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Rachael Porter m. May 12, 1650? ?England b. 1630 Warick England d. May 23, 1666 York Co. VA |
Robert b. ?England d. by 1679 |
Capt. John b. England York Co. VA d. after 1689 |
Peter b. 1656? York Co. VA d. by Nov 20, 1731 York Co. VA |
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Susannah b. York Co. VA d. after Sep 1701 |
Matthew b. York Co. VA d. by 1689 |
Elizabeth b. York Co. VA d. |
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son b. York Co. VA d. young |
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Elizabeth/Blanche Parry m. aft May 1666 York Co. VA b. Oct 9, 1628 Hadleigh, Suffolk, England d. Sep 2, 1701 |
Martin b. 1678/79 York Co. VA d. |
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When James emigrated to VA, he paid the way for eight others for which he was
granted 400 acres in the upper Chesapeake Bay (Westmoreland Co.). |
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James Goodwin became a magistrate in York County and a Speaker
in the House of Burgesses and a Major in the militia from 1657 to 1662. On Nov 15,
1657, Major Goodwin was granted 1,000 acres on the south side of the Potomac
River. |
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The Goodwin homestead was a two-story imposing structure facing Goodwin Island
on the thorofare in what is now know as Dandy. The house was torn down shortly
after 1900. |
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In 1661, James returned to England and swore to his father's will in Dec 1661. |
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Rachel Porter Goodwin's tombstone is still standing at Back Creek, York Co. VA
in what is the current town of Dandy at the end of Goodwin Neck and across the
water from Goodwin Island, now owned by the College of William and Mary, in
Williamsburg. The inscription on her tombstone says she was born in 1630 and died
May 23, 1666, leaving eight sons and two daughters. The tombstone was broken
up when a roadway was built through the Goodwin burial plot in 1945. |
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The estate of James Goodwin was recorded in Jan 1679. |
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Before 1694, daughter Susannah married John Duke (1671?- ), son of John Duke Sr.
who died in 1679. She is named in her stepmother's will along with two of her
children, James and Elizabeth Duke [Wm & Mary Quarterly, Apr 1894, p. 275].
Blanche also mentions two sons, Robert Parry?, from a previous marriage, and
Martin Goodwin. In 1689/90, sons John and Peter and Susannah petitioned for their
share of James' estate. |
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Son Matthew owned land in Warwick Co. in 1701. |
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Sources: Godwin, Judge John S., "Genealogy of the Goodwin Family", Collection, Buffalo Public Library, Buffalo, NY. Wheeler, Ruth R., York Co., Climate for Freedom, York Co. VA, The York Co. Antiquarian Society, 1967, p. 200. William & Mary Quarterly, Apr 1894, p. 275. William & Mary Quarterly, Oct 1897, p. 7. |
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