 1614 - 1679 (65 years)
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| Name |
GOODRICH Thomas [1] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Birth |
1614 |
Yorkshire, England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
1652 |
Lower Norfolk County, VA |
- Combined, the records strongly suggest he arrived in VA c1652. first appears in VA records in April 1651 in Lower Norfolk Co, VA, whose extant records start in 1637. His absence from the earlier records coupled with his frequent appearance in records after April 1651 is significant. While it is possible he lived for a period in one of the VA counties whose records have not survived, there is no indication this is the case. Instead, Lower Norfolk Co records suggest that when he arrived in the colony he already had significant assets and was considered a substantial citizen - by 1 June 1652, Thomas Goodrich was one of the Lower Norfolk Co justices. Combined, the records strongly suggest he arrived in VA c1650.
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| Occupation |
1652 |
| Merchant |
- Thomas Goodrich may have been engaged in trade and possibly spent time in Barbados. Several early records link Thomas Goodrich with merchants and ship captains, including John Lownes and Capt Mathew Woods. John Lownes lived in Barbados before emigrating to VA c1651 - about the same time as Thomas Goodrich. Matthew Woods was a ship captain who traded between Barbados and VA. In December 1651, Thomas Goodrich witnessed two documents between the men and in December 1652, he was named administrator of the estate of Matthew Woods, which suggests the two men were more than casual acquaintances. These records indicate Thomas Goodrich may have come to VA via Barbados, a common route for early immigrants. Ships from England often made landfall first at Barbados and passengers often stayed in Barbados before continuing to VA, sometimes for several years.
24 December 1651, John Lownes agreed to keep certain stock of Capt Mathew Woods with increase until his return from Barbados; witnesses Thomas Goodrich, George Gosden (VCA Vol III by Fleet, Lower Norfolk Co W&D C p422; p1 [41a?] original)
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| Political Office |
1 Jun 1652 |
Lower Norfolk County, VA |
- by 1 June 1652, Thomas Goodrich was one of the Lower Norfolk Co justices.
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| Death |
3 Apr 1679 |
Essex County, Virginia [1] |
- died in: Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
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| Notes |
- Immigrant LT-COLONEL THOMAS GOODRICH arrived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia by April 1651, and relocated to by December 1656. Thomas and eldest son Benjamin joined other planters in Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. The planters were protesting government corruption, depressed tobacco prices and oppressive taxes, and attacks by Native Americans that the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley, was handling ineffectively. The planters, led by Nathaniel Bacon, took matters into their own hands and attempted to overthrow the Royal Governor before order was restored, in the first American civil war." Lt. Col. Thomas Goodrich was a wealthy landowner titled, "gentleman." His will, dated March 15, 1678/9, proved on April 3, 1678 bequeathed 10,000 acres of land to his wife and his six children.Less
ORIGINS
The English origin of Thomas Goodrich has long been discussed. In Memorials of the Goodrich Family, LCDR Caspar Goodrich speculated Thomas Goodrich was from Yorkshire and a brother of John Goodrich of Isle of Wight Co, VA. The dates work quite well for John of Isle of Wight Co to have been a brother of Thomas Goodrich; John Goodrich arrived in VA in the George, 21 August 1635 and he deposed 5 March 1697/8 that he was about 80 (VHG p217) (i.e., born c1618). Thomas Goodrich deposed in 1654 he was about 40 (i.e., born c1614).
Several postings state this John Goodrich was the second son of Sir Richard Goodrich, High Sheriff of Yorkshire (1580 - 1592) and wife Muriel Eure, daughter of Lord William Eure; though no references are given. This cannot be correct; Richard Goodrich and Muriel Eure married 1578 and Richard Goodrich died 1601, shortly after being knighted Queen Elizabeth.
Note: Sir Richard Goodrich descended (through marriage connections with the Norton-Conyers, the Tempests, and the Hollands) from Sir Saher de Quincey, Magna Carta Surety, 1st Early of Winchester, whose son, Sir Roger de Quincey, Constable of Scotland, married Helen, daughter of Alan, Lord of Galloway. This line is descended from ancient kings of Scotland, Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Plantagenet line, and William the Conqueror through Lord of Galloway.
Other postings postulate Thomas Goodrich was a grandson of Richard Goodrich and Muriel Eure through John Goodrich, their second son. According to these postings, John Goodrich (1584 York, England - 1646 Slingsby England) m. Elizabeth ___ (1586 - 22 August 1634 Slingsby, England) c1604. Thomas Goodrich was supposed to be the eldest son and heir. Again, no references are given.
Recent DNA tests suggest a different origin. A descendant of Thomas Goodrich and a descendant of Ens William Goodrich of Wetherfield, CT are separated by 2 markers in a 25 marker test (i.e., a 23/25 match); however each is a 24/25 match with the postulated common Goodrich ancestor (based on DNA tests for 17 men). Further, the two descendants differ in only 3 markers at the 37 (i.e., 34/37) and 67 (i.e., 64/67) marker tests. When compared to the postulated common ancestor, the descendant of William Goodrich is a 36/37 and 66/67 match while the descendant of Thomas Goodrich is a 35/37 and 65/67 match.
2 results indicate there is a [conservative] 95% chance the 2 descendants shared a common ancestor within 14 generations. Therefore, assuming 11 generations (~330 years) between William and Thomas Goodrich and their respective descendants, then it is very likely William Goodrich of Wetherfield and Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock Co, VA shared a common grandfather or great-grandfather.
Note: Thomas Goodrich deposed in 1654 he was 40 years old and, therefore, born c1614. Ensign William Goodrich of Wethersfield, CT was born c1619. The two men were contemporaries.
Researchers of Ens William Goodrich have shown he was from Suffolk, England. Building on this, Joe Neilson, a descendant of Thomas Goodrich, conducted an extensive search of all Suffolk parish registers available at the LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City, focusing on records from Bury-St. Edmunds and the surrounding region. He conducted an equally extensive search of Goodrich will records in Suffolk. He presents a convincing argument that Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock Co, VA was a son of John Goodrich who was baptized in 1568, who was a son of Adam Goodrich and Anne ___, in Hessett, Suffolk, England. His results are presented below.
Recent DNA testing has shown Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock to be a close cousin to the Goodrich brothers (John and William) who settled in Wethersfield, CT c1640. Wills, letters of correspondence, and parish records show John and William Goodrich of CT were sons of John Goodrich the Clothier of Bury-St. Edmunds. And it is almost a certainty that John the clothier was a son of William Goodrich (a - 1631) and Margaret Richardson (a - 1630) of Hessett. William died testate, naming some of his children, to include Susan Beamond. John Goodrich (a - 1632), the clothier, left a will dated 14 April 1632. One of his bequests was to the youngest children of his sister Susan by her first husband John Lock. A marriage took place in 1627 in Bradfield Combust between Susan Lock and John Beamis (Beamond), so there seems little doubt William and John were speaking of the same Susan. The parents of William Goodrich of Hessett were very likely Robert Goodrich of Felsham (will dated 1563) and Elizabeth ___.
The Goodrich Family was in Felsham, a small town located about 10 miles south and east of Bury-St. Edmunds, as early as 1336 when a Robert Goodrich transferred property to John de Stoke and Alice his wife (feet of fines, 9th year of Edward III).
The Goodrich will record for the Bury-St. Edmunds region begins with John Goodrich of Felsham (dated 1423), Geoffery Goodrich of Lavenham (dated 1424), Rose Goodrich of Felsham (1470), John Goodrich of Felsham (dated 1475) followed by John Goodrich of Felsham (dated 1503) and then a 50 year gap. In 1554, John Goodrich Esquire of Felsham made his will followed 4 years later by his wife Joane and then in 1563 by their son Robert and in 1596 by Robert's son Adam Goodrich. Essentially all the Goodrich activity in this region centered around Felsham and it is probable the New England settlers John and William Goodrich as well as Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock would find their roots in the 1336 Robert Goodrich of Felsham.
Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock was a member of the gentry. He was a county justice and the senior officer in the county militia. He was typically referred to as 'Mr.' and 'Gentleman.' This indicates his father was also gentry, since such references were hereditary. During this time, people tended to marry within their social class (although there were many exceptions, particularly in the Colonies). This was true of the Goodrich family; records show the second and third generations in VA intermarried with the Danby, Eppes, Hamlin, Lightfoot, Mallory, and Wynne families. Each of these families was of the gentry and held important positions within their counties or the colony.
Note: The maiden names of the wives of Benjamin and Charles Goodrich (sons of Thomas Goodrich) are not known; it is likely their wives were of the gentry.
Thomas Goodrich was also literate and relatively wealthy. His first certificate for 11 headrights included himself, his wife Ann, 5 Negroes, and 4 others. It is likely he received this certificate not long after arriving from England, suggesting he had sufficient funds to pay for transporting 9 non-family members.
John Goodrich was baptized in 1577, the son of John Goodrich and Ann. There is no marriage record for him in Nayland, but he had three sons, John baptized 13 December 1612, Thomas baptized 9 October 1614 and Christopher baptized 31 March 1619. None of the three baptisms refer to John, the father, as gentleman, although several other fathers who had their children baptized during the same time period were referred to as gentlemen. The father of John Goodrich of Nayland, also named John, left a will dated 1606; he did not call himself gentleman or yeoman and was, by Suffolk Goodrich standards, a person of limited means, owning no other property than his house, and signed his will by mark.
From DNA testing 2015:
Immigrant LT.-COLONEL THOMAS1 GOODRICH arrived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia by April 1651, and relocated to Old Rappahannock County, Virginia by December 1656.49 Thomas and eldest son Benjamin joined other planters in Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. The planters were protesting government corruption, depressed tobacco prices and oppressive taxes, and attacks by Native Americans that the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley, was handling ineffectively. The planters, led by Nathaniel Bacon, took matters into their own hands and attempted to overthrow the Royal Governor before order was restored, in the first American civil war.50 Mr. Thomas Goodrich died soon after Bacon's Rebellion. His will,51 proved 3 April 1679, left
10,000+ acres to wife Anne (Thresh) Goodrich52 and children Benjamin, Joseph, Charles, Anne, Peter and Katherine.53 Recent Y-SNP test results prove that Thomas Goodrich of Rappahannock co-descended from the Felsham Goodrich ancestry,45 and link him to County Suffolk. Thomas stated in 1654 his age was 40.54 Of three Suffolk Goodrich men with a son Thomas baptized in 1614-1615, only one carried the title Mr.: John Goodrich, Alderman of Bury St. Edmunds.55, 56
Col. Thomas Goodrich arrived in Virginia in 1652 and as no children are mentioned in the certificate granted him for headrights it would therefore be assumed that Benjamin muyst have been born in Virginia between 1652-3 and 1655. Benjamin married Alice (maiden name unknown) and is thought to have died circa 1695 as Edward Sorrell and his wife, Alice, executer of the will of Benjamin Goodrich, on April 27, 1695 acknowledged in the General Court a deed of sale of some land to John Griffin. (W and D Essex Co., 1702-4--Bk.11 p2). It is further shown that on June 10, 1703, Edward Sorrell of James City County, Gent.and his wife, Alice, executrix of the will of Benjamin Goodrich Gent., late of said County,Deceased, made another deed to land in James City County, "adjoining Mr. Sorrell and Mr. Hamlette".(W & MQ V 22 p 216).
From the Goodrich Family Association Newsletter, April 2017:
Descendants of immigrant Thomas Goodrich
(1615-1679) of Old Rappahannock, Virginia were published recently,18 and a 6-generation
genealogy of Benjamin Goodrick (b. ~1775) of Virginia and Ohio was also published recently.19
A consideration of these genealogies, with useful features and highlights, begins in this issue.
William Goodridge/Goodrich of Watertown and Thomas Goodrich of Old Rappahannock, as revealed
in the Goodrich Surname Y-DNA Project, is E-V13+ (E-V13 was discovered in 2007),29 and with the
higher resolution available since 2013 is currently: E-V13+, E-CTS5856+, E-Z5018+, E-Z16242+.30
This suggests a Balkan (Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia) origin for the E-V1329 through E-Z5018
SNP mutations, with later relocation, possibly for military deployment,31 to the Iberian Peninsula
(Spain, Portugal), in the former Roman Province of Hispania. 32
In what would later become Spain and Portugal: 1) the E-Z16242 SNP mutation may have originated,
2) soldiers were deployed to invade Britannia/England in 43 AD in forts 8-53 miles from Felsham,33, 34
3) all current non-Goodrich E-Z16242+ trace their earliest Y-ancestors.
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| Person ID |
I10415 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
3 Oct 2017 |
| Father |
GOODRICKE John, b. Abt 1582, Ribstone, Yorkshire, England d. 1646, Slingsby, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 64 years) |
| Mother |
HOPKINS Sarah ELIZABETH, b. 1586 d. 1634 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage |
1607 |
Wetheringsett, Suff, Engl |
| Family ID |
F4327 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
SHERWOOD Anne, b. 1628, Virginia d. 1696, Charles City, Charles City County, VA (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
Jan 1653 |
- THOMAS1 GOODRICH
Birth. 1614 (based on court deposition in Lower Norfolk Co Court)
14 April 1615 Thomas Goodrich baptized, son of John Goodrich, Alderman of Bury St. Edmonds and his wife Martha (Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England Parish Records via email from Joe Neilson)
Death. 1679 (based on will)
Marriage. Anne ___ (Thresh?) (c1634 - by c1696) by January 1652/3
The marriage date for Thomas Goodrich and Ann is based on the 1655 estimated birth date for son Benjamin Goodrich. Benjamin Goodrich was not claimed as a headright by Thomas Goodrich; therefore he was undoubtedly born in VA. Benjamin was definitely born when Clement Thresh gave him a black heifer in February 1656 [5/6 or 6/7?]
The birth date for Ann Goodrich assumes she married Thomas Goodrich at 18, although she could have been several years younger or older. However, an estimated birth date of by c1648 for her second husband Edward Hill strongly suggests Ann was born 1634 - 1640. It is very unlikely Edward Hill would have married a woman significantly older than he was. Further, a 1680 entry shows Ann was the mother of Benjamin, eldest (surviving) child of Thomas Goodrich; therefore she was definitely the mother of all of the children Thomas Goodrich named in his will. The fact that four of the six children were underage in 1679 and that that Ann lived about 20 years after her first husband strongly supports the conclusion that Ann was considerably younger than Thomas Goodrich.
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| Children |
| | 1. Maj. GOODRICH Charles, b. 1650, Isle of Wight County, VA d. 14 Jun 1726, Prince George County, VA (Age 76 years) |
| | 2. GOODRICH Anne, b. 1656 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. GOODRICH Joseph, b. 1656 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. GOODRICH Benjamin, b. 1660 d. 1710 (Age 50 years) |
| | 5. GOODRICH Katherine, b. 1660 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 6. GOODRICH Peter, b. 1662 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F3487 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2015 |
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