General Notes

Thomas "Goodynow's" will is dated 20 Dec. 1617 and was proved 19 March 1618, the inventory having been taken 6 Feb. 1618. It can be found in the Archdeaconry Court of Sarum, Wiltshire and is published in Douglas Richardson's, "English Origins of the Goodenow Family," "The American Genealogist," Vol 52," 1976: pg. 209. He was of Donhead St. Andrew, Wiltshire at his death. He names Dorothy, Edmund and Ursula as his 3 youngest children, sons Simon, Nathaniel, Thomas, Ralph, John and wife Ursula. It's not known if Ursula was the mother of all his children.

The Goodenow name is found with several spellings. Thomas A. Goodenow was born about 1555 in Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wilts, England. While in England, he married Ursula Fayme (Haynes?) When he was 30 years old, he immigrated to Massachusetts with his wife, son and sister on the ship Confidence leaving London April 11, 1638. He was one of the original founders of Sudbury.