Historical records matching Lt. Colonel Thomas Goodrich
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About Lt. Colonel Thomas Goodrich
Immigrant LT-COLONEL THOMAS GOODRICH arrived in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia by April 1651, and relocated to Old Rappahannock County, Virginia by December 1656.
Thomas and eldest son Benjamin joined other planters in Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676. The planters were protesting government corruption, depressed tobacco prices and oppressive taxes, and attacks by Native Americans that the Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley, was handling ineffectively. The planters, led by Nathaniel Bacon, took matters into their own hands and attempted to overthrow the Royal Governor before order was restored, in the first American civil war.
Lt. Col. Thomas Goodrich was a wealthy landowner titled "gentleman". His will, dated March 15, 1678/9, proved on April 3, 1678 bequeathed 10,000 acres of land to his wife and his six children.
- Updated from WikiTree Genealogy by SmartCopy: Jul 8 2015, 12:39:19 UTC
- Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via wife Anne Sherwood by SmartCopy: Jul 8 2015, 12:26:22 UTC
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Lt. Colonel Thomas Goodrich's Timeline
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1614
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Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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1657
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Virginia, Colonial America
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1659
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Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1661
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Charles City Co., VA
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Rappahannock County, Virginia
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1663
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Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America
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1665
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Virginia, United States
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1679
Age 65
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Old Rappahannock County, Virginia, Colonial America
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