Weymouth New England Genealogy

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Birth	1802-08-17	New Hartford, Litchfield, CT			1a
Death	1895-06-11	West Hartford, Hartford, CT			2

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Goodwin, Pitts	1779-01-28	1864-08-02
Mother	Gilbert, Miriam	1780-06-05	1821-12-11
	Goodwin, Harvey	1802-08-17	1895-06-11
Sister	Goodwin, Nancy	1804-11-04	1877-06-20
Sister	Goodwin, Miriam Webster	1806-03-05
Sister	Goodwin, Urania	1808	1839
Brother	Goodwin, Sherman	1810-02-23	1878-02-25
Brother	Goodwin, Joseph	1812
Sister	Goodwin, Theodosia	1814-04-05
Sister	Goodwin, Janette Croswell	1816-04-22
Brother	Goodwin, Joseph Gilbert	1818-01-31

Families

Family of Goodwin, Harvey and Sedgwick, Mary

Married

Wife

Sedgwick, Mary ( * + 1843-04-18 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	1832-03-18				1a

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Goodwin, Ann Amelia	1834-05-05
Goodwin, Lucy Sedgwick	1836-09-25	1840-08-05

Family of Goodwin, Harvey and Elmore, Frances Amelia

Married

Wife

Elmore, Frances Amelia ( * 1814-03-31 + 1897-11-08 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	1845-02-02	South Windsor, CT			1a

Narrative

GOODWIN GOLDEN WEDDING February 3, 1895

Poem written for the Occasion by Samuel S. Hurlbut

The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Goodwin of Elmwood, which was celebrated Saturday afternoon and evening, as given in Saturday's Times, was an event of great family interest. Between fifty and sixty of the relatives gathered together at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin in the afternoon and evening. The larger portion arrived and returned home via the railroad. Mr. Goodwin has one brother and three sisters living. All were not present as some are residing in other states. Ths combined ages of this family of five is 417 years. The poen written for the occassion was composed by Samuel C. Hurlbut of Elmwood. Mr. Hurlbut has been employed with Goodwin Brothers Company as cheif engineer and mechanic for many years. Many valuable presents and testimonials of kind regard were received by Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin and the hearts of that old couple were greatly cheered by the many exhibitions of love and respect.

The tribute from Mr. Hurlbut was as follows:

Honored Sire and honored Mother,
There is no more lasting fame,
And there is no higher honor
Than accorded by this name
From our hearts does come this plaudit
Thou art worthy of this name.

We extend to thee our greeting
On thy anniversary day
With good wishes for thy future;
Friends to cheer thee on thy way,
With a calm and painless exit
When thy journey here is done.
And a free and hearty welcome
To thy waiting room beyond.

Fifty years you have been journeying
Through this bright and pleasant land.
Wonderful have been the changes,
Since you started hand in hand,
Then your steps were light and springy
While your eyes were clear and bright;
And you thought not of this meeting
Fifty years ago to-night.

Then your future lay before you
Like a landscape fair to view,
While the birds did sing their love songs,
And the fields were bright with dew;
While your hands were strong to labor,
And your hearts were brave and true.

Years did pass; into your home life
Came the changes great and small,
Joys and sorrows; cares and burdens;
But you bravely bore them all.
(But the dew was disappearing;
And the mother birds did call.)

Children have been made and welcome;
Ant eh Mother's wings were spread
For the shelter of her offspring;
While the Father toiled for bread.
(And the glory of your home life
Like a halo, crowned your head.)

Thou has prospered in thy business,
Thou hast added to thy store;
Thou art honored, loved, respected,
Thou hast lived beyond four score;
While your children have stayed by you,
Surely none need ask for more!

High noon finds thee hale and hearty;
eye undimmed by sun's fierce glare,
But thy clothes are stained with labor,
And the glint has left thy hair.
(And the bird has sought its shelter
In the cool woods dark and fair.)

Time rolls on; the grass is ripening
Where the dew did lie at morn;
And thy easy chair is pleasant
When thy hard day's work in done.
(See the summer birds preparing
For their flight towards the southern sun.)

Towards the wes tthe sun is sinking;
Soon the twilight will be here,
Cease thee from they weary toiling,
Evening brings thee rest and sheer;
Let they children take thy burdens;
They are willing; have no fear.

Now the twilight doth surround thee,
Fold thy hands and take thy ease;
Thou has earned thy rest, oh, travelers,
Let thy long, hard struggle cease;
Light the lamp and draw the curtain,
Sit thee down and be at peace.

Children's children bring thee greeting;
Friend and neighbors by the score,
It is well to give thanksgiving
When thy harvest time is o'er,
To remember lifelong blessings
And the goods laid up in store.

Be it long, thy fireside rest;
And thy circle long unbroken;
While the ones that love thee best
Prove their love by many a token,
For the glamour of the twilight
Shows a love till then unspoken.

Good night to thee, sturdy travelers,
Members of a sturdy race,
We are thankful for this meeting,
Glad to look upon thy face.
May the twilight hours be pleasant,
And thy sleep bring rest and peace.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Goodwin, Harvey Burdett	1845-11-30	1929-11-30
Goodwin, Wilbur Elmore	1847-07-17
Goodwin, Elton Newell	1849-08-25	1904-01-05
Goodwin, Clarence Beaumont	1853-01-06

Narrative

In 1823, Harvey removed to Torringford to farm and make bricks. In 1827, he located to West Hartford in the manufacture of pottery, commencing business on his own account in 1832. He transferred the business to his sons in 1870. In 1891, Harvey still resided in Elmwood, West Hartford, a few rods east of Goodwin Brothers' pottery works.

A TOUCH OF HISTORY: Goodwin Potters: Start of Manufacturing in Town
All that is called manufacturing in West Hartford traces its beginning to the pre-Revolutionary making of earthenware, an extensive and prospering enterprise here for more than a centuryand-a-quarter. Its success lay in the high quality of the firing clay which is plentiful in the Elmwood portion of the early village. It also drew those who wanted to make brick.

Even before the Revoluton, Ebenezer Faxon came, at 21, to the West Division and set up a thriving pottery near where Beachland Park is today. His classic home rose on the corner of Quaker Lane and New Britain Avenue in 1777. Just as the Center has its Four Mile Road, at approximately the same distance from the Old State House, New Britain rose over Four Mile Hill, and at its foot, on the north side of the Avenue, Thomas O. Goodwin started his own pottery business very early in the 1800's. Nearby, in 1821, he built his home.

In 1832, Harvey Goodwin started another pottery farther east on New Britain Avenue on the south side of the street near its present confluence with South Street, the Piper Brook area. His wooden plant was destroyed by fire in 1867.

Although all these potters had the West Division as their headquarters, their businesses were far-flung. Their distribution was wagon and boat, for the most part. A variegated load of pottery jars and containers would be made up here, then start out behind a team, travelling from town to town, Records indicate that some of these loads would be carried as far as northern Vermont, the driver hurrying back to get another load and set off to the west.

After the fire (1908), Harvey Goodwin's sons, H. Burdett, Wilbur E. and Newell E., decided they would take up the business under the Goodwin Brothers Pottery Co., to be a long-remembered name in the town's commercial story.

The three young men purchased three acres from Charles Cadwell on the south side of New Britain Avenue somewhat west of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway station which had just been built, a long important Elmwood stop for both freight and passengers by the thousands when the Charter Oak race track flourished toward the end of the 19th century.

Goodwin Brothers diversified their product line, adding themaking of terra cotta objects of ornate design for both indoor and outdoor decoration and building. This enterprise called for continuous expansion of the Goodwin plant, until its group of buildings covered an estimated 10 acres or more in the area where there are several metal-working plants today. As GoodwinBros. business grew, they hired a number of salesmen who fanned out from the West Division all over the eastern part of the United States.

And then, once more, fire broke out in a Goodwin building and before it could be checked, nothing remained but a small brick office structure. Although the fire department of Hartford came quickly to the rescue, the frame construction was too vulnerable a target.

The conflagration was a blow to the brothers' fortunes. H.Burdett Goodwin was in his 60's, and competition from other processes for making containers did not encourage restoration ofthe pottery.

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
REFN	48

Pedigree

Goodwin, Pitts
1. Gilbert, Miriam

Ancestors

Goodwin, Harvey
* 1802-08-17
+ 1895-06-11

Goodwin, Pitts
* 1779-01-28
+ 1864-08-02

Goodwin, Ebenezer
* before 1743-05-29
+ 1810-05-18

Goodwin, Isaac
* 1695-11-10
+ 1766-08-15

Goodwin, Nathaniel
* 1662
+ 1747-11-01

Porter, Mehetable
* 1673-09-15
+ 1725/6-02-06 (Julian)

Gaylord, Ruth
* 1704-10-18
+ 1773-05-00

Gaylord, William IV
* 1678
+ 1770

Butler, Hope
* 1681
+ 1763-06-16

Webster, Ame
* 1746-01-26
+ 1835-01-08

Webster, Isaac
*
+ ...

Webster, Stephen
* 1693-01-01
+ 1724

Burnham, Mary
* 1690-12-19
+ 1724-04-17

Gilbert, Miriam
* 1780-06-05
+ 1821-12-11

Gilbert, Joseph
* about 1748
+ 1812-11-12

Hopkins, Miriam
*
+ ...

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No title - ID S0062

Birth Name	Goodwin, Harvey
Gender	male
Age at Death	92 years, 9 months, 25 days