• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0988, Date of Import: Oct 22, 1998]
  
  Nathaniel Goodyear (1689-1752)
  Sources:
  New Haven Vital Records, pp. 128,135,139,146,152,179,282,313,316, 81.
  Goodyear Family, History by George F. Goodyear  FHL 929.273 G639g.                                  Stephen Goodyear
  During the first four years of the settlement of the New Haven Colony,
  but little or any reference seems to have been made in the colony records
  to the  "modest London merchant" who was soon to take a more prominent part
  in the  affairs of the colony than any other freeman in it, with the single
  exception  of Theophilus Eaton, who had from the first taken the lead in
  the civil magistracy.  In the various public meetings, as well as in the
  general courts of the colony, other parties came forward at first to take
  the more prominent parts to which public opinion assigned them; from the
  first appearance of Mr.Goodyear is as a referee of the General Court and as
  a voluntary purchaser of territory for the plantation colony. In Oct.,
  1641, however, his fellow townsmen seem to have recognized for the first
  time his great personal merit and worth and at a general court of election,
  held in that month he was chosen with Mr. Eaton to the civil magistracy of
  the town.  From this time forward he appears to have taken a prominent part
  in the management of public affairs, more prominent in fact in some
  respects than Mr. Eaton himself. In Oct. 1642, he was again chosen magistr-
  ate with Mr. Eaton, while other men formerly more conspicuous took subor-
  dinate positions in the civil magistracy of the town.  In  1643, Mr.
  Goodyear was chosen Deputy Governor for the jurisdiction, as it was
  called, embracing the government of New Haven, Milford, Guilford, Stamford,
  and  Yenicott (L.I.), still holding the position of magistrate of the town
  with  Governor Eaton; and this office of Deputy Governor he continued to
  hold until  1658, when he died in London, where he had gone on a visit.
  For a more detailed history of Mr. Goodyear's diplomatic relations with
  other colonies consult "The Goodyear Family History by George F. Goodyear"
  from  which this excerpt was taken.   FHL 929.273  G 639gy. 

Details of Nathaniel's family with Sarah Wooding