I am seeking information on any Goddard family that may have been in Penobscot County in the early 1800's. My gr gr gr grandfather was William Henry Goddard, b. 25 Apr 1801 in Sutton, Maine. I have been told that no such town exists but there is a Sutton Island. I have had no luck getting response from them. He died 2 May 1874 in China, ME and married about 3 Feb 1828 to Esther Edwards in Belfast, ME. I have just learned that Penobscot County was made up of parts of Waldo and Hancock Counties and therefore decided to search there for information. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - I have nothing on his parents - and know only that he was a farmer and a shoemaker and had a son William Albert Goddard born about 1830. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. Janet
According to an ad in New England Ancestors, all US censuses are now available on CD (or roll film, or fiche) from Heritage Quest, P.O. Box 329, Bountiful, Utah 84011-0329 (at $19.95 postpaid). Since another lister kindly found my grandmother in the 1850 census aged 16 living with another family, I suspect one or both of her parents had died, so I've ordered the two 1840 disks for Penobscot Co. Make a note to e-mail me or post your query again in two or three weeks and I'll see if I can find your ancestor there. Stewart Rowe srowe@fuse.net Janet Heck wrote: > > I am seeking information on any Goddard family that may have been in > Penobscot County in the early 1800's. > > My gr gr gr grandfather was William Henry Goddard, b. 25 Apr 1801 in Sutton, > Maine. I have been told that no such town exists but there is a Sutton > Island. I have had no luck getting response from them. > > He died 2 May 1874 in China, ME and married about 3 Feb 1828 to Esther > Edwards in Belfast, ME. I have just learned that Penobscot County was made > up of parts of Waldo and Hancock Counties and therefore decided to search > there for information. > > Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated - I have nothing on his > parents - and know only that he was a farmer and a shoemaker and had a son > William Albert Goddard born about 1830. > > Thank you in advance for any help you can give. > Janet