Jane Goodenow

Not the daughter of John Ruddick. Was she a sister? Did she marry William Buttrick of Concord 2nd, or was that a 2nd wife of Thomas Goodenow? Don’t confuse with her daughter in law Joanna Goodenow.

Disputed origins

Jane was born say 1613, earliest record at Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.

There are no sources that support Jane’s last name at birth as Ruddick. Source Hudson (History of the town of Marlborough) records her as being Jane, wf of Thomas Goodenow. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (pg.310) records: "Goodenow, Thomas, (1608-1666) & Jane ___? m. 1637, Sudbury/Marlborough; she m. 2nd William Buttrick, 1667.

Jane Goodenow was not the daughter of John Ruddick. It appears that John Rudduck/Ruddick of early Marlborough didn't have any children. He m. 1st Dorothy Goodenow; 2nd. Jane Brimsmead and 3rd Rebecca unknown. His Will is written in very tiny handwriting but I'm unable to find mention of children although he mentions his 3rd wf. Rebecca and his male "kinfolk".

The name Ruddock seems to come from Thomas' will which refers to his brother John Ruddock. This is not a reference to his wife's brother, but to the husband of his sister Dorothy, who was married to John Ruddock.

The death date 1666 may apply to the widow of John Goodenow. See Jane Goodenow (-abt.1666) and will probated in 1666 for Jane Goodenow, relict of John.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Goodenow-8

THOMAS GOODENOW was born about 1608. He died in Oct 1666 in Marlborough, Middlesex Co., MA. He was the son of Thomas Goodenow and Ursula Haynes.

According to these sources Thomas immigrated April 24, 1638, on the ship "Confidence," listed as age 30 on the ship's manifest. He was accompanied by his wife, Jane, son Thomas, one year, and sisters, Ursula and Dorothy. He became an early settler of Marlboro, Mass. His house lot being next to that of Joseph Rice. Thomas as a selectman of Marlboro in 1661, 1662 and 1664. He was also a guard of the fence. He was commissioned to build a bridge across the Sudbury River. Records regarding his marriage taken from "Torrey, Marriages Prior to 1700."

See "The Founders of New England," Samuel G. Drake, that provides the following persons were passengers on the ship "Confidence" out of Southhampton, England (April 1638):Thomas Goodenowe of Shasbury (sic)age 30, Jane Goodenowe his wife, Thomas Goodenow his sonne age 1, Usula Goodenow his sister. Other Goodenows who travelled on the "Confidence" in April of 1638 include: the Edmund Goodenowe family consisting of Edmund (of Dunhead in Wilsheir (sic), Husbandman age 27, Ann Goodenow his wife, John and Thomas Goodenow, their sonns (sic) 4 yeares (sic) and under, along with servant, Richard Sangar age 18; and the John Goodenow family consisting of John Goodenowe of Semley, Wilsheir (sic), Husbandman age 42, Jane Goodenowe his wife, Lydia Goodenowe and Jane Goodenow, their daughters.

Children

According to Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton (1996):[1]

1. Elizabeth, bp Donhead St Andrew 13 April 1632
2. Jane (named in father's will)
3. Thomas b before 1638
4. Mary b Sudbury, Massachusetts 25 August 1640
5. Sarah b Sudbury, 20 January 1643[/4?]
6. Susanna b Sudbury 20 February 164[blank]
7. Samuel b Sudbury 28 February 1645[/6]
8. Susanna b Sudbury, 21 December 1647
9. Abigail, named in uncle John's 1653 will

Notes

11. Thomas Goodenow Goodnow

https://www.goodenowfamily.org/pafn03.htm#1237

in Ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||.

There is some question about a first marriage to Joanna ______ and whether Nathaniel, a child born in England belonged to Jane or Joanna. In the CONFIDENCE he was accompanied by his wife, Jane, son Thomas, one year, and sisters, Ursula and Dorothy. Some believe the latter was Dorothy Ruddick, married to John Ruddick, brother of Jane. Thomas, 1608, a Proprietor of Sudbury, was living there in 1638. He petitioned for, and became an early settler of Marlboro, MA, his house lot being next to that of Joseph Rice. He was a Selectman of Marlboro in 1661-1662 and 1664. He was also Guard of the fence, commissioned to build a bridge across the Sudbury River, surveyor of ye Highway, Marlboro. In 1656 voted 32 acres.

He bequeathed to two daughters, Susanna and Jane; his "loving yoak fellow Joane Goodenow"; to every one of his grandchildren,"a shepe", ten years after his decease; to his two married daughters, Marie and Abigail, and son, Samuel. His wife and son Samuel were executors and "my two brothers John
Rudduck and Edmund Goodenow and old Brother Ward my three loving friends" were overseers.

A Thomas Goodenow, returned to England in 1655 and brought Nathaniel Goodenow, age 16, over in the SPEEDWELL from London in 1656. Some believe Nathaniel was more likely the son of Nathaniel, Thomas's brother, who remained in England. What is known is that boys went to live with relatives in Sudbury after landing.

LDS Archive Records, Stearns, New Hampshire Genealogies, Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, Hudson, History of Sudbury, 1889.

9. John Ruddick Goodenow Goodnow Sr.

https://www.goodenowfamily.org/pafn03.htm#1237

in ship "Confidence"||Massachusetts Bay Colony||

Alfred Sereno Hudson, The History of Sudbury, CONFIDENCE passenger list gives John's age as 42, Edmund's as 27, and Thomas' as 30. This would indicate birth dates of 1596, 1611 and 1608, respectively. Their sister Dorothy was married to John Ruddick, also a passenger on the "Confidence". Thomas' wife was Jane Ruddock or Ruddick [?] It seems quite probable that John and Jane could have been brother and sister, or perhaps cousins. Edmund died April 16, 1688; Dorothy, May 9, 1686; John, March 28, 1654 (LDS); and Thomas, 1666. He was a Freeman and in 1644 became a selectman.

From The Great Migration, Vol. 1, page 523:

References

1. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. < AmericanAncestors > GOODENOW, Thomas (1608-1666) & Jane ____ m/2 William BUTTRICK 1667; by 1637; Sudbury/Marlborough {Bridges Anc. 43; Marlborough 372; Bent Anc. 61; Bigelow-Howe 71; Seeley-Vail 107; Fay 109; Dunham-Boyd 372; Bruce Anc. 23, 29; Brady Anc. 197; Chaffee (1911). (document attached)
2. Torrey GOODENOW, Thomas Jr. (-1663) & Joanna ____, ?m/2 William BUTTRICK 1667; 18 Dec 1652; Marlborough {Seeley-Vail 107; Brady Anc. 197}. (document attached)
3. Great Migration 1634-1635, A-B. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume 1, A-B, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. Page 523. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)
4. Hudson, Charles,. History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts : from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 : with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862. < AncestrySharing >
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