The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-05-22
Chronological History Of. the Goodwyns
Showing Lneal of Goodwin
der of the CONNECTICUT Family in the Year 1882 Whose
English Ancestry Runs Back to 1886.

United States dates back to VIM. and
Ozias Goodwin. two brothers, who
sailed from London to America, June
%, 1882, and arrived in Boston the
September following. These two are
the heads of the Connecticut family,
having first settled in Newton, now
Cambridge. Mass, and afterward, in
1886, settled where Hartford, Conn.,.
is now situated. The descendants of
these two men, in this year, 1920,
now 288 years since their arrival in
America, must number more than
four thousand persons. And the
identity and location of fully nine
tenths of the family can at this time
be traced, thanks to the general good
department of the lineage. their con-
nection with public and private en-
terprises, and the pride and care that
has been taken to keep up the family
records in the various communities
of their residence.
A splendid and almost complete
history of all the VIM. and Ozias
Goodwin descendants, from the birth
Of Oziss in 1886. to the year 1872
and of some of the branches down to
the year 1886, will be found in book.
1.-THE Goodwins. of Hartford, Connec-
ticut," compiled by Junius ]. Goodwin,
and printed by the University Press.
John Wilson & Son, Cambridge. This
book gives brief history of all the
male Goodwins IS far a. they can be
traced. The marriages of all the
daughters is also given. together with
the names of their husbands, location
and date Of marriage, and also the
children Of such issue, the genealoRy
being discontinued with the changed
name of the descendants after SIM
pie statement Of their names. The
genealogy Of the male Goodwins il car
ried forward ia fhis book Is fSr - the
name continues, SO that members OF
the family can take its record of the
birth of Ozias Goodwin in 1886, and
trace their family history for more
than three hundred years. Those wish
ing to obtain this book can get copy,
100 pages, cloth bound and gilt edges,
by sending 81 to Brown & Gross, Hart
ford, Conn.
Howard Garrett Goodwin, editor
and proprietor of the Colfax (La.)
Chronicle, is q descendant of Ozias
Goodwin, and has prepared this state
ment of his family connection in order
to preserve the record in its success
sion. The immediate Goodwin success
sion from father to son il only given
here, although most Of the history Of
the family In its male and female
branches is known, but it would make
the record too voluminous for the pres
ent publication.
As matter of information it is well
to state here that the name Goodwin
signifies ''good friend" or Gods
friend" 1t is name of honor, and
tells of a worthy ancestry well MAN.
tanned and of unbroken record for
more than three centuries. 1t is un-
doubtedly branch of the old English
family, the early names given to the
children in America indicating this
fact; but beyond the sailing Of the two
brothers, and the bequest left by Robt.
Woodward to Mary, his daughter, wife
of Ozias Goodwin, at Braintree, County
of Essex, England, in 1910, there 10 no
sure link. The family has been noted
for its piety and incorporating in
tegrity in all the walks Of life. 1t has
numbered in its fold more than score
Of preachers, Methodist, Baptist, Uni
tartan. Presbyterian and Episcopslian.
In its ranks are presidents of universe
ties and colleges, judges, lawyers,
mayors. selectmen, legislators, pub
fishers. printers, paper manufacturers.
booksellers, bankers, merchants. farm
ers, dairymen, dealers in real estate,
civil and practical engineers, miners.
weavers and spinners, wool carders.
timers. ard stove deaIers-in fact, al
most every profession and calling
known. Skipping all the callings and
the hundreds Of collateral family
branches, q simple genealogy of de-
scent Of the GOODWIN family is here
given-with the mention that ~" was
substituted for ''i'' in the name of the
present family about the year 1910.
The following is the succession of ten
generations, covering . period Of about
three hundred years. in its regular line
Of males, viz:
Oziss Goodwin Born 1896. died 1853,
aged 81 years, was married to Mary
Woodward. daughter Of Robt. Wood
ward, Braintree, Eng. Their children
were William Nathaniel and Hannah