Ancestry of
Robert H. Goddard

Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket

Danford Goddard

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• • Great-grandfather of Robert H. Goddard — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Goddard 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Parker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1801 
  • Birth Location:
  • Royalston, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Alvira C. Goddard
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 20 Oct 1827 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Nahum Parks Goddard (Ahnentafel No:4 )

  • Notes: 

  • Danford Goddard's given name is also seen as Danforth.

• Sources for Danford Goddard

  • ¹ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924, Death record for son Nahum P Goddard.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Millbury, Vol. 1, p. 25, Birth record for son Nahum P Goddard.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Royalston, Vol. 1, p. 38, Birth record for Danford Goddard.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Millbury, Vol. 1, p. 82, Marriage intention for Danford Godard and Alvira Godard.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 44.