When Uriah Goodwin was born on 11 May 1735, in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Isaac Goodwin, was 39 and his mother, Hannah Morgan, was 31. He married Mabel Francis on 4 February 1757, in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 26 January 1783, in New York, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States.
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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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