When infant Goodwin was born on 7 September 1799, in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Isaac Merrill Goodwin, was 33 and his mother, Asenath Hill, was 33. He died on 9 September 1799, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, 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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