According to older genealogy sources, he may have been the son of a Richard Godfrey and his wife Barbara. A more recent genealogy Footprints in the Sand: The Godfrey Story (2012) places his birth as early as 1620, in Lancashire, and calls his parents Richard Godfrey (b.1598 Wales) and Margaret (Temple) Godfrey (b.1601). However, this is unsourced.
He married, first, about 1650, ____ Turner, the daughter of John Turner Jr and Jane ____ Turner of Lynn,MA. Older genealogy sources indicate her name to have been "Jane", as she had a daughter and a mother with that name, but this has not been found and must be regarded as unproven for now.
He married, second, on Mar 24,1684 at Taunton,MA, Mary ____ Phillips, widow of James Phillips.
Children(by first marriage): Richard Godfrey Jr, Jane Godfrey Woodward Cobb, John Godfrey, Susanna Godfrey Kettle, Alice Godfrey Holbrook, and Robert Godfrey.
He married, first, about 1650, ____ Turner, the daughter of John Turner Jr and Jane ____ Turner of Lynn,MA. Older genealogy sources indicate her name to have been "Jane", as she had a daughter and a mother with that name, but this has not been found and must be regarded as unproven for now.
He married, second, on Mar 24,1684 at Taunton,MA, Mary ____ Phillips, widow of James Phillips.
Children(by first marriage): Richard Godfrey Jr, Jane Godfrey Woodward Cobb, John Godfrey, Susanna Godfrey Kettle, Alice Godfrey Holbrook, and Robert Godfrey.
According to older genealogy sources, he may have been the son of a Richard Godfrey and his wife Barbara. A more recent genealogy Footprints in the Sand: The Godfrey Story (2012) places his birth as early as 1620, in Lancashire, and calls his parents Richard Godfrey (b.1598 Wales) and Margaret (Temple) Godfrey (b.1601). However, this is unsourced.
He married, first, about 1650, ____ Turner, the daughter of John Turner Jr and Jane ____ Turner of Lynn,MA. Older genealogy sources indicate her name to have been "Jane", as she had a daughter and a mother with that name, but this has not been found and must be regarded as unproven for now.
He married, second, on Mar 24,1684 at Taunton,MA, Mary ____ Phillips, widow of James Phillips.
Children(by first marriage): Richard Godfrey Jr, Jane Godfrey Woodward Cobb, John Godfrey, Susanna Godfrey Kettle, Alice Godfrey Holbrook, and Robert Godfrey.
He married, first, about 1650, ____ Turner, the daughter of John Turner Jr and Jane ____ Turner of Lynn,MA. Older genealogy sources indicate her name to have been "Jane", as she had a daughter and a mother with that name, but this has not been found and must be regarded as unproven for now.
He married, second, on Mar 24,1684 at Taunton,MA, Mary ____ Phillips, widow of James Phillips.
Children(by first marriage): Richard Godfrey Jr, Jane Godfrey Woodward Cobb, John Godfrey, Susanna Godfrey Kettle, Alice Godfrey Holbrook, and Robert Godfrey.
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