Dennes GOODYEAR
1624 - 1707 (82 years)
Generation: 1
1. Dennes GOODYEAR was born on 9 May 1624 in Monkleigh, Devonshire, England (daughter of Stephen GOODYEAR); died in 1707 in New Haven, CT. Family/Spouse: Richard SPERRY. Richard was born on 16 Feb 1605 in England; died in 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John SPERRY was born on 9 Jan 1649 in New Haven, Colony; was christened on 28 Aug 1687 in New Haven, CT; died in 1692.
2. Stephen GOODYEAR was born on 25 Nov 1598 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 27 May 1658 in Lost at Sea. Notes:
Two different sources say different things about his death and govenorship.
History of Conneticut from the first settlement of the colony to the .... by Gideon Hyrum Hollister. p 509 says Stephen Goodyear an early magistrate of New Haven Colony and one of its wealthiest and most enterprising citizens became a resident there in 1637. He was chosen deputy govenor in 1641 and continued to hold the office until 1650. In 1653 he united with others in the purchase of a large tract of land on the Housatonic River at a place called Paugasset ( Now Derby ). His wife embarked for Englan on board Mr Lamberton's ship in Jan 1647 and was never heard of afterwards.
Govenor Goodyear died in London in 1657.Children:
- 1. Dennes GOODYEAR was born on 9 May 1624 in Monkleigh, Devonshire, England; died in 1707 in New Haven, CT.