Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond

Mary Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: Jul 1647 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ¹
        Baptism: 2 Sep 1647 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
          Death: 20 Dec 1666 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Roger Goodspeed (Est 1620-1685)
         Mother: Alice Layton (Est 1625-1689)

Spouses and Children

1. *Samuel Hinckley (24 Jul 1642 - 2 Jan 1725)
       Marriage: 14 Dec 1664 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Benjamin Hinckley (1666-1745)

Mary Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 18 Feb 1667 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ²
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Nathaniel Goodspeed (1642-Bef 1670)
         Mother: Elizabeth Bursley (1649-1707)

Spouses and Children

1. *John Hinckley (24 May 1644 - 7 Dec 1709)
       Marriage: 24 Nov 1697 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
         Status:

Mary Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 2 Aug 1721 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ³
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Ebenezer Goodspeed (1685-      )
         Mother: Mary Stacy (Est 1690-      )

Mary Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 10 Jan 1678 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Oct 1719 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ⁴
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Benjamin Goodspeed (1649-1677)
         Mother: Mary Davis (1653-1711)

Spouses and Children

1. *Ichabod Hinckley (28 Aug 1680 - 10 May 1768)
       Marriage: 5 Jan 1702 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ⁵
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Hinckley (1704-1718)
                2. Benjamin Hinckley (1707-      )
                3. David Hinckley (1709-      )
                4. John Hinckley (1711-Bef 1712)
                5. John Hinckley (1712-      )
                6. Ebenezer Hinckley (1714-      )
                7. Thankful Hinckley (1716-      )
                8. Mary Hinckley (1718-      )

Notes

Marriage Notes (Ichabod Hinckley)

Children
Mary HINCKLEY b: 27 May 1704
Benjamin HINCKLEY b: 19 Jun 1707 in Barnstable
David HINCKLEY b: 01 Mar 1708/09
John HINCKLEY b: 04 Jan 1710/11
John HINCKLEY b: 07 Mar 1711/12
Ebenezer HINCKLEY b: 07 Jul 1714
Thankful HINCKLEY b: 01 Aug 1716
Mary HINCKLEY b: 26 Sep 1718

Mary Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1683 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Jabez Blossom (16 Feb 1680 -       )
       Marriage: 9 Nov 1710 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ⁶
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sylvanus Blossom (1712-      )

Mehitable Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1685
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Samuel Howes (Est 1680 -       )
       Marriage: 18 Dec 1705 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
         Status:

Mercy Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 18 Feb 1669 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ²
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: John Goodspeed (1645-1719)
         Mother: Experience Holloway (Cir 1645-1719)

Merinda Arey Goodspeed

      Sex: F

AKA: Marinda A Goodspeed

Individual Information

          Birth: Jun 1833 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts ⁷
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Sep 1853 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts ⁸
         Burial: in South Wellfleet cemetery
 Cause of Death: childbed fever

Events

• Alt Death ⁹, 11 Sep 1852 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Parents

         Father: Ezra Goodspeed (1793-1835)
         Mother: Lydia Wiley (1800-1884) ¹⁰ ¹¹

Spouses and Children

1. *James Kenney (1829 -       )
       Marriage: 4 May 1851 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts ¹²
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Marinda Goodspeed Kenney (1852-      ) ¹³

Notes

General:

marble stone with willow:

In memory of
MERINDA AREY
wife of
JAMES KENNEDY
who died
Sept 11, 1853
Aged 20 yrs 3 mos

Apparently this was misread, and should be Kenney, instead of Kennedy. ¹⁴

Medical:

age 20-3.
b Wellfleet
Ezra & Lydia Goodspeed ⁹

Nathaniel Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 6 Oct 1642 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ¹
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 23 May 1670 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Events

• Alt Death, Jun 1670 in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Parents

         Father: Roger Goodspeed (Est 1620-1685)
         Mother: Alice Layton (Est 1625-1689)

Spouses and Children

1. *Elizabeth Bursley (25 Mar 1649 - 26 Jan 1707)
       Marriage: Nov 1666 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ¹
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mary Goodspeed (1667-      )
                2. Nathaniel Goodspeed (Cir 1670-      )

Nathaniel Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Cir 1670 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Nathaniel Goodspeed (1642-Bef 1670)
         Mother: Elizabeth Bursley (1649-1707)

Notes

General:

Marriage 1 Sarah King
Married: 21 DEC 1705 in Rochester, Massachusetts

Philemeon Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 25 Apr 1742 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ¹⁵
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: John Goodspeed (1708-      )
         Mother: Rebecca Goodspeed (1714-      )

Spouses and Children

Raymond Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1885
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Captain Joseph W Goodspeed (1861-1930) ¹⁶ ¹⁷
         Mother: Susan R Freeman (Cir 1866-      )

Notes

General:

1930 of Boston

Rebecca Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 28 Oct 1714 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Ebenezer Goodspeed (1685-      )
         Mother: Mary Stacy (Est 1690-      )

Spouses and Children

1. *John Goodspeed (16 Nov 1708 -       )
       Marriage: 15 Jun 1732 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ¹⁸
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Susannah Goodspeed (1736-      )
                2. Lydia Goodspeed (1738-      )
                3. Philemeon Goodspeed (1742-      )
                4. John Goodspeed (1745-      )

Remember Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 24 Apr 1712 - Barnstable, Massachusetts ²
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: John Goodspeed (1673-1721)
         Mother: Remember Jennings (1668-After 1712)

Reuben Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: 3 Jun 1779
        Baptism: 
          Death: 25 Jan 1857 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Hannah (1782 - Nov 1861)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ruth Goodspeed (1812-1893)

Notes

General:

Owner of 2500 ft of saltworks in Provincetown in 1832 ¹⁹

Medical:

age 77-7-22 ²⁰

Roger Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Est 1620 - (England)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1685 - (Barnstable, Plymouth Colony)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Alice Layton (Est 1625 - 1689)
       Marriage: Dec 1641 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ¹
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Nathaniel Goodspeed (1642-Bef 1670)
                2. John Goodspeed (1645-1719)
                3. Mary Goodspeed (1647-1666)
                4. Benjamin Goodspeed (1649-1677)
                5. Ruth Goodspeed (1652-1691)
                6. Ebenezer Goodspeed (1655-      )
                7. Elizabeth Goodspeed (1658-      )

Rose Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 20 Feb 1680 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ²
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef Oct 1723
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: John Goodspeed (1645-1719)
         Mother: Experience Holloway (Cir 1645-1719)

Spouses and Children

1. *Isaac Jennings (3 Jul 1677 - Between 12 Feb 1760 and 6 Jun 1761)
       Marriage: 10 Jul 1700 - Sandwich, Massachusetts
         Status:

Notes

Marriage Notes (Isaac Jennings)

Children
Elizabeth JENNINGS b: 12 Apr 1701
Experience JENNINGS b: 10 Mar 1703
Rose JENNINGS b: 27 Aug 1710
Isaac JENNINGS b: 24 Apr 1714
Mary JENNINGS b: 1 Sep 1717
Benjamin JENNINGS b: 12 Dec 1720
John JENNINGS b: 31 Jul 1706

Ruth Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 1812 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 May 1893 - Provincetown, Massachusetts ²¹ ²²
         Burial: in Provincetown, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Reuben Goodspeed (1779-1857)
         Mother: Hannah (1782-1861)

Spouses and Children

1. *Curtis Doane (10 Apr 1808 - 10 Feb 1880) ²³ 
       Marriage: 12 Nov 1849 - Provincetown, Massachusetts ²¹
         Status: 

2. Atkins Dyer (23 Jun 1808 - 1 Nov 1842) ²⁴ 
       Marriage: 
         Status:

Notes

Medical:

age 80-6-26

Marriage Notes (Curtis Doane)

He, age 41, b. Eastham, Barnstable, Ma, son of Prince & Thankful. (Previously married)
She, age 37, b. Provincetown, Barnstable, Ma, dau of Reuben Goodspeed & Hannah. (Previously married)

Ruth Goodspeed

      Sex: F

Individual Information

          Birth: 10 Apr 1652 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony ¹
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1691 - Barnstable, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents

         Father: Roger Goodspeed (Est 1620-1685)
         Mother: Alice Layton (Est 1625-1689)

Spouses and Children

1. *John Davis (Cir 15 Jan 1649 - 13 Jul 1729)
       Marriage: 2 Feb 1674 - Barnstable, Plymouth Colony
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Jabez Davis (Abt 1691-      )
                2. Benjamin Davis (1679-      )

Notes

Marriage Notes (John Davis)

Children
John DAVIS b: 30 NOV 1675 in Barnstable, MA
Benjamin DAVIS b: 8 SEP 1679 in Barnstable, MA
John DAVIS b: 17 MAR 1683/84 in Sandwich, MA
Nathaniel DAVIS b: 17 JUL 1686 in Barnstable, MA
Jabez DAVIS b: 1691

S W Goodspeed

      Sex: M

Individual Information

          Birth: Feb 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Nov 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: cholera infantum

Parents

         Father: Captain Joseph Warner Goodspeed (1818-1895) ¹⁶ ²⁶ ²⁷
         Mother: Content Coombs Atwood (1823-1883) ¹⁶ ²⁸

Notes

Medical:

age 9m
parents assumed but not listed ²⁵

Sources

1 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 5:73.

2 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 5:74.

3 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 32:150.

4 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 31 (MD6:136).

5 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 30 (MD6:135).

6 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 14 (MD3:54).

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. The children of Ezra & Lydia Goodspeed.

8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:86. frequently differ from other records

9 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 2:86.

10 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 28.

11 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:73. David and Ruth Wiley family.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, vol.2. Marriages 1843-1856 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2:66.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 34.

14 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

15 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 35:53.

16 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 53, lot 174. Goodspeed and Cook families.

17 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 4.

18 Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr, Barnstable Massachusetts. in Vital Records of Southeastern Massachusetts. Volume 3. facsimile of records published in 'The Mayflower Descendant' with added index of persons (1982. Clearwater Florida: Owl Books), 34:20. Rev Mr Jonathan Russell.

19 Documents relative to the manufactures in the United States, collected and transmitted to the House of Representatives (1833. Washington, DC:), 118.

20 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

21 Frank Dyer, "Descendants of William & Mary (Barrett) Dyer of Rhode Island" (Rootsweb files will_riged, spragueged).

22 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

23 Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins, Richard Higgins, a resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants. (1918. Worcester, Mass.: Higgins, 811 pgs.), 246. This is a major source, which seems accurate.

24 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:143.

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 74.

26 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1895.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Deaths, 1895.

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:130. children of Eleazer Atwood jr and Betsey Doane his wife.

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