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     George S. Hayden was born on 1 June 1851.¹ He was the son of Zora Hayden and Mary Lamerson.¹

     Chauncey Pomeroy married Hannah Harriet Brown, daughter of Jonathan Clark Brown and Sophia Bingham.

     Joseph Goodwin was born on 9 May 1743.¹ He was the son of Deacon John Goodwin Jr. and Dorothy Pitkin. Joseph Goodwin married Hannah Olmsted, daughter of Jonathan Olmsted and Hannah Meaken, on 3 June 1773.¹ Joseph Goodwin died on 13 November 1809 at age 66.¹

     Hannah Olmsted was born on 3 January 1746/47.¹ She was the daughter of Jonathan Olmsted and Hannah Meaken. Hannah Olmsted married Joseph Goodwin, son of Deacon John Goodwin Jr. and Dorothy Pitkin, on 3 June 1773.¹ Hannah Olmsted died on 1 July 1814 at age 67.¹

     Deacon John Goodwin Jr. was born say 1706. He was the son of John Goodwin and Sarah (?)¹ Deacon John Goodwin Jr. was baptized on 11 August 1706. He married Dorothy Pitkin, daughter of Caleb Pitkin and Dorothy Hill. Deacon John Goodwin Jr. died on 14 September 1793.

     Dorothy Pitkin was born say 1718. She was the daughter of Caleb Pitkin and Dorothy Hill. Dorothy Pitkin married Deacon John Goodwin Jr., son of John Goodwin and Sarah (?). Dorothy Pitkin died on 17 August 1789.

     John Goodwin was born say 1672.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Sarah Coles.^2,3 John Goodwin was baptized on 19 May 1672.⁴ He married Sarah (?) John Goodwin died on 6 February 1757.¹

     Sarah (?) married John Goodwin, son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Sarah Coles. Sarah (?) died in May 1735.

     Nathaniel Goodwin was born circa 1637.¹ He was the son of Ozias Goodwin and Mary Woodward.² Nathaniel Goodwin married Sarah Coles.³ Nathaniel Goodwin died on 8 January 1713/14.¹

     Sarah Coles married Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Ozias Goodwin and Mary Woodward.¹ Sarah Coles died on 8 May 1676.¹

     Ozias Goodwin was born say 1596. He died before 1683.¹

Materials for a sketch of the life of Ozias Goodwin, brother of Elder William Goodwin, are very scanty. He was born in 1596, as appears by some proceedings in court in September, 1674, when he testified that he was seventy-eight years old, and it has been assumed that he was younger than his brother. He married, in England, Mary the daughter of Robert Woodward, of Braintree in the county of Essex. This is shown by the will of said Woodward, made May 27, 1640, in which is the following: "Item I give & bequeath unto my daughter Mary Goodwin the wife of Ozias Goodwin now in New England tenne shillings."

It is not known when Ozias Goodwin came to New England. His name is not found among the passengers in the ship Lion, which arrived at Boston September 16, 1632, and brought Elder William and several others, who established themselves first at Newtown, now Cambridge in Massachusetts, and subsequently at Newtown, now Hartford in Connecticut. Governor Winthrop tells us that the Lion brought one hundred and twenty-three passengers, whereof fifty were children; of the seventy-three adults we have the names of thirty-three, all males. It is hard to believe that the forty others were all females, or that even one half of the adult passengers were of that sex, considering the newness of the plantations. Whether he immigrated in that ship or not, no trace of him has been found at Cambridge, or elsewhere in Massachusetts.

His first appearance in Hartford is as a landholder among "such inhabitants as were granted lots to have only at the town's courtesie, with liberty to fetch wood and keep swine or cows by proportion on the common." And there was recorded to him, February, 1639/40:

1.     One parcel on which his dwelling-house now standeth, with yards or gardens therein being, containing by estimation four acres more or less; abutting upon the highway leading from Seth Grant's to the Centinal (Hill) on the east, and the highway leading from the cow-pasture to Mr. Allen's land on the west, and on Tho. Burchwood's land and on Rich. Lord's land on the south, and on Tho. Hale's land on the north.

2.     One parcel of swamp on the east side of the great river, containing by estimation four acres more or less, abutting upon the great river on the west, and on the land now common on the east, and on Nich. Disborowe's land on the south, and on John Bydle's land on the north.

The home lot, or first parcel above described, was on what is now Trumbull Street, near Church Street. It does not seem to have been in his possession at the time of his death, or in 1668. Between 1640 and 1655 there was recorded to him:

One parcel on which a tenement now standeth, which he bought of widow Ketcherell, containing by estimation two roods, be it more or less, and was her dwelling-house; abutting on the highway leading from the mill to the old ox-pasture on the southwest, and on the burying-place on the east, and on Jeremy Adams his land on the northwest.

It may be conjectured that he removed his dwelling to the lot last named, partly from what is said above as to his former home lot having passed out of his possession, and partly because at a town meeting, February 15, 1655/66, it was voted, that Jasper Gunn and Ozias Goodwin should have liberty to make and maintain a stile in the burying lot, for their use to go the next way to meeting. The meeting-house was situated on the old State-house square, and it would be much more convenient for him to go to it from the Trumbull Street lot through what is now Pearl Street, then the road from the meeting-house to the mill, than it would be to go through the burying lot.

To this lot he bought a small addition, December 13, 1661. Some other small parcels of land were from time to time recorded to him, which it does not seem necessary to specify here.

Ozias Goodwin was one of the company from Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield, who on the 18th of April, 1659, signed an agreement to remove to Hadley in Massachusetts, "therein to inhabit and dwell, by the 29th of September come twelve months, which will be in the year 1660." That he sympathized with his brother and others who removed on account of the troubles in the church in Hartford is quite likely, but that he did not go to Hadley to dwell is evident from the following vote on the records of that town, under the date of December 19, 1661: "The towne have renewed Ozias Goodwin's former grant, provided he be here as a resident by the middle of May next, discharging all just dues and demands, else liable to forfeit his allotments with all expense to the toune," to which is added this significant clause, "Mr. Goodwin ingages the conditions in the premises for his brother."

So far as appears by the records, Ozias Goodwin never held any town office in Hartford, nor took part in public affairs. His name appears on the list of freemen of the Colony of Connecticut dwelling on the north side of the riveret in Hartford, which list wasmade October 13, 1669.

Except in her father's will, no reference has been found to the wife of Ozias Goodwin. It is quite evident that she died before her husband.

Ozias Goodwin died in the spring of the year 1683, as shown by an inventory in the Hartford Probate Records, Book IV, taken the 3d day of April 1683, signed by Wm. Goodwin Senr., Nathaniel Goodwin, and Wm. Pitkin.

The inventory was exhibited at the adjourned county court at Hartford, April 4, 1683, and the agreement for distribution approved, and both ordered to be recorded.

Although Mr. Goodwin was never a wealthy man, the meagerness of the inventory of his personal belongings may perhaps be explained in this way. He was an old man, about eighty-seven at the time of his death, and had been a widower for we know not how long. He may have divided his household effects among his children during his lifetime, reserving only what was necessary for his personal use; and it is not unlikely that one of his sons lived with and cared for him.

Of the number of his children we know nothing but what the agreement for the division of his estate reveals to us; that is, that three survived him. The eldest son, William, was born about 1629, for in 1674 he testified that he was about forty-five years old; Nathaniel is supposed to have been born about 1637; Hannah is thought to have been born about 1639, and in 1661 married to William Pitkin, Esq., who had come to Hartford from England about two years previously; and by him she became the ancestress of many who have attained distinction. She survived her husband about thirty years.

     James Goodwin was born on 2 March 1803 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of James Goodwin and Eunice Roberts.^2,3 James Goodwin married Lucy Morgan, daughter of Joseph Morgan and Sally Spencer, on 30 July 1832.⁴ James Goodwin died on 15 March 1878 at age 75.¹

     Lucy Morgan was born on 4 February 1811 at West Springfield (now Holyoke), MA.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Morgan and Sally Spencer. Lucy Morgan married James Goodwin, son of James Goodwin and Eunice Roberts, on 30 July 1832.¹ Lucy Morgan died on 19 September 1890 at Family Mansion, Woodland St., Hartford, Hartford Co., CT, at age 79.¹

     James Goodwin was born on 27 December 1777 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Jonathan Goodwin and Eunice Olcott.^2,3 James Goodwin married Eunice Roberts, daughter of Lemuel Roberts Jr. and Ruth Woodford, on 3 March 1799 at Wintonbury (now Bloomfield), CT.⁴ James Goodwin died on 13 September 1844 at age 66.¹

     Eunice Roberts was born on 22 August 1774 at Simsbury, Hartford Co., CT.^1,2 She was the daughter of Lemuel Roberts Jr. and Ruth Woodford. Eunice Roberts married James Goodwin, son of Jonathan Goodwin and Eunice Olcott, on 3 March 1799 at Wintonbury (now Bloomfield), CT.¹ Eunice Roberts died on 13 August 1825 at age 50.¹

     Jonathan Goodwin was born say 1734 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Ozias Goodwin and Martha Williamson.^2,3 Jonathan Goodwin was baptized on 17 March 1733/34 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT. He married Eunice Olcott on 26 November 1761.⁴ Jonathan Goodwin died on 2 September 1811.¹

     Eunice Olcott was born on 3 October 1736.¹ She married Jonathan Goodwin, son of Ozias Goodwin and Martha Williamson, on 26 November 1761.¹ Eunice Olcott died on 23 March 1807 at age 70.¹

     Ozias Goodwin was born on 26 June 1689 at Hartford, Hartford Co., CT.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Sarah Coles. Ozias Goodwin married Martha Williamson, daughter of Capt. Caleb Williamson and Mary Cobb, on 6 June 1723.² Ozias Goodwin died on 26 January 1776 at age 86.¹

     Martha Williamson was born on 13 February 1700.¹ She was the daughter of Capt. Caleb Williamson and Mary Cobb. Martha Williamson married Ozias Goodwin, son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Sarah Coles, on 6 June 1723.¹ Martha Williamson died on 8 February 1777 at age 76.¹

     Anna Harriet Webster was born on 19 April 1796. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.

     Son Webster was born on 1 October 1798. He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin. Son Webster died on 16 November 1798.

     Hezekiah Goodwin Webster was born on 14 September 1800.¹ He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.¹

     William Webster was born on 25 September 1802.¹ He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.¹

     David Hawley Webster was born on 21 November 1805. He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin. David Hawley Webster died in 1809.

     Julia Webster was born on 23 March 1808.¹ She was the daughter of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.¹

     Wealthy Ann Webster was born on 22 April 1810. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin. Wealthy Ann Webster died on 11 April 1813 at age 2.

     Cicero Webster was born on 13 November 1813. He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.

     Samuel Webster was born on 23 April 1815. He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.

     Sterling Edward Webster was born on 21 June 1817. He was the son of Hezekiah Webster and Anna Goodwin.

     Morgan Goodwin was born say 1728.¹ He was the son of Isaac Goodwin and Hannah Morgan.^2,3 Morgan Goodwin was baptized on 4 February 1728. He married Mary Hawley, daughter of Joseph Hawley and Elizabeth Phelps, on 10 January 1753.⁴ Morgan Goodwin died before 4 February 1792.¹

     Mary Hawley was born on 8 February 1730.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Hawley and Elizabeth Phelps. Mary Hawley married Morgan Goodwin, son of Isaac Goodwin and Hannah Morgan, on 10 January 1753.¹ Mary Hawley died on 16 February 1813 at age 83.¹

     Isaac Goodwin was born say 1695.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Goodwin and Mehetable Porter.^2,3 Isaac Goodwin was baptized on 10 November 1695. He married Hannah Morgan.⁴ Isaac Goodwin married Ruth Gaylord.⁴ Isaac Goodwin died on 15 August 1766.¹