My brick wall: John GOODRICH possibly married Mary BARTLETT c 1720 in Nansemond, VA Son John GOODRICH married Margaret BRIDGER c 1747 in VA both died in Topsham, Devon, England They had the following children: Bartlett Goodrich b c 1753 m Mary WILSON 1778 New York d 9/4/1825 Essex, England Bridger Goodrich b c 1756 m Elizabeth TUCKER c1778 Bermuda d 13/6/1795 Bermuda (I am descended from both these sons) William Goodrich b c 1748 m Katherine COLEBY John Goodrich b c 1751 m Dorothy HARLOW c1795 d c1826 Agatha Goodrich b c 1752 m Robert SHEDDEN Edward Goodrich b c 1758 m Frances BASCOMBE 1763 Bermuda d 1817 Bermuda James Goodrich b c 1762 d c 1787 Samuel Goodrich b c 1766 m Catherine ? d c 1807 I am sure the Mary Bartlett connection is correct - as the name Bartlett was used in the family, as was the name Bridger. Would love to hear from anyone else researching this family. Gayle Dimond Aust.

Hi Gayle, Contact me at Hope Stanley@mchsi.com and I will send you a general report with the generations down to you John who married Bridges. This is some of the wills I have on the line. Hope 1st generation................................... JOHN GOODRICH (1618-1698) OF ISLE OF WIGHT CO, VIRGINIA, PLANTER, WAS IN THE COLONY IN 1638, FOR IN MARCH, 1698, AT THE AGE OF 80, HE MADE A DEPOSITION, WHICH SURVIVES IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT RECORDS, AS TO EVENTS IN THE COLONY 60 YEARS BEFORE. HE DIED A FEW MONTHS LATER, FOR HIS WILL DATED AUGUST 30, 1695 WAS PAROVED JUNE 9, 1698. THIS WILL NAMES HIS SON, JOHN GOODRICH (1652-1695) OF ISLE OF WIGHT CO,VA 1 John GOODRICH Birth: 1616, England Death: 1698, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Spouse: Joan (GOODRICH) FIRST WIFE Children: Capt. John (~1652-1695) GOODRICH, JOHN SR, OF UPPPER PARISH LEG. SON CHARLES. WIFE REBECCA, JOHN GOODRICH THE SON OF MY WIFE REBECCA, REVERSION TO MY GRANDSON JOHN GOODRICH THE SON OF CAPTAIN JOHN GOODRICH. WIFE EXTX D AUGUST 20, 1695 R JUNE 9 1698 WIT ROBERT KAE, ROBERT RIDDICK, GEORGE RIDDICK, JOSEPH FORD PAGE 389 WILL AND DEED BOOK 2 2nd generation 1.1 Capt. John GOODRICH Birth: about 1652, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Death: 1695/1696, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Will dated 13 January 1695, recorded 9 June 1696, left land adjoining Thomas PROUD and Thomas THROPP to son George. Land on which Thomas DREW lives to son John. Daughters mentioned by name. Elizabeth left land given her by her grandfather-in-law George CRIPPS. Overseers my brother Robert KAE and James DAY Spouse: Anne BECHINOE Birth: about 1660 Death: 1712, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Father: Edward BECHINOE (1616-1679) Mother: Mary (BECHINOE) (~1630-) Children: Constance (~1704-) George (~1680-) John (~1680-) Honour (~1680-) Elizabeth (~1680-) isle of wight county deed book 8, 1747-1752 3rd generation John and brother George JOHN GOODRICH (?-1749) OF ISLE OF WIGHT CO, VA. WHO BY HIS WILL PROVED JUNE 1,1749 NAMES A SON JOHN GOODRICH, JOHN LEG. SON EDWARD, SON GEORGE, DAUGHTER MARY DAVIS, TO SAMUEL, THE SON OF JOHN DAVIS, DAUGHTER ANN GRAY, DAUGHTER HONOR, SON GEORGE, THE MONEY IN THE HANDS OF WILLIAM HARRISON, TO WIFE ESX SONS EDWARD AND JOHN GOODRICH, FRIENDS, WILLIAM HARRISON AND SAMUEL WILSON, OVERSEERS. D FEB 6, 1746/47, R JUNE 1, 1749 WIT GEORGE WILSON AND THOMAS MORGAN PAGE 191 WILL BOOK FIVE (p 347) 6 DEC. 1750 JAMES CALCOTE OF NEWPORT PARISH IN ISLE OF WIGHT AND WIFE MARY CALCOTE, TO JAMES ALMOND OF NANSEMOND COUNTY.....150 ACRES IN NEWPORT PARISH (BEING THE SAME LAND THAT BELONGED TO JOHN GOODRICH WHO WILLED IT TO HIS SON, GEORGE GOODRICH ON 9 JUNE 1698 AND IT LATER DESCENDED TO HIS CO-HEIRS THE SAID MARY CALCOTE AND TO ELIZABETH CLINCH, THE WIFE OF JOSEPH JOHN CLINCH AND THEY JOSEPH JOHN CLINCH AND ELIZABETH CLINCH AND JAMES CALCOTE AND MARY CALCOTE, SOLD THE LAND TO WILLIAM GLOVER ON 28, APR 1743 WHO LATER SOLD THE LAND BACK TO THE SAID JAMES CALCOTE ON 22 AUG 1743). THE PLANTATION IS KNOW AS "THE ROCKS PLANTATION" WIT WILLIAM RAND, JOHN BALDWIN AND MOSES ALLMAN 4th generation JOHN GOODRICH (1722-1785) OF NANSEMOND CO.,VA, WHO M 1747 MARGARET, DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH AND AGATHA BRIDGER, AND DIED AT GROVE HOUSE, TOPSHAM, IN DEVON, ENGLAND. THERE IS A MONUMENT TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN TOPSHAM CHURCH. HE WAS A MERCHANT AND SHIPOWNER IN A LARGE WAY OF BUSINESS AT NORFOLK,VIRGINIA, TRADING AS JOHN GOODRICH & CO. IN 1775, AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, HE SIDED AT FIRST WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY PARTY AND IMPORTED GUNPOWDER FOR THEIR USE, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY WAS WON OVER TO THE LOYALIST SIDE BY THE GOVERNOR LORD DUNMORE. HE WAS THEN IMPRISONED AND SUCH OF HIS PROPERTY AS COULD BE FOUND WAS SEQUESTERED, BUT EVENTALLY HE WAS RELEASED AND WENT TO ENGLAND, WITH HIS WIFE AND SEVERAL OF HIS SONS, AS SHOWN BY HIS MONUMENT AT TOPSHAM. ONE OF HIS SONS, EDWARD, FOUGHT ON THE REVOLUTIONARY SIDE AND HIS SONS SERVED IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND VIRGINIA MILITIA. FOR JOHN GOODRICH AND HIS FAMILY SEE SABINE, LOYALISTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1, PG 481, AND VA MAG, XV, 160. ALSO SEE NOTES UNDER HIS DAUGHTER AGATHA'S HUSBAND ROBERT SHEDDEN. 5th generation AGATHA WELLS GOODRICH (1752-1838) , OF WHOM A MINIATURE PORTRAIT IS PRESERVED AT TOR ABBEY IN DEVON, M. ROBERT SHEDDEN (1741-1826), WHO IN 1776 WAS A MERCHANT AT PORTSMOUTH IN VIRGINIA. SUPPORTING THE LOYALIST CAUSE, HIS PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA WAS SEQUESTERED, LIKE THAT OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW. HE REMOVED TO BERMUDA AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO NEW YORK, WHERE HE RESUMED BUISINESS. WHEN THE BRITISH EVACUATED NEW YORK, HE REMOVED TO LONDON, WHERE HE ESTABLISHED A COMMERCIAL HOUSE, OF THE HIGHEST RESPECTABILITY, AND PROSPERED. HE DIED IN 1826 AND IS BURIED IN PAULERSPURY CHURCH, WHERE THERE IS A MONUMENET TO HIM WITH AN ELABORATE INSCRIPTION. SEE SABINE LOYALISTS, 11 295. HIS WIDOW DIED AT STALWOODS, ISLE OF WIGHT, LEAVING FOUR SONS, OF WHOM THE SECOND WAS; ROBERT SHEDDEN, OF BROOKLANDS, HANTS. HIS DAUGHTER AND HEIRESS WAS; EMILY MUNRO SHEDDEN (1804-POST--1872) M 1827 A MR JOHNES MILLICENT MARIA JOHNES (1829 -POST-1872) M JOHN STUART COXON LIONEL COXON WAS A CAPT. IN THE ROYAL NAVY, IN 1917 HE ASSUMED THE NAME OF CARY ON SUCCEEDIG TO TOR ABBEY, AFTER THE DEATHS OF HIS MATERNAL UNCLE COL. LUCIUS CARY AND HIS COUSIN LAUNCELOT CARY ( KILLED IN ACTION IN FLANDERS). My brick wall: John GOODRICH possibly married Mary BARTLETT c 1720 in Nansemond, VA Son John GOODRICH married Margaret BRIDGER c 1747 in VA both died in Topsham, Devon, England They had the following children: Bartlett Goodrich b c 1753 m Mary WILSON 1778 New York d 9/4/1825 Essex, England Bridger Goodrich b c 1756 m Elizabeth TUCKER c1778 Bermuda d 13/6/1795 Bermuda (I am descended from both these sons) William Goodrich b c 1748 m Katherine COLEBY John Goodrich b c 1751 m Dorothy HARLOW c1795 d c1826 Agatha Goodrich b c 1752 m Robert SHEDDEN Edward Goodrich b c 1758 m Frances BASCOMBE 1763 Bermuda d 1817 Bermuda James Goodrich b c 1762 d c 1787 Samuel Goodrich b c 1766 m Catherine ? d c 1807 I am sure the Mary Bartlett connection is correct - as the name Bartlett was used in the family, as was the name Bridger. Would love to hear from anyone else researching this family. 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