When Benjamin Goodwin was born on 10 September 1773, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, his father, Thomas Goodwin Jr., was 40 and his mother, Susannah Downing, was 38. He married Susan Day in March 1797, in Wells, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 March 1856, in Charleston, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bly Cemetery, Charleston, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
On March 4, 1791, Vermont became the 14th state.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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).
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