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About William Godley
William Godley, Quaker, b. March 1, 1756, m. Abigail Grandin #9 in 1783. This is not William Godley Jr. of Hunterdon Co. records as stated in the 1903 pedigree. William Godley Jr. married Rebecca Anderson in 1794. This William was only six years old when his father passed away, and throughout his lifetime he was the senior William Godley. He bought land in Alexandria Twp. in Hunterdon Co NJ, and built Spring Mills in 1793. He remarried, to Eleanor Grandin (Couwenhoven) #10, widow, in 1800. He may have turned Methodist because a William Godley was an elder in Cokesbury Methodist Church, 1817. I don't know if it was William Jr or this William. He had ten children. Abigail and Eleanor were daughters of Philip Grandin and Eleanor Forman. This is the only branch of the Godley family descended from the Throckmortons and the Formans, and that on the maternal side.
William died September 25, 1836, will probated October 26, 1836. A letter from his son Grandin to his mother at this time, postmarked Tuscumbia, Alabama where Grandin had settled, said that he was sure that even though his beloved father, had lost his speech and could no longer praise the Lord out loud, that he had been doing so silently until the end, and that he was finally where he wanted to be.
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William Godley's Timeline
| 1756 |
March 1, 1756
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Hunterdon County, Province of New Jersey
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| 1794 |
October 2, 1794
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New Jersey, United States
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March 3, 1804
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| 1810 |
August 10, 1810
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Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
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| 1836 |
September 25, 1836
Age 80
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Spring Mills, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States
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