General Notes

RFN67
BIOGRAPHY
In 1665 his father conveyed to Zachariah a portion of his estate
containing about one hundred acres lying northeast of the Goodell
homeste ad, and beyond the farm which he conveyed three years later to
his son, Isaac. Zechariah's final home, however, was the house built
by John Walcott and in his possession as late as 1700.  The farm on
which it was built was a part of the original Goodell grant, and it
may possibly have been only under lease to Walcott, as there are no
deeds to show the facts of the tenure.  The house, which has been the
victim of "modernization" was still standing in 1926.
The court records of 1672 tell the tragi-comic history of an incident
in the life of Elizabeth Beauchamp Goodell.  It appears that John
Smith, husband of her sister-in-law (also named Elizabeth), had for
years made somewhat crude and amorous advances toward her.  In a too
successful attempt to scandalize the gossips of the Village
neighborhood, she told several women, who came purposefully to ferret
out the details of the affair, a highly colored version of Smith's
conduct.  As a result she found herself the defendant in a suit for
slander brought by Smith, and both of them were hailed before the
magistrate for "uncivil carriage".  Smith lost his suit and was
sentenced to be whipped and to remain in goal until the sentence
should be carried out or pay a fine of forty shillings.  The whipping
was remitted, however, and the incident closed with a confession by
Elizabeth that she was "heartily sorry for her foolish words."
Zachariah disposed of his property to his sons by a series of deeds
between 1708 a nd 1715.  In the latter year he conveyed his homestead
to his son David in consideration of support and care of himself and
his wife for the remainder of th eir lives.  David died two years later
and nothing more appears to show where his parents, then about
seventy-five years of age, spent their last years.