Ancestry of
Robert H. Goddard

Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket

William Goddard

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Robert H. Goddard — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 128 
  • Father:
  • Edward Goddard 
  • Mother:
  • Priscilla D'Oyly   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1630 
  • Birth Location:
  • England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Oct 1691 
  • Death Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Miles
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1652 
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  Josiah Goddard

  Benjamin Goddard (Ahnentafel No:64 )

  Edward Goddard

• Sources for William Goddard

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1977, Vol. 53, p. 72.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 44.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 244.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 431, 500.
  • ⁵ Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed., The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America: A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the . . ., Chicago: multiple publishers (1925-), Vol. 3, p. 593.