Thomas Goodwin

 The Goodwins of Chester Co., Pennsylvania The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1899), pp. 95-101 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/1915854 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915854

THE GOODWINS OF CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA.

Thomas Goodwin, born in Wales, married Elizabeth . By

occupation he was a minister, and in religion a Friend. They

resided in Llanduey, Wales. He was a minister of the Church of

England and a school teacher. Becoming a Friend he was un-

frocked and lost his school. He came to America and settled

on a farm in Edgemont, Delaware county, Pa. The first men tion of him in the Friends' record is 1708, but he is said to have

come earlier than that. Elizabeth ( ) Goodwin died Sep-

tember 10, 1739. Children: i. John, born 1681, married

ii. Elizabeth, married Peter Thomas; iii. Mary, married Thomas

James; iv. Sarah, married John Worrall; v. Thomas, born

1694, married Ann Jones