Goodenow, Capt. Edmund^[1]

1611 - 1688  (76 years)

• Name	Goodenow, Edmund
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	11 Apr 1611	Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Appointed	Bef 1636	Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [2]
  	a church warden
  	Held an official position as church warden of the parish at Donhead St. Andrew. Nevertheless, he was fined in 1636 and sentenced to do public penance for attending "nonconforming" sermons outside his parish. Also reprimanded in 1637 for going to church in Shaftesbury, where his brother, Thomas, lived.
  Occupation	1636	Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [2]
  	yeoman
  Served	1638	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [3]
  	served as the first town constable
  	Powell, pg. 100: "For the first eighteen years, however, harmony seems to have prevailed as the town government evolved. Men such as Peter Noyes, Walter Haines, Edmund Rice, and Edmund Goodnow served again and again in almost all the governmental posts in the town."
  Emigration	24 Apr 1638	Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [1, 4, 5]
  	Address: from Southampton on the "Confidence"
  	Edmund was a husbandsman of Dunhead, age 27, with wife Ann, and John and Thomas their sons, and servant Richard Sanger (Savage, Genealogical Dictionary)
  Fact 1	1639	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [6]
  	was designated the sixth man in the economic hierarchy
  	pg. 84 Having briefly examined approximately fifty candidates for citizenship, each one of whom had come from a very distinct English background, the committee ranked all of these men in an economic hierarchy that was to be fixed and final. The minister, Edmund Brown, was first man; Brian Pendleton second; Thomas Cakebread, a miller who had been lured from Watertown, third; William Pelham, brother of an important investor and government official, fourth; Peter Noyes, fifth; Edmund Goodnow, sixth; John Knight, a wealthy Watertown man, seventh; Edmund Rice, eighth; George Munnings, ninth; William Ward, tenth; Walter Haines, eleventh —and so on down the list. (SeeAppendix VI.)
  Founder	1640	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [7]
  Freeman	13 May 1640	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Selectman	1644	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [8]
  	pg. 98 - "In the summer of 1644, power was granted by the town to Peter Noyes, Walter Haines, Edmund Rice, Brian Pendleton, William Ward, and John and Edmund Goodnow 'to dispose of town affairs for one year.' This was the seven-man council to which the town also gave authority to grant plots of up land. The government of Sudbury was now in the hands of the townsmen." pg. 100 - "For the first eighteen years, however, harmony seems to have prevailed as the town government evolved. Men such as Peter Noyes, Walter Haines, Ed mund Rice, and Edmund Goodnow served again and again in almost all the governmental posts in the town."
  Military	12 Aug 1645	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 9]
  	appointed an Ensign
  Military	27 May 1674	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 9]
  	as a Captain of the Foot Company in King Philips War, appointed
  Name	Edmund Goodnow
  _AMTID	302051504992:1030:155362986
  _COLOR	1
  _UID	00114DF8447643A8811FD69330C4947A0607
  Death	5 Apr 1688	Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Burial	6 Apr 1688	Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	Address: Old North Cemetery
  	Here Lyeth Ye Pretious Dust of that emenant sarvant of God Cap Edmond Good enow who Dyed in ye 77 yeare of His Ayge April ye 6 1688 (flat gravestone located at 42.371201, -71.367337)
  Person ID	I7758	Tree_1
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Goodenow, Thomas A.,   b. Abt 1575, Wiltshire, England d. 1617/8, Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Hayne, Ursula,   b. Abt 1572, Wiltshire, England d. 22 May 1634, Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1595	Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England   [10]
  Family ID	F3259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barry, Anne Hannah,   b. 18 Apr 1609, Shrivenham, Berkshire, England d. 9 Mar 1675, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1635	Wiltshire, England   [1, 11]
  	Puritan VIllage, pg. 72 The Goodnow family, soon to be strong leaders and citizens of Sudbury, lived in an areaof Wiltshire greatly disturbed by loca lcontroversies over Non-conformity. The parishes of Sutton Mandeville, Donhead St. Andrew, and Donhead St. Mary lay close together and many of the families in them were linked by kinship and by marriage. All three parishes became involved in the church courts.
  Children	1. Goodenow, Capt. John,   b. Abt 1635, Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England d. 6 Aug 1721, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)   2. Goodenow, Thomas,   b. Nov 1637, Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England d. 1663, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 25 years)   3. Goodenow, Hannah,   b. 28 Nov 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 5 Apr 1688, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Age 48 years)   4. Goodenow, Mary,   b. 25 Aug 1640, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Apr 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)   5. Goodenow, Sarah,   b. 17 Mar 1641/2, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1668 (Age 25 years)   6. Goodenow, Joseph,   b. 19 Jul 1645, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 30 May 1677, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F2500	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Apr 1611 - Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England Marriage - Bef 1635 - Wiltshire, England Appointed - a church warden - Bef 1636 - Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England Occupation - yeoman - 1636 - Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England Served - served as the first town constable - 1638 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Emigration - Address: from Southampton on the "Confidence" - 24 Apr 1638 - Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England Fact 1 - was designated the sixth man in the economic hierarchy - 1639 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Founder - 1640 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Freeman - 13 May 1640 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Selectman - 1644 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Military - appointed an Ensign - 12 Aug 1645 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Military - as a Captain of the Foot Company in King Philips War, appointed - 27 May 1674 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - 5 Apr 1688 - Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Burial - Address: Old North Cemetery - 6 Apr 1688 - Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: 1610, England Death: Apr. 5, 1688 Wayland Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Husband of Anne Barry. This is a flat cement marker which reads: "Here Lyeth Pretious Dust of the emimant servant of God Cap Enund Good enow who Dyed ye 77 of His Ayge April ye 6. 1688" Edmund, his wife Anne and sons John and Thomas came to America on the "Confidence" out of Dunhead, England via London, immigrating on 24 April 1638. They settled in Sudbury where he was a Freeman, 13 May 1640, appointed Ensign 12 August 1645. Appointed Captain of the Foot Company 27 May 1674, serving in King Philips (Indian) War. He was Deputy to the General Court for a number of years. He served in all government posts (30 in all) in Sudbury, where he had been a founder. Edmund and Anne were the parents of 6 children: John born 1635 in Dunhead, England Thomas baptized 26 November 1637 in Dunhead Hannah, born 28 November 1639 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Mary, born 25 August 1640 in Sudbury Sarah, born 17 March 1642 in Sudbury and John, born 19 July 1645 in Sudbury.

  
  

• Sources

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