Benjamin Goodridge

1642 - 1692  (50 years)

• Name	Benjamin Goodridge
  Birth	11 Apr 1642	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  His birth date is recorded as 11 (2) 1642.
  Married	8 Sep 1663 (21 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Mary Jordan, the daughter of Francis and Jane (Wilson) Jordan. Issue: 1. Benjamin Goodridge (1664-____) 2. Joseph Goodridge (1667-____) 3. Daniel Goodridge (1670-1747) 4. John Goodridge (1674-____)
  Goodridge (1918) states the marriage was performed in Ipswich, Mssachusetts. Torry (1985) states that Benjamin married Deborah Jorden 8 September 1663, and that the name "Mary" is in error. [4, 5]
  Married	12 Jun 1675 (33 years)  [2, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Deborah Jordan, the daughter of Francis and Jane (Wilson) Jordan. She was born on 4 December 1645 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 8 November 1676 in Newbury, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Josiah Goodridge (1676-1760)
  Torry (1985) states that Benjamin married Deborah Jorden, 8 September 1663, and that the name "Mary" is in error. [5]
  Married	16 Nov 1678 (36 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Sarah Croad, the daughter of Richard and Deborah (Jordan) Croad. She was born on 11 May 1652 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was killed by Indians on Thursday 23 October 1692 in Rowley, now Georgetown, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Samuel Goodridge (1681-____) 2. daughter Goodridge (1683-1692) 3. Deborah Goodridge (1686-____) 4. Ebenezer Goodridge (1688-1692)
  Moved To	1685 (42 years)	Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
  Death	23 Oct 1692	Rowley (now Georgetown), Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4, 8]
  Cause: Killed by Indians
  Inventory	1 Jun 1693 (51 years)  [4]
  Benjamin's estate was inventoried and valued at £87 7/9.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  1. William Goodridge,   c. 4 Oct 1632, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England bur. 30 Apr 1633, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 2. Mary Goodridge,   c. 21 Aug 1634, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England d. 18 May 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age ~ 49 years) ▻ Edward Woodman,  m. 20 Dec 1653   3. Jeremiah Goodridge,   b. 6 Mar 1637/38, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Dec 1707, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years)   4. Joseph Goodridge,   b. 29 Sep 1639, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 29 May 1716, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)   5. Benjamin Goodridge,   b. 11 Apr 1642, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Oct 1692, Rowley (now Georgetown), Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 50 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William or Edward Goodryke   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret Butterfield,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 3 Feb 1682/83, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I18131
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	William Goodrich,   b. 18 May 1605, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England d. 21 Mar 1646/47, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret Butterfield,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 3 Feb 1682/83, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Benjamin Goodridge(1642 – 1692) 2William Goodrich(1605 – 21 Mar 1646/47) 4Richard Goodrich(Abt 1575 – ) 8Richard Goodrich(Abt 1510 – 1581) 16Henry Goodrick(1487 – 1556) 17Margaret Rowson(1490 – 1579) 9Clare Norton(Abt 1528 – ) 18Richard Norton, Esq.(1502 – 1585) 19Susan Neville(1501 – ) 5Muriel Evans(Abt 1580 – ) 10William Evans(Abt 1550 – ) 20 21 11 22 23 3Margaret Butterfield(Abt 1605 – 3 Feb 1682/83) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Apr 1642 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 8 Sep 1663 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 16 Nov 1678 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - 1685 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 23 Oct 1692 - Rowley (now Georgetown), Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1168] Pulsifer, David. "Early Records of Boston" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VII, 1853). [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S802] Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo, The Goodridge Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of William Goodridge, (New York: privately printed, 1918). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S641] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume II, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845). [S1280] Gee, Robert E. and Barbara W. "Descendants of Josiah Goodridge of Berwick, Maine" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 152, April 1998).