William Goding
Charts | Ancestors of Harriet Hanson Robinson |
William Goding, son of Henry Goding and Elizabeth Beers, was born at Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, 1669.1,2 He died at Watertown, 13 January 1746/47.3,2,1
William married Mary Pease at Watertown, 26 March 1701.4,1,2
In 1720, the town proprietors approved an agreement that William continue to lease four acres that his father had leased before him.
The voters of Watertown elected him Tythig man, 1 March 1724/5, a town officer who would be the general moral police of the town, and preserved order during church services (and enforce attendance). The next year his bond was accepted by the town for £300, proving his standing in the town.
After leasing his land for several years, he purchased it in 1728, and sold some in 1724 and 1739. The balance he left to his sons, William and Henry.5
William married Mary Pease at Watertown, 26 March 1701.4,1,2
In 1720, the town proprietors approved an agreement that William continue to lease four acres that his father had leased before him.
The voters of Watertown elected him Tythig man, 1 March 1724/5, a town officer who would be the general moral police of the town, and preserved order during church services (and enforce attendance). The next year his bond was accepted by the town for £300, proving his standing in the town.
After leasing his land for several years, he purchased it in 1728, and sold some in 1724 and 1739. The balance he left to his sons, William and Henry.5
Family | Mary Pease d. 5 Aug 1748 |
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This person was last edited on | 16 Nov 2014 |
Citations
- [S93] Frederic Webster Goding, Genealogy of the Goding Family (Richmond, Indiana: p.p., 1906), 13-21, further cited as Goding, Goding Genealogy.
- [S9] Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston to Which is Appended the Early History of the Town, With Illustrations, Maps And Notes (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860), 256-257, further cited as Bond, Bond's Watertown.
- [S1317] Thaddeus William Harris and Charles Francis Mason, "Notes: Deaths in Watertown, Mass., 1738-1754," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83 (July 1929): 375-379, at 377, further cited as Harris and Mason, "Deaths in Watertown."
- [S1974] Historical Society, Watertown Records, Four vols. (subtitle varies) (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son, 1894-1906), 2:2:11, further cited as Historical Society, Watertown Records.
- [S93] Goding, Goding Genealogy, 18-20.