Does anyone have information regarding the 19th-century Godfrey family of Sackets Harbor? Here is the puzzle I am trying to solve. I grew up across the street from what is known as the Dyer Burnham House on West Washington St. in Sackets Harbor. According to the Brennan's book "Images of America: Sackets Harbor" (pub. 2000) in 1866 it was acquired by Capt. Ralph Godfrey, a sailor on the Great Lakes. The book says after retirement he served as janitor at Sackets Harbor Union School for 20 years. A Capt. Ralph Godfrey is buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Sackets but his tombstone apparently indicates he died in 1865 during Civil War service. With him are wife "Jennie E.", born in 1839 and three daughters. The cemetery transcripts I'm using are at: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enyjeffer/barthoun.htm Coincidentally, my great-great-grandfather Silas Washburn of Camps Mills had an aunt Jane Stoodley, born 1839, who according to a letter from Kent Stoodley of Adams Center, now in his 90's, married a John Godfrey, "sailor on the Great Lakes who owned his own ship; they had three daughters." The birth year for Jane and Jennie match, the occupation of the Godfrey men match, and the number of daughters match. I am inclined to think that perhaps Kent mixed up Mr. Godfrey's first name and that in fact it was Ralph Godfrey whom Jane Stoodley married, but that doesn't explain why it would say "Jennie E." on her tombstone. The first names of the Godfrey men do not match, and there is a discrepancy as to the fate of Ralph Godfrey. Can anyone resolve the identites of these folks for me, please? The house can be seen at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/jefferson/hounsfield/ -- Click "Homesteads" Thank you! Mark A. Wentling