George Goodhue, Jr.

• Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A046376
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth: 1746 NEWBURY MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: POST 1791 STEUBEN CO NEW YORK

George Goodhue b. 1746; m. Sept. 30, 1768, Susanna Mitchell. He resided in Newburyport, Mass., and was a soldier in the Revolntionary War. After the death of his wife Susanna, he m. Ehoda Calkins. He was a ship owner and a ship captain. He abandoned the sea and removed to Western New York,and in 1789 settled at Painted Post, SteubenCo., NewYork. In 1791 he built a saw mill upon the Canistota River, six miles above Painted Post. He was accidentally drowned while fishing in a small lake in Steuben Co., now called Goodhue Lake.'

Source:Genealogy of the Goodhue Family, page 35.