Hezikiah Goodwin

DAR Ancestor # A045779

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Biography

Recorded as written:

Hezekiah Goodwin (John Pantry 48, Hezekia 46, Nathaniel 44. William 4, Ozias 3) born March 28, 1761 in Hartford, Conn. He is said to have been the last person who was living when taken out of the ruins of the brick school house in Hartford which was accidentally blown up May 23, 1766 while preparations were being made for celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act. He enlisted for the war April 22, 1777 as a private in the company of Capt. Samuel Mattocks of Hartford, in the Eighth Regiment of the Connecticut line commanded by Col. John Chandler. He served with honor and was in the battles of Germantown, October 4, 1777 and Monmouth, June 28, 1778, wintering with the army at Valley Forge. Was promoted Corporal March 1, 1782 and was more than six years in the service. After his return he settled at Sharon, Conn and engaged in farming. He represented his town in the Legislature of 1818 and died May 15, 1833. He married first Ellen Burr, daughter of Walter. She died June 22, 1810, aged forty nine and he married second, December 10, 1810, Polly Dorr, born in Lyme, Conn November 18, 1779, daughter of George and Mary( Lovett) Dorr of Lyme. Polly Dorr Goodwin died April 18, 1855.

Source: THE GOODWINS:OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM AND OZIAS GOODWIN; Hartford, Conn; Brown and Gross; 1891; pg.146

Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=aGNmAAAAMAAJ&q=john+pantry+goodwi...

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GOODWIN, Hezekiah, a soldier of the Revolution, b. at Hartford, Ct., March 28, 1761, d. at Sharon, May 15, 1833, ae. 72.

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