This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: _Tootsie Surnames: Goodsell, Glass, How, Dean Classification: biography Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.vermont.unknown/4928.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found more information on the GOODSELL family of Wells, Vermont Source: HIstory of Wells, Vermont for the First Century after its Settlement, by Hiland Paul and Robert Parks {1869), reprinted 1990 page 96 Goodsell, Daniel, settled on the farm now owned by D. S. Parks, then an unbroken wilderness. The following letter we received from Mrs Nancy F. Glass, a daughter of his, and we copy it entire; She now resides at Marengo, Ill.: "In a very early day, grandfather Isaac Goodsell went to Wells, Vt, and purchased land, settled on it, calculating to make that his future home; but soon the Revolutionary war broke out, and the depredations of Indians were fearful, so he returned with his family to Washington, Conn., where he formerly resided; his wife's name was Elizabeth How. In the year 1787, Daniel Goodsell, his son, came to take possession of those lands; he married a wife in old Canaan, Conn.; her name was Abiah Dean; he moved his wife and children to Wells in the year 1788, where he resided sixteen years; he had a family of six children; his mind then set for the west; he sold his possessions, moved to Honeoye, Ontario, Co, N.Y., where he lived till he was 61 years old, when he departed this life; his wife remained till she was 76. The children scattered over a considerable territory. The oldest son, Hiram, died in Ohio, at the advanced age of 74; two died in Richmond, Ontario, one in infancy, thr! ee yet living; Beebe in Iowa, near the City; his age is 72; and two are living in Illinois, one at the advanced age of 78, and the age of the other is 66." The letter goes on to relay an incident of Daniel Goodsell's. Nancy F. Glass notes that she was about 78 at the time of writting this letter. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.