Benjamin Goddard

1704 - 1754  (49 years)

• Name	Benjamin Goddard
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	15 Aug 1704	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Religion	1730 (25 years)	Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [4]
  He was admitted to the church in Shrewsbury.
  Married	25 Sep 1733 (29 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Grace Fiske, the daughter of Deacon Nathan and Sarah (Coolidge) Fiske. She was born on 9 May 1714 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She joined the church in 1772 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts having come from the church in Hopkington. She died on Friday 28 October 1803 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Grace Goddard (1736-____) 2. Benjamin Goddard (1738-1740) 3. Sarah Goddard (1740-____) 4. Benjamin Goddard (1742-1834) 5. Susanna Goddard (1744-____) 6. Nathan Goddard (1746-1795) 7. Lydia Goddard (1748-1825) 8. Hannah Goddard (1750-____) 9. Submit Goddard (1754-____)
  History	say 1740 (35 years)	Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2]
  Benjamin was one of the first settlers of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
  History	say 1750 (45 years)  [2]
  Bond (1860) says that "He was esteemed for his usefulness and piety."
  Death	28 Jan 1754	Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 4]
  Siblings	7 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. Edward Goddard,   b. 4 May 1698, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 13 Oct 1777, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 79 years) ▻ Hepzibah Hapgood,  m. 1722 ;   Eunice Walker,  m. 1764   2. Susanna Goddard,   b. 25 Feb 1699/1700, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. say 1780, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)   3. Simon Goddard,   b. 18 Feb 1701/02, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 3 Nov 1758, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 56 years)   4. Benjamin Goddard,   b. 15 Aug 1704, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 28 Jan 1754, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 49 years)   5. The Rev. David Goddard,   b. 26 Sep 1706, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Jan 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 47 years)   6. William Goddard,   b. 22 Mar 1708/9, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 6 Jun 1709, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   7. Mary Goddard,   b. 4 Jun 1711, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 5 Aug 1711, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   8. Ebenezer Goddard,   b. 18 Nov 1712, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 24 Dec 1712, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   9. Ebenezer Goddard,   b. 17 Jan 1713/14, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Nov 1762, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 48 years)   10. William Goddard,   b. 10 Dec 1720, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 17 Dec 1720, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 0 years)   11. Hepzibah Goddard,   c. 8 May 1723, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Godard, de Poulton   (7 x Great Grandfather)  Sarah,   b. England d. 14 Jun 1658, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I15023
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Edward Goddard, Esq,   b. 24 Mar 1674/75, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Susanna Stone,   b. 4 Nov 1675, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Feb 1754, Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Jun 1697
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 3 months - She : 21 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 15 Aug 1704 - Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Religion - 1730 - Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts History - say 1740 - Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 28 Jan 1754 - Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S978] Temple, Josiah Howard. A Genealogical Register of Framingham Families including All Who took up Residence in Town Before A.D. 1860 , (Framingham, Massachusetts: The Town of Framingham, 1887). [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860). [S979] Barry, William. A History of Framingham, Massachusetts Including the Plantation, From 1640 to the Present Time , (Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1847). [S955] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847).