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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1ca0b541egerdp.png"> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=140 BGCOLOR="#CCFFCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com"><U><IMG SRC="1b7781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1b8781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/photos" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/p"><U><IMG SRC="1b9781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1ba781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/timelines" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/t"><U><IMG SRC="1bb781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1bc781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1bd781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1be781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.genealogicalbranchlines.com/i"><U><IMG SRC="1c0781a0.png" border=0 width="120" height="26" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <I>Documents:</I></div> <div> <A HREF="id22_m.htm#goodenough1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Research Notes"><U>Œ</U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > | </FONT><A HREF="id22_m.htm#cousins2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Research Notes"><U></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1d558320.png" border=0 width="600" height="50" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  <A NAME="index"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="756" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>GOODENOUGH</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Wingdings" ><B>Œ</B></FONT><I><B>From an email to my distant cousins</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="goodenough1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 4 December 2003</div> <div> If James Goodenough's father, George Goodenough (a Blacksmith) was my g-g-g grandfather, have I found my g-g-g-g grandparents?</div> <div> Was it a coincidence that we find two Blacksmiths by the name of George Goodenough?  Or were they one and the same man?</div> <div> According to the burial information of James Goodenough's father, George was born in 1799.</div> <div> <B>13 November 1828</B>:  Burial of <B>George Goodenough</B> from Wellow, age 29 years.  [Wellow, Som., Burial Register 1813-1856, p.30, Entry 235.]</div> <div> I have found a Birth and Christening of a George Goodenough in Shepton Mallet in 1796.</div> <div> <B>2 May</B> (Birth) & <B>13 August 1796</B> (Christening) of <B>George Goodenough</B>, son of John & Amy Goodenough.  [Shepton Mallet Baptisms Register 1791-1812, p.69, Entry (10).]</div> <div> He was residing in Shepton Mallet when he married Mary Spratt.</div> <div> <B>28 January 1816</B>:  Marriage between <B>George Goodenough</B>, a Bachelor of Shepton Mallet, & <B>Mary Spratt</B>, a Spinster of Shepton Mallet, by Banns. <I>Minister: </I>Thos Smith. <I>Witnesses: </I>George Spratt & Ester Norriss.  [Shepton Mallet, Som., Marriages 1813-1837 Register,  p.33, Entry 97.]</div> <div> George & Mary had their first child Mary, and this is where we find that George was a Blacksmith.</div> <div> <B>6 June 1817</B>:  Birth of <B>Mary Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>George </B>(a Blacksmith) & <B>Mary </B>Goodenough of Kilver Street.  Minister:  Jno Davis.  [Shepton Mallet, Som., Baptisms 1813-1833 Register,  p.69, Entry 547.]</div> <div> <B>21 June 1817</B>:  Christening of <B>Mary Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>George </B>(a Blacksmith) & <B>Mary </B>Goodenough of Kilver Street.  Minister:  Jno Davis.  [Shepton Mallet, Som., Baptisms 1813-1833 Register,  p.69, Entry 547.]</div> <div> George's wife Mary, died at the age of 30 years in 1822.</div> <div> <B>1 June 1822</B>:  Burial of <B>Mary Goodenough</B>, of Kilver Street, aged 30 years.  [Shepton Mallet, Som., Burials 1813-1839 Register,  p.97, Entry 774.]</div> <div> 16 years later we find a marriage of George's daughter:</div> <div> <B>3 June 1838</B>:  Marriage between <B>James Masters</B>, a Bachelor of Full age, (a Labourer) of Shoscomb, & <B>Mary Goodenough</B>, a Spinster of Shoscomb, by Banns.  James' father was <B>Robert </B>Masters (a Labourer) and Mary's father was <B>George </B>Goodenough (a Labourer). <I>Minister:  </I>F Gardiner, MA, Vicar. <I>Witnesses:  </I>Joseph Colborn & George Bishop. [Wellow, Som., Marriage Register 1837-1850, p.1, Entry 2.]</div> <div> Was there some reason for George being “a labourer”?  Was it that he was deceased and therefore people forgot that he was a Blacksmith?</div> <div> As Peggy Goodger once pointed out to me, There are many mistakes in the recording of facts in the Wellow registers, as you will see.</div> <div> Four years after the death of Mary Goodenough, formerly Spratt, we find another marriage of a Blacksmith named George Goodenough.  Was he really a Bachelor I wonder?</div> <div> <B>23 March 1826</B>:  Marriage between <B>George Goodenough</B>, Bachelor of Wellow to <B>Hester Naish</B>, Spinster of Wellow by Banns.  [Wellow, Som., Marriage Register 1813-1837, Entry 64.]</div> <div> They had Children:</div> <div> <B>5 August 1827</B>:  Christening of <B>Harriet Goodenough</B>, a daughter of <B>George </B>& <B>Hester </B>Goodenough, of Wellow.  [Wellow, Som., Baptisms Register 1813-1847, p.39, Entry 309.]</div> <div> <B>5 September 1827</B>:  Burial of <B>Harriet Goodenough</B>, age 1 month.  [Wellow, Som., Burials Register 1813-1856, p.28, Entry 222.]</div> <div> <B>27 July 1828</B>:  Christening of <B>James Goodenough</B>, a son of <B>George </B>& <B>Hester </B>Goodenough, of Wellow.  [Wellow, Som., Baptisms Register 1813-1847, p.41, Entry 328.]</div> <div> In 1830, we find that Hester Goodenough, formerly Naish, married a George Porch.  She was described as a spinster, even though we know that she was a widow.</div> <div> Could it be that George was described as a Bachelor, when he should have been described as a widower?  I wonder.</div> <div> I invite any comments on this subject.</div> <div> <I>Dennis</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#009900" FACE="Wingdings" ><B></B></FONT><I><B>From another an email to my distant cousins</B></I><I><B> <A NAME="cousins2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 1 February 2006</div> <div> One of the things that I learnt during this past month, is that there are many registers devoted to the Shepton Mallet Church. But a lot of them are merely transcripts of earlier registers, and the transcripts themselves cannot be trusted because they are not accurate copies. I have noticed that peoples’ names are often spelled differently, like Goodenough in the original was changed to Goodenow (1799).</div> <div> In the <I>Timelines</I> section of this update, I have added another 600+ new entries, and amongst the more interesting ones (for me anyway) can be found, what I think, maybe the siblings of George Goodenough the blacksmith – my Gt Gt Gt Grandfather.</div> <div> Unless I am mistaken, it would seem that George was the youngest of several children born to John and Amy Goodenough. The eldest, Charles Goodenough was Christened some 23 years before George. It would also seem that at least one of John & Amy’s children did not survive long.</div> <div> It is a pity that the people of the 18th century did not always record the relationships, which would have given us a clearer picture. In so many cases, a burial was recorded as: “A child of [father’s name]” so who was the mother? Then there is: “The wife of …” or the burial of “Name of person”. So which family did that person belong to? In some cases there were several families with the same surname, and even the same fathers’ name.</div> <div> So let’s have a look at a few facts with the Goodenough family:</div> <div> In Shepton Mallet, in <B>1773, we find two marriages</B> of what would seem to be two brothers: Thomas and John. (See the Timelines for the Register information).</div> <div> <B>23 February</B>: <B>Thomas Goodenough</B> married <B>Hannah West</B>, and</div> <div> <B>15 October</B>: <B>John Goodenough</B> married <B>Amy Gillet</B>.</div> <div> All four were residents of Shepton Mallet.</div> <div> The following year, <B>1774</B>, we find the <B>Christening</B> (20 August) of <B>Charles Goodenough</B>, son of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1776</B> sees the <B>Christening </B>(7 September) of <B>Job Goodenough</B>, son of <B>Abraham </B>& <B>Ann</B>. What relationship were Abraham & Ann to John & Amy?</div> <div> <B>1778</B> sees the <B>Christening</B> (17 January) of <B>John Goodenough</B>, son of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1780 </B>sees the <B>Christening </B>(29 July) of <B>Elizabeth Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1780 </B>also sees the <B>Burial </B>(7 August) of a <B>“Betty” Goodenough</B>.</div> <div> <B>1784 </B>sees the <B>Birth </B>(6 February) and <B>Christening </B>(10 April) of <B>Mary Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1784 </B>also sees the <B>Burial </B>(15 May) of a <B>“Betty” Goodenough</B>, aged 2 years. To which family did she belong?</div> <div> <B>1785 </B>sees the <B>Burial </B>(10 February) of a <B>Jane Goodenough</B>, aged 56 years. Who was she?</div> <div> <B>1788 </B>sees the <B>Birth </B>(2 April) and <B>Christening </B>(8 August) of <B>Betty Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1791 </B>sees the <B>Birth </B>(30 July) and <B>Christening </B>(13 August) of <B>Ann Goodenough</B>, daughter of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1796 </B>sees the <B>Birth </B>(2 May) and <B>Christening </B>(13 August) of <B>George Goodenough</B>, son of <B>John </B>& <B>Amy</B>.</div> <div> <B>1799 </B>sees the <B>Birth </B>(6 April) and <B>Christening </B>(18 May) of <B>James Goodenough/Goodenow</B>*, son of <B>Charles </B>& <B>Ruth</B>. *Depending on which register you’re looking at.</div> <div> I still hope to one day find a connection between our families and the Dean of Wells Cathedral – Rev. Edmund Goodenough 1785-1845.</div> <div> <I>Dennis</I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>