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Birth: May 27, 1734 Glastonbury Hartford County Connecticut, USA Death: Apr. 24, 1814 Glastonbury Hartford County Connecticut, USA

Elisha Goodrich, s. of William Goodrich and Rachel Savage, b. May 27, 1734 of record at Glastonbury, Conn. Whereas Lafayette W. Case's 1889 pub. "Goodrich Family in America" [hereafter Case] claims Elisha d. Oct. 2, 1789, he d. per his gravestone Apr. 24, 1814, Æ 80.

Elisha m. his cousin Lucy Goodrich, dau. of Dea. David Goodrich and Sarah Edwards, b. Feb 24, 1737/38 of record at Glastonbury. She d. Aug. 17, 1807 at Glastonbury, Æ 70 (g.s.).

When and where Elisha and Lucy married is not of record, but it was not on Mar. 14, 1754 as claimed by Case. Donald Lines Jacobus in his 1952 "Hale, House and Related Families" [hereafter Jacobus] suggested it may have been Mar. 14 1758. For perspective of the former date, see wife Lucy's memorial.

Elisha was a resident of Glastonbury's 1st Society, or the jurisdiction of the Glastonbury 1st Cong. Church, whose marriage records are lost. Elisha and Lucy's marriage does not appear in the published Glastonbury Vital Records.

According to Case, there were ten children of the family, but not necessarily the same ten children detailed by Jacobus. Jacobus also relied on the birth dates reported by Case, but none of the children appear in the Glastonbury vital records. Fortunately, they were all baptized at the Glastonbury 1st Church; a transcription of that church's baptism and death records is held by the Connecticut Historical Society and the pertinent portions were provided to the memorialist by a fellow Goodrich family descendant. Based on those records, there actually were eleven children of the family and in multiple instances the date of birth stated by Case is actually a baptism date, but not all were within the year stated by Case.

Following is the Jacobus version of the Elisha Goodrich family with the addition of the eleventh child and the respective dates of baptism. The annotations in brackets [ ] are by the memorialist:

• Elisha, b. May 27, 1734; d. at Glastonbury, Apr. 24, 1814 ae. 80 (g.s.); m. Mar 14, (probably 1758), Lucy4 Goodrich, b. at Glastonbury Feb. 24, 1737/8, d. there Aug. 17, 1807 in her 70th yr. (g.s.), dau. of Ens. David3 and Sarah (Edwards) Goodrich. His will, dated Sept. 30, 1811, proved May 5, 1814, named sons Eliakim Goodrich, Asa Goodrich, and Elisha Goodrich (executor), and daughters Jerusha Stevens, Sarah Marks, and Fanny Robinson (Robertson in the distribution); witnesses: John Hale, Roger Hale, Hannah Hale. Children:

• 1. Jerusha, b. abt. 1759 [her baptism is apparently prior to when the 1st Ch. record of baptisms begin - July 1759]; d. at Glastonbury, Jan. 3, 1831 ae. 72 (g.s.); m. at Glastonbury, Feb. 6, 1783, George Stevens, b. abt. 1754, d. there May 13, 1823 ae. 69 (g.s.), son of Benjamin and Dorothy (Olmstead) Stevens.

• 2. Eliakim, b. [bapt.] Nov. 28, 1762; m. at Portland [, Middlesex County, Conn.], Jan. 13, 1782, Sarah Kneeland.

• 3. Asa, b. [bapt.] Mar. 10, 1765; m. at Glastonbury, Sept. 12, 1790, Ruth Stratton, dau. of Samuel and Mehitabel (Hollister)(Goodrich) Stratton.

• 3a. Prudence, who appears in Case, but not in Jacobus, b. [bapt.] Oct. 25, 1767; [d. Oct. 23, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.].

• 4. Sarah, b. [bapt.] Apr. 8, 1768 [sic, 1770]; d. at Pawlet, VT, 1857 ae. 88; m. Cornwell Marks, who d. at Pawlet, 1857 ae. 88. Children: William6 (joined the Latter-Day Saints and was mayor of Nauvoo); Elisha; Ira; Prudence; and Esther.

• 5. Lucy, b. [bapt.] Oct. 4, 1770 [sic, 1772]; d. May 3, 1774 [d. Oct 21, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.]

• 6. Elisha, b. [bapt.] Sept. 10, 1772 [sic, 1775]; d. June 21, 1778 [d. Oct 18, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.].

• 7. Lucy, b. [bapt.] Sept. 28, 1775 [sic, 1777]; d. young [d. Dec. 22, 1777, 1st Ch. Rec.].

• 8. Ephraim, b. [bapt.] Dec. 14, 1777; d. young [no death entry in 1st Ch. Rec.].

• 9. Elisha, b. [bapt.] Apr. 8, 1779 [sic, Aug. 9]; d. at Glastonbury, Oct. 2, 1834 ae. 55 (g.s.); m. (1) at Glastonbury, Feb. 26, 1805, Prudence Bell, b. abt. 1786, d. Mar. 30, 1820 ae. 34 (g.s.); m. (2) at Rocky Hill [, formerly the south part of Wethersfield, Conn.], July 30, 1821, Sally Bulkley, bapt. at Rocky Hill, Dec. 2, 1787, d. at Glastonbury, Nov. 30, 1843 ae. 57 (g.s.) dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Edwards) Bulkley.

• 10. Fanny, b. [bapt.] Apr. 10, 1782; m. ____ Robertson [sic, Robinson?].

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Parents:

 William Goodrich (1701 - 1787)

 Rachel Savage Goodrich (1704 - 1787)

Spouse:

 Lucy Goodrich Goodrich (1738 - 1807)*

Children:

 Jerusha Goodrich Stevens (____ - 1831)*

 Sarah Goodrich Marks (1770 - 1857)*

Siblings:

 William Goodrich (1729 - 1753)*

 Stephen Goodrich (1732 - 1823)*

 Stephen Goodrich (1732 - 1823)*

 Elisha Goodrich (1734 - 1814)

 Ephraim Goodrich (1737 - 1787)*

 Jemima Goodrich Hollister (1741 - 1805)*

 Jehiel Goodrich (1741 - 1818)**

 Mary Amelia Goodrich Matson (1745 - 1786)*

 Rachel Goodrich (1747 - ____)*

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Inscription: NEHGR 85(1931):405. Old Cemetery at South Glastonbury aka Still Hill Cemetery

Elisha Goodrich died Apr. 24, 1814, Æ. 80. Lucy, his wife, died Aug. 17, 1807, in her 70th year.

On the day Elisha d. he was 79 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 80.

Burial: Old South Cemetery South Glastonbury Hartford County Connecticut, USA

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Created by: Don Blauvelt Record added: Jul 13, 2012 Find A Grave Memorial# 93563050

Birth 27 May 1734 Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Death 24 Apr 1814 (aged 79) Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Burial Old South Cemetery South Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Memorial ID 93563050 · View Source Elisha Goodrich, s. of William Goodrich and Rachel Savage, b. May 27, 1734 of record at Glastonbury, Conn. Whereas Lafayette W. Case's 1889 pub. "Goodrich Family in America" [hereafter Case] claims Elisha d. Oct. 2, 1789, he d. per his gravestone Apr. 24, 1814, Æ 80.

Elisha m. his cousin Lucy Goodrich, dau. of Dea. David Goodrich and Sarah Edwards, b. Feb 24, 1737/38 of record at Glastonbury. She d. Aug. 17, 1807 at Glastonbury, Æ 70 (g.s.).

When and where Elisha and Lucy married is not of record, but it was not on Mar. 14, 1754 as claimed by Case. Donald Lines Jacobus in his 1952 "Hale, House and Related Families" [hereafter Jacobus] suggested it may have been Mar. 14 1758. For perspective of the former date, see wife Lucy's memorial.

Elisha was a resident of Glastonbury's 1st Society, or the jurisdiction of the Glastonbury 1st Cong. Church, whose marriage records are lost. Elisha and Lucy's marriage does not appear in the published Glastonbury Vital Records.

According to Case, there were ten children of the family, but not necessarily the same ten children detailed by Jacobus. Jacobus also relied on the birth dates reported by Case, but none of the children appear in the Glastonbury vital records. Fortunately, they were all baptized at the Glastonbury 1st Church; a transcription of that church's baptism and death records is held by the Connecticut Historical Society and the pertinent portions were provided to the memorialist by a fellow Goodrich family descendant. Based on those records, there actually were eleven children of the family and in multiple instances the date of birth stated by Case is actually a baptism date, but not all were within the year stated by Case.

Following is the Jacobus version of the Elisha Goodrich family with the addition of the eleventh child and the respective dates of baptism. The annotations in brackets [ ] are by the memorialist:

• Elisha, b. May 27, 1734; d. at Glastonbury, Apr. 24, 1814 ae. 80 (g.s.); m. Mar 14, (probably 1758), Lucy4 Goodrich, b. at Glastonbury Feb. 24, 1737/8, d. there Aug. 17, 1807 in her 70th yr. (g.s.), dau. of Ens. David3 and Sarah (Edwards) Goodrich. His will, dated Sept. 30, 1811, proved May 5, 1814, named sons Eliakim Goodrich, Asa Goodrich, and Elisha Goodrich (executor), and daughters Jerusha Stevens, Sarah Marks, and Fanny Robinson (Robertson in the distribution); witnesses: John Hale, Roger Hale, Hannah Hale. Children:

• 1. Jerusha, b. abt. 1759 [her baptism is apparently prior to when the 1st Ch. record of baptisms begin - July 1759]; d. at Glastonbury, Jan. 3, 1831 ae. 72 (g.s.); m. at Glastonbury, Feb. 6, 1783, George Stevens, b. abt. 1754, d. there May 13, 1823 ae. 69 (g.s.), son of Benjamin and Dorothy (Olmstead) Stevens.

• 2. Eliakim, b. [bapt.] Nov. 28, 1762; m. at Portland [Middlesex County, Conn.], Jan. 13, 1782, Sarah Kneeland.

• 3. Asa, b. [bapt.] Mar. 10, 1765; m. at Glastonbury, Sept. 12, 1790, Ruth Stratton, dau. of Samuel and Mehitabel (Hollister)(Goodrich) Stratton.

• 3a. Prudence, who appears in Case, but not in Jacobus, b. [bapt.] Oct. 25, 1767; [d. Oct. 23, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.]

• 4. Sarah, b. [bapt.] Apr. 8, 1768 [sic, 1770]; d. at Pawlet, VT, 1857 ae. 88; m. Cornwell Marks, who d. at Pawlet, 1857 ae. 88. Children: William (joined the Latter-Day Saints and was mayor of Nauvoo); Elisha; Ira; Prudence; and Esther.

• 5. Lucy, b. [bapt.] Oct. 4, 1770 [sic, 1772]; d. May 3, 1774 [d. Oct 21, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.]

• 6. Elisha, b. [bapt.] Sept. 10, 1772 [sic, 1775]; d. June 21, 1778 [d. Oct 18, 1776, 1st Ch. Rec.].

• 7. Lucy, b. [bapt.] Sept. 28, 1775 [sic, 1777]; d. young [d. Dec. 22, 1777, 1st Ch. Rec.]

• 8. Ephraim, b. [bapt.] Dec. 14, 1777; d. young [no death entry in 1st Ch. Rec.]

• 9. Elisha, b. [bapt.] Apr. 8, 1779 [sic, Aug. 9]; d. at Glastonbury, Oct. 2, 1834 ae. 55 (g.s.); m. (1) at Glastonbury, Feb. 26, 1805, Prudence Bell, b. abt. 1786, d. Mar. 30, 1820 ae. 34 (g.s.); m. (2) at Rocky Hill [, formerly the south part of Wethersfield, Conn.], July 30, 1821, Sally Bulkley, bapt. at Rocky Hill, Dec. 2, 1787, d. at Glastonbury, Nov. 30, 1843 ae. 57 (g.s.) dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Edwards) Bulkley.

• 10. Fanny, b. [bapt.] Apr. 10, 1782; m. ____ Robertson [sic, called Fanny "Robinson" in her father's will but "Robertson" in the 1815 distribution of his personal estate to the living children.]

Edited and revised 10/11/2017