William GODDARD

- 1691

• Name	William GODDARD  [2]
  	William, seventh son of Edward, a citizen and grocer of London, traded largely at wholesale, met with great losses at sea, lived too expensively (as his son was afterwards informed by a friend) and by these means became vey much reduced. His mother-in-law, Mrs. foot, in hr widowhood, lent L100 sterling to a brother of hers in New England, who, for her security, mortgaged his house and land; but though he lived many years afterward, yet paid neither principal nor interest. Consequently, at his death, his mother gave him the debt, and he coming over for it in 1665, found nothing to be had, except the housing and lands mortgaged. His contracted circumstances and the plague then raging in London added to the foresaid consideration, was probably the occasion of his concluding to tarry here and sending for his wife and children who came over in 1666. [1]
  Birth	London, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1691  [2]
  Person ID	I44639	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MILES   d. 1697
  Children	+ 1. Joseph GODDARD,   b. 1655, London, England d. 25 Jul 1728 (Age 73 years)  [Birth] + 2. Benjamin GODDARD,   b. 1668   d. 24 Oct 1748 (Age 80 years)  [Birth]   3. Hon. Edward GODDARD, Esq.,   b. 24 Mar 1674/5, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 9 Feb 1754, Framingham, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F13637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S13075] William Austin Goddard, A Genealogy of The Descendants of Edward GODDARD. [S13128] Clark Lamotte Goddard and Frances Melanie Goddard Holmes, Genealogy of the GODDARD Family Following the Line of William GODDARD in America.