Thomas GOODFELLOW

[sakelly69]

Hello,
I was just wondering about the Goodfellow side of your family tree. Do u know much about them?
I am a Goodfellow too.  Any info just may help me with my search and maybe yours too!!


In the 1800s part of my family, I Believe anyway, that they migrated to part of Canada. I think maybe that Thomas were a sibling to or an Ancestor of the Canadian Clan-because i was once in Contact with a woman who lived in Canada, that says she was a relation of sorts to ME.

The other, or even just a part of this bunch, was Thomas, who was of either English or of Dutch Descent, although his widdow said, under oath that anyone seeking his family should look to Middlesex, or London area. He came to America in or Before 1639, married in 1681 and Died in 1685.

Also, THOMAS may Not have been born in the year 1620, and i cannot find an EXACT match for his birth year, BUT i have a theory that he is: son to Moses or relation to a Moses Goodfellow, John Goodfellow, William Goodfellow, Cora Goodfellow, another Thomas, Anne.....Okay well, these are Just Theories.....

BUT IF YOU FIND A THOMAS GOODFELLOW FROM LONDON IN YOUR FAMILY TREE, PLEASE CONTACT ME.......

I have family in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Missouri, Ohio USA

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
 

[kingskerswell]

Sakelly,
           if you give the rest of us some idea of what you would like to find we may be able to help.

Regards

[sakelly69]

Well, I can tell you what i DO KNOW and then i guess we can go from there?! 
Okay, My first Ancestor on my Goodfellow side that came to America, in about 1639, His name was Thomas Goodfellow, supposedly from England, BUT, there are many THOMAS GOODFELLOWs and i am not sure how to locate the family in England? Anyway he was born in or around 1620.  He married Mary Grant in 1681 and passed away in November 1685, in Hartford Connecticut USA.

As far as i know NONE of his descendants have any information regarding his family, other than in America. I would like to Know who my family is, and who Thomas' Family he left behind when he made that trip ALONE to the USA were/are. Can ANYONE HELP ME? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPLYING!! 

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
    I am afraid that during the dates you are looking for Irish records for ordinary individuals are almost non-existant. However I wish you luck in your quest.

Regards

[aghadowey]

"My first Ancestor on my Goodfellow side that came to America, in about 1639, His name was Thomas Goodfellow, supposedly from England, BUT, there are many THOMAS GOODFELLOWs and i am not sure how to locate the family in England? Anyway he was born in or around 1620.  He married Mary Grant in 1681 and passed away in November 1685, in Hartford Connecticut USA."

... but is there any connection with Ireland? English records for the period will be far easier to find (both on and offline). New England records are quite extensive for the Colonial period. Have you searched local histories for Hartford? state archives? genealogical library holdings? family histories?

[sakelly69]

YES! I have, and i have looked in the books-EXCEPT for ONE-That his name is in and all that is said is that he had land but either forfeited or sold it, that he had alot and that he died and left his widow Mary, Eldest of Peter Grant. I have searched and found on familysearch.org that Mary states in her deposition, after he died, that anyone searching for his family should look to the London and Essex area. There are several copies of "The Goodfellow Family of Randolph County" Online, BUT I already knew about that part of my family. Now, On Ancestry.com, it refers repeatedly to that same copy. I CANNOT get a copy of the book: Goodfellow Families: A Genealogical Study on pre-1800 NEW YORK Goodfellow Families and their Descendants and their relationship to Thomas Goodfellow, by Erwin Wilcox Fellows....BECAUSE of something to do with a copyright law, because i really don't know why, but the nearest copy is in a Plano, Texas Library. You used to be able to purchase the book, but not anymore.

[sakelly69]

Also, there isn't any connection to Ireland-THAT I KNOW OF......

[aghadowey]

Since there's no connection to the Antrim thread where you've originally posted and no connection to Ireland I've split the last few posts from that thread to make a new topic and will move this to Beginners board for now.

You haven't listed your location on your profile but if you live in the U.S. you can try to get that book on Inter Library Loan from your local library. It may be available from some institution to send to your local library (either to take home or use in library) or if not perhaps relevant pages can be copied and sent to you.

Googling "The Goodfellow Family of Randolph County" brings up the family genealogy:
"http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randolphroots/GOODFELLOW_FAM.html
Whilst all details would need to be verified, it gives Wethersfield, not Hartford, as the place Thomas Goodfellow died.

Since Thomas Goodfellow only gets a brief mention in Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America there many not be many records of him in Connecitcut. See here

[sakelly69]

Yes, I know. I mistakingly posted that inquiry and am sorry. What i did was post onto a site that had the same surname search as i, and that is how this all started. But, Anywho, Back to the subject at hand:

I live in Ninnekah, Oklahoma, or rather, 7 mi. from Chickasha, 4 mi. from Alex, Oklahoma, and 4 miles from Ninnekah, Oklahoma, USA, on a farm.  You have to walk into a library and finish the process of getting your member/library card so u can do the interlibraries that i have checked into that have the book i am interested in. The NEGHS, you pay to become a member of. Also, I have a subscription to their Newsletter and am a member of their website. I had a trial membership to New York's Public Library, but i had to go to New York to finish up and i can't go to New York. Plano, Texas is the CLOSEST and so far i can't get there either.

You can download PDF books for: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Guide to the Early Setttlers of America, A Catalogue of the Names of the Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, BUT, there isn't hardly ANYTHING of his family in England....

I AM DESPERATE to finish up this last Surname in my Family Tree, and it really stinks because this particular one is MINE.

Almost at Wits End,
sakelly69

p.s. I know there are records, I can't get to them. I need to find out if there is anyone out there that knows WHO it is that I speak of or that is any Relation to him.

Any ideas on this matter, ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED, and duly Noted. Thanks!