When Jeremiah Goodrich was born on 16 November 1757, in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Goodrich, was 42 and his mother, Hannah Olmsted, was 36. He died on 30 June 1810, at the age of 52.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Goderiche, Old English Gōdrīc, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ + rīc ‘power’.
English: habitational name from Goodrich (Herefordshire), a shortened form for ‘castle Goodrich’, which takes its name from Godric Mapson, a holder of the estate recorded in the Domesday Book.
Americanized form of German Güttrich, cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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