When Elizabeth Goodson was born in 1759, in Horsham Saint Faith, Norfolk, England, her father, William Goodson, was 38 and her mother, Ann Bowes, was 38. She died on 22 April 1760, in her hometown, at the age of 1.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Godsone, representing Old English Godsunu, of various origins. It may be composed of Old English god ‘God’ or gōd ‘good’ + sunu ‘son’, or it may be an original patronymic ‘son of God’ used as a personal name.
English: patronymic from Middle English Godesson(e) ‘son of God(e)’, from the Middle English pet form Gode (Old English Goda) + -son.
English: nickname from Middle English god(e) + sone ‘good son’ (Old English gōd + sunu).
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