Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-11-15
~Nothing farther has been discov-
cred relative the New Haven murders.
The Hon. EIizur Goodrich.

The funeral of this aged and Iistin.
guished citizen was attended On Satur-
day of last week by many Of our most
respectable inhabitants. The members
of the bar joined to do honor to the men,
DRY of this aged and venerated associate.
Among these were three of younger
generation, who had sustained the office
of Governor of Connecticut. Only two
Of his early contemporaries at the bar in
this city survive him viz: the Hon. Judge
Baldwin, and the Hon Judge Daggett.
An obituary notice of him having al
ready appeared, very few incidental
remarks will here be added, as appears
by Dr.. Fields statistical account of
Middlesex County.
He was native of Durham, and from
few towns in Connecticut, have more dis
tinguished men proceeded. He was the
second son of the Rev: Elizur Goodrich,
D. D., after whom he was named, the
second minister of Durham, and man
eminently distinguished. His eldest son
was the Hon. Chauncey Goodrich. of
Hartford, and younger son, the Rev.
Samuel Goodrich was the father of the
Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, and Samuel
G.. Goodrich, both authors, but the lat
ter of the works, ascribed to "Peter
Farley" The early maturity of intellect
in the Rev. DR.. Goodrich, in worthy of
notice, for such was his application to
study, that he entered Yale College at
the. early age of Is, as did also his son
Elizur, and the eldest son Chauncey, at
the still earlier age Of IL. The subject
Of this notice was united in marriage, at
New Haven, to Miss Nancy W. Allen,
born in Great Darlington and sister of
the Hon. John Allen, of Litchfeld. She
then lived in the family of Their mother,
who had become the wife of Deacon Da-
vid Austin, Collector of this port, and
first President of the New Haven Bank.
He lived in Church st., in the house now
occupied by DR.. Jones, as Temperance
Hotel. Mrs. Goodrich was lady of
eminent piety and sterling worth, uni.
versally beloved and esteemed. They
had three children, two sons and one
daughter. The latter, named after her
mother, was married to the Hon. Henry
l.. Ellsworth, and died about two years
ago at Lafayette, Indiana. The eldest
son, Elizur Goodrich, Esq, is an Attor-
ney at Hartford. The second son is the
highly esteemed Chauncey A. Goodrich.
D. D., who has been for many years a
Professor in Yale College, and whose
name will be known as extensively as
Webster's Dictionary.
1t is mentioned in the obituary of Mr.:
Goodrich, that when the British made
their attack upon Now Haven, July 9Th,
1919, that he was wounded in the breast
by British soldier, as he lay on his bed
greatly exhausted, and that he hardly
escaped with his life. The writer has
been informed by Mr.. Goodrich himself,
that in these circumstances, covered with
blood as he was, and his life greatly ell.
dangered, he was generously received,
as the only place of security for him, in!
to the family of Mr.. Camp, formerly
Of Durham, but then reputed tory
whose house enjoyed British protection,
and was there cared far, and his wound
properly attended to. When the Brit.
lsh left New Haven, Mr.. Camp. having
become obnoxious to the people. left in
company with them. as did many others,
his house, known as the Camp house,
stood where the Chapel street Church
now stands, and was removed when that
building was erected.
New HaVen Journal.