Mary Overton Goodwin

Brief Life History of Mary Overton

When Mary Overton Goodwin was born on 18 December 1819, in Hanover, Virginia, United States, her father, William Doswell Goodwin, was 45 and her mother, Mary W Cosby, was 37. She died on 13 February 1820, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

William Doswell Goodwin
1774–1827
Mary W Cosby
1782–1872
Anne Elizabeth Goodwin
1816–1856
John Wingfield Goodwin
1818–1878
Mary Overton Goodwin
1819–1820
Sarah Frances Goodwin
1822–1894
Mary Wingfield Goodwin
1823–
Martha Overton Goodwin
1825–1826
Julia Ann Goodwin
1827–1893

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  • The Goodwin Families in America

World Events (2)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · Making Land more affordable

"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."

Name Meaning

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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