&5 12 *t1 imSfi » ,§V J • • ^^ (tbmmll Itoivewitg Jitatg i UU"WL. THE GIFT OF 5-uwa.. .,...£kcjr, A,^.? ^ ^[ig-^ GENEALOGICAL NOTES HOPKINS-GOODWIN-BROWN PREPARED BY GOODWIN BROWN, Esq. ■ 1895 Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029842220 A. °i^o(fi GENEALOGICAL NOTES HOPKINS-GOODWIN-BROWN PREPARED BY GOODWIN BROWN, Esq. 1895 Notes taken from History of Waterbury, in New York State Library (No. 974. 67 W. 29), Henry Bronson (Author) Waterbury, May, 1858: , "The Goodwins of Hartford, Conn., J. L. Goodwin," and other works. There is a new History of Waterbury now in course of preparation (December, 1895), which will doubtless throw additional light on the Hopkins family. The following notes relate principally to the Hopkins and Goodwin branches) of the family. HOPKINS 1. John Hopkins, settled at Cambridge, Mass, 1630. 2. Stephen Hopkins, son of John, born 1634. 3. John Hopkins, son of Stephen, boVn 1665. 4. Stephen Hopkins, son of John, born 1689. 5. Joseph Hopkins, son of Stephen, born 1730. 6. Jesse Hopkins, son of Joseph, born May 20, 1766. 7. Sally Goodwin Hopkins, daughter of Jesse Hopkins, born Sept. 13, 179S. 8. Thomas Goodwin Brown, son of Sally Goodwin Hopkins and Am- asa Brown, born 1822. 9. Goodwin Brown, son of Thomas Goodwin Brown, born April 5, 1852. 10. Fraser Brown, son of Goodwin Brown, born June 10, 1879. f<7 1. John Hopkins came from Coventry, England, certainly as early as 1630, and settled at Cambridge, Mass. Married Jane . (See American An- cestry, vol. 4, page 228.) Made a freeman March 4, 1634. (See Records of Mass., vol. 1, page 370); removed to Hartford, Conn., 1636; was there an original proprietor the year before, where he became a selectman in 1640, and a juror in 1043. In Paige's History of Cambridge, from 1630 to 1877, pages XV-XVI, the plan of Cambridge is given, and the home- stead of John Hopkins is shown, and is indicated as No. 24, situated on Spring or Mount Auburn St. The biographical sketch on p. 580 corresponds with the sketch given in the History of Waterbury. It is not known what relation, if any, he bore to Stephen Hopkins, who came to Plymouth, Mass., in 1620 in the Mayflower (Mrs. Milton Haxtun, of 50 St. Felix St., Brook- lyn, a distinguished genealogist, asserts her belief that he was a son of Ste- phen Hopkins), or to Edward Hopkins, who arrived in Boston in 1637, and afterwards was Governor of Connecticut. John Hopkins' will was dated 1048, and the inventory April 14, 1654. He left a widow, Jane, who after- wards married Nathaniel Ward, and two children, Stephen and Bethia, The last named married Samuel Stocking, of Middletown, Conn. John Hop- kins' name appears among the proprietors of the undivided lands in Hart- ford, as the owner of lots 20 and 24 (See p. 9 of the Historical Notices of Hartford, Conn., No. 1-1640). In the last above work, the location of the residence of John Hopkins is given as house lot 43 in the 8th tier which "lies on the west side of Trumbull Street, and is numbered 35 to 43 from Burr Street to the River." It is stated in this work that "the most distinguished families among the first settlers were located on the two sides of the Little River." In the Memorial History of Hartford County, Conn., p. 228, a map of the City of Hartford as it existed in 1040 is shown. On this map the residence of John Hopkins is located on the south bank of the Little River, opposite the two islands, on the high-way. The following sketch of the original proprietors is given on p. 247 of the last above work: "John Hopkins, Cambridge, 1630; freeman, Mass., March 4, 1634; removed to Hartford, where he was an original proprietor; his home lot was on what is now the East Park; chosen townsman, 1040; juror, 1643; d. in 1654; inv. April 14, 1654, 236.8 pounds; left a widow, Jane, who married (2) Nathaniel Ward, of Hartford, afterward of Hadley (q. v.)- Ch. 1. Stephen, b. ab. 1634; made a freeman, 1657; m. Dorcas, dau. of John Bronson, of Farmington; chosen townsman, 1668, 1672; d. Oct. 1689. The great thelogian, Rev. Sam- uel Hopkins of Great Barrington and Newport, was his great-grandson. II. Bethia, b. ab. 1635; m. (1) May 27, 1652, Deacon Samuel Stocking of Middle- town; (2) Jas. Steele, of Hartford.'' See also History of Waterbury, pp. 151, 152, 502, 503. 2. Stephen Hopkins, son of John, born 1634; married Dorcas, daughter of John Bronson, 1st., of Farmington; he died about 1689; made a freeman 1656. His will bore date Sept. 28, 1680, and his inventory amounted to 591 pounds. In the Historical Notices of Hartford, Con., No. 1, p. 42, 1640, it appears that in the laying out of lands according to the just proportions to each of the "original proprietors," Stephen Hopkins, son of John, was given lot 6, being 12 rods in breadth and containing 36 acres. See refer- ence to Stephen Hopkins under John Hopkins, the original settler. See also History of Waterbury, pp. 151, 152, 502, 503. 3. John Hopkins, son of Stephen, of Waterbury, born 1665. He married Hannah . "He was one of the most respected and influential of the early settlers of Waterbury." He subscribed to the sixty pound settlement of the first minister; was townsman in 1692, and several times afterwards; constable in 1702; grand juror for two years; deputy in 1704, and many times from 1708 to 1726; justice of the peace 1725 to 1729, inclusive. He held the office of town clerk in 1713, and was also tavern keeper from 1712 to 1718, inclusive, and probably earlier, and ordinary keeper in 1714-1715. He ob- tained, too, military honor, so much sought for in his day, being sergeant in 1714, ensign in 1715, and lieutenant in 1716. After the later date he was known as "Left. Hopkins." When the new meeting house came to be settled in 1729, he was one of the revered dignitaries who were voted into "the first pew at the west end of the pulpit." (Hist, of Waterbury, p. 152). "John Hopkins' house and lot was situated on the corner of East Main and Bank Streets. It contains two acres, and was bounded December 26, 1691. The house stood on Main street a little east of the lane put down on the map as Brook Street." John Hopkins was a large land holder. He gave away much land during his lifetime to his children by deed; still he left a considerable estate. He died November 16, 1732. His inventory amounted to 1251 pounds. (History of Waterbury, PP- 152-3). It appears that John Hopkins was engaged in the Indian wars. July 20, 1710, he was appointed with two others a committee to "draw up in writing the circumstances of the town in this time of war and represent to the general court to be holdeu in New Haven on August 4, 1710, by their deputies to be by them preseuted to said court." (History of Waterbury, pp. 106-107). He was again appointed on the committe of public safety April 9, 1711, and to represent to the general court the fears of the colony of the common enemy and to take their advice and counsel. (History of Waterbury, pp. 107-8). In 1716 he was appointed lieutenant — having been formerly an ensign of the military company at Waterbury. (History of Waterbury, p. 152). This was evidently regarded as a high honor, as "military titles were in high repute among the colonists. They were preferred to civil or ecclesiasti- cal honors. A corporal was on the road to distinction. His office was occa- sionally, but not usually, attached to his name. A sergeant had attained distinction, and his title was never omitted. An ensign or a lieutenant was lifted quite above the heads of his fellows." (History of Waterbury, pp. 109-110). On page 16 is a map of Waterbury, on which is shown the house of John Hopkins, and he is put down as one of the original proprietors. Among the personal notices of the first settlers of Waterbury it is stated "not one of them bore a name which was particularly distinguished in the early history of the colonies with the exception of Hopkins." (History of Waterbury, p. 129). The author states that since the above was written, he has looked in the Brooks' Encyclopedia of Heraldry, London, 1844, and he finds there among the following names those of Andrews, Barnes, Bronson, Carrington, Clark, Hancock and Hopkins. (History of Waterbury, PP- 129-130), pp. 151, 152. 502, 503. 4. Stephen Hopkins, son of John, of Waterbury, born Nov. 19, 1689, died 1769. Married Susanna, daughter of John Peck, of Wallingford, 1717. He received "bachelor accommodations"' in 1712; was townsman in 1724, and afterwards; deputy many times after 1732; special agent to the general court in 1737-8. He was a prominent man in his day. His house was near the west corner of East Main and MillStreets. (History of Waterbury, pp. 153, 502, 503). 5. Joseph Hopkins, son of Stephen, of Waterbury. Born in the limits of present Naugatick, June 6, 1730. He married Hepzibah, daughter of Thomas Clark, Nov. 28, 1754. Joseph Hopkins died in New Haven, Conn., March 27, 1801. His father was a man of influence, and frequently repre- sentative to the general court, "and the celebrated Samuel Hopkins of Newport was his first cousin." He was appointed "town treasurer in 1758, and held the office six succes- sive years; in 1762 was made justice of the peace, and was continued in of- fice until 1766. In the spring of 1764 he was chosen a representative to the General Assembly, and from that period until 1796 was reelected forty-four times, or for nearly two-thirds of the sessions. He was an active and ear- nest patriot during the war of the revolution, and for most of the time was a respected member of the lower house. In consequence probably of his knowledge of metals he was put at the head of a committee in 1775 to visit the lead mines of the state. In 1776 he was selected for a similar service, the committee being charged to search for lead (great at that time was the dearth of lead). He was one of those appointed in 1777 to sign the small bills for currency." (History of Waterbury, p. 411). In 1777 he was appointed one of the justices of the quorum, which post he held until he died. When the probate district of Waterbury was established in 1779 he was made its first judge, and was continued in office during his life. For more than thirty years before his death he was more widely and advantageously known than any other man of the town. The following no- tice of his death is given: "Died in the City of New Haven, Conn., Joseph Hopkins, Esq., senior assistant judge of the county court for the court of New Haven, in the seventy-second year of his age. On Saturday the corpse was conveyed to Waterbury attended by some of his family, accompanied a part of the way by a procession composed of the judges of the court and the college and the gentlemen of the bar, the sheriff and other officers of the court and citizens of New Haven. The procession stopped in front of the court-house, and a prayer well adapted to the occasion was made by the Reverend President Dwight (of Yale College) in the presence of a large collection of the inhabitants." (History of Waterbury, pp. 411-412). In 1774 he was appointed one of a committee to sustain and carry out the work of the Continental Congress. This committee adopted a resolu- tion as follows: "This committee therefore agree and resolve faithfully to adhere to and strictly to abide by the decision entered into by said Congress— and appoint the gentlemen hereinafter named a committee to see the same carried into execution in every title thereof." (See History of Waterbury, pp. 334-5.) At the next meeting held Jan. 12th, 1775, he was one of the committee chosen to "receive the donations that may be contributed towards the relief of the poor in Boston," who were suffering at this time from the effects of the odious Boston Port Bill. See History of Waterbury, p. 336.) "After the Declaration of Independence and its approval by the State of Connecticut, in October, 177(1, a law against high treason was enacted and denned. At the same time an oath of fidelity was prescribed and enjoined to be taken by the freemen and officers of the same. No person could exe- cute any office after January 1, 1777, till he had taken the oath of fidelity; no freeman could vote for any officer till he had taken the same. This law was repealed in December, but another was enacted in June, 1777. At the session in August the members of assembly took the prescribed oath. Mr. Joseph Hopkins and Capt. Ezra Bronson were the representatives from Waterbury." (History of Waterbury, p. 345). In Feb., 1781, still more stringent laws, aimed at what is called "freedom of speech and the press," were passed. One enacted that if any person, be- ing a citizen, "should by writing profess or declare that the king of Great Britain hath or of right ought to have, any authority or dominion in or over this state, or the inhabitants thereof, or that he or they owe allegiance to the said king within the same," etc, he shall be "put to death." Mr. Abner Johnson and Mr. Joseph Hopkins were the members for Wa- terbury at the above session. (See History of Waterbury, pp. 353-572). "General Lafayette once during the war — perhaps more than once — passed through Waterbury. He also on one occasion stopped at the house of Jo- seph Hopkins, Esq., then the most prominent civilian in the place." (His- tory of Waterbury, pp. 358-359). "General Washington passed through Waterbury certainly once on his way to Hartford, in 1780 or 1781. He dined with Judge Joseph Hopkins, whose house stood on the site of S. M. Buckingham's dwelling," (History of Wa- terbury, p. 358). Among those who had the largest taxable estate he stood next to the high- est, being taxed for 156 pounds, and he is mentioned as one of the seren H who owned watches— which evidently was regarded as an important matter. He was a member of the convention of Connecticut which met in January, 1788, and ratified the constitution of the United States and voted for its rat- ification. (History of Waterbury, pp. 002, 503, 575.) G. Jesse Hopkins, son of Joseph, born May 20, 1766. Hough, in his His- tory of Jefferson County, says of him: "At the age of seventeen on the visit of Generals Washington and Lafayette at the residence of his father, Lafay- ette was so pleased with the youth that he made him his aide during a. se- ries of military operations at that quarter. His youth prevented him from enlisting in the army and his love of country from accepting the invitation of Lafayette to visit France." This statement of Hough is doubted by the author of the History of Waterbury, who says that while young Hopkins was not too young to have been engaged in the war of the revolution, actual hostilities had ceased. Judge Jesse Hopkins of himself says: "I was in childhood at the com- mencement of the revolutionary war, and at its close had just arrived at that age which entitled me to shoulder my musket and be alive to all the interesting events of the day. Being a son of a revolutionary patriot, who was a member of the State Legislature, I had an opportunity of acquiring considerable political information for many years, as well as inhaling that spirit of patriotism which was characteristic of the times." (History of Waterbury, pp. 412-413, 504.) In December, 1794, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Nathaniel Good- win, of Hartford, by whom he had two children, Betsey and Sally Goodwin the latter my grandmother. His wife died in 1799. He subsequently married his cousin, the grand- daughter of Samuel Hopkins, D. D., the celebrated divine of Newport, R. I. In 1805 Jesse Hopkins was appointed the agent of William Henderson, of New York, the owner of a large tract of land in the western part of Jefferson Co., N. Y. He removed thither and opened a land office. When the town of Henderson was organized in 1806; he was elected supervisor, and held the office until 1810. In 1813 he became county judge, having been appointed by DeWitt Clinton. "He erected a fine seat at the head of the bay, commanding a prospect of unrivalled beauty." (This house is still standing at the head of Henderson Bay, although the original structure has been greatly changed). My father, Thomas Goodwin Brown, resided there from 1856 to 1862. It is stated by Dr. Hough that he wrote a Patriot's Manual— of which my mother has a copy. — G. Brown. A steel plate engraving of Judge Hopkins appears on p. 433 of Hough's History of Jefferson County, executed by J. B. Gavit, of Albany. 7. Sally Goodwin Hopkins Brown, daughter of Jesse (she was Amasa Brown's second wife), born 1798, in Hartford, Conn.; married Amasa Brown of Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y. She died in 1856 in that town. They had the following children: Thomas Goodwin Brown, James S. Brown, Ar- thur J. Brown, Catherine Dwight (Brown), Elizabeth Robbins (Brown). 13 8. Thomas Goodwin Brown, son of Sally Goodwin Hopkins Brown, born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1822, son of the preceding. He married Josephine C. Keith of Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y. They had the follow- ing children: Elizabeth Robbins Packer (maiden name Brown), Catherine Jo- sephine Brown (died in 1879), Goodwin Brown, Sarah A. Brown and Jesse Hopkins Brown. 9. Goodwin Brown, son of Thomas Goodwin Brown and Josephine C. Keith, born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 18.12; married Lillian Spen- cer Woodhouse, of Hartford, Conn., daughter of Col. Levi Woodhouse and Theodosia Antoinette Woodhouse. Col. Woodhouse died in Albany at No. 21 North Pine Ave., the residence of Good-win Brown, Oct. 17, 1895, and was buried in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 21 of that year. Goodwin Brown has one son, an only child, Praser Brown, born June 10, 1879, Hartford, Conn. Goodwin Brown was educated at the academy in the village of Mexico, and continued his education at Cornell university in the class of 1875. In college he was class essayist for two successive years; a member of the Psi Upsilon and Phi Kappa Psi Greek letter societies. In 1894 he was elected vice-president of the Albany Cornell alumni assocSation. In 1891 Union 1 college conferred the honorary degree of A. M. on Mr. Brown. After leaving Cornell Mr. Brown was engaged in business for a few years in Hartford and Cincinnati. In the fall of 187S he removed to Buffalo, and in the following spring was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the state, and during the next year was admitted to practice in the United States Courts. January 1, 18$3, he was appointed by Governor Cleveland as pardon and extradition clerk in the Governor's office — he being the second appointment made by Mr. Cleveland as Governor. Governor Hill reap- pointed) him to the position at the beginning of his term in 1886 and again in 1889. In 1889, upon the creation of the State Commission in Lunacy, Governor Hill appointed Mr. Brown the legal member of the Commission. He was reappointed by Governor Flower in 1893 for a term of six years. In 1887 Governor Hill appointed Mr. Brown a delegate to represent the state of New York at a convention of states and territories called for the unification and improvement of the extradition laws. He was secretary of the convention, and one of a committtee to prepare a bill for presentation to Congress, providing for the regulation of the extradition of fugitives from jnstice. In 1889 Mr. Brown was appointed by the trustees of Cornell university special lecturer in the school of law, and. was reappointed in 1891 and also in 1894. He is a member of the board for the establishment of state in- sane asylum districts. Mr. Brown is the author of the statute providing for the reduction of sen- tences of convicts for good behavior, and providing in the event of the vio- lation of the condition of discharge that they may be reimprisoned for the unexpired portion of their term; for the remission of fines in criminal 15 cases; revising the extradition statutes of New York, and providing that no person charged with crime shall be returned to another state unless regu- larly extradited; providing for the subpoenaing of witnesses and for the production of books and cases in pardon cases before the governor; provid- ing that convicts must be sentenced so that their terms shall expire during warm weather, when the opportunities for employment are the best; requir- ing that all stenographer's minutes and all legal papers in all legal actions shall be transcribed and printed on paper of standard size, in order to pro- vide for the effectual preservation of court papers and documents; provid- ing that no person charged with a crime punishable by life imprisonment shall be convicted upon a plea of "guilty;" providing for the appointment of women physicians in state hospitals; providing for the erection of free public baths in cities and towns of New York in 1892, and for the amend- ment of the act passed in 1895, which makes the erection of such baths mandatory; providing for a general scheme for fire protection in all public institutions supported wholly or in part by the state; for the erection of out- side iron stairways in all general hospitals in the state; providing for the appointment of a committee of a lunatic without the expense and delay of a jury where the state is the petitioner. The Medical Record in New York city, Dr. George F. Shrady, editor, un- der date of June 22, 1895, stated that one of the two great acts of which the legislature of 1895 should be entitled to credit was the act providing for the erection and maintenance of free public baths. The State Commission in Lunacy, of which Mr. Brown was a member, recommended to the legislature, in 1889, that all of the insane in the poor- houses of the state be removed to the state hospitals, and that the insane become a state charge. The recommendation of the Commission was adopted by the legislature of 1895, and an appropriation of half a million of dollars was made for the erection of additional buildings. In 1893 the last of the insane in the poorhouses were removed to the state hospitals, and the state made a direct appropriation for the support, and placed the financial control of all the state hospitals in the hands of the Commission. In 1894 the State Commission in Lunacy was made a constitutional body by vote of 122' in favor to 18 against — the constitution was ratified by the people that year, and went into effect January 1, 1895. 10. Elizabeth Robbing Packer, daughter of Thomas Goodwin Brown, born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., December 13, 1845; mar- ried Thurston Green Packer, born in Bllisburgh, Jefferson County, N. Y., May 19, 1842. They have had the following children: Flavius Augustus Packer, 1st, born August 21, 1865; died February 25, 1866; Flavius Brown Packer, born February 3, 1867; Goodwin Packer, born November 1, 1869; Josephine Cornelia Packer, born May 8, 1873. All of these children were born in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y. Jesse Hopkins Packer, born Jan. 13, 1883, in Smyrna, Chenango Co., N. Y. 17 11. Jesse Hopkins Brown, son of Thomas Goodwin Brown, born October 12, 1858, in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; married Frances Pruyn in 1879. They had the following children: Geoi-ge, born in Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1879, and died in infancy; Garrett, born in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1881; Harold, born in Syracuse, in 1887. (I have given the dates of birth of my brother's children as accurately as I recall the same.) 12. Sarah Ann Brown, born 1863. GOODWIN 1. Ozias Goodwin, the head of the Connecticut family of that name. 2. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Ozias, born about 1637. 3. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Nathaniel, born July, 1665. 4. Daniel Goodwin, Son of Nathaniel, born Jan. 15, 1705. 5. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Daniel, baptised Nov. 13, 1743. 6. Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of Nathaniel, born July 27, 1773. 7. Sally Goodwin, daughter of Elizabeth, born Sept. 13, 1798. 8. Thomas Goodwin Brown, son of Sally Goodwin, born 1822. 9. Goodwin Brown, son of Thomas Goodwin Brown, born April 5, 1852. 10. Fraiser Brown, son of Goodwin, born June 10, 1879. 1. Ozias Goodwin, the head of the Connecticut family of that name, mar- ried Mary Woodward, daughter of Robert, of Braintree, Eng., in 1639. He had become a resident of Hartford, Conn. A copy of an affidavit is given on p. 107 of the Goodwins of Hartford, Conn., showing that he was a partner of William Goodwin, one of the original settlers of Cambridge, Mass., and who removed to Hartford. (The Goodwins of Hartford (1891) p. 107). 2. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Ozias, born about 1637; was admitted a free- man by the general court of Connecticut in October, 1662, and was one of the "townsmen" of Hartford in 1669, 1678, 1682. He married Sarah Coles, daughter of John and Hannah Coles, of Hatfield, Mass., formerly of Farm- ington, Conn. Sarah (Coles) Goodwin died May 8, 1676, aged 29, and her monument still to be seen in the Center Church burying ground (on Main street in the City of Hartford, a short distance from the old city hall) — is the oldest one now extant in Hartford bearing the name of Goodwin. The inscription on the tombstone (as I saw it Oct. 20, 1895), as copied by Charles J. Hoadley, state librarian of Connecticut, is as follows: "SARAH, the wife of NATHANIEL GOODWIN, OF HARTFORD, AGED 29 YEARS, DEBASED, MAY 8th, 1676." Nathaniel Godwin married (2) Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of Daniel Pratt, of Hartford. The will of Nathaniel Goodwin, dated April 19, 1090, is given in "The Goodwins of Hartford (1891) p. 549. 3. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Nathaniel, born July, 1665; married (1) Lois Porter, daughter of Deacon Thomas Porter, of Farmington. She died June 15, 1697, aged 27. Nathaniel married (2), Sept. 14, 1699, Sarah Easton, born Nov. 15, 1675, daughter of John Easton. In May, 1721, he was appointed 19 ensign of the North Company or train band of Hartford. He died March 12, 1746. His wife Sarah (Easton) Goodwin died January 2, 1740. (The Goodwins of Hartford, p. 554). 4. Daniel Goodwin, son of Nathaniel, born Jan. 15, 1705. He married (1) Dorothy Cole, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Cole, who died Oct. 7, 1746, aged 26. He married (2) Nov. 6, 1748, Abagail (Olcott) Bige- low, February 15, 1703-4, daughter of John and Mary Blackleach (Wells) Ol- cott, and widow of Timothy Bigelow. Daniel Goodwin was appointed en- sign of the Hartford train band inOctober, 1737; lieutenant May, 1744; and captain, October, 1749, which latter position he held until April, 1755, and was six years one of the selectmen of the town, and deacon of the first church from 1769 until his death, Jan. 6, 1772. He left an estate of over 10,000 pounds. His widow, Abigail (Olcott) Bigelow-Goodwin, died Dec. 26, 1776. (The Goodwins of Hartford, p. 556.) 5. Nathaniel Goodwin, son of Daniel (date of birth not given), baptised Nov. 13, 1743 ; married Anna Sheldon, daughter of Isaac Sheldon. Nathan- iel Goodwin was a merchant in Hartford, and died Feb. 20, 1782. Anna (Sheldon) Goodwin, died Feb. 4, 1823, aged 73. (The Goodwins of Hartford, p. 557). 6. Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of Nathaniel, born July 27, 1773; mar- ried Dec. 3, 1794, Jesse Hopkins, born May 20, 1766, son of Judge Joseph and Hepzibah (Clark) Hopkins of Watei'bury, Conn. (The Goodwins of Hartford, p. 557). 7. Sally Goodwin Hopkins, daughter of Elizabeth Goodwin and Jesse Hopkins, born in Hartford, Sept. 13,1798. 8. Thomas Goodwin Brown, son of Sally Goodwin (Hopkins) Brown, born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1822. 9. Goodwin Brown, son of Thomas Goodwin Brown and Josephine C. Keith, born in Henderson, Jefferson Co., N. Y., 1852. 10. Fraser Brown, son of Goodwin Brown, born in Hartford, Conn., June 10, 1879. Prepared Dec. 28, 1895. GOODWIN BROWN