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John Goddard (Gozzard)

Also Known As: "Godar"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Death: between 1760 and June 30, 1760 (77)
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of Nicholas Gossard and Elizabeth Gossard
Husband of Sarah Goddard and Sarah Hay
Father of Francis Lane Goddard; Aaron Gozard; John Goddard, Jr. and Ebenezer Godard
Brother of Matthew Gozzard; Nathaniel Gozzard and Elizabeth Neal

Managed by: Rick Lee Goddard
Last Updated:

About John Goddard

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Per Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut:

"... John Gosard, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Gozard, was born in 1682. By his will, made June 23, 1755, and proven June 30, 1760 (before John Owen, justice of peace, at Simsbury and now on file at Hartford probate office), his property was left to "my beloved wife" and his eleven children, viz.: Aaron, b. May 16, 1708, d. Dec., 1776; John, b. 1710, d. Sept. 1, 1805; Abel; Ezra; Elizabeth; Sarah, b. 1716 (?); Abigail, b. Oct. 22, 1717 (?); Israel, b. Jan. 4, 1719 (?); Margaret, b. May 25, 1724 (?); and Ebenezer and Thankful, b. Aug. 13, 1726 (?). ..."

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John Goddard's Timeline

1682
August 31, 1682
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut
1708
May 16, 1708
Simsbury Center, Hartford County, Connecticut
1713
June 28, 1713
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1720
1720
Sussex County, DE, United States
1726
August 13, 1726
Simsbury Center, CT, United States
1760
1760
Age 77
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut