Events
Date of Baptism: 27 October 1745.
Place of Baptism: Hardwicke, Gloucestershire.
The date and place are recorded in the parish register.
Date of Burial: 30 December 1778.
Place of Burial: Churcham, Gloucestershire.
The date and place are recorded in the parish register.
Relationships
Father: William Goode
Mother: Elizabeth Ridler
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Sarah Fletcher. Married 26 July 1764 in Moreton Valence, Gloucestershire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
William Goode (baptized 30 October 1768 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire)
Thomas Goode (baptized 7 April 1771 in Westbury on Severn)
Ann Goode (baptized 7 August 1774 in Westbury on Severn - buried 28 October 1838 in Abenhall, Gloucestershire) married William White 10 October 1791 in Churcham, Gloucestershire.
Joseph Goode (baptized 1 February 1778 in Churcham, Gloucestershire - buried 14 September 1858 in Lower Mitton, Worcestershire) married Jane Hammonds 13 November 1803 in Lower Mitton, Worcestershire.
Evidence
Thomas’s baptism (Hardwicke):
Thomas the son of William and Elizabeth good baptized October the 27 (1745
Thomas’s marriage (Moreton Valence):
1764.
The Banns of marriage betwen Thomas Good & Sarah Fletcher both of this Parish were published on three several Sundays viz: in May 20.th & 27.th, and June 3:rd. in the Parish Church of Moreton Vallence according to the statute in that case made
by me John Jones curate
The aforesaid Thomas Good & Sarah Fletcher both of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns (being both of age) this Twenty sixth Day of July one Thousand Seven Hundred and sixty four.
by me John Jones min.t
This marriage was solemniz’d between us Tho.s Good’s mark Sarah Fletcher’s mark
In the Presence of Joh Merett Will.m Finch’s mark
Baptisms of Thomas's children (Westbury on Severn):
Oct.r 30. [1768] Willliam Son of Thomas & Sarah Good.
April 7. [1771] Thomas Son of Thomas & Sarah Good.
August 7 [1774] Ann Daur. of Thomas & Sarah Good.
Baptisms of Thomas's children (Churcham):
Bapt: Joseph Son of Thomas Good & Sarah his wife Feb. 1. [1778]
Thomas’s burial (Churcham, 1778):
Bur.d Thomas Good --- Dec.r 30
Commentary
Thomas’s parentage:
I have found three baptisms of Thomas Goodes in the area in the revelant time period:
Thomas Goode, baptized in Newent in 1735, parents John and Sibil.
This Thomas married Mary Murrel in 1765 in Pauntley and had children baptized in Newent in the 1760s.
Thomas Goode, baptized in Blaisdon in 1744, parents John and Dinah.
This Thomas married Mary Lodge 1773 in Westbury. The abodes of both were recorded as Westbury. Mary was buried 1779 in Moreton Valence. This Thomas married secondly Susannah Harding in 1783 in Westbury, when Thomas’s abode was given as Blaisdon. They had children baptized in Blaisdon in 1785, 1787, and 1790.
Thomas Goode, baptized in Hardwicke in 1745, parents William and Elizabeth.
This Thomas had a brother Joseph who was baptized in Hardwicke 21 January 1749/50. Joseph was married in Churcham in 1785 and buried there in 20 February 1818, when his age at death is recorded as 77.
The evidence supports (3) being the Thomas Goode of this page. The Thomas Goode of this page was buried in Churcham in 1778, and his widow remarried there in 1792 and was buried there in 1815. The brother of (3) was married in Churcham in 1785 and was buried there in 1818. The Thomas Goode of this page named his eldest son “William”, which was the name of the father of (3). It is true that, like (2), (3) was about ten years younger than Sarah Fletcher, the wife of the Thomas Goode of this page. But the other evidence seems strong enough to establish the relationship.
The Fretherne parish registers record the marriage of William Goode of Hardwicke and Elizabeth Ridler of Haresfield in Fretherne in 1737. William and Elizabeth Goode began having children baptized in Hardwicke in 1739/40.
References
Churcham Parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P83 IN 1/1 (digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 13 February 2015).
Fretherne Parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P151 IN 1/2 (digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 13 February 2015).
Hardwicke Parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P161 IN 1/2 (digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 13 February 2015).
Moreton Valence Parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P222 IN 1/2, 1/4 (digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 13 February 2015).
Westbury on Severn Parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P354 IN 1/3 (digital images on Ancestry.com accessed 13 February 2015).