Ancestry of
Benjamin Apthorp Gould

Founder of The Astronomical Journal

John Goddard

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• • Great-grandfather of Benjamin Apthorp Gould — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • John Goddard 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Jennison   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 May 1730 
  • Birth Location:
  • Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Apr 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Seaver
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1755 
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  • Child:

  Nathaniel Goddard (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for John Goddard

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A045865.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 32, Birth record for son Nathaniel Goddard.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookline, Vol. 1, p. 31, Birth record for John Goddard.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Boston, Vol. 77, p. 54, Death record for son Nathaniel Goddard.