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Colonel David Goodrich
b.4 Mar 1666/67 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.23 Jan 1755 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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m. 4 Oct 1648
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m. 7 Mar 1688/89
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m. 1 Dec 1698
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"Col. David2 Goodrich (William1), born at Wethersfield, Conn., 4 Mar. 1666/7, died there 23 Jan. 1755 in his 88th year (gravestone); married first, at Wethersfield, 7 Mar. 1688/9, Hannah Wright, born at Wethersfield, 10 Mar. 1670/1, died there 27 Apr. 1698, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Chittenden) Wright; married second, at Wethersfield, 1 Dec. 1698, Prudence Churchill, born at Wethersfield, 2 July 1678, died there 9 May 1752, in her 74th year (gravestone), daughter of Lieut. Benjamin and Mary (------) Churchill. He was appointed Lieutenant, May 1704, of a company raised for service in Queen Anne's War; served as Captain in the Expedition to Wood Creek, 1709, acting as Adjutant and Quartermaster of the regiment; was made Captain of the north company in Wethersfield, May 1715; and in Aug. 1723 was appointed Captain of one of the three companies raised to assist the towns of Hampshire County, Mass., against the Indians. He served as Deputy for Wethersfield to the Connecticut General Assembly, May and Oct. 1716, May and Oct. 1717, May and Oct. 1718, May and Oct. 1719, May and Oct. 1720, May and Oct. 1721, May and Oct. 1722, May 1723, May and Oct. 1724, May and Oct. 1725, May and Oct. 1726, Oct. 1727, May and Oct. 1729, May 1730, May 1731, Oct. 1732, Feb. and Oct. 1733, May and Oct. 1734, May and Oct. 1735, Oct. 1736, May and Oct. 1737, May and Oct. 1738, and May 1739. He was a Justice of the Peace from 1716 to 1748 inclusive. He was still called Captain in May 1724, but Colonel in Oct. 1724 and thereafter in the Colony records, and was designated Colonel on his gravestone."[1] References
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