Goodwin, Abraham
| Birth Name | Goodwin, Abraham |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | more than 71 years, 5 months, 6 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Burial | West Street Cemetery, Litchfield, CT |
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| Birth | before 1699-07-30 | Hartford, Hartford, CT |
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| Christening | 1699-07-30 | Hartford, Hartford, CT |
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| Death | 1771-01-06 | Litchfield, CT |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Goodwin, Nathaniel | 1662 | 1747-11-01 | |
| Mother | Porter, Mehetable | 1673-09-15 | 1725/6-02-06 (Julian) | |
| Sister | Goodwin, Mehetable | 1754-01-01 | ||
| Brother | Goodwin, Hezekiah | 1692-03-20 | 1776-01-14 | |
| Sister | Goodwin, Benedicta | 1693/4-02-25 (Julian) | 1746-01-01 | |
| Brother | Goodwin, Isaac | 1695-11-10 | 1766-08-15 | |
| Goodwin, Abraham | before 1699-07-30 | 1771-01-06 | ||
| Brother | Goodwin, Stephen | 1701-08-24 | 1785-12-05 | |
| Brother | Goodwin, Eleazer | 1703-12-19 | 1766-01-19 | |
| Sister | Goodwin, Joanna | 1705/6-01-20 (Julian) | ||
| Sister | Goodwin, Ruth | 1707/8-03-07 (Julian) | 1777-08-19 | |
| Sister | Goodwin, Alice | 1710-05-19 | ||
| Brother | Goodwin, Nathaniel | 1712-09-24 |
Families
| Family of Goodwin, Abraham and Bird, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Bird, Mary ( * about 1711 + 1788-06-07 ) | ||||||||||||
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Narrative
One of the first settlers of Litchfield. Held many townpositions, including grand juror, constable and ensign of trainband. He became one of the prominent men of the town, beingchosen Assessor for two yrs. from 1727; Grand juror in 1731:constable for two yrs. from 1742: selectman in 1747, 1748 &1749; & in 1736 was appointed Ensign of the Train Band. In 1754he conveyed to each of his sons , Nathanial, Thomas, & Charles,a farm of fifty acres, beside leaving considerable estate a hisdeath.