When William Goodwin was born in 1629, in Braintree, Essex, England, his father, Ozias Goodwin 3rd, was 33 and his mother, Mary Woodward, was 27. He married Susanna Fruen in 1657, in Braintree, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. His occupation is listed as chimney viewer (inspector), grave digger, sexton in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 15 October 1689, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in First Church of Christ, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
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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