Brief Life History of Betsey
Betsey Goodwin was born on 12 April 1767, in Lincoln, Maine, United States. She married Captain Ezekial Chase in 1783, in Fairfield, Somerset, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Shapleigh, York, Maine, United States in 1772. She died on 1 February 1848, in Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Chase Cemetery, Sebec, Piscataquis, Maine, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Betsey Goodwin - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elizabeth Goodwin
- Betsey Goodwin Chase, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betsey Goodwin Chase, "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980"
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1772
Historical Boundaries: 1772: York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Massachusetts, United States 1820: York, Maine, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Godwin (Old English Gōdwine). Compare Godwin .
Irish: adopted in Mayo for Ó Goidín, a variant of Ó Godáin, ‘descendant of Godán’, a diminutive personal name from got ‘stammering, lisping’.
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. William Goodwin was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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