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JOHN GOODENOW 1634–1721 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1634

Birth Location: Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland

Death Date: 6 Aug 1721

Death Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Edmund Capt

Mother: Anne Berry

Spouse(s): Mary Axtell

Children(s): Elizabeth Goodenow, Mary Goodenow, John Jr., Hannah Goodenow, Sarah Goodenow, Sarah Goodenow, Dorothy Goodenow, Joseph Goodenow, Ebenezer Goodenow, Lydia Goodenow, Mercy Goodenow, Edmund Goodenow

The story of JOHN GOODENOW began in 1634 in Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland. JOHN GOODENOW married Mary Axtell, and had children including Dorothy Goodenow, Ebenezer Goodenow, Edmund Goodenow, Elizabeth Goodenow, Hannah Goodenow, John Goodenow Jr, Joseph Goodenow, Lydia Goodenow, Mary Goodenow, Mercy Goodenow, Sarah 2 Goodenow, Sarah Goodenow. JOHN GOODENOW passed away in 1721 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of JOHN GOODENOW began in 1634 in Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland.
  • JOHN GOODENOW married Mary Axtell, and had children including Dorothy Goodenow, Ebenezer Goodenow, Edmund Goodenow, Elizabeth Goodenow, Hannah Goodenow, John Goodenow Jr, Joseph Goodenow, Lydia Goodenow, Mary Goodenow, Mercy Goodenow, Sarah 2 Goodenow, Sarah Goodenow.
  • JOHN GOODENOW passed away in 1721 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Capt
1611–1688
Birth Location: Dunhead, St Andrew, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Berry
1607–1675
Birth Location: Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Axtell
1639–1731
Birth Location: Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Goodenow
1672–1736
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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Mary Goodenow
1659–1687
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA, London, England, United Kingdom
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John Jr.
1670–1736
Birth Location: Sudbury, Massachusetts
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Hannah Goodenow
1657–
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Goodenow
1663–1666
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Goodenow
1666–
Birth Location: –
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Dorothy Goodenow
1668–
Birth Location: –
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Joseph Goodenow
1674–
Birth Location: –
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Ebenezer Goodenow
1677–
Birth Location: –
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Lydia Goodenow
1678–
Birth Location: –
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Mercy Goodenow
1680–1710
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
MG
Edmund Goodenow
1661–1727
Birth Location: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
EG

JOHN GOODENOW's Ancestors

Self
JOHN GOODENOW
1634–1721
Birth Place: Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland
Parents
Edmund Goodenow Capt
1611–1688
Dunhead, St Andrew, England, United Kingdom
Anne (Hannah) Berry
1607–1675
Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
John (11GGF Johan DeLaBere Barry Capt. Rev.) Missionary
1583–1654
St Gregory by St Paul London, England
Margaret (FitzJohn) Ward
1585–1608
Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Ward
1560–1603
Maria Adams
1573–1607
2nd-Great-Grandparents

JOHN GOODENOW's Descendants

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JOHN GOODENOW (Jan 1634–6 Aug 1721) m. Mary Axtell (25 Sep 1639–4 November 1731)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Goodenow 1672–1736 m. Josiah (Hayden) (Headon) 1669–1730
    1. 1. Edmund (Hayden) (Headon) 1706–1761 m. Sarah Fairbank 1716–1749
      1. 1. Joseph (Hayden) I 1733–1769 m. Hannah (Norcross) Whitney 1733–1806
        1. 1. Joseph Hayden 1764–1801 m. Hannah Pickles 1765–1843
  2. 2. Mary Goodenow 1659–1687
  3. 3. John (Goodenow) Jr. 1670–1736
  4. 4. Hannah Goodenow 1657–
  5. 5. Sarah Goodenow 1663–1666
  6. 6. Sarah ((2)) Goodenow 1666–
  7. 7. Dorothy Goodenow 1668–
  8. 8. Joseph Goodenow 1674–
  9. 9. Ebenezer Goodenow 1677–
  10. 10. Lydia Goodenow 1678–
  11. 11. Mercy Goodenow 1680–1710
  12. 12. Edmund Goodenow 1661–1727

JOHN GOODENOW's Timeline

2 Records

1634
Jan 1634
Birth of JOHN GOODENOW in Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland
Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland
1721
6 Aug 1721
Age 87
Death of JOHN GOODENOW in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1634
    Event Place: Dunhead, St Andrew, Wiltshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Aug 1721
    Event Place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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