Gershom GoodrichAge: 72 years1717–1789
- Name
- Gershom Goodrich
- Given names
- Gershom
- Surname
- Goodrich
| Birth | March 5, 1717 32 27 |
| Birth of a brother | Richard Goodrich July 23, 1719 (Age 2 years) |
| Death of a mother | Hannah Bulkeley September 23, 1720 (Age 3 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Richard Goodrich — Mehitable Boardman — View this family April 23, 1721 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Joshua Goodrich March 21, 1723 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Solomon Goodrich June 18, 1725 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Solomon Goodrich June 6, 1726 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Solomon Goodrich 1726 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Zacheus Goodrich February 28, 1731 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Zacheus Goodrich 1732 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Eunice Goodrich September 3, 1734 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a half-sister | Eunice Goodrich 1735 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Peter Goodrich October 2, 1737 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Richard Goodrich 1738 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Abigail Goodrich 1738 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Hephzibah Goodrich 1738 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Peter Goodrich 1738 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Ephraim Goodrich February 27, 1739 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Hannah Raymond January 28, 1742 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Abigail Goodrich 1743 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Hephzibah Goodrich 1743 (Age 25 years) |
| Death of a son | Richard Goodrich 1744 (Age 26 years) |
| Marriage | Elizabeth Savage — View this family February 12, 1746 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Nathaniel Goodrich July 1, 1747 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a son | Nathaniel Goodrich 1748 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Mary Goodrich September 15, 1751 (Age 34 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Goodrich 1752 (Age 34 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Elias Goodrich November 12, 1758 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a son | Elias Goodrich 1759 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a sister | Sarah Goodrich 1759 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a father | Richard Goodrich April 7, 1759 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a wife | Elizabeth Savage April 24, 1761 (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage | Submit Leete — View this family December 9, 1761 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a son #7 | Reuben Goodrich October 7, 1762 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Elizabeth Goodrich September 3, 1764 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Elizabeth Goodrich 1765 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #9 | Lole Goodrich September 14, 1766 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lole Goodrich 1767 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | Richard Goodrich March 11, 1767 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a sister | Anna Goodrich June 10, 1777 (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Reuben Goodrich — Amy Hale — View this family September 26, 1782 (Age 65 years) |
| Death | June 18, 1789 (Age 72 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Richard Goodrich Birth: February 27, 1685 21 21 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: April 7, 1759 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
| mother |
Hannah Bulkeley Birth: 1690 27 21 — New London, New London, CT Death: September 23, 1720 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: May 18, 1709 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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10 months elder sister |
Anna Goodrich Birth: March 6, 1710 25 20 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: June 10, 1777 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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2 years elder brother |
Richard Goodrich Birth: July 13, 1712 27 22 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: September 1, 1714 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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3 years elder sister |
Sarah Goodrich Birth: July 6, 1715 30 25 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: 1759 |
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20 months himself |
Gershom Goodrich Birth: March 5, 1717 32 27 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: June 18, 1789 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
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2 years younger brother |
Richard Goodrich Birth: July 23, 1719 34 29 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT Death: March 11, 1767 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
| Father’s family with Mehitable Boardman |
| father |
Richard Goodrich Birth: February 27, 1685 21 21 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: April 7, 1759 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
| step-mother |
Mehitable Boardman Birth: January 20, 1703 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1740 |
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Marriage: April 23, 1721 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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23 months half-brother |
Joshua Goodrich Birth: March 21, 1723 38 20 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: October 23, 1793 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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2 years half-brother |
Solomon Goodrich Birth: June 18, 1725 40 22 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1726 |
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1 year half-brother |
Solomon Goodrich Birth: June 6, 1726 41 23 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: April 7, 1804 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT |
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5 years half-brother |
Zacheus Goodrich Birth: February 28, 1731 46 28 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1732 |
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4 years half-sister |
Eunice Goodrich Birth: September 3, 1734 49 31 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1735 |
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3 years half-brother |
Peter Goodrich Birth: October 2, 1737 52 34 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1738 |
| Family with Elizabeth Savage |
| himself |
Gershom Goodrich Birth: March 5, 1717 32 27 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: June 18, 1789 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
| wife |
Elizabeth Savage Birth: January 27, 1708 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: April 24, 1761 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: February 12, 1746 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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17 months son |
Nathaniel Goodrich Birth: July 1, 1747 30 39 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1748 |
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4 years daughter |
Mary Goodrich Birth: September 15, 1751 34 43 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1752 |
| Family with Submit Leete |
| himself |
Gershom Goodrich Birth: March 5, 1717 32 27 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: June 18, 1789 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
| wife |
Submit Leete Birth: between 1737 and 1738 37 37 — Durham, Middlesex, CT Death: after January 1792 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: December 9, 1761 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT |
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-23 years son |
Richard Goodrich Birth: 1738 20 1 Death: 1744 |
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1 year daughter |
Abigail Goodrich Birth: 1738 20 1 Death: 1743 |
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1 year daughter |
Hephzibah Goodrich Birth: 1738 20 1 Death: 1743 |
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21 years son |
Elias Goodrich Birth: November 12, 1758 41 21 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1759 — CT |
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4 years son |
Reuben Goodrich Birth: October 7, 1762 45 25 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: January 7, 1798 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
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23 months daughter |
Elizabeth Goodrich Birth: September 3, 1764 47 27 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1765 |
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2 years daughter |
Lole Goodrich Birth: September 14, 1766 49 29 — Middletown, Middlesex, CT Death: 1767 |
| Elisha Hale + Submit Leete |
| wife’s husband |
Elisha Hale Birth: November 7, 1734 32 33 — Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Death: June 12, 1805 — Portland, Middlesex, CT |
| wife |
Submit Leete Birth: between 1737 and 1738 37 37 — Durham, Middlesex, CT Death: after January 1792 — Chatham, Middlesex, CT |
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Marriage: January 12, 1792 — Portland, Middlesex, CT |
- Generation 1
Gershom Goodrich, son of Richard Goodrich and Hannah Bulkeley, was born on March 5, 1717 in Glastonbury, Hartford, CT and died on June 18, 1789 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT at the age of 72. He married 2 times. The first time he married Elizabeth Savage on February 12, 1746 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT. She was born on January 27, 1708 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT and died on April 24, 1761 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT at the age of 53. The second time he married Submit Leete, daughter of John Leete and Elizabeth Baldwin, on December 9, 1761 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT. She was born between 1737 and 1738 in Durham, Middlesex, CT and died after January 1792 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT.
Children of Gershom Goodrich and Elizabeth Savage:
- Nathaniel Goodrich (1747–1748)
- Mary Goodrich (1751–1752)
Children of Gershom Goodrich and Submit Leete:
- Richard Goodrich (1738–1744)
- Abigail Goodrich (1738–1743)
- Hephzibah Goodrich (1738–1743)
- Elias Goodrich (1758–1759)
- Reuben Goodrich (1762–1798)
- Elizabeth Goodrich (1764–1765)
- Lole Goodrich (1766–1767)
- Generation 2back to top
Reuben Goodrich, son of Gershom Goodrich and Submit Leete, was born on October 7, 1762 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT and died on January 7, 1798 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT at the age of 35. He married Amy Hale, daughter of Elisha Hale, on September 26, 1782 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT. She was born on December 25, 1763 in Portland, Middlesex, CT and died about March 19, 1827 in Portland, Middlesex, CT.
Children of Reuben Goodrich and Amy Hale:
- Nathaniel Goodrich (1783–1784)
- Ruth Goodrich (1785–1857)
- Jerad Goodrich (1787–1788)
- Asahel Goodrich (1789–1846)
- Albert Goodrich (1792–1793)
- Ama Goodrich (1794–1795)
- David Goodrich (1796–1797)
- Generation 3back to top
Ruth Goodrich, daughter of Reuben Goodrich and Amy Hale, was born on April 12, 1785 in Chatham, Middlesex, CT and died on August 12, 1857 in Portland, Middlesex, CT at the age of 72. She married Samuel Buck, son of Samuel Buck and Hannah Wright, on May 9, 1802 in Portland, Middlesex, CT. He was born in 1779 in Portland, Middlesex, CT and died in 1840 in Portland, Middlesex, CT at the age of 61.
Children of Ruth Goodrich and Samuel Buck:
- Nancy Buck (1801–1807)
- Anson Buck (1801–1807)
- Reuben Buck (1801–1807)
- Amy Buck (1801–1807)
- Edward Buck (1801–1807)
- John Buck (1801–1839)
- Hannah Buck (1801–1807)
- Sally Buck (1801–1807)
- Daniel Buck (1801–1807)
- Malinda Buck (1801–1807)
- Florilla Buck (1803–1884)
- Isaac Buck (1807–1829)
| Shared note | Source: Goodrich Family by L.W.Case Page 55 #117 Married first,Feb.12,1746,Elizabeth Savage,died April 24,1761;married second, Dec.9,1761, Submit Leet; Source:The Bulkeley Genealogy--Descendants of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, pg.249. The will of Gershom, dated 11 May 1789, proved 3 Aug.1789; wife Submit; sons Reuben and Richard Goodrich, daughter Mary wife of Jonathan Ufford; dau. Elizabeth Goodrich; three youngest daughters, Lole wife of Hezekiah Colton, Abigail Goodrich and Hapzibah Goodrich; eldest son Reuben Goodrich and Aaron Wilcox Executors. Administration granted to Reuben; Jeremiah Goodrich surety. Gershom conveyed, 6 Sep.1772, to son Nathaniel and dau. Mary wife of Jonathan Ufford; and on 1 Nov.1785 to son Reuben. Gershom did not have sons Hezekiah, David, Giles and Jeremiah, as given by the Goodrich Genealogy. Hezekiah, David and Jeremiah were sons of Jeremiah and Ruth (Kimberly) Goodrich; Giles was son of Joshua and Hannah (Bliss) Goodrich. |