5. | Thomas GOODENOW (1.Ursula1) was born in 1606 in Shaftbury, Dorset, England; died on 29 Sep 1666 in Marlboro, Massachsetts. Notes:
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Sailed to America on April 24, 1638 on the ship Confidence. Sailed from South Hampton, England, landed at Watertown, Ma. on the Charles River. Ship list included: Edmund, wife Ann, sons John and Thomas. John, wife Jane, daughters Lydia and Jane. Thomas, wife Jane, son Thomas.
Ursula Dorothy wife of John Ruddock Sailed to America for religious freedom. It was hard to find farms in the established community, so most of the immigrants from the Confidence moved inland up the valley of the Musketaquid River, to settle the town of Sudbury, granted by the Ma. General Court in fall of 1638.
In 1656 settlers petitioned the Ma. authorities to grant land for a new town of Marlborough, Ma. just west of Sudbury. The library in Sudbury is still the "Goodenow Library".
Thomas married Jane RUDDOCK in England. Jane was born in 1613 in Shaftbury, Dorest, England; died in 1653 in Marlboro, Massachsetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 12. Elizabeth GOODENOW
was born about 1632 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 13. Thomas GOODENOW
was born on 26 Nov 1637 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 14. Nathaniel GOODENOW
was born about 1638 in St. James, Shaftsbury, Wilts, England.
- 15. Mary GOODENOW
was born on 25 Aug 1640 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 16. Abigail GOODENOW
was born in 1641 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 17. Susana GOODENOW
was born on 20 Feb 1643 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 18. Sarah GOODENOW
was born on 20 Jan 1644 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 19. SamuelSr GOODENOW
was born on 28 Feb 1644 in Sudbury, Massachusetts; died on 02 Aug 1722 in Marlboro, Massachsetts.
- 20. Joseph GOODENOW
was born on 28 Feb 1645 in Marlboro, Middlesex, MA.
- 21. Suzannah GOODENOW
was born in 1647 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
- 22. Jane GOODENOW
was born about 1650 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
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