Robert GOODSPEED Elizabeth GOODSPEED John GOODSPEED Mary GOODSPEED Robert GOODSPEED Lydia GOODSPEED Lydia GOODSPEED Francis COOK William COOK Mary Ann COOK John COOK Lydia SEAR Mini tree diagram

Sarah GOODSPEED

about 17801 - 7th Aug 18312

Life History

about 1780

Born in Tring, Hertfordshire.1

12th Sep 1820

Married Francis COOK in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.7

The Marriage Register entry states that Francis is a Widower otp; Sarah is a Spinster otp. Witnesses: Mary Beacham, James Field, Joshua Field and Rebekah ? (illegible).

James and Joshua are brothers, b 1798 and 1800 respectively, in Berkhamsted, to parents John Field and Lydia Goodspeed who married in 1798 in Tring (M073002). Lydia Goodspeed was born c1775.

Francis signature is the same as the signature on the marriage to Mary Dorril.

Allen Index shows him as 'Franc'.

1822

Birth of son William COOK in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.3

1824

Birth of daughter Mary Ann COOK in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.4

1826

Birth of son John COOK in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.5

22nd Feb 1826

Death of Francis COOK in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.6

7th Aug 1831

Died in Berkhamsted Baptist, Hertfordshire.2

Notes

  • Sarah is a spinster at the date of her marriage.

    NBI: Sarah COOKs buried 1825-1841 Hertfordshire:
    Berkhamsted 7 Aug 1831 Aged 51 (Baptist)
    Great Gaddesden 1828

    Witness, together with John Field, to the marriage of Ann Goodspeed to Joseph Stevens 11/10/1815 in Tring.


    1841C: William and Mary are together, living with John Field, his wife Lydia nee Goodspeed, and their daughter.


    See Notes re Marriage. The mother of witnesses James and Joshua Field is Lydia Goodspeed ch 1776 Tring, so Lydia is likely to be Sarah's sister (or possibly her cousin, or less likely her aunt) making James and Joshua her cousins.

    Lydia is the youngest recorded child of Robert and Lydia (nee Sear). If John Cook 1826 is indeed a son of Francis and Sarah, it seems unlikely that Sarah would have been born before 1780.

    Therefore it is ASSUMED that James and Joshua are Sarah's cousins. ie they share 'Goodspeed' grandparents. These are Robert and Lydia (nee Sear). Their male children are John 1765 and Robert 1768 Puttenham.

    There is no obvious marriage for John, but Robert m Elizabeth Seabrooke 31/8/1788. However no children are listed for this marriage.

    There is a marriage of Ann Goodspeed to Joseph Stephens on 11-Oct-1815 in Tring, with witness Sarah Goodspeed - ASSUMED to be Ann's sister.

    There is a marriage of Elizabeth Goodspeed to Thomas Liddington on 26-Aug-1799. John Field is a witness (see above).

    See also notes for Mary Ann Cook 1824 Berkhamsted in 1841C.

Sources

  • 1. Probable. See Marriage Notes
  • 2. NBI3, aged 51, but see Notes
  • 3. 1851C, 1861C, C008072-Ch 21/12/1828
  • 4. C008072-Chr 21-Dec-1828
  • 5. C008072-Ch. Chr 21-Dec-1828
  • 6. As 'Crook'. NBI3 & William & Mary Ann's Marriage Certificate
  • 7. M008072

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