Hi, This appears to be information from Virginia Cousins by G. Browne Goode. That book is based on the John Good of Whitby and his descendants, as I recall. I have a page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikegoad/html/tree0011.htm on Richard Goode and Sarah Parker that I have just added material to. Virginia Cousins does include the following: RICHARD GOODE, son of Richard Goode of Cornwall, was an immigrant from England like his brother John. Family tradition states that there were two brothers, who settled first upon the "eastern shore" and afterwards came to the James River. Whether or not John and Richard Goode were for a time residents of Accomac, we shall probably never know; nor is it known that Richard Goode accompanied his brother to Barbados. It is possible that he may rather have come to Virginia by way of New England. One Richard Goode was juryman at a court in Massachusetts in 1646 who may have been the same as there are no subsequent traces of him in the more northern colony. In 1670, Richard Goode received a grant of 250 acres of land in Virginia, "between the Chickahominy River and the Great Swamp." This would appear from the land register, to have been in the old Rappahannock county, abolished in 1690, and included in part in Essex, Richmond, Caroline, and Spottsylvania counties. The records of this region, were in great part destroyed during the civil war, but a portion of them is still preserved at Tappahannock, and has enabled us to connect to Richard Goode, the emigrant, with some, at least, of his descendants. He died about 1719, at which time, July 19, his will is recorded. He would appear, therfore, to have been younger than his brother John. (Note: the 1719 date of death is likely that of his son, Richard, Jr. - MpG) Mike At 07:00 AM 1/7/01 -0800, Donna Bogue wrote: >I get new postings for WDC GenWeb and I got this one. >Does anyone know if this is the family that is suspected of being the line >of our >Abraham Goad b. Bef. 1665 d. April 11, 1734? > >"In our Interrelated Section... >Some descendants of Richard Goode b. 1538: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0001146.html > >Richard was born in England, the first link in this chart takes >you to a chart of his ancestors starting with a Mr Goode b. 1250 >in England. Richards greatgrandson John was also born in England. >He came to America in 1655 from Barbados and died in VA. Surnames >found in this chart: > >Akin, Battleson, Bennet, Bennett, Downe, Formby, Goode, >Mackerness, Penkeville and Trenance > >Contributor names and email address are at the ends of most charts > Search our Indexes: http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/wdc.html" > >donna.bogue@iname.com