General Notes

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BIOGRAPHY
On February 10, 1667/8 Robert Goodell conveyed to his son, Isaac, a portion of his property at Bald Hill in Salem Village, containing one
hundred acres, and he built a house thereon which was still standing in 1926, and which descended from father to son until the year 1915.
He died intestate and his widow and his brother-in-law, John Pease, were appointed to administer his estate.  The inventory was taken
October 23, 1679 by Nathaniel Felton and Job Swinerton and showed property value at ¹ 192:7.  The estate was not final ly settled until
many years later in 1693 when the eldest son, Isaac became a dministrator, taking the place of Captain Pease who died at that time. Follow ing the death of Isaac, his widow married James Stimson of Reading sometime be fore 1684.  Mr. Stimson died in 1691.  Patience
received one third of the Stim son estate when it was divided in 1708. She apparently left Reading in 1698/9 to live with her son, Isaac in
Salem.
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ISAAC2 GOODALE (Robert1) was born in 1634, and was six months old when the family sailed for America. He married Patience Cook 25: 11: 1668. Nothing is known of her parentage or early history and there is no evidence to connect her with the contemporary Cook family of Salem.  On February 10, 1667/8, his father conveyed to him a portion of his property at  Bald Hill in Salem Village, containing one hundred
acres, and he uilt thereon a house which is still standing and which descended from father to son until the year 1915.
Isaac Goodale died, intestate, in 1679, and his widow, Patience Goodale, and his brother-in-law, John Pease, were appointed to administer his estate.º The inventory was taken October 23' 1679, by Nathaniel Felt on and Job Swinerton, and showed property valued at
192: 7. The estate was no t finally settled until many years later, the eldest son, Isaac, taking the pl ace of Capt. Pease, who had died, as administrator in 1693.
Patience Goodale , the widow, married James Stimson of Reading before 1684.** James Stimson died in 1691, and his widow received
one-third of his estate when it was divided in 1708. She apparently left Reading to live with her son Isaac, as she was "of Salem" in
1698/9.(+)(+)
(*) Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Es sex County IV: 142.
(+) Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex Cou nty VI: 190.
?? Records and Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex County VII: 294.
Essex County Deeds 4: 208.
º Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County VII: 323.
Essex County Probate 303: 183.
** Essex County D eeds 303: 183.
(+)(+) Essex County Deeds 13: 64.