Thomas GOODENOW^[1]

1608 - 1666  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas GOODENOW
  Birth	1608	Donhead St. Andrew Parish, Wiltshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  resided	1638	Shaftsbury, Dorset, England
  Immigration	1638	Massachusetts   [3]
  	Thomas immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638. He and his wife, Jane, and their son, Thomas, sailed aboard the "Confidence" bound out of Southampton the last of April with Mr. John Gibson as Master. The ship's manifest notes his age as 30.
  Freemanship	10 May 1643	Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA   [4]
  Will	29 Sep 1666	Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA   [5]
  Death	Oct 1666	Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA   [4, 6]
  Will Recorded	6 Apr 1667	Middlesex Co, MA   [4]
  	1,
  Person ID	I3794	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas GOODYNOW,   b. England d. 6 Feb 1617/18, Donhead St. Andrew, Whitshire, England
  Mother	Ursula (UNKNOWN),   b. England d. 1634
  Marriage	England   [7]
  Photos		Donhead St. Andrew Parish Church
  Family ID	F437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane RUDDICK,   b. Abt 1613, England d. Aft 1666 (Age > 54 years)
  Marriage	England
  Children	1. Elizabeth GOODENOW,   b. Abt 1632, England d. Bef Apr 1638 (Age < 6 years)   2. Thomas GOODENOW,   b. Abt 1637, England d. Oct 1663, Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 26 years)   3. Elizabeth GOODENOW,   b. Aft 1638, Massachusetts d. 28 Dec 1653, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA (Age < 13 years)   4. Mary GOODENOW,   b. 25 Aug 1640, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA   5. Abigail GOODENOW,   b. 11 Mar 1641/1642, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA   6. Susana GOODENOW,   b. 20 Feb 1642/1643, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA d. Bef 1647 (Age < 3 years)   7. Sarah GOODENOW,   b. 20 Jan 1643/1644, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA d. 1 Apr 1654, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 10 years)   8. Samuel GOODENOW,   b. 28 Feb 1645/1646, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA d. 2 Aug 1722, Marlborough, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 76 years)   9. Susanna GOODENOW,   b. 21 Dec 1647, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   10. Jane GOODENOW,   b. Abt 1649, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA
  Family ID	F436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S218] Theodore James Fleming Banvard, Banvard, Goodenows Who Originated In Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638 A.D., ((Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994)), ISBN 0-9641209-0-9. p. 2. [S159] Charles Edward Banks, Banks, The Planters Of The Commonwealth, ((1930, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1991)). Ship's manifest gave his age as 30 yrs on 11 April 1638. [S159] Charles Edward Banks, Banks, The Planters Of The Commonwealth, ((1930, Rpt. Baltimore: GPC, 1991)). p. 196. Sailed Southampton last of April 1638 on the 'Confidence' [S218] Theodore James Fleming Banvard, Banvard, Goodenows Who Originated In Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638 A.D., ((Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994)), ISBN 0-9641209-0-9. p. 5. [S160] Charles Henry Pope, Pope, Pioneers Of Massachusetts, ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991)), ISBN 1-55613-398-7. p. 192. Inv: 24 Oct 1666, Pro of estate: 6 Apr [S160] Charles Henry Pope, Pope, Pioneers Of Massachusetts, ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991)), ISBN 1-55613-398-7. p. 192. Will was dated & inv ordered in 1666. [S218] Theodore James Fleming Banvard, Banvard, Goodenows Who Originated In Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638 A.D., ((Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994)), p. 2., ISBN 0-9641209-0-9.