CHILDHOOD
Phillip was the first son from William Goodhew IV's second marriage, to Sarah Allemore. He was christened in Borden, Mar 11 1792.
Methodism was a telling force during the years that Phillip Goodhew grew up. A Hartlip resident would later speak of the day a lovely young woman came to preach in a cherry orchard. (Between a third and half the travelling preachers were women.) Others remember “the white heat of evangelism ... spreading like fire”. A pub owner complained that he might as well let his establishment out to the Christians “because they had such influence over the people that they no longer came to his taproom.”
MARRIAGE
He may have become acquainted with Harriet Sargent during similar meetings, for their first surviving records are from the Methodist church. They were 38 and 34, respectively, by the time they married. Harriet's siblings, Robert and Charlotte Sargent served as witnesses to the ceremony in Borden Oct 20, 1831
Phillip and Harriet appear to have attended the Methodist chapel on High Street, along with the Sargent family, until 1834. Their daughters Ann and Sarah were both christened there.
Borden's 1839 Tithe Commutation survey shows that Phillip Goodhew was renting an Orchard near Criols House Barn & Yard from Charles Smith. Assessment 3.1. 5½
The 1841 census describes Phillip as a “fruitier” (seller of fruits) in Alston’s cottages, close to Sittingbourne and London road. A decade later his family resided in Mount Pleasant. They finally settled on Mill Lane in ‘61, where Phillip was listed as both a “wood dealer” and “fruitier”. He and Harriet were starting to feel the effects of their age by ‘71: for the census describes them as “lame” and “deaf”
Phillip Goodhew is listed in Borden's tax assessments from 1841 until 1881.
CENSUS RECORDS
In the 1841 census, Alston's cottages, near London Road, Borden:
In the 1851 census, Mount Pleasant, Borden
1861 census, Mill House, Borden
1871 census, Mill Lane, Borden
In the 1881 census, Mill Lane, Borden:
As you can see above, Herbert's family were living with Phillip on Mill Lane, Borden, when the 1881 census was taken. Phillip died "of natural decay" at Mount Pleasant Road, Borden, 3 Feb 1882. The informant was his daughter-in-law Ellen Goodhew.
CHILDREN