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Samuel Prince Godfrey 1703–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1703

Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 31 Aug 1768

Death Location: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: None None

Mother: Deborah *

Spouse(s): Thankful Knowles

Children(s): Mary Godfrey, Prince Godfrey, Alexander Godfrey, Thankful Godfrey, Phoebe Godfrey, Capt. Godfrey, Susannah Godfrey, Bethiah Godfrey, Eunice Godfrey, Joseph Godfrey, Deborah Godfrey, Moses Godfrey, John Godfrey

Samuel Prince Godfrey was born in 1703 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Deborah Cooke. Samuel Prince Godfrey married Martha Collins, Thankful Knowles, and had children including Alexander Godfrey, Bethiah Godfrey, Capt Josiah Godfrey, Deborah Godfrey, Eunice Godfrey, John Godfrey, Joseph Godfrey, Mary Godfrey, Moses Godfrey, Phoebe Godfrey, Prince Godfrey, Susannah Godfrey, Thankful Godfrey. Samuel Prince Godfrey passed away in 1768 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Samuel Prince Godfrey was born in 1703 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Deborah Cooke.
  • Samuel Prince Godfrey married Martha Collins, Thankful Knowles, and had children including Alexander Godfrey, Bethiah Godfrey, Capt Josiah Godfrey, Deborah Godfrey, Eunice Godfrey, John Godfrey, Joseph Godfrey, Mary Godfrey, Moses Godfrey, Phoebe Godfrey, Prince Godfrey, Susannah Godfrey, Thankful Godfrey.
  • Samuel Prince Godfrey passed away in 1768 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Samuel Godfrey's Ancestors

Self
Samuel Godfrey
1703–1768
Birth Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
1667–1743
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Deborah (Cooke) *
1678–1745
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
George (David) Godfrey
1636–1688
Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
hannah hackett
1645–1688
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Josiah (Cooke) Jr.
1645–1732
Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, USA
Deborah Hopkins
1648–1727
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Francis Godfrey⚠👀
1600–1669
Elizabeth Hall👀⚠
1594–1702
Francis Hacket
1620–
Elizabeth Cox
1610–1705
Josiah Cooke
1610–1673
Elizabeth Deane
1603–1697
Giles Hopkins
1608–1689
Katherine Wheldon
–1690
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Godfrey
1573–1630
Isabel Ramadaile
1578–1630
John (Esquire)
1575–1635
Jane Brune
1573–1622
William Ring
1581–1620
Mary Durrant
1590–1631
Stephen GGF)
1582–1644
Mary Kent
1580–1610
Gabriel 🌊🧩
1590–1654
Mary Davis
1592–1637

Samuel Godfrey's Descendants

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Samuel (Prince) Godfrey (1703–31 Aug 1768) m. Thankful Knowles (1705–1 Nov 1779)
  1. 1. Mary Godfrey 1743–1819
  2. 2. Prince Godfrey 1740–1814
  3. 3. Alexander Godfrey 1742–1783
  4. 4. Thankful Godfrey 1730–1815
  5. 5. Phoebe Godfrey 1734–1819
  6. 6. Capt. (Josiah) Godfrey 1728–1778 m. Eunice Godfrey 1731–1781
    1. 1. 1756–1803 m. Phoebe ((Phebe)) West 1768–1849
      1. 1. Ruth Godfrey 1791–1798
      2. 2. Josiah Godfrey 1790–
    2. 2. Susannah Godfrey 1730–1815 m. Stephen (Eldridge) Smith 1749–1827
      1. 1. Stephen (Smith) IV 1775–1827
      2. 2. Mehitaabel Smith 1783–
      3. 3. Samuel Smith 1779–1817
      4. 4. Josiah Smith 1773–1852 m. Elizabeth Barss 1780–1848 m. Esther Collins 1774–1803
        1. 1. Ann (Barss) Smith 1806–1891
        2. 2. Olivia Smith 1808–1841
        3. 3. Elizabeth Smith 1811–1856
        4. 4. Lydia Smith 1814–1850
        5. 5. Stephen Smith 1816–1900
        6. 6. Abigail Smith 1818–1886
        7. 7. Lewis Smith 1819–1886
        8. 8. Susannah Smith 1804–1876
        9. 9. Eunice Smith 1801–1867
        10. 10. Esther Smith 1802–
      5. 5. Alexander Smith 1785–1817
      6. 6. Lodowick Smith 1790–1827
      7. 7. Susannah Smith 1769–1841 m. David Barss 1774–1776
        1. 1. Abigail Barss 1802–1881
        2. 2. Rebeckah Barss 1804–
        3. 3. David Barss 1806–1870
      8. 8. Eunice Smith 1781–1801
      9. 9. Sarah Smith 1761–1807
      10. 10. Ladowick Smith 1756–1789
      11. 11. Jonathan (Eldredge) Smith 1747–1815 m. Elizabeth Harrington 1754–1840 m. Elizabeth Harrington 1754–1840
        1. 1. Sophia (Catherine) Smith 1795–1817
        2. 2. Stephen SMITH 1786–1813
        3. 3. Solomon Smith 1796–1849
        4. 4. Nathaniel Smith 1797–1801
        5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth SMITH) MORREAU 1778–1846
        6. 6. Dorcas (Tabitha SMITH) FOSTER 1774–1845
        7. 7. Bethia (SMITH) PEACH 1783–1828
        8. 8. Jonathan (Eldridge SMITH) II 1781–1848
        9. 9. Henry SMITH 1790–1816
        10. 10. Nathaniel Smith 1797–1801
        11. 11. Dorcas (Tabitha SMITH) FOSTER 1774–1845
        12. 12. Bethia Smith 1783–1828
        13. 13. Henry SMITH 1790–1816
        14. 14. Solomon Smith 1788–1881
        15. 15. Mary (Elizabeth) Smith 1778–1846
        16. 16. Tabitha (Dorcus) Smith 1774–1811
        17. 17. Stephen Smith 1786–1813
      12. 12. Bethia (Smith) Harrington 1754–
      13. 13. Tabitha (Dorcas SMITH) CAHOON 1759–1858
      14. 14. Mehitable SMITH 1764–1847
    3. 3. Mary Godfrey 1769–1816
    4. 4. Josiah Godfrey 1749–1790
    5. 5. Ruth Godfrey 1748–
  7. 7. Susannah Godfrey 1727–1815
  8. 8. Bethiah Godfrey 1743–1800
  9. 9. Eunice Godfrey 1731–
  10. 10. Joseph Godfrey 1733–
  11. 11. Deborah Godfrey 1736–
  12. 12. Moses Godfrey 1740–
  13. 13. John Godfrey 1743–

Samuel Godfrey's Timeline

4 Records

1703
1703
Birth of Samuel Prince Godfrey in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1703
1703
Birth of Samuel Prince Godfrey in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1768
31 Aug 1768
Age 65
Death of Samuel Prince Godfrey in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
1768
31 Aug 1768
Age 65
Death of Samuel Prince Godfrey in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1703
    Event Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1703
    Event Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1764
    Event Place: Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1764; Page Number: 97

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Chatham, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maitland, Hant's, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Seafarers of the Atlantic Provinces, 1789-1935

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1768
    Event Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1768
    Event Place: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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