Stephen Goodyear

Bef 1598 - 1658  (> 59 years)

• Name	Stephen Goodyear
  Birth	Bef 26 Nov 1598	St Gregory By St Paul, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 May 1658	London, England
  Person ID	I27561	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Zachary Goodyear,   b. 1573, London, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Baxer
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Jul 1596	St Michael Cornhill, London, England
  Family ID	F8760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Lewen,   b. Bef 28 Mar 1613, London England d. Aft 4 Nov 1670, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA (Age > 57 years)
  Marriage	1648	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  Children	+ 1. John Goodyear,   b. 8 Mar 1651, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America d. 14 Jan 1702, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

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  Marriage - 1648 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death - 7 May 1658 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Biography from wikitree: Puritan Great Migration Stephen Goodyear immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for London, England Stephen Goodyear, Deputy Governor of the New Haven Colony and Commissioner for the United Colonies.[1] You can read a sketch of his contributions to New Haven Here on page 40. Origins Stephen was christened on 26 November, 1598 at Saint Gregory by Saint Paul, London, England.[2] He was a son of Zachary Goodyear and Susanna Baxter.[3] "Stephen Goodier son of Zacharie Goodier," was bound apprentice 14 Aug 1614 for seven years to Ralph Bowlton of the Merchant Tailors' Company, and admitted to the freedom of the Company 12 Nov 1621.[4] Marriages Stephen married first Mary _____, about 1625 in England. She was lost at sea in 1646 on Lamberton's "Phantom" ship,[5] which contained goods to be sold in England and about 70 passengers. Stephen married, about 1648, in New Haven, Margaret (Lewen) who was the widow of George Lamberton, also lost when his ship disappeared.[5] Life in London Before he emigrated, Stephen was a goldsmith in London, England.[6] In 1638 his house in the parish of St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London was valued at £30 rental.[7] Arrival Stephen Goodyear, signed the New Haven Fundamental Agreement, but he was not in Mr. Newman's barn 4 June 1639, when the first 63 men signed. His name is first on the list of the following 43 signers.[8] Other evidence points to his later arrival. His daughter Sarah was baptized and buried in England Nov. 1639, granted he could have left his wife home. He was first appointed a Deputy to the Court May 1641[9] and his son was baptized Aug 1641.[1] Further a Mr. Goodyear was licensed 26 Jan 1640 to carry 250 passengers to New England in the St. John of London.[5] New Haven Stephen by the nature of his position in New Haven Colony is amply represented in the early colony records. Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649.] Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. Goodyeare There are also a few listings under Goodyear. New Haven town records, Vol I, 1649-1662 edited by Franklin Bowditch Dexter et al. Publ. New Haven: New Haven Hist. Soc. 1917. at Google Books Records of the Colony or Jurisdiction of New Haven, From May 1653 to the Union Together with the New Haven Code of 1656. Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) . Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1858. He was chosen a Deputy May 1641, and one of the two Magistrates (with Mr. Eaton) 27 Oct 1641 and 26 Oct 1642. 6 Apr 1643 he was a member of the advisory committee consulting with the New Haven Commissioners of the United Colonies. On an early rates list he had 9 heads in his family and an estate of £1000. He became the Deputy-Governor of New Haven Colony 26 Oct 1643 and remained in that office until he died. He was the Town auditor 22 Oct 1645; and one of six commissioners (17 June 1650) to set the boundaries between New Haven and MIlford.[5] Stephen Goodyear was given permission to brew beer for the town of New Haven, 1 Feb 1647. He was a merchant and a ship owner. He bought Shelter Island from Mr. Farrett 18 May 1641, and 10 years later, 9 June 1651, sold it for £1600 of merchantable sugar. He owned 5/8 of the ship Swallow with Edward Stanton. 1655-1657 he had an interest in the Iron Works at Stony River. The Colony of New Haven proposed to create a settlement at Delaware Bay. 10 Mar 1651, Stephen was part of the committee. He said in 1655 that he would be interested in settling there himself. The venture to Delaware Bay never materialized.[5] Death 27 May 1658 Goodyear returned to London, England, after June 30, 1657, and died there.[10] Inventory in New Haven was taken on 15 Oct 1658[11][10] Parish register at St. Martin Ludgate, London: Buried in 1658 May 7 Stephen Goodyer, Marchant Taylor.[4] Children Stephen had ten children with his first wife, Mary: Rebecca, b. abt. 1626; m. Rev. John Bishop of Stamford, Connecticut[5] Stephen, bur'd. 25 Feb. 1627/8[12] Mary, bapt. 22 Jan. 1629/30;[12] m. Capt. Thomas Lake of Boston[12] Stephen, bapt. 2 June 1631;[12] d. young[12] Thomas, bapt. 3 Jan. 1632/3;[12] d. young[12] Andrew, bapt. 3 Apr. 1634;[12] bur'd. 8 Sept. 1635[12] Hannah, b. abt. 1637; m. (1) 29 Oct. 1656 Rev. Samuel Wakeman of Fairfield, Connecticut; m. (2) Nathaniel Burr Sarah, bapt. 12 Nov. 1639;[12] bur'd. 14 Nov. 1639[12] Stephen, bapt. at New Haven, Aug. 1641 d.s.p[1] Lydia, bapt. at New Haven, June 1645;[1] d. 29 Sept 1700; m. Capt. John Watts of Boston Stephen had three children with his second wife. Andrew, bapt. 8 April 1649[1] John, b. 8 March 1650/1; bapt. in 1651; d. abt. Nov 1702; m. 26 June 1683 Abigail Gibbard, daughter of William and Anna (Tapp) Gibbard[1] Esther, b. 12 May 1654; bapt. May 1654; d. 9 Feb 1690/1; m. 10 Aug. 1682 Nathan Smith[1] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, index, FamilySearch (accessed 26 Apr 2014), Stephen Goodyere, 26 Nov 1598; citing SAINT GREGORY BY SAINT PAUL,LONDON,LONDON,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 375028. ↑ Beers Josephine W., and Prindle, Paul W., "The English Ancestry of Stephen Goodyear, Deputy Governor of the New Haven Colony," The American Genealogist. Vol 57 (1987) Pg 2. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription) ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hinman, Barry E. "The Burial of Stephen Goodyear 7 May 1658. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Deputy-Governor Stephan Goodyear of New Haven, Reverend John Bishop of Stamford, and the Lake and Watts Families of Boston." The American Genealogist 16:193 (1940). ↑ Sir Edward Lake's Interviews with Charles I, Camden Society Miscellany volume 4, 1859 - introduction p.ix ↑ Dale, T.C. "Inhabitants of London in 1638: St. Mary Wolnoth", in The Inhabitants of London in 1638, (London, 1931) pages 123-124. British History Online, accessed May 31, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-inhabitants/1638/pp123-124. ↑ Charles J, Hoadley (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. p. 18 ↑ Charles J, Hoadley (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.p. 51 ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kirkland, Grace Goodyear, Genealogy of the Goodyear family, published San Francisco 1899. Page 36 via InternetArchive ↑ “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NY-J : 5 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 51. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 1, page 78-79. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 Extracts from English Parish Registers. St. Mary Woolnoth, London. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. 61:189 (1907) See also: Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory, (NEHGS, 2015) p. 135. Goodyear, Stephen: London; 1640; New Haven; returned permanently to England in 1657. Cites: Lechford 315; NHCR 1:51; Waters 888-89; TAG 16:193-200, 57:1-11, 100-2; NEHGR 61:189, 168:271; CA 48:149-57; Grace Goodyear Kirkman, Gen. of the Goodyear Family, (San Francisco, 1899); Abandoning 120-21. Intro and key to citation titles (download pdf). Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857. Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Deputy-Governor Stephan Goodyear of New Haven, Reverend John Bishop of Stamford, and the Lake and Watts Families of Boston." The American Genealogist 16:193 (1940). English Origins of New England Families, Vol. I London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Publication: Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data - Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library Manuscripts, London.Images produced by permission of the City of London Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (compiler). Historical Catalogue of the Members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven in Connecticut. (New Haven, 1914) Page 3. Lists wife Margaret (Lewen) Lamberton and children: Hester (Goodyear) Smith and John Goodyear. St. Martin within Ludgate Churchyard. Ludgate, City of London, Greater London, England: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=139993092 Hollister, Gideon. The History of Connecticut, From the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution (Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, 1857) Vol. 1, Page 509