John GOODWIN

[maisiemiller]

David

Found a marriage on IGI for Nathan Goodin and Ann Line 26th December 1763 at Kempston Bedford.  Do you think this is the one and why has the name changed?  If we go on like this I will be related to Harold Godwinson and you will have to call me ma'am.

Maisie

[maisiemiller]

David

Have also found Ann Lines christening but it only says about 1742 in Kempston.  It is the right one as it says she was married to Nathan Goodin

Maisie

[bedfordshire boy]

No, I'd call you cousin! Harold's last wife Ealdgyth of Mercia was my 30xg grandmother, but they didn't have children. I descend from a previous marriage of Ealdgyth.

That was the one I found, and JohnP as well, and I'm quite sure it is the couple who were the parents of John baptised 1765. Names were spelt however the scribe thought the name was spelt, depending on what he heard or thought he'd heard! Goodwin, Goodin, Gooding, Gooden and numerous other variations depending on how yokel the Bedfordshire accent was!

I find burials on the NBI CDrom set, which is particularly good for Beds with coverage pretty complete up to 1850, available from the FFHS, who also have the same data online pay perview at http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/

The Ann Lines baptism about 1742 you can ignore - it's  a member submission and any member submission which says "about...." means the member hadn't got a clue when or where the event took place. But the good news is that there's an extracted entry on 3 Jan 1742 at Kempston.

David

[maisiemiller]

Your Majesty   

How on earth did you get that far back and how can you possibly get any further.  How exciting.  It makes me feel as if Im sinking in mud.

Maisie

[johnP-bedford]

No, I'd call you cousin! Harold's last wife Ealdgyth of Mercia was my 30xg grandmother, but they didn't have children. I descend from a previous marriage of Ealdgyth.

whats all that about David ? is that another line - as well as your claim that you have links to William the Conquerer & the Emporer Charlemange ! -

Maisie - I will check out the Kempston PR at the library at the weekend so see if there are any other details.

Regards John

[maisiemiller]

Thanks John  I would be very grateful.  It gives us mere mortals something to do.

Maisie

[johnP-bedford]

From the Kempston PR
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Marriage 26 Dec 1763 Nathan Goodin to Ann Line - no more details

Baptism 03 Jan 1742  Ann,  daughter of Thomas Line
     +      25 Sep 1743  Charity,  daughter of Thomas & Eliz Line

Baptisms of children of Nathan & Ann various spellings
15 Oct 1764 William Goodin         - burial 17 Oct 1764 infant
17 Nov 1765 John Goodwin         - burial 07 Apr 1774 inf, son of Nathan & Ann Godwin
23 Oct 1768 Elizabeth Godwin     
04 Mar 1770 Catherine Goodwin  - burial 22 Jan 1771 Kate, daughter of Nathan & Cath ? Goodwin
23 Feb 1772 Ebenezer Goodin
21 Mar 1773 Thomas Godwin

Other marriages
05 Nov 1764  James Purton to Eliz Goodin
16 Oct 1785  William Lovelidge (Biddenham) widower to Ann Goodwin, widow

Other Burials
03 May 1784 John Gooding (no further details)
18 May 1787 William Gooding , Pauper
26 Apr 1803 Nathan Goodwin, dairyman

So seems like the John Goodwin b 1765 is not yours as he was buried 1774.

I thought that the Ann Goodwin, widow who married Wm Lovelidge was the wife of Nathan, but he died afterwards.  Was she the wife of John who died 1784 ?

more soon...  John

[johnP-bedford]

There is a marriage of a Nathan Goodwin to Sarah Berry on 12 Sept 1736 at Bedford St Paul.  According to the PR, Nathan was a bachelor from Potsgrove & Sarah a spinster from Wootton.

This ties in nicely with a load of baptisms between 1737 - 1746 in Wootton of the children of Nathan & Sarah including son Nathan on 3 June 1740, plus another spelling variation of Mary GUDDING on 22 Apr 1739.  Father Nathan was described as a farmer on the later baptisms.

[johnP-bedford]

Kempston PR also had the Banns on 6 Apr 1788 of John Gooding to Frances Woodriffe of St Paul Bedford

Marriage at Bedford St Paul on 27 July 1788 of John Gooden/Goodwin of Kempston to Frances Woodroffe, spinster.

The baptism of Frances at Bedford St Paul on 21 Apr 1765 daugther of Richard & Ann Woodroffe, blacksmith. On some of their other children's baptisms father Richard is a whitesmith.  (that's political correctness even in those days !)