'Goodday1'
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Families covered: Goodday of Fornham All Saints, Goodday of Higham Ferrers, Goodday of Kettlebaston, Goodday of Strelly
| Visitation (1612) identifies the ams of the following family as "Argent, a feww wavy between two leopards' faces sable [GOODDAY], impaling argent, a fess fules between three leopards' heads erased sable [LEE]". | |||||||||||||||
| John Gooddaye of Sawbridgworth, Hertfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Gooddaye of Braintree, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joane Bowyer (dau of John Bowyer of Braintree) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - John, Thomas, Robert, William, Joan | ||||||||||||||
| 2. Mary Woode (dau of Thomas Woode of Rayne, widow of Richard Everard of Much Waltham) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Roger Gooddaye of Pentlow, Essex | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Payne (dau of Baldwin Payne of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Arthur Goodday of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1612) Ann Lee | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Richard Goodday of Higham Ferrers (3rd surviving son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Knighton of Irtlingborough | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Richard Goodday of Pentlow, Essex (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Lydia Cranfield of Essex | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Lydia Gooday (b c1630, a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Gardiner of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Mary Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1612) William Cutler of Boxsted | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Ursula Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1612) Richard Warner of Higham Ferrers | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Susanna Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1612) Robert Bronde of Boxford | |||||||||||||||
| vii.+ | other issue - Roger (d by 1612), John (d by 1612), William of London, Christopher (of Bernard's Inn), Frances, Brigett, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| G. | Richard Goodday of Kettlebaston, Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Metcalfe, Suffolk, 1612, 'Goodaye of Kettlebaston') & Visitation (London, 1634, 'Goodday'). The London Visitation identifies Richard's father-in-law as Sir William Forthe of Butley whilst the Suffolk Visitation identifies him as Robert, which is suppored by the Forth source. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Forth (dau of Robert Forth of Butley (brother of Sir William)) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Forth Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Britten (dau of John Britten of Hadley) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1634?) - Richard, Elizabeth, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | George Goodday of London (a 1634, grocer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Brittin (dau of John Brittin of Hadley) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frances Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hanston of the Marshlands | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Goodday (d 04.03.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Copinger of Buxall | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Finche | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue - Thomas, Robert | ||||||||||||||
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| William Goodday of Northampton (b 1667-8, d 18.06.1715) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1697) Mary Thynne (b c1672, d 1724, dau of John Balston by Catherine Mitchell) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Goodday (b 30.10.1701, d 12.10.1755, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.12.1722) Elizabeth (d 05.04.1729, sister of Rev. _ Thompson) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Milicent Goodday (b 18.08.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rev. _ Hide (dsp, rector of Wavendon) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Brownsmith | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Goodday (b 01.09.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Walker of London, later in Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Anne, Rebecca | ||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue - William (b 15.08.1723, d 09.04.1724), Leonard (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1731) Anne Gibbs of Gayton (d 08.175) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Mary Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1756) _ Pancourt of Ravenstone | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Goodday 'of Strelley' (b 29.02.1703-4, cleric, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.07.1727) Ruth Thompson | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Leonard Goodday (b 10.09.1728, d 18.09.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Goodday of Strelly (b 23.05.1730) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.11.1771) Margaret Evett (dau of Barton Evett of Balsall Temple) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Gooday of Terling, Essex (b 27.11.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (23.11.1797) Rebecca Tawke Frances Butcher (dau of Thomas Butcher) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue - John William (rector of Stanmer, vicar of Falmer), William, Arthur Robert, Christopher, Horatio, George Christopher Smyth, Septimus, Anne Frances | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.1819) Mary Algar (dau of Richard Algar of Terling) | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Octavius, James, Decimus | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Anne Goodday (b 03.07.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Strutt of Malden | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Jane Goodday (b 04.03.1697-8, dsp c1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1719) Rev. _ Thompson of Cosgrave (d 1752) | |||||||||||||||
| 4.+ | other issue - Arthur (b 07.09.1699, d 14.03.1699/1700), William (b 25.11.1700, d 04.02.1702-3), Arthur (b 04.01.1702, d 24.09.1709), Robert (b 18.06.1706, d 12.08.1706), Mary (b/d 1704), Anne (b 03.03.1707), Mary (b 04.01.1710) | ||||||||||||||
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| George Goodday of London | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Goodday of Fornham All Saints (bpt 18.10.1682, bur 23.01.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Moseley (bur 05.10.1750, dau of Richard Moseley of Owsden) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Goodday of Fornham All Saints, Sheriff of Suffolk (dsp bur 13.01.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Anne Goodday (bur 11.07.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Sarah Goodday | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Moseley (son of Thomas of London, brother of Richard of Owsden) | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - Edward of London (b 23.08.1685, bur 05.01.1760), Daniel (b 26.08.11686) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (ESsex, 1612 & 1634, 'Goodday, Gooday')
(2) For middle section : 'Pedigrees of Essex Families' (William Berry, 1838, 'Goodday')
(3) For lower section : 'History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred' (John Gage, 1938, p244)
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