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John GOODE

John GOODE[1]

Male Abt 1632 - 1709  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name John GOODE 
    Born Abt 1632  Bronwell, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1659  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family Data Collection - Indiv 1659  Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    FamilySearch ID MHLT-4K5 
    Passenger & Immigration list i 1659  Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Passenger & Immigration list i 1678  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Name Capt. John GOODE  [2
    Name John GOAD  [2
    Residence Barbados, then to James River Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    _UID 8E185CBB60D242558729AFBB1196E673A043 
    Died 1709  Henrico County, Virginia (Richmond) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1709  Goode Family Graveyard, Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1822  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2022 

    Father Richard GOODE,   b. Abt 1590,   d. Abt 1650  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Mother Joan DOWNE,   b. 1592, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances MACKARNESS,   b. Abt 1616,   d. Abt 1670, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married Abt 1640  Barbadose Island, Jamaica Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ann BENNETT,   b. 1640, Amesterdam, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1708, Whitby Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Abt 1660  Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Frances GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Martha GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Ursula GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Mary GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Thomas GOODE,   b. Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1711
     6. Katherine GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Susanna GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Anne GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Joseph GOODE,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Robert GOODE,   b. Abt 1646,   d. Yes, date unknown
     11. Samuel GOODE,   b. Abt 1655, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1734, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     12. John GOODE,   b. Abt 1670, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1720, Chesterfield County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
     13. Elizabeth GOODE,   b. 1680, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1724, Bertie County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Goode wrote his will on 29 November 1708, and he named his 13 children:
      (1) Robert Goode
      (2) John Goode
      (3) Thomas Goode (who was under age 21 in 1708)
      (4) Joseph Goode (who was under age 21 in 1708)
      (5) Katherine [Goode] Roberts
      (6) Elizabeth [Goode] Blackman
      (7) Susanna Goode (who was under age 21 in 1708)
      (8) Anne Goode (who was under age 21 in 1708)
      (9) Samuel Goode
      (10) Frances Goode (daughter)
      (11) Mary Goode
      (12) Martha Goode
      (13) Ursula Goode
      In the Name of God amen, the twenty-ninth day of November in the year of our Lord God Seventeen hundred and eight. I JOHN GOOD of the County and Parish of Henrico in Virginia Gent. Being sick and weak of body but of sound and perfect mind and memory thanks be to God for it, Do make ordain constitute and appoint this to be my last Will & Testament in manner following.
      Item: I resign my Soul unto the hands of God who gave it, trusting thru the merits of Christ Jesus my Blessed Lord & Saviour to obtain free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and my body to the earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my executors hereafter named. Item: That my debts and funeral charges be first paid.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath and Devise to my son ROBERT GOODE one hundred acres of my land lying next and adjoining to the River and North by the land of William Payne Esq. To him the said Robert and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath and Devise to my son JOHN GOODE one hundred acres of my land lying near James River and adjoining to the land of my son Samuel Goode to him the said John and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give Bequeath and Devise to my son THOMAS GOODE & JOSEPH GOODE my Tract of land lying in the Woods of the North side of Stony Creek and at the heads of the aforementioned lands estimated to be four hundred acres more or less to be equally divided between them when they shall come to lawful age, and my will is that if either of the said Thomas or Joseph shall decease in their nonage the survivor of them shall hold occupy possess and enjoy the aforesaid tract of land containing for hundred acres to him and his heirs forever. But if my two sons shall arrive to lawful age, then my will is that Thomas enjoy two hundred acres of the aforementioned land to him and his heirs forever and that Joseph enjoy the other two hundred acres to him the said Joseph and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my daughter KATHERINE ROBERTS two thousand pounds of tobacco.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my daughter ELIZABETH BLACKMAN two thousand pounds of tobacco.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my daughter SUSANNAH GOODE two two thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to age or is married.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my daughter ANNE GOODE two thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid when she comes to age or are married.
      *Item: I Give and Bequeath to my son THOMAS GOODE two thousand pounds of tobacco when he comes to lawful age.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my son JOSEPH GOODE two thousand pounds of tobacco to be paid when he comes to lawful age.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my son ROBERT two Negroes by name Jubitor and Moll and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I give and Bequeath to my son JOHN two Negroes by name George and Sabrina and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my son THOMAS two Negroes by name Abraham and Ned and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my son JOSEPH one Negro woman by name Rose with her increase and to his heirs forever.
      Item: I Give and Bequeath to my daughter KATHERINE ROBERTS besides the two thousand pounds of tobacco already given one thousand pounds of tobacco more to be paid four years after my decease.
      Item: I Give to my son SAMUEL Ten shillings and a way for card and horse on the outside of my ?and by Long Swamp during the term of his natural life.
      Item: I Give to my daughter FRANCES one shilling.
      Item: I give to my daughter MARY one shilling.
      Item: I Give to my daughter MARTHA one shilling.
      Item: I give to my daughter URSULA one shilling.
      All the rest of my goods and chattels I give and bequeath to my two sons Robert and John and I do make my said two sons Robert and John whole and sole executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made and done.
      In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, this day and year first written. Item, my will is, that if Thomas and Joseph should die before they come to lawful age, their estate to be equally divided between their own brothers.
      Traveled on the Pilgrim ship Bevis from England to Barbados; then to James River with first wife and son to establish the Whitby Plantation in what is now Richmond. Occupation: Gentleman and tobacco farmer.
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      Also Known As:"John Goode", "Gent.", "John Goode I", "The English Immigrant"
      Birthdate:between 1620 and 1640
      Birthplace:Whitby, Bronwell, Cornwall, England
      Death:April 01, 1709 (68-89)
      Whitby, Rappahannock, Virginia
      Place of Burial:Henrico, Henrico County, VA, United States
      Immediate Family:
      Son of Richard Downe Goode, III and Pheobe Whitley
      Husband of Frances Martha Goode and Anne Goode
      Father of Mary Hurlbut; Samuel Edward Goode; Joseph Goode; Frances Bridgewater; Ursula Scott Branch and 9 others
      Brother of Richard Goode, III
      Occupation:Gentleman, Tobacco Farmer, sea captain, Tobacco Plantation of Whitby, Tobacco Planter



  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for John GOODE, person ID MHLT-4K5. (Reliability: 3).