Richard Goodrich, of Guilford

Richard Goodrich

• Also known as Richard Guttridge
• Gender Male
• Birth[5] bef 1613 Based on estimated date of marriage.
• Marriage bef 1638 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.to Dinah Unknown
• Emigration[1][2] 1639 England
• Death[6] 7 May 1676 Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Not the same as Richard Goodrich, III

Children

1. Rachel Goodrich est 1638 - Married Daniel Benton
2. Lydia Goodrich bef 1641 - Married James Evarts
3. Mary Goodrich 1652 - Married John Bailey

Notes

Came to America in 1639

Married first Elizabeth Edwards 7 June, 1646 Giulford, New Haven, CT.

Married second to Dinah.

Made Freeman 24 Sept. 1669 Guilford, CT.

(per Betty Pond Snyder, DAR).

Per Paul Herbig (email: prfssrpah@aol.com)

Richard Goodroch, b. Suffolk, England 1638, s/o William Goodrich and Sarah Marre, married Dinah ____.

"Lived in Guilford, Conn. 1639 and Branford, Conn. 1654."

References

• Richard Goodrich, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015), 134."Goodrich, Richard: [Origin] Unknown; [Emigration] 1639; [Resided] Guilford [Guilford Hist 25; TAG 18:105-10]."
• Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910), 4:2697, Questionable quality.
• "Richard Goodrich (or Guetridge), immigrant ancestor, was one of the signers of the Guilford covenant before the immigrants landed, Came in ship 'St. John,' commanded by Captain Russell, from England, May 20, 1639, arrived at New Haven, July, 1639."
• Richard Goodridge, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 2:276. "Richard (Goodridge), Guilford 1639-."
• Richard1 Goodrich, in Case, Lafayette Wallace. The Goodrich family in America: a genealogy of the descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and William Goodrich of Watertown, Mass. (Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1889), 350, Unreliable quality.Ignore the dates given in this sketch; see Richard Goodrich of Guilford, Conn., and Bartholomew Goodrich of Branford, Conn. for additional details.
• Guilford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, 118. "Benton, … Daniel, m. Rachell Guttridge, Dec. 12, 1658 [A:61]"Based on dates of their various marriages, Rachel appears to be the eldest child of Richard and Dinah (_____) Goodrich.
• Families of Early Guilford, I:505