“William Goodrich, born in England, probably in or near Bury St. Edmunds, County Suffolk; brother of John; probably came to America at the same time as his brother. The first entry on the Conn. Records relative to him is that of his marriage to Sarah Marvin, in 1648; he was not admitted as a freeman of Connecticut till May 15, 1656, and was probably younger than his brother John; he was deputy from Wethersfield in the general court held at Hartford, May 15, 1662, and also one of the grand jury; is officially mentioned in the Col. Rec. of Conn., Vol. II, p. 17, “Mr. Samuel Wells is confirmed in the place and office of a Lieutenant to ye Train Band of Wethersfield, and William Goodrich, Ensigne”; General Assembly at Hartford, May 11, 1663; is also called “ensign William Goodrich” in 1676, just after the close of King Philip’s war. He married Sarah, daughter of Matthew Marvin of Hartford and his wife Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1648; he died in 1676, and his widow married Capt. Wm. Curtiss of Stratford, Conn., where she died in 1702.”22

Of Wethersfield, Connecticut.