By Muriel Bristol | February 8, 2026
Jeremiah Goodwin was baptized in Berwick, ME, April 15, 1753, son of Elisha and Sarah “Sally” (Lord) Goodwin. (Elisha Goodwin was killed in 1757, when a log rolled over him).
Jeremiah Goodwin married in Portsmouth, NH, May 9, 1775, Mary Remick. She was born in South Berwick, ME, October 13, 1754, daughter of Sgt. William and Mary (Paul) Remick.
(The known children of Jeremiah and Mary (Remick) Goodwin were: [Rev.] William Goodwin (1775-1817), Samuel Goodwin (1777–1837), Mary “Polly” Goodwin (1779-1813), Elizabeth “Betsy” Goodwin (1781–1828), Jeremiah Goodwin (1784-1853), Abigail W. “Nabby” Goodwin (1788-1840), Alpheus S. Goodwin (1791-1850), Sarah S. “Sally” Goodwin (1791-1876), Elisha Goodwin (1793–1881), Hannah Goodwin (1793-1835), and Daniel Goodwin (1795-1815)).
Son William Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, November 20, 1775. He as a namesake for his maternal grandfather, Sgt. William Remick. Son Samuel Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, August 13, 1777.
A Jeremiah Goodwin served in Capt. A. Moulton’s Company in 1776. A Jeremiah Goodwin served in Capt. William Holbrook’s Company in 1776.
Jeremiah Goodwin served in Capt. John Blunt’s Company, in Maj. William Lithgow’s Massachusetts militia detachment of three hundred men, defending Maine’s Lincoln County frontier after the disastrous Penobscot Expedition of 1779. He enlisted September 27, 1779, and was discharged November 10, 1779. (Capt. Blunt had received earlier a disabling wound in his right shoulder “… in making the landing at Majorbigwaduce on the 28th of July in year 1779”).
Daughter Mary “Polly” Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, December 7, 1779. Daughter Elizabeth “Betsy” Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, December 24, 1881.
Son Jeremiah Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, November 28, 1784.
Abigail W. “Nabby” Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, June 3, 1788.
Jeremiah Goodwin headed a Berwick, ME, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 16-plus years, and two females. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Danl Steven and John Handley.
Son Alpheus Spring Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, June 17, 1791. Daughter Sarah S. “Sally” Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, June 17, 1791. (They were twins).
Son Elisha Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, December 7, 1793. He was a namesake for his paternal grandfather, Elisha Goodwin. Hannah Goodwin was born in Kittery, ME, December 7, 1793. (They were twins).
Jeremiah Goodwin moved [from Kittery, ME,] to Rochester, NH, in March 1794.
Son Daniel Goodwin was born in Northeast Parish, Rochester, NH, September 21, 1795.
Son William Goodwin married in Rochester, NH, February 25, 1798, Elizabeth “Betsy” Chapman. She was born in Greenland, NH, April 25, 1772, daughter of Samuel and Betsy Chapman.
Daughter Mary “Polly” Goodwin married in Wakefield, NH, March 28, 1798, William Leavitt, she of Rochester, NH, and he of Wakefield, NH. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony. Leavitt was born in Wakefield, NH, August 3, 1776.
Son Samuel Goodwin married, May 27, 1799, Lydia Chapman. She was born in Greenland, NH, May 17, 1776, daughter of Samuel and Betsy Chapman.
Jeremiah Goodwin headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary (Remick) Goodwin], one female aged 16-25 years, one male aged 10-15 years, one female aged 10-15 years, three males aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-10 years. (See Northeast Parish in the Second (1800) Federal Census).
Jeremiah Goodwin signed the Rochester Division Petition of 1802. Humphrey Goodwin also signed.
[F.W. Baptist Elder Humphrey Goodwin was not a near relative. He was born in Hollis, ME, in January 1774, son of Timothy and Mehitable Goodwin. He “… married Hannah Long, and resided in Biddeford, Me, Milton, N.H., and Hollis, Me.” Humphrey Goodwin, “who then resided here [in Acton, ME], was ordained in 1807,” and he removed to Hollis, ME, in 1814. He died in Hollis, ME, October 3, 1837, aged sixty-three years, ten months].
Daughter Elizabeth “Betsy” Goodwin married in Wakefield, NH, March 13, 1803, Jedediah Roberts [Jr.], she of Milton and he of Shapleigh, ME. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony. Roberts was born in Somersworth, NH, November 19, 1876, son of Jedediah and Eunice (Pray) Roberts.
… Jedediah and Elizabeth owned a farm in Acton [then western Shapleigh, ME], on the New Hampshire border. There they ran a grist and sawmill on the Salmon Falls River (Jacobsen, 1995).
Jeremiah Goodwin (and [Elder] Humphrey Goodwin) were assessed in Paul Jewett, Esq.’s School District No. 3, in December 1806. A James Goodwin was assessed in Dudley Burnham’s School District No. 4 (See Milton School Districts – 1806).
Daughter Abigail W. “Nabby” Goodwin married in Ossipee, NH, March 10, 1808, David Goldsmith, she of Milton and he of Ossipee, NH. Elder Wentworth Lord performed the ceremony. Goldsmith was born in Salem, MA, April 13, 1783, son of John and Martha (Lamson) Goldsmith.
Daughter Sarah S. “Sally” Goodwin married in Wakefield, NH, August 17, 1808, John Brown, she of Milton and he of Ossipee, NH. Rev. Asa Piper performed the ceremony.
Jacob Brown, one of the first settlers of Ossipee, was a native of Wenham, Mass. John Brown, son of Jacob, was born July 7, 1785, and married Sally S. Goodwin, of Milton, about 1806 [1808]; his family consisted of eight sons and two daughters; he died April 8, 1838. He was a farmer and proprietor of one the first hotels in the town (Merrill, 1889).
Son William Goodwin was ordained as a Baptist minister (or elder) in Newfield, ME, in 1809.
In 1809, William Goodwin, who had been useful to the [Newfield, ME, Baptist] church as a licensed preacher, was ordained pastor, the church then numbered thirty-nine. He left the church in 1810, with the number of members increased to fifty-one (Millet, 1845).
Jeremiah Goodwin, Jeremiah Goodwin, Jr., and son-in-law, William Leavitt, were among the thirty-five Strafford County inhabitants who recommended, January 2, 1810, that Maj. Andrew Wentworth of Somersworth, NH, should be appointed as Strafford County sheriff. James Berry, Benaiah Dore, William S. Nutter, John Remick, Jr., and Caleb Wingate, signed also.
Jere Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included included one male aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Mary (Remick) Goodwin], two males aged 16-25 years, one female aged 16-25 years, one male aged 10-15 years, and one female aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel Whittam and James Merry. (See Milton in the Third (1810) Federal Census).
Capt Saml Goodwin headed a Shapleigh, ME, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Lydia (Chapman) Goodwin], three males aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-10 years.
Revd Wm Goodwin headed a Newfield, ME, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Betsy (Chapman) Goodwin], one male aged 10-15 years, three males aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-10 years.
Willm Levit [Leavitt] headed a Wakefield, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Mary (Goodwin) Leavitt], two females aged 10-15 years, two males aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-10 years.
Jedediah Roberts, Junr, headed a Shapleigh, ME, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Elizabeth (Goodwin) Roberts], one male aged under-10 years, and one female aged under-10 years.
David Goldsmith headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Abigail W. (Goodwin) Goldsmith], and one male aged under-10 years.
John Brown headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included included one male aged 16-25 years [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Sarah S. (Goodwin) Brown], and one male aged under-10 years.
John Brown was merchandising for many years in a one-story house which was also his “tavern,” on the site of the hotel he built in 1819 at the Corner. In this he continued in trade until 1826, or at least was assessed on “stock in trade” during those years (Merrill, 1889).
Daughter Hannah Goodwin married in Ossipee, NH, January 1, 1811, Dr. Moses Colby, she of Milton and he of Ossipee, NH. Elder William Taylor performed the ceremony. Dr. Colby was born in Exeter, NH, in 1784, son of Ichabod and Ruth (Rowell) Colby.
Dr. Moses Colby was the physician of the [Ossipee] town for many years, and was known throughout a wide section. He was town clerk for a long time, and all along the records are scattered emblematic figures, mostly masonic, artistically done; he was a leading citizen, plain in his manners, quite eccentric, abounding in humor, careful and conservative. He had an extensive practice. He was postmaster about 1810, and kept the office in his house. He became a member of the Strafford District Medical Society in 1810, and was its secretary from 1824 to 1827. He had a large family, whom he educated well. In later life he removed to Dover (Merrill, 1889).
Son Jeremiah Goodwin married in Wakefield, NH, September 19, 1811, Bathsheba Weare Spinney, he of Milton and she of Wakefield, NH. Luther Dearborn, J.P., performed the ceremony. She was born in Kittery, ME, June 4, 1794, daughter of David and Lydia (Paul) Spinney.
Son Samuel Goodwin bid $8.55 in 1812, for the use of the Shapleigh, ME, school lot. He was “… not to strip or waste it” (Fulltonton, 1847).
Daughter Mary “Polly” (Goodwin) Leavitt died in Milton, May 28, 1813, aged thirty-four years, four months, and twenty days.
Father-in-law William Remick died in Eliot, ME, October 10, 1813, aged eighty-seven years.
Son Elisha Goodwin served in Capt. William Courson, in Milton’s militia company, from September 11, 1814, to September 29, 1814. He served also as a sergeant in Waldron’s Command. (Later bounty land documentation mentioned his residence in Wolfeboro, NH, between 1851 and 1878). (See Milton in the War of 1812).
Son Daniel Goodwin died in Milton, March 12, 1815.
Alpheus S. Goodwin married (1st) in Shapleigh, ME, May 25, 1815, Abigail “Nabby” Thompson. She was born in Sanford, ME, in 1796, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson.
Son Jeremiah Goodwin married in Wakefield, NH, September 19, 1816, Bathsheba Weare Spinney. She was born in 1794.
Jeremiah Goodwin of Milton made his last will, January 8, 1816. He devised to his wife, Mary Goodwin, the house in which he then lived, all the furniture to the same belonging, and one-half of all his Milton real estate, excepting that which would go to his son Elisha Goodwin after his wife’s decease. She was to receive also from his personal estate two cows and ten sheep. He devised to his son, Jeremiah Goodwin, the other one-half of his real and personal estate. He devised to his son, Elisha Goodwin, $300, to be paid out of his wife’s one-half share. He devised $1 each to his other sons, William Goodwin, Samuel Goodwin, and Alpheus S. Goodwin. He devised $1 each to his daughters, Betsy Roberts, Nabby W. Goldsmith, Sally S. Brown, Hannah Colby, and the heirs of Polly Leavitt, deceased. He named Jeremiah Goodwin as his executor. John Remick, Junr, Joseph Hussey, and Edward B. Remick signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 17:219).
Jeremiah Goodwin died in Milton, January 17, 1816. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held in Dover, NH, February 16, 1816 (Strafford County Probate, 17:220).
Son William Goodwin of Milton, husbandman, made his last will, August 4, 1817. He devised $1 each to his sons and daughters, Jeremiah Goodwin, Betty Goodwin, Nathan Goodwin, William Goodwin, Mary Ann Goodwin, Samuel Goodwin, Lydia Goodwin, and George Washington Goodwin. He devised all the rest and residue to his beloved wife, Betsey Goodwin. He appointed his said wife, Betsey Goodwin, and his brother, Jeremiah Goodwin, as joint executors. Caleb Wingate, Mary M. Corson, and Levi Jones signed as witnesses (Strafford County Probate, 21:19).
Son William Goodwin died in Milton, September 14, 1817. His last will was proved in a Strafford County Probate Court held November 6, 1817 (Strafford County Probate, 21:20).
Samuel Goodwin, Esqr, headed a Shapleigh, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1820) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 years [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Lydia (Chapman) Goodwin], one male aged 16-25 years, one male aged 10-15 years, one female aged 10-15 years, four males aged under-10 years, and two females aged under-10 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture; and was member was engaged in Manufactures.
Jedediah Roberts, Jr., headed a Shapleigh, ME, household at the time of the Fourth (1820) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 45-plus years [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Elizabeth (Goodwin) Roberts], one female aged 26-44 years, one male aged 16-25 years, one female aged 10-15 years, and one female aged under-10 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Son-in-law William Leavitt died in Milton, September 4, 1820, aged forty-four years, one month.
Son Samuel Goodwin was postmaster at Shapleigh Corner, in Shapleigh, ME, in 1822.
Son-in-law Dr. Moses Colby of Ossipee, NH, succeeded Dr. Stephen Drew of Milton as Secretary of the Strafford County Medical Association. His term ran from 1824 to 1827 (Scales, 1914).
Son-in-law Moses Colby appeared in the NH Register & Farmer’s Almanac of 1822, as the Ossipee, NH, postmaster and town clerk.
Son Samuel Goodwin and his family removed from Shapleigh, ME, to Levant, ME, about 1825.
Moses Colby witnessed the last will of Frederick Cate of Ossipee, NH, September 10, 1825 (Strafford County Probate, 34:40).
Ossipee, NH, elected son-in-law [Dr.] Moses Colby as its Town Clerk, in the years 1826-30.
Daughter Elizabeth “Betsy” (Goodwin) Roberts died in Milton, in 1828.
Ossipee, NH, elected son-in-law [Dr.] Moses Colby as its NH State Representative for the 1829-30 biennium (Dover Enquirer, June 23, 1829).
The first one of the [Goodwin] family to move into [Tamworth, NH,] town was Betsy (Chadbourne [Chapman]) Goodwin, widow of William Goodwin of Milton. With her eight children – five boys and three girls – she settled in Tamworth in the early days (Merrill, 1889).
Mary [(Remick)] Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 70-79 years [herself], and one female aged 40-49 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John Witham, Jr., and Benj. Witham. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
Betsey [(Chapman)] Goodwin headed a Tamworth, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 50-59 years [herself], two males aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 80-89 years, and one female aged 80-89 years.
Samuel Goodwin headed a Levant, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Lydia (Chapman) Goodwin], one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, two females aged 15-19 years, three males aged 10-14 years, and one female aged 5-9 years.
Jedediah Roberts headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years, two females aged 10-14 years, and two males aged 5-9 years.
Jere. Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Bathsheba W. (Spinney) Goodwin], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, two females aged 10-14 years, and one male aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ezekiel Merrow and B.U. Simes. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
David Goldsmith headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Abigail W. (Goodwin) Goldsmith], one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, two females aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, one female aged 5-9 years, and one female aged under-5 years.
Alpheus Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Abigail (Thompson) Goodwin), one male aged 10-14 years [Daniel C. Goodwin], one female aged 10-14 years [Mary A. Goodwin], one male aged 5-9 years [Morris F. Goodwin], and two females aged under-5 years [Caroline M. Goodwin and Eliza J. Goodwin]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Caleb Gilman and Thos. Merrow. (See Milton in the Fifth (1830) Federal Census).
John Brown headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sarah S. (Goodwin) Brown], one male aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, one female aged 5-9 years, and one male aged under-5 years.
Elisha Goodwin headed an New Durham, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Betsy (Gilman) Goodwin], one male aged 10-14 years [John R. Goodwin], one female aged 10-14 years [Sarah L. Goodwin], one male aged 5-9 years [Elisha Goodwin], one female aged 5-9 years [Hannah C. Goodwin], one male aged under-5 years [Augustine D. Goodwin], and one female aged under-5 years [Maria P. Goodwin].
Moses Colby headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Hannah (Goodwin) Colby], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, three females aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, and two females aged under-5 years.
Ossipee, NH, elected son-in-law [Dr.] Moses Colby as its Town Clerk, in the years 1832-33.
Grandson John Goodwin died in New Durham, NH, March 10, 1832, aged fifteen years, five months.
DIED. In New-Durham, March 10, of rheumatic fever, John Goodwin, aged 15 years and 5 months, son of Mr. Elisha Goodwin. Probably there has not been a stronger proof of the consoling doctrines of our holy religion, than was evidenced in the death of this young man. Although, his sufferings were extreme yet through the whole his resignation was calm and dignified, his faith unwavering in the Lord Jesus Christ; often saying he wished to depart and be with him. – Com (Dover Enquirer, May 1, 1832).
Daughter-in-law Abigail (Thompson) Goodwin died in Milton Mills, April 15, 1834.
Son-in-law Dr. Moses Colby performed a marriage ceremony between Mr. William Hanson and Miss Hannah Abbot in Ossipee, NH, in 1833 (Dover Enquirer, July 16, 1833).
Son Alpheus S. Goodwin married (2nd), November 23, 1834, Elizabeth “Eliza” Thompson. She was born in Sanford, ME, December 11, 1803, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson. (His second wife was a younger sister of his deceased first wife).
Ossipee, NH, elected son-in-law [Dr.] Moses Colby as its Town Clerk, in the years 1835-36.
Daughter Hannah (Goodwin) Colby died in Ossipee, NH, in August 1835.
Son Samuel Goodwin died in Levant, ME, in 1837.
Son-in-law John Brown died in Ossipee, NH, April 8, 1838.
The first Goodwin to settle in Wolfeborough was Elisha, who was born in Kittery, Me., Dec. 7, 1793. He married Betsy Gilman, of Milton, and for several years lived in New Durham, from which town he came to Wolfeborough. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. Mr. Goodwin was the miller of what is now known as Wolfeborough Falls, and raised a large family of children (Parker, 1901).
Mary [(Remick)] Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 80-89 years [herself], one female aged 50-59 years, and one male aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Hodgdon and Jeremiah Goodwin.
Nathan Goodwin headed a Tamworth, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years, two females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 20-29 years, and one female aged 60-69 years [Betsy (Chapman) Goodwin]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture.
Lidia [(Chapman)] Godwin [Goodwin] headed a Levant, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 60-69 years [herself], one female aged 30-39 years, one male aged 20-29 years, two females aged 20-29 years, and two males aged under-5 years. One member of her household was engaged in Agriculture.
Jedediah Roberts headed an Acton, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included One male aged 60-69 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and one female aged 10-14 years. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture; and two members were Scholars.
Jeremiah Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Bathsheba W. (Spinney) Goodwin], one female aged 20-29 years, and two males aged 15-19 years. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Mary Goodwin and Nathaniel Dearborn.
David Goldsmith headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Abigail W. (Goodwin) Goldsmith], one male aged 20-29 years, two females aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, and one female aged 10-14 years. One member of his household were engaged in Agriculture.
Alpheus Goodwin headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [Alpheus Goodwin], one female aged 30-39 years [Elizabeth (Thompson) Goodwin], one male aged 20-29 years [Daniel C. Goodwin], one female aged 15-19 years [Mary A. Goodwin], one male aged 15-19 years [Morris F. Goodwin], one female aged 5-9 years [Abbie T. Goodwin], and one female aged under-5 years [Eliza J. Goodwin]. Three members of his household were engaged in Manufacture and the Trades. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John L. Swinerton and Eben Osgood.
Sally [(Goodwin)] Brown headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. Her household included one female aged 40-49 years [herself], one male aged 30-39 years, one male aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. One member of his household were engaged in Agriculture; and three members were Scholars.
Elisha Goodwin headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Betsy (Gilman) Goodwin], one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, two males aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, and one female aged under-5 years. One member of his household were engaged in Manufacture and Trade.
Daughter Abigail W. “Nabby” (Goodwin) Goldsmith died in Ossipee, NH, in March 1840.
Son-in-law Moses Colby appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1843, as a physician.
Mary (Remick) Goodwin died in Milton, July 14, 1845.
Son-in-law Moses Colby appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1846, as a physician, and a justice-of-the-peace.
Son-in-law Dr. Moses Colby died in Ossipee, NH, September 23, 1847.
DEATHS. In Ossipee, Doct. Moses Colby, of this town (Dover Enquirer, October 5, 1847).
Nathan Gordwin [Goodwin], a farmer, aged forty-seven years, headed a Tamworth, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Lydia Gordwin, aged thirty-eight years (b. ME), William H. Gordwin, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Betsy [(Chapman)] Gordwin, aged seventy-eight years (b. NH). Nathan Gordwin had real estate valued at $1,000.
Daniel Goodwin, a farmer, aged thirty-three years (b. ME), headed a Stetson, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Hannah [(Fuller)] Goodwin, aged twenty-one years (b. ME), Frederick Goodwin, aged two years (b. ME), James F. Goodwin, aged one year (b. ME), Greenlief Merritt, aged fourteen years (b. ME), and Lydia [(Chapman)] Goodwin, aged seventy-four years (b. VT). Daniel Goodwin had real estate valued at $800.
Jeremiah Goodwin, a farmer, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Basheba [Bathsheba] [(Spinney)] Goodwin, aged fifty-six years (b. ME), Basheba [Bathsheba] Goodwin, aged twenty-seven years (b. NH), David P. Goodwin, a farmer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), and Lydia A. Hodgdon, aged five years (b. NH). Jeremiah Goodwin had real estate valued at $3,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Jewett, a farmer, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Lyman Wentworth, a famer, aged forty-three years (b. NH).
Alpheus Goodwin, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Eliza [(Thompson)] Goodwin, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), Morris Goodwin, a farmer, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), Abby Goodwin, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Eliza J. Goodwin, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Samuel F. Goodwin, aged eight years (b. NH), Reuben H. Goodwin, aged five years (b. NH), and Richard Gordon, a farmer, aged eighteen years (b. ME). Alpheus Goodwin had real estate valued at $5,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Noah Robinson, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Asa Fox, a trader, aged thirty-nine years (b. ME).
Daniel Brown, a farmer, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Clarissa [(Wise)] Brown, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Sally [(Goodwin)] Brown, aged fifty-six years (b. MA), and Alpheus Brown, aged thirty-nine years (b. NH). Daniel Brown had real estate valued at $400.
Elisha Goodwin, a farmer, aged fifty-six years (b. NH [ME]), head a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Betsy [(Gilman)] Goodwin, aged fifty-four years (b. ME [NH]), Elisha Goodwin, an innkeeper, aged thirty-one years (b. ME), Augustin Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), John Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged eighteen years (b. NH), James Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged sixteen years (b. NH), Arvilla Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged fourteen years (b. NH), Joseph Goodwin, aged twelve years (b. NH), and Sarah Goodwin, aged nine years (b. NH). Elisha Goodwin had real estate valued at $1,000.
Son Alpheus S. Goodwin died in Milton Mills, October 10, 1850. His last will was proved in a Dover, NH, probate court, November 5, 1850 (Strafford County Probate, 60:471).
Son Jeremiah Goodwin died in Milton Mills. December 21, 1853.
Grandson John Goodwin died in Wolfeboro, NH, July 15, 1857, aged twenty-five years.
DEATHS. In Wolfeborough, July 15th, Mr. John Goodwin, son of Mr. Elisha Goodwin, aged 25 (Dover Enquirer, August 6, 1857).
Granddaughter Arvilla J. Goodwin married in Boston, MA, October 14, 1857, Roscoe G. Holmes, she of Wolfeboro, NH, and he of Boston, MA. He was a provision dealer, aged twenty-nine years, and she was aged twenty-one years. He was born in Limington, ME, circa 1827, son of Tristram Holmes.
MARRIAGES. Oct. 14, by Rev. Thomas Parker, ROSCOE G. HOLMES, of this city, to Miss ARVILLA J. GOODWIN, daughter of Elisha Goodwin, of Wolfeborough, N.H. (Boston Evening transcript, December 1, 1857).
Daughter-in-law Elizabeth “Betsy” (Chapman) Goodwin died in Milton, September 18, 1859.
Son-in-law Jedediah Roberts died in Milton, in 1860.
William Goodwin, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. ME), headed a Newfield, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Belinda [(Hall)] Goodwin, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), Cyrena Goodwin, aged twenty years (b. ME), Monroe Goodwin, aged sixteen years (b. ME), Mary Goodwin, aged sixteen years (b. ME), Sarah A. Goodwin, aged fourteen years (b. ME), and Betsy [(Chapman)] Goodwin, aged eighty-eight years (b. NH). William Goodwin had real estate valued at $1,400 and personal estate valued at $573. Betsy Goodwin was said to be insane and suffering from old age.
Daniel Goodwin, a farmer, aged forty-nine years(b. ME), headed a Stetson, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Hannah [(Fuller)] Goodwin, aged thirty-one years (b. ME), Frederic Goodwin, aged thirteen years (b. ME), James Goodwin, aged eleven years(b. ME), Hellen Goodwin, aged nine years(b. ME), Daniel Goodwin, Jr., aged three years(b. ME), Walter Goodwin, aged one year(b. ME), Lydia [(Chapman)] Goodwin, aged eighty-four years (b. NH), Betsey Goodwin, aged fifty years (b. NH), Samuel Demeritt, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), and Charles Demeritt, aged twenty-seven years (b. ME). Daniel Goodwin had real estate valued at $3,400 and personal estate valued at $2,700.
B.W. [(Spinney)] Goodwin, aged sixty-six years, headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Lydia Hodgdon, aged nineteen years, David S. Hodgdon, a farmer, aged thirty-seven years, and James E. Berry, a farmer, aged twenty-one years. B.W. Goodwin had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Josiah W. Hussey, a farmer, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), and Wm. B. Hussey, a shoemaker, aged thirty-five years (b. ME).
Eliza [(Thompson)] Goodwin, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH) headed a Newburyport, MA, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. Her household included Abby Goodwin, a tailoress, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and Reuben H. Goodwin, aged fifteen years (b. NH).
Daniel A. Brown, a farmer, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Clarisa [(Wise)] Brown, aged thirty-eight years (b. NH), and Sally S. [(Goodwin)] Brown, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH). Daniel A. Brown had personal estate valued at $140.
Elisha Goodwin, a farmer, aged sixty-six years (b. ME), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Betsey [(Gilman)] Goodwin, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), James F. Goodwin, a shoemaker, aged twenty-six years (b. NH), Joseph W. Goodwin, a farmer, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and Sarah E. Goodwin, housework, aged nineteen years (b. NH). Elisha Goodwin had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $300.
Daughter-in-law Lydia (Chapman) Goodwin died December 1, 1861.
Bathsheba W. [(Spinney)] Goodwin, keeping house, aged seventy-six years (b. ME), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included David P. Goodwin, a farm laborer, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and James E. Berry, a farm laborer, aged thirty-one years (b. NH). Bathsheba W. Goodwin had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $810. James E. Berry had real estate valued at $1,100 and personal estate valued at $840. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James J. Jewett, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH), and Sally Dearborn, keeping house, aged seventy-one years (b. NH).
Jacob F. Brown, dry goods & groceries, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), headed an Ossipee, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Betsy E. [(Willey)] Brown, keeping house, aged fifty-three years (b. NH), Eugene F. Brown, clerk in store, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), Ida A. Brown, at home, aged fifteen years (b. NH), Dana J. Brown, at home, aged ten years (b. NH), and Sally S. [(Goodwin)] Brown, at home, aged seventy-five years (b. NH). Jacob F. Brown had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $9,500. Sally S. Brown had personal estate valued at $100. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Daniel A. Hyde, a hotel keeper, aged forty-seven years (b. NH), and Salome E. Clark, keeps hotel, aged forty-nine years (b. NH).
Elisha Goodwin, a farmer, aged seventy-six years (b. ME), headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Betsy [(Gilman)] Goodwin, keeping house, aged seventy-three years (b. NH), Elisha Goodwin, a retired merchant, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), Martha Goodwin, keeping house, aged thirty-five years (b. NH), Oscar G. Holmes, a farm laborer, aged forty years (b. ME), Arvilla [(Goodwin)] Holmes, at home, aged thirty-four years (b. NH), Jenny Holmes, at home, aged nine years (b. MA), Franklin Holmes, at home, aged six years (b. NH), Etta E. May, at home, aged seventeen years (b. MA), John D. May, at home, aged thirteen years (b. NH). Elisha Goodwin, the retired merchant, had real estate valued at $40,000 and personal estate valued at $27,000. Oscar G. Holmes had real estate valued at $1,000.
Son-in-law David Goldsmith died in Peabody, MA, May 24, 1872, aged ninety years, one month. He was a widowed farmer.
Daughter Sarah S. “Sally” (Goodwin) Brown died in Ossipee, NH, December 28, 1876.
Daughter-in-law Bathsheba W. (Spinney) Goodwin died of old age in Milton, May 4, 1878, aged eighty-three years, eleven months, twenty-seven days.
Abbie T. [(Goodwin)] Felseth [Felch], keeping house, aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Newburyport, MA, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her daughter, Berniece H. Felseth, at school, aged thirteen years (b. MA), and her mother, Eliza [(Thompson)] Goodwin, aged seventy-seven years (b. NH). They resided at 36 Marlborough Street.
Joseph W. Goodwin, a farmer, aged forty-three years, headed a Wolfeboro, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Nellie A. [(Furber)] Goodwin, keeping house, aged thirty-three years, his children, Elisha Goodwin, attending school, aged eleven years, Rosa G. Goodwin, attending school, aged ten years, Joseph W. Goodwin, attending school, aged six years (b. NH), Martin F. Goodwin, attending school, aged four years (b. NH), Arthur R. Goodwin, aged five months (b. NH), his father, Elisha Goodwin, aged eighty-seven years (b. NH), and his servant, Etta Corson, a servant, aged twenty-one years (b. NH [ME]).
Son Elisha Goodwin was cited in a newspaper human interest account of elderly men who remained physically active.
Elisha Goodwin of Wolfeboro’, N.H., aged 88, recently covered in good shape 3500 hills of potatoes within seven hours, and Captain Leonard Bradford of Washington, 91, worked out his highway tax of about $3 in two days, last week (Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), July 2, 1881).
Son Elisha Goodwin died in Wolfeboro, NH, August 7, 1881, aged eighty-seven years, eight months. He was a widowed miller. Joseph W. Goodwin reported the death.
GRANITE STATE NEWS. Picking and Gleanings, and a General Epitome of Events. Elisha Goodwin, who died in Wolfboro, Aug. 7, of bowel complaint, at the advanced age of 87 years and 8 months, was probably the oldest man in town. His native place is Kittery, Me., but he had resided in Wolfboro forty-five years. Deceased was a respected citizen, and leaves two daughters and one son (Boston Post. August 20, 1881).
Daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Thompson) Goodwin died of old age in Newburyport, MA, November 9, 1891, aged eighty-eight years, eleven months.
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