Martha Palfrey

Female 1670 - 1737  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Martha Palfrey was born on 18 May 1670 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Nov 1737 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried after 26 Nov 1737 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: KLCX-YRX
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 20900360

    Notes:

    From FindaGrave:

    Here lyes ye Body
    of Mrs. MARTHA
    GODDARD Wife
    to Mr. BENJAMIN
    GODDARD Who
    Died Novr. 26th 1737
    Aged 67 Years.

    Parents: John Palrey & Rebecca Bordman

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLCX-YRX

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20900360

    Family/Spouse: Benjamin Goddard. Benjamin (son of William Goddard and Elizabeth Miles) was born on 17 Aug 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Oct 1748 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried after 24 Oct 1748 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Benjamin Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Aug 1705 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Dec 1759; was buried after 10 Dec 1759 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Benjamin Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born on 8 Aug 1705 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Dec 1759; was buried after 10 Dec 1759 in Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LCR4-RP9
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 143896214

    Notes:

    From FindaGrave:

    Son of Benjamin and Martha (Palfrey) Goddard.

    Husband of Mary Kidder. They wed in Cambridge, MA, on Dec. 9, 1731.
    ______________

    Cambridge VRs, birth, pg 293
    Goddard, Benjamin, s. Benjamin and Martha, Aug. 8, 1705.

    Cambridge VRs, marriage, pg 164
    Goddard, Benjamin and Mary Kidder, Dec. 9, 1731.

    Cambridge Vital Records, deaths, pg 573
    Goddard, Benjamin of Grafton, Dec. 10, 1759, in his 55th y. GR1

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCR4-RP9

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143896214

    Benjamin married Mary Kidder on 9 Dec 1731 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 5 Jun 1707 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1792 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 4 Apr 1792 in Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov 1733 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Apr 1820; was buried after 18 Apr 1820 in Petersham Center Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    2. 4. Josiah Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Sep 1735; died on 12 Feb 1784.
    3. 5. Benjamin Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Nov 1736 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1806.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Elizabeth Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 1 Nov 1733 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Apr 1820; was buried after 18 Apr 1820 in Petersham Center Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

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    • FamilySearch ID: 94FT-WLC
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 62268908

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/94FT-WLC

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62268908

    Family/Spouse: Robert Goddard, Sr.. Robert (son of Edward Goddard, II and Hepzibah Hapgood) was born on 13 Aug 1728 in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Jun 1807 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after Jun 1807 in Petersham Center Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Deacon Joel Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Apr 1763 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Dec 1843 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 6 Dec 1843 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  2. 4.  Josiah Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 14 Sep 1735; died on 12 Feb 1784.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: L6CK-HC4

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6CK-HC4

    Family/Spouse: Hulda Batchelder. Hulda was born on 1 May 1741 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Feb 1792. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Anna Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Feb 1762 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1823; was buried after 14 Sep 1823 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  3. 5.  Benjamin Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 15 Nov 1736 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1806.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LQRQ-LGR

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LQRQ-LGR

    Benjamin married Mary Flagg on 8 Dec 1763 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary was born about 1740 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Apr 1824. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Sally Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Aug 1778 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1822 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 20 Jan 1822 in Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Deacon Joel Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (3.Elizabeth3, 2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 8 Apr 1763 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Dec 1843 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 6 Dec 1843 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LQRQ-6C1
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52338696

    Notes:

    From FindaGrave:

    AE 80

    son of Robert & Elizabeth(Goddard of Grafton)

    sibilings:
    Huldah b: 12 Jan 1761 d: 6 Oct 1827 @66
    Rhoda b: 11 Feb 1762
    Nathaniel b: 20 Oct 1764 d: 19 Dec 1816 @ 52y2m
    Stephen b: 7 Oct 1766 d: 28 Nov 1768
    John b: 18 Feb 1768 d: 21 Dec 1768
    Stephen b: 21 Apr 1769
    John b: 14 Nov 1770
    Levi b: 25 Jul 1772
    Ashbel b: 23 Aug 1774 d: 23 Apr 1776
    Nahum b: 14 Feb 1776
    int:Sally Richardson of Shrewsbury 8 Dec 1800
    Robert b: 20 Jun 1778 d: 9 Jun 1807 @ 79

    children of Joel & Anna (Goddard of Sutton) int: 16 Jan 1786

    Lucy b: 10 Dec 1786
    Ashbel b: 1 Oct 1788
    m: Betsey Grosvenor 9 May 1816
    Charles b: 7 Sep 1790
    Joseph b: 17 Aug 1793
    Rufus b: 3 Jul 1796
    Anna b: 17 Sep 1803

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LQRQ-6C1

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52338696

    Joel married Anna Goddard after 16 Jan 1786. Anna (daughter of Josiah Goddard and Hulda Batchelder) was born on 23 Feb 1762 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1823; was buried after 14 Sep 1823 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Ashbel Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1788 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Apr 1855 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 2 Apr 1855 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Joel married Hannah Grosvenor after 18 Jun 1825. Hannah (daughter of Rev. Asa Grosvenor and Hannah Buckley Prescott Hall) was born on 13 Aug 1769 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; died on 14 Nov 1843 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 14 Nov 1843 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Anna Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (4.Josiah3, 2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 23 Feb 1762 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1823; was buried after 14 Sep 1823 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LQRQ-633
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 52338854

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LQRQ-633

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52338854

    Anna married Deacon Joel Goddard after 16 Jan 1786. Joel (son of Robert Goddard, Sr. and Elizabeth Goddard) was born on 8 Apr 1763 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Dec 1843 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 6 Dec 1843 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Ashbel Goddard  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Oct 1788 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 2 Apr 1855 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 2 Apr 1855 in Coolidge Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  3. 8.  Sally Goddard Descendancy chart to this point (5.Benjamin3, 2.Benjamin2, 1.Martha1) was born on 16 Aug 1778 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1822 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 20 Jan 1822 in Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch ID: LQRQ-54S
    • FindaGrave Memorial ID: 132260085

    Notes:

    FamilySearch ID:
    https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LQRQ-54S

    FindaGrave Memorial ID:
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132260085

    Buried:
    This might be a cenotaph since this cemetery did not exist at her death. Sally is in the cemetery record as being buried at Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, MA though it could be she was moved at a later date to be with her husband and sons in the Holbrook family plot at Riverside Cemetery.

    Her parents were Benjamin & Mary Goddard.

    Sally married Stephen Holbrook on 16 May 1799 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Stephen was born on 8 Oct 1767 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1850 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 26 May 1850 in Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Deacon Lewis Holbrook  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1800 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Jul 1896 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried after 25 Jul 1896 in Riverside Cemetery, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.