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William GODWIN 1600 – 1664 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND

Death Date: 1664

Death Location: NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Father: ANTHONY GODWIN

Mother: Elizabeth Maye

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Wright

Children(s): Thomas Godwin, Mary Godwin, Elizabeth Godwin

In 1600, William GODWIN Sr entered the world in WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, born to ANTHONY GODWIN and Elizabeth Maye. William GODWIN Sr married Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Wright, and had children including Thomas Godwin, Mary Godwin, Elizabeth Godwin. William GODWIN Sr passed away in 1664 in NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

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Biography

  • In 1600, William GODWIN Sr entered the world in WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, born to ANTHONY GODWIN and Elizabeth Maye.
  • William GODWIN Sr married Elizabeth Wright, Elizabeth Wright, and had children including Thomas Godwin, Mary Godwin, Elizabeth Godwin.
  • William GODWIN Sr passed away in 1664 in NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA.

Immediate Family

Parents

ANTHONY GODWIN
1560 – 1609
Birth Location: Wookey, Somerset, England
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Elizabeth Maye
1560 – 1592
Birth Location: Wookey, Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Wright
1607 – 1659
Birth Location: Haleigh,Suffolk,England
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Elizabeth Wright
1632 – 1727
Birth Location: Isle Wight, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Thomas Godwin
1614 – 1676
Birth Location: Wookkey, Somerset, England
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Mary Godwin
1652 – 1710
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Elizabeth Godwin
1659 – 1778
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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William GODWIN's Ancestors

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William GODWIN
1600 – 1664
Birth Place: WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
Parents
ANTHONY GODWIN
1560 – 1609
Wookey, Somerset, England
Elizabeth Maye
1560 – 1592
Wookey, Somerset, England
Grandparents
William Godwin
1540 – 1573
Wells, Norfolk, England
Christine Burges
1540 – 1567
Batscombe, Somerset, England
Robert Maye
1545 – 1573
Charterhouse, Somerset, England
Dorothy Mallet
1525 – 1597
Enmore, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Godwin
Lady (Goodwin)
1514 – 1566
Harold Burger
1520 – 1540
Dona Bastian
1520 – 1600
Michael Mallet
1511 – 1548
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Bastian
Dolores Adams
1500 – 1560

William GODWIN's Descendants

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William GODWIN (1600 – 1664) m. Elizabeth Wright (1607 – 28 Feb 1659) m. Elizabeth Wright (1632 – 27 Mar 1727)
  1. 1. Thomas Godwin (1614 – 24 Mar 1676) m. Mary (Elizaberth) Bridger (1616 – 3 Aug 1683) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Bridger (1616 – 1676)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Godwin (18 Mar 1649 – )
  2. 2. Mary Godwin (1652 – Nov 21, 1710) m. Arthur WHITEHEAD (Abt 1654 – Jan 11, 1710) m. Arthur (II William Whitehead (VA)) (1648-1711) (1650 – 11 Jan 1710)
    1. 1. Martha Whitehead (1671 – 1760)
    2. 2. William (West) Whitehead (1672/75 – Aug 1750) m. Rachel (Lewis) McKinney (1685 – 1734)
      1. 1. William Whitehead (Abt 1710 – 1765)
      2. 2. Abraham Whitehead (1712 – 28 May 1766)
      3. 3. Joseph Whitehead (Abt 1712 – Abt 1781)
      4. 4. Tobias WHITEHEAD (1718 – Abt 1773) m. Susannah Edmunds (1725 – 1822)
      5. 5. Robert Whitehead (1720 – 1755) m. Elizabeth Whitehead (1702 – )
        1. 1. Thomas (Whitted, Sr.) [Esq] (Abt. 1740 – 05 Aug 1820) m. Mary Waters (1752 – 1805)
        2. 2. Matthew Whitehead ( – 1765)
      6. 6. Josiah (S) Whitehead (Abt 1720 – Abt 1809)
      7. 7. Lazarus Whitehead (1728 – Nov 1794)
      8. 8. Benjamin Whitehead (Abt. 1743 – Dec 06, 1794) m. Ursula (Mary) Arrington (1736 – Nov 1806) m. Francis
        1. 1. Isabella Whitehead (1766 – 1810)
        2. 2. Jonathan Whitehead (1766 – 1810)
        3. 3. Charles Whitehead (1768 – 1806)
        4. 4. James Whitehead (1770 – 1850)
        5. 5. William Whitehead (1774 – 1821)
        6. 6. Martha Whitehead (1780 – 1810)
        7. 7. Milbrey Whitehead (1780 – 1820)
        8. 8. Joseph Whitehead (abt 1785 – )
        9. 9. Benjamin Whitehead
        10. 10. Mary Hunter (1886 – 01 Jul 1930)
      9. 9. Jacob Whitehead (02 Nov 1779 – 11 Aug 1865) m. Elizabeth Rigden m. Sarah Hester (1770 – Feb 1850)
        1. 1. Jacob Whitehead (abt 1815 – 1852-1855) m. Zilpha Holland (1813 – 22 Jun 1870)
    3. 3. Arthur WHITEHEAD (1648 – 1731) m. Isabella (Purcell) (Pearsell) (1690 – Mar 12, 1744) m. Anne Cooke (1690 – 19 Nov 1750) m. Mary (Polly) Godwin (1673 – 1713)
      1. 1. Nathan Whitehead (1694 – Mar 1776)
      2. 2. Thomas Whitehead (1714 – 1768) m. Eliz'Th Smith
        1. 1. Amos Whitehead
      3. 3. Patience Whitehead (1715 – 1798) m. Jacob Vick (1715 – 11 September 1789) m. Joseph Newsom
      4. 4. Robert Whitehead (1715 – 1731)
      5. 5. Nathan WHITEHEAD (1719 – Mar 20, 1778) m. Mary (Ann) Davis (Apr 30, 1718 – 21 Aug 1760)
        1. 1. Louvella Whitehead (1735 – Bef. 1774)
        2. 2. Phereby Whitehead (1748 – Dead) m. James Odum
        3. 3. Rhoda Whitehead (1750 – 1823) m. David Nicholson (1738 – 1806)
        4. 4. Isabell Whitehead (1748 – Dead)
        5. 5. Benjamin (William) Whitehead (16 Jan 1740 – 6 Dec 1794) m. Ursula (Mary) Arrington (1731 – November 1806)
        6. 6. Thomas Whitehead (1744 – May 21, 1798) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Upham (1744 – 1832)
        7. 7. Chloe Whitehead (1748 – 1817) m. Erasmus Culpepper (1740 – Abt 1785)
        8. 8. Nathan Whitehead (1748 – 1812) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Upham (1744 – 1832)
        9. 9. Benjamin Whitehead (1750 – 15 Oct 1835) m. Sarah Walker
        10. 10. Mary (E) Whitehead (1752 – August 1783)
        11. 11. Henry Whitehead (Abt. 1754 – BEF. 1819) m. Drucilla Bledsoe
        12. 12. Matthew Whitehead (Dec 1774 – 1847)
        13. 13. Matthew Whitehead (Dec 1774 – 1847) m. Margaret Knight m. "MARY" (SUSAN) HOLLAND (1800 – )
      6. 6. Lazarus Whitehead (1722 – Nov 1784)
    4. 4. girl Whitehead (1674 – 1744)
    5. 5. Robert Whitehead (1674 – 1731)
    6. 6. Thomas Whitehead (1676 – 1711) m. Rachel (Lewis) McKinney (1685 – 1734) m. Elizabeth Culpepper
    7. 7. Selah Whitehead (1715 – 1743)
    8. 8. Nathan Whitehead (1694 – March 1776)
    9. 9. Benjamin Whitehead (1701 – Aug 1750)
    10. 10. Sarah Whitehead (1701 – Jun 1764)
    11. 11. Mary Whitehead (1710 – Oct 1781) m. Benjamin Denson (1720 – 1781) m. Weston Pope (1708 – Bef. 03 Sep 1784)
      1. 1. Joseph Denson (1750 – 1838)
      2. 2. Francis Pope (1742 – Jul 19, 1796) m. William Whitehead (1701 – Jun 06, 1750) m. William Whitehead (1730 – 3 October 1805)
        1. 1. William (George) Whitehead (1780 – 1825)
        2. 2. Jane (Williamson) Whitehead (Abt. 1771 – )
    12. 12. Edward Whitehead (1672 – Abt. 1726)
    13. 13. Sarah Whitehead (1689 – abt 1698) m. William Battle
    14. 14. Mary (Ann) Whitehead (1702 – 1714) m. William (Daniel) Fowler (1688 – 1727)
      1. 1. Daniel Fowler (1714 – 1783) m. Mary (Jane) Rollins (1725 – 1793)
      2. 2. DArcy Fowler (1716 – )
      3. 3. John Fowler (1720 – 1785)
      4. 4. William Fowler (1779 – )
    15. 15. William Whitehead (1701 – Jun 06, 1750) m. Abigail (Williamson) Bynum m. Francis Pope (1742 – Jul 19, 1796) m. Mary Paxton m. Rachael Lewis (1683 – )
      1. 1. Alison Whitehead m. John Sinclair
      2. 2. Mary (Alice) Whitehead (1867 – 1869)
    16. 16. Thomas Whitehead (1710 – 1768) m. Eliz'Th Smith
    17. 17. Arthur Whitehead (1715 – 13 Apr 1749) m. Patience Newsom
    18. 18. Joseph Whitehead (1715 – 1781) m. Faith Lane (1718 – 1772) m. Patience Newsom (1715 – )
      1. 1. Mary Whitehead (01 May 1737 – 1773) m. George Debord (May 10, 1728 – Apr 22, 1820)
        1. 1. Catherine (Elizabeth) Debord (1752 – )
    19. 19. Lewis Whitehead (1701 – 19 Jun 1759) m. Mary (Watkins) Poore (1725 – 10 Sep 1795) m. Elizabeth Britt (1717 – )
      1. 1. John Whitehead (Abt. 1735 – 1787) m. Sarah Burcher (1739 – 1792)
        1. 1. Burcher Whitehead (1764 – 01 Sep 1814) m. Nancey Camden
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Whitehead (Feb 1764 – 22 Feb 1817) m. John (Pond) Smith (06 Aug 1754 – 07 Apr 1841) m. John Smith
        3. 3. Sarah Whitehead (1771 – Dec 1792)
        4. 4. James Whitehead (18 Dec 1783 – Apr 1865)
        5. 5. Nancey Whitehead (1750 – 22 February 1817)
      2. 2. Isabel Whitehead (1747 – 1793)
      3. 3. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Whitehead (1750 – Nov 1816) m. William Page (1743 – )
        1. 1. Mary ("Polly") Page (1754 – 1807) m. Thomas (R) Waters (1763 – 1832)
        2. 2. Nathaniel Page (1762 – Bet. 1830-1840)
        3. 3. Whitehead (P) Page (1769 – 1853) m. Jenny Atkins m. Rachel King
        4. 4. Thomas Page (1770 – 1837)
        5. 5. James Page (abt 1777 – 14 Jun 1862)
        6. 6. William (Byrd) Page (17 Mar 1778 – 1810)
      4. 4. Patty Whitehead (1750 – )
      5. 5. Mary (Ann) Whitehead (1752 – 10 Mar 1839) m. Nicholas Nail (1754 – 18 April 1813)
        1. 1. Joseph Nail (19 November 1780 – 12 November 1859)
    20. 20. Sarah Whitehead (1719 – 20 Dec 1762)
    21. 21. Benjamin Whitehead (1728 – )
    22. 22. Ann Whitehead (1730 – 1773) m. Jesse Williams (13 January 1753 – Dec 21, 1833)
    23. 23. Nancy (Ann) Whitehead (1736 – 1798) m. Dempsey Butler (abt 1822 – )
      1. 1. William (Henry) Butler (19 Jul 1851 – 6 Feb 1921)
    24. 24. Lazarus Whitehead (1736 – 07 Jun 1775)
    25. 25. John Whitehead (1760 – 1759)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Godwin (7 May 1659 – abt 1778) m. William Bridgers (1689 – abt 1697)
    1. 1. Eliz Bridger
    2. 2. Willm Bridges (Abt 1753 – abt 1779)

William GODWIN's Timeline

4 Records

1600
1600
Birth of William GODWIN Sr in WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
1605
12 May 1605
Age 5
William GODWIN Sr was baptized in Bourton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
Bourton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
1664
1664
Age 64
Death of William GODWIN Sr in NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
1664
31 Mar 1664
Age 64
Burial of William GODWIN Sr in Kingsley, Staffordshire, England
Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: WRINGTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND
    Record Source: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 May 1605
    Event Place: Bourton on Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Warwickshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812, Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1016; Document Reference: DR 44

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1664
    Event Place: NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1664
    Event Place: Kingsley, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1839, Extracted Church of England Parish Records; Title: Various publications of parish and probate records
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