John GOODE b. Abt 1632 Bronwell, Cornwall, England d. 1709 Henrico County, Virginia (Richmond): Our Family History

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Name	John GOODE
Birth	Abt 1632	Bronwell, Cornwall, England [1]
Gender	Male
Arrival	1659	Barbados [1]
Family Data Collection - Indiv	1659	Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
FamilySearch ID	MHLT-4K5
Passenger & Immigration list i	1659	Barbados [1]
Passenger & Immigration list i	1678	Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Name	Capt. John GOODE [1]
Name	John GOAD [1]
Residence	Barbados, then to James River [1]
_UID	8E185CBB60D242558729AFBB1196E673A043
Death	1709	Henrico County, Virginia (Richmond)
Burial	1709	Goode Family Graveyard, Henrico County, Virginia, British Colonial America [1]
Person ID	I1822	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	14 Dec 2022

Father	Richard GOODE, b. Abt 1590, Whitstone, Cornwall, England d. Abt 1640, Whitstone, Cornwall, England (Age ~ 50 years)
Mother	Joan DOWNE, b. 1592, Devon, England d. 8 Feb 1638, Dorsetshire, England (Age 46 years)
Marriage	6 Jun 1614	Plymouth St Andrew, Plymouth, Devon, England [2]
Family ID	F736	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Frances MACKARNESS, b. Abt 1616 d. Abt 1670, Henrico County, Virginia (Age ~ 54 years)
Marriage	Abt 1640	Barbadose Island, Jamaica
Family ID	F623	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

Family 2 Ann BENNETT, b. 1640, Amesterdam, North Holland, Netherlands d. 29 Nov 1708, Whitby Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 68 years)

Marriage Abt 1660 Virginia, British Colonial America

Children

	1. Martha GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Mary GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Thomas GOODE, b. Henrico County, Virginia d. Aft 1711
	4. Katherine GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Susanna GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Anne GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Joseph GOODE d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Robert GOODE, b. Abt 1646 d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Samuel GOODE, b. Abt 1655, Virginia d. Aft 1734, Henrico County, Virginia (Age ~ 80 years)
	10. John GOODE, b. Abt 1670, Henrico County, Virginia d. Abt 1720, Chesterfield County, Virginia (Age ~ 50 years)
	11. Elizabeth GOODE, b. 1678, Whitby Estate, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia d. Bef 1736, Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 57 years)
	12. Ursula GOODE, b. 1682, Whitby Plantation, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia d. 1746, Henrico County, Virginia (Age 64 years)
	13. Frances GOODE, b. 1690, Virginia d. 1742, Virginia (Age 52 years)

Family ID F852 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Aug 2016

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

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Dec 2022), entry for John GOODE, person ID MHLT-4K5. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Sep 2024), entry for Richard GOODE, person ID GSTW-83C. (Reliability: 3).