John Goodrich, eldest son of the John Goodrich, Jr. and his first wife Elizabeth, b. of record Sept. 8, 1647 at Wethersfield, Conn. He d. at Wethersfield before Mar. 27, 1676, the date his estate inventory was taken. His apparently undated and short will was proved Apr. 12, 1676 [in modern English]:
• I John Goodrich, the son of John Goodrich sen., of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his Majesties Colony at Connecticut, in New England, being weak in body & expecting my change, but yet having the Use of my Understanding & Reason, do make this my last Will & Testament as followeth:
• And therefore as I do give up myself to the Lord, so desiring that all my Debts may be justly & truly paid out of other Estate, I do give and bequeath my land (be it nine acres more or less) to my loving wife & child forever.
• Also I give my heifer to my sister Mary Goodrich.
• Also I bequeath my best suit of clothes to my Brother Joseph Goodrich, my father paying the value thereof to such as I am indebted unto.
Witness: Jno Chester,....JOHN X GOODRICH.
Joseph X Edwards.
• The inventory of John's estate amounted to £81-17-11 and Mary, the Relict of John Goodrich Jun., appeared & made Oath that she made a true presentment of the Estate of her deceased husband to the appraisers, this 6th June, 1676, before the Dept. Governor, Mr. Wyllys, & the Secretary.
On June 27, 1676 John Goodrich's father reached agreement with the widow Mary regarding distribution of John's estate at Wethersfield [in modern English]:
• Memorandum: That on the 27th of June, 1676, John Goodrich & Mary Goodrich his daughter-in-law, did consent and agree in these following articles, first, that the Nine acres of Swamp Land mentioned in said Mary's Husband's Will shall be the proper Estate forever of Mary the daughter of the aforesaid Mary Goodrich & John deceased, to be delivered to her at 18 years of age or day of marriage, which shall first happen, & in the interim her mother to have the Use of it, & during her Life in Case the Child dye under age, but on the decease of the mother & daughter the daughter dying without heirs or husband, it to return to John Goodrich & his heirs forever.
• 2ndly, that all the debts due from John Goodrich, deceased, shall be paid by said John Goodrich, & the said John Goodrich to receive in consideration thereof all the other Lands left by the deceased, viz, five roods in the plain, Two acres of pastures, and half an acre in his Home Lot & the housing Thereon, for him & his heirs forever; & all the moveable estate whatsoever, except a Cow & calf, & three pounds in clothes. This we agree to in case the worshipful Court that shall have the settlement of the estate see cause to ratify it.
• As witness our hands the day & year above said.
Witness: Wm. Pitkin..........JOHN GOODRICH.
Richard Beckley............MARY X GOODRICH.
• Approved by the Court, 8 September, 1676.
On Mar. 23, 1674/5 at Sudbury, Mass., John m. Mary Gibbs, dau. of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish. By this marriage was b. daughter Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1676 of record in Wethersfield, who d. at age 5 of record at Sudbury, Mass. on June 11, 1681 (Sudbury VRs). On Nov. 12, 1678 at Sudbury, the widow Mary (Gibbs) Goodrich m. (2) as his first wife, Thomas Frost, by whom she had three additional children. She died at Sudbury on Jan. 6, 1690/91.
Of later consequence attached to the 1676 probate of John Goodrich's estate:
• Court Record, Page 60--(Vol. VII) 8 November, 1704: Whereas Daniel Rose, sen., of Wethersfield, made application to this Court for a Settlement of the Estate of John Goodrich Jr., formerly of Wethersfield, Dec'd, This Court do find that Jonathan Goodrich of sd. Wethersfield, brother of the sd. late John Goodrich Dec'd, hath obtained a record of the Land or Estate of his Brother John, and also taken possession thereof many years ago. Therefore this Court do not see Cause to give any order respecting the same, but leave the sd. Daniel Rose to proceed as he shall see cause.
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• I John Goodrich, the son of John Goodrich sen., of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his Majesties Colony at Connecticut, in New England, being weak in body & expecting my change, but yet having the Use of my Understanding & Reason, do make this my last Will & Testament as followeth:
• And therefore as I do give up myself to the Lord, so desiring that all my Debts may be justly & truly paid out of other Estate, I do give and bequeath my land (be it nine acres more or less) to my loving wife & child forever.
• Also I give my heifer to my sister Mary Goodrich.
• Also I bequeath my best suit of clothes to my Brother Joseph Goodrich, my father paying the value thereof to such as I am indebted unto.
Witness: Jno Chester,....JOHN X GOODRICH.
Joseph X Edwards.
• The inventory of John's estate amounted to £81-17-11 and Mary, the Relict of John Goodrich Jun., appeared & made Oath that she made a true presentment of the Estate of her deceased husband to the appraisers, this 6th June, 1676, before the Dept. Governor, Mr. Wyllys, & the Secretary.
On June 27, 1676 John Goodrich's father reached agreement with the widow Mary regarding distribution of John's estate at Wethersfield [in modern English]:
• Memorandum: That on the 27th of June, 1676, John Goodrich & Mary Goodrich his daughter-in-law, did consent and agree in these following articles, first, that the Nine acres of Swamp Land mentioned in said Mary's Husband's Will shall be the proper Estate forever of Mary the daughter of the aforesaid Mary Goodrich & John deceased, to be delivered to her at 18 years of age or day of marriage, which shall first happen, & in the interim her mother to have the Use of it, & during her Life in Case the Child dye under age, but on the decease of the mother & daughter the daughter dying without heirs or husband, it to return to John Goodrich & his heirs forever.
• 2ndly, that all the debts due from John Goodrich, deceased, shall be paid by said John Goodrich, & the said John Goodrich to receive in consideration thereof all the other Lands left by the deceased, viz, five roods in the plain, Two acres of pastures, and half an acre in his Home Lot & the housing Thereon, for him & his heirs forever; & all the moveable estate whatsoever, except a Cow & calf, & three pounds in clothes. This we agree to in case the worshipful Court that shall have the settlement of the estate see cause to ratify it.
• As witness our hands the day & year above said.
Witness: Wm. Pitkin..........JOHN GOODRICH.
Richard Beckley............MARY X GOODRICH.
• Approved by the Court, 8 September, 1676.
On Mar. 23, 1674/5 at Sudbury, Mass., John m. Mary Gibbs, dau. of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish. By this marriage was b. daughter Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1676 of record in Wethersfield, who d. at age 5 of record at Sudbury, Mass. on June 11, 1681 (Sudbury VRs). On Nov. 12, 1678 at Sudbury, the widow Mary (Gibbs) Goodrich m. (2) as his first wife, Thomas Frost, by whom she had three additional children. She died at Sudbury on Jan. 6, 1690/91.
Of later consequence attached to the 1676 probate of John Goodrich's estate:
• Court Record, Page 60--(Vol. VII) 8 November, 1704: Whereas Daniel Rose, sen., of Wethersfield, made application to this Court for a Settlement of the Estate of John Goodrich Jr., formerly of Wethersfield, Dec'd, This Court do find that Jonathan Goodrich of sd. Wethersfield, brother of the sd. late John Goodrich Dec'd, hath obtained a record of the Land or Estate of his Brother John, and also taken possession thereof many years ago. Therefore this Court do not see Cause to give any order respecting the same, but leave the sd. Daniel Rose to proceed as he shall see cause.
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John Goodrich, eldest son of the John Goodrich, Jr. and his first wife Elizabeth, b. of record Sept. 8, 1647 at Wethersfield, Conn. He d. at Wethersfield before Mar. 27, 1676, the date his estate inventory was taken. His apparently undated and short will was proved Apr. 12, 1676 [in modern English]:
• I John Goodrich, the son of John Goodrich sen., of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his Majesties Colony at Connecticut, in New England, being weak in body & expecting my change, but yet having the Use of my Understanding & Reason, do make this my last Will & Testament as followeth:
• And therefore as I do give up myself to the Lord, so desiring that all my Debts may be justly & truly paid out of other Estate, I do give and bequeath my land (be it nine acres more or less) to my loving wife & child forever.
• Also I give my heifer to my sister Mary Goodrich.
• Also I bequeath my best suit of clothes to my Brother Joseph Goodrich, my father paying the value thereof to such as I am indebted unto.
Witness: Jno Chester,....JOHN X GOODRICH.
Joseph X Edwards.
• The inventory of John's estate amounted to £81-17-11 and Mary, the Relict of John Goodrich Jun., appeared & made Oath that she made a true presentment of the Estate of her deceased husband to the appraisers, this 6th June, 1676, before the Dept. Governor, Mr. Wyllys, & the Secretary.
On June 27, 1676 John Goodrich's father reached agreement with the widow Mary regarding distribution of John's estate at Wethersfield [in modern English]:
• Memorandum: That on the 27th of June, 1676, John Goodrich & Mary Goodrich his daughter-in-law, did consent and agree in these following articles, first, that the Nine acres of Swamp Land mentioned in said Mary's Husband's Will shall be the proper Estate forever of Mary the daughter of the aforesaid Mary Goodrich & John deceased, to be delivered to her at 18 years of age or day of marriage, which shall first happen, & in the interim her mother to have the Use of it, & during her Life in Case the Child dye under age, but on the decease of the mother & daughter the daughter dying without heirs or husband, it to return to John Goodrich & his heirs forever.
• 2ndly, that all the debts due from John Goodrich, deceased, shall be paid by said John Goodrich, & the said John Goodrich to receive in consideration thereof all the other Lands left by the deceased, viz, five roods in the plain, Two acres of pastures, and half an acre in his Home Lot & the housing Thereon, for him & his heirs forever; & all the moveable estate whatsoever, except a Cow & calf, & three pounds in clothes. This we agree to in case the worshipful Court that shall have the settlement of the estate see cause to ratify it.
• As witness our hands the day & year above said.
Witness: Wm. Pitkin..........JOHN GOODRICH.
Richard Beckley............MARY X GOODRICH.
• Approved by the Court, 8 September, 1676.
On Mar. 23, 1674/5 at Sudbury, Mass., John m. Mary Gibbs, dau. of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish. By this marriage was b. daughter Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1676 of record in Wethersfield, who d. at age 5 of record at Sudbury, Mass. on June 11, 1681 (Sudbury VRs). On Nov. 12, 1678 at Sudbury, the widow Mary (Gibbs) Goodrich m. (2) as his first wife, Thomas Frost, by whom she had three additional children. She died at Sudbury on Jan. 6, 1690/91.
Of later consequence attached to the 1676 probate of John Goodrich's estate:
• Court Record, Page 60--(Vol. VII) 8 November, 1704: Whereas Daniel Rose, sen., of Wethersfield, made application to this Court for a Settlement of the Estate of John Goodrich Jr., formerly of Wethersfield, Dec'd, This Court do find that Jonathan Goodrich of sd. Wethersfield, brother of the sd. late John Goodrich Dec'd, hath obtained a record of the Land or Estate of his Brother John, and also taken possession thereof many years ago. Therefore this Court do not see Cause to give any order respecting the same, but leave the sd. Daniel Rose to proceed as he shall see cause.
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• I John Goodrich, the son of John Goodrich sen., of Wethersfield, in the County of Hartford, in his Majesties Colony at Connecticut, in New England, being weak in body & expecting my change, but yet having the Use of my Understanding & Reason, do make this my last Will & Testament as followeth:
• And therefore as I do give up myself to the Lord, so desiring that all my Debts may be justly & truly paid out of other Estate, I do give and bequeath my land (be it nine acres more or less) to my loving wife & child forever.
• Also I give my heifer to my sister Mary Goodrich.
• Also I bequeath my best suit of clothes to my Brother Joseph Goodrich, my father paying the value thereof to such as I am indebted unto.
Witness: Jno Chester,....JOHN X GOODRICH.
Joseph X Edwards.
• The inventory of John's estate amounted to £81-17-11 and Mary, the Relict of John Goodrich Jun., appeared & made Oath that she made a true presentment of the Estate of her deceased husband to the appraisers, this 6th June, 1676, before the Dept. Governor, Mr. Wyllys, & the Secretary.
On June 27, 1676 John Goodrich's father reached agreement with the widow Mary regarding distribution of John's estate at Wethersfield [in modern English]:
• Memorandum: That on the 27th of June, 1676, John Goodrich & Mary Goodrich his daughter-in-law, did consent and agree in these following articles, first, that the Nine acres of Swamp Land mentioned in said Mary's Husband's Will shall be the proper Estate forever of Mary the daughter of the aforesaid Mary Goodrich & John deceased, to be delivered to her at 18 years of age or day of marriage, which shall first happen, & in the interim her mother to have the Use of it, & during her Life in Case the Child dye under age, but on the decease of the mother & daughter the daughter dying without heirs or husband, it to return to John Goodrich & his heirs forever.
• 2ndly, that all the debts due from John Goodrich, deceased, shall be paid by said John Goodrich, & the said John Goodrich to receive in consideration thereof all the other Lands left by the deceased, viz, five roods in the plain, Two acres of pastures, and half an acre in his Home Lot & the housing Thereon, for him & his heirs forever; & all the moveable estate whatsoever, except a Cow & calf, & three pounds in clothes. This we agree to in case the worshipful Court that shall have the settlement of the estate see cause to ratify it.
• As witness our hands the day & year above said.
Witness: Wm. Pitkin..........JOHN GOODRICH.
Richard Beckley............MARY X GOODRICH.
• Approved by the Court, 8 September, 1676.
On Mar. 23, 1674/5 at Sudbury, Mass., John m. Mary Gibbs, dau. of Matthew Gibbs and Mary Bradish. By this marriage was b. daughter Mary, b. Apr. 23, 1676 of record in Wethersfield, who d. at age 5 of record at Sudbury, Mass. on June 11, 1681 (Sudbury VRs). On Nov. 12, 1678 at Sudbury, the widow Mary (Gibbs) Goodrich m. (2) as his first wife, Thomas Frost, by whom she had three additional children. She died at Sudbury on Jan. 6, 1690/91.
Of later consequence attached to the 1676 probate of John Goodrich's estate:
• Court Record, Page 60--(Vol. VII) 8 November, 1704: Whereas Daniel Rose, sen., of Wethersfield, made application to this Court for a Settlement of the Estate of John Goodrich Jr., formerly of Wethersfield, Dec'd, This Court do find that Jonathan Goodrich of sd. Wethersfield, brother of the sd. late John Goodrich Dec'd, hath obtained a record of the Land or Estate of his Brother John, and also taken possession thereof many years ago. Therefore this Court do not see Cause to give any order respecting the same, but leave the sd. Daniel Rose to proceed as he shall see cause.
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