The Goodwines, Goodwins and Goodins of KentuckySource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 2, Supplement (Oct., 1899), pp. 142-146Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915867 .

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Francis and Amy, that one of these sons was the father of the three Goodwyns, William. (father of Francis and Amy), (father of John), and Robert, who went to the Carolinas about 1760 from Dinwiddie county, and a search of the other records indicated should disclose which son was the father of these Goodwins, and thus clear up practically all of the questions sur- rounding this family in Dinwiddie. It is true that there were others to go out of this county, but so many sons have been found in the Goodwyns and Goodwins of those generations that the principal trouble seems to be removed, and only the determining of the proper relationship remains to be done.

THE GOODWINES, GOODWINS AND GOODINS OF KEN- TUCKY.

A belated lot of family history has been adduced through the kindness of Mrs. Austin P. Speed, of Louisville, Ely., and her brother-in-law, R. Canby Speed, of Bardstown, ]?y. A clipping from a newspaper sent me by Mrs. Speed contained an account of an interview with an old colored woman, Aunt Patsy Good- in, living near Bardstown, and is said to be 120 years old. She was set free in 1830, then an old woman, by her master, Thomas Goodin, Sen. Mr. Speed says she has her second or third sight, is cutting her third set of teeth, and that her hair, white for fifty years, is turning dark, and that, as she expresses it, "she just seems to be dryin' up." She insists that the name has always been Goodin, and not Goodwin, but it is written both ways in the county records.

On pages 12 and 13 of the present publication, Appendix D, mention is made of John Goodwin, who came from Wheeling, W. Va., to Bardstown, Nelson county, Ky., and that the Good- wins living around Bardstown were supposed to descend from some of this man's sons, but that some now appear to descend from an Isaac and a Samuel Goodwin, a generation younger. Still later data indicates that John Goodwin and at least two others of his generation, probably his brothers, settled in Nelson county. This statement is based on these facts: John Goodwin had a son James born in 1780, who was twice married, and whose history is fully known. This James had no sister Mary. The records of Nelson county show that another James Goodwin,

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elder than John's son, married Mary Goodwin June 15, 1793. There is thus of necessity three families-one of James, the younger; one of James, the elder, and one of Mary, wife of the latter James.

The records of the family of John and (Eleddie) Good- win, from Virginia to Nelson county, show these children:

William Goodwin, went to Lebanon, Ind., direct from W. Va., untraced. Consult pages 13 and 145.

Abner Goodwin, went to Greencastle, Ind., direct from W. Va. John Goodwin, untraced. He may be the John of the Nelson

county records. Thomas Goodwin, untraced. He may be the Thomas of the

Nelson county records. Seth Goodwin is supposed to be the Seth of Appendix E., but

may be the Nelson county man. Heddie Goodwin, untraced. James Goodwin, born in 1780, married Elizabeth Snyder and

Mrs. Sarah (Shoemaker) Logan. The records of Nelson county show these marriages: Isaac Goodwin and Sarah Edelin were married March 2, 1790,

by Joe Dodge. Abraham Goodwin and Barbara Sturgeon were married June

12, 1792, by William Taylor. Samuel Goodwin and Margaret Jared were married March

28, 1793, by J. Carman. James Goodwin and Mlary Goodwin were married June 15,

1793, by William Taylor. Thomas Goodwin and Nancy McBride were married January

16, 1794. Seth Goodwin and Rebecca Stillwell were married February

4, 1796, by J. Carman. John Goodwin and Deborah Drake were married , 1798,

by R. Smith. William Goodwin and Anna Deafendall were married AMay 22,

1802, by R. Smith. The records of Hardin county show these marriages: Abraham Goodin and Betsy Pottenger were married February

2, 1804. Polly Goodin and Christopher Bush were married April 1,

1815.

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James Goodin and Mary Pairpoint were married December 11, 1815.

Miehetable Goodin and Isaac Chambers were married October 2, 1816.

Garrard Goodin and Lettice Swants were married July 26, 1819.

Taking up the records of Nelson county it appears that- Isaac Goodwin, who married Sarah Edelin March 2, 1790,

was the Isaac Goodin, of Hardin county, before 1800, and had children i. John, ii. Samuel; iii. James, who appears from the Hardin county records to have married Mary Pairpoint Decem- ber 11, 1815; iv. Thomas, born 1802, married Polly Edelin, and the descendants of the latter son are given on page 48.

Abrahlam Goodwin, of Nelson county, who married Barbara Sturgeon June 12, 1792, was probably the Abraham Goodin, of Hardin county, who married Betsy Pottinger there February 2, 1804, and it is probable that Polly, Mehetable and Garrard were children of this man by his first marriage.

Samuel Goodwin, who married Margaret Jared March 28, 1793, had at least two children, i. Albert, married, first, Fanny Vernon, second, Eliza Crain or Crane; ii. Thomas, married, first, Susan Thomas, second, Elizabeth Leymunds.

Albert Goodin (Samuel) was probably the father of A. V. Goodin by his first wife, Fanny Vernon. I take the full name to be Albert Vernon Goodin. The records given below show that A. V. Goodin and Ella P. Harned were married in Nelson county May 1, 1866, by S. Collier. Another child was Sue Goodin, who married her cousin, William H. Goodin, in La Rue county De- cember 6, 1870.

Thomas Goodin (Samuel) married, first, Susan Thomas, second, Elizabeth Leymnunds. The first marriage was July 22, 1822, in Hardin county, and the second was March 20, 1870, in La Rue county. Children: i. William H., married his cousiii, Sue Goodiin; ii. Isaac, married Sallie Edelin in La Rue county February 22, 1864, and his descendants are given on page 49.

As to the other records of Nelson county given above I can only say that the fact that a Seth Goodwin appears in Nelson county goes to cast additional uncertainty on the Seth Goodwin of Appendix E. It is true that this Seth of Hardin county may

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not have been the son of John Goodwin, but the son of one of John's brothers.

To sum up, these records indicate that an elder brother of John, of Virginia and Kentucky, was the father of Isaac, Abra- ham (Hardin county), James (who married Mary Goodwin), Samuel (Hardin county), and perhaps Seth (who married Re- becca Stillwell); that John Goodwin was the father of William* (Lebanon, Ind.), Abner (Greencastle, Ind.), John, Thomas (who married Nancy McBride), Seth (Fayette county, Pa.), Heddie and James (West Lebanon, Ind.), and that a younger brother was the father of Mary (who married James Goodwin) and of William (who married Anna Deafendall in 1802). The West Lebanon branch took the name of Goodwine, the Hardin county branch the name Goodin, and practically all of the other descendants retain the name Goodwin.

The records of Nelson county disclose marriages of younger generations as follows:

Elias Goodwin and Ruthy Riley were married November 28, 1811, by AM. Pierson.

Seth Goodwin and Nancy Holly were married January 9, 1812, bv M. Pierson.

Abner Goodwin and Charlotte Ginn were married AMarch 10, 1812, AM. Pierson.

Elias Goodwine and Margaret Cook were married March 16, 1816, by W. Stullard.

Franklin Goodwin and Sallie Ann Harned were married Feb- ruary 19, 1857, by Wim. Grubbs.

A. V. Goodwin and Ella P. Harned were married May 1, 1866, by S. Collier.

It is possible that the Seth Goodwin mentioned in 1812 may be the same Seth who was firstt married in 1796, and the Elias

* A note to page 80, 1897 Supplement, states that a John Goodwin and brother came to Warren county, Ind., about 1840, and settled near the'lr "cousin," James Goodwine, and about 1850 removed to Missouri. Mr. Abner Goodwine, of Rossville, Ills., only surviving child of James Good- wine, writes that Washington, who was studying medicine, Robert, Rebecca, Hannah and Seth Goodwin came about 1840 from James- town, Boone county, Ind., to West Lebanon, and went to Missouri about 18.50. This is evidently a fuller account than the 1897 note. Mr. Good- wine says that he understands these were descendants of Wfilliam Good- win, of Lebanon, his father's brother.

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Goodwin and Goodwine records may be of two marriages of the same man. A careful search of the records for Shelby, Nelson, Hardin and La Rue counties should result ill a clear alignment of these families.

APPENDIX F.

THlE GOODWIN S OF HIARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.

George Goodwvin (John) mentioned on page 83 of the 1897 supplement was George T. Goodwin, born 1811. His first wife was a (laughter of John Bartlett. Their eldest son was Samuel

Stephenson Goodwin, whose second wife was Malinda Anne Cole. not Coll.

Sainul-I Stephenson Goodivin (George T., John), born Dec.

26, 1835, at Simpsons Creek,, W. Va., married, first, Jane Har- rison; second, April 5, 1863, Aialilida Anne Cole, born Aug. 29. 1839, in Barbour county, a daughter of William1 and Elizabeth (Bartlett) Cole. Children: i. Omer Sebastian, born March 21. ii SI, lmarried Daisy Neely; ii. Eveline Appiloni, born Jan. 25, 1866, married Walter W. Lawsonl; iii. Charles r., born Feb. 27, 186S, married Mary Catherine De Quasie; iv. Sabra Belle, born March 27, 1870, married Charles Jackson Post; v. Martha Elizabeth, born Seept. 13, 1871, married Christopher C. Wilfong; vi. Arta Arrena, born Feb. 7, 18S75, married Rev. William 11. Hart; vii. Edna MAaude, born Aul. 27, 1877; viii. Ocy Rose- rnond, born Jan. 22, 1881, married Scott Straley.

* Deputy Sheriff, Weston, West Virginia.

DELAWARE WATER GAP., PA., TOMPKINS COUNTTY, N. Y., AND

LUZERNKE COUNTY, PA., GOODWINS.

At the foot of page 62 it is stated that it has been impossible to prove or to disprove the relationship of Elijah, and on page 90 the descendants of his son George are given. By the merest accident I find that this Elijah is the Elijah Goodwin (John Pantry, Hezekiah, Nathaniel, William, Ozias) of the Goodwins -of Hartford, Conn., and that lie was baptized in Hartford Feb- ruary 6, 1763, and in January, 1793, settled in Luzerne county. and that he had eight children by his first wife and two by his second wife. In the Hartford Goodwin book all of his children

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