When Betsey Goodrich was born on 23 December 1796, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Eliakim Goodrich, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Leland, was 33. She married Hon. Jonathan Platt III on 16 April 1816, in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Tioga, Tioga, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 22 November 1878, in Owego, Tioga, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga, New York, United States.