5. 5. Clotilda Godwin 1733–1810
    6. 6. Mary Godwin 1729–
  4. 4. Charity Godwin 1713–
  5. 5. Mary Godwin 1705–
  6. 6. William Godwin 1713–

Edmund Godwin's Timeline

2 Records

1685
1685
Birth of Edmund Godwin in Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA
1755
1755
Age 70
Death of Edmund Godwin in Nansemond, Virginia, USA
Nansemond, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1685
    Event Place: Oldcastle, New Kent, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1755
    Event Place: Nansemond, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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