Jotham Weeks Goodell, Sr

Male 1809 - 1859  (50 years)


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  • Name Jotham Weeks Goodell, Sr 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 23 Apr 1809  Marlbourough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 09 Nov 1859  Grand Mound, Thurston County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I20147109056  Eby/Aebi and Bernethy Family
    Last Modified 16 Nov 2008 

    Father William Goodell,   b. 09 Jul 1757, Marlbourough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Jul 1842, Copley, Summit County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Phoebe Newton,   b. 01 Jun 1768, Marlbourough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Dec 1809, Templeton,Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 29 Nov 1787  Marlbourough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    Married:
    • Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
      about William Goodell
      Name: William Goodell
      Gender: Male
      Spouse: Phebe Newton
      Marriage Date: 29 Nov 1787
      City: Marlborough
      County: Middlesex
      Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0844943 item

    Family ID F18275435754  Group Sheet

    Family Anna Glenning Bachelor,   b. 05 Mar 1810, Toronto, York, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Dec 1881, Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Children 
    +1. William Bird Goodell,   b. 27 Jan 1829, Templeton,Worcester County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1863, Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
     2. Phoebe Newton Goodell,   b. 25 Oct 1831, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1926, Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     3. Mary Weeks Goodell,   b. 25 Oct 1831, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1909, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     4. Joel Brigham Goodell,   b. 09 Aug 1833, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jun 1876, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     5. Melancthon Zwingle Goodell,   b. 06 Nov 1835, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Jun 1892, Montesano, Grays Harbor County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     6. Emeline Davis Goodell,   b. 22 Sep 1837,   d. 18 Sep 1864, Adna, Thurston County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     7. Nathan Edwards Goodell,   b. 21 Oct 1839, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1886, Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     8. Lydia Ann Goodell,   b. Oct 1841, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1842, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     9. Henry Martin Goodell,   b. 17 May 1843, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1905, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    +10. Charlotte Elizabeth Goodell,   b. Jan 1846, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1907, Littlerock, Thurston County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
     11. Jotham Weeks Goodell, Jr,   b. 20 Feb 1849, Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 May 1914, Lebam, Pacific County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F18275435753  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Apr 1809 - Marlbourough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 09 Nov 1859 - Grand Mound, Thurston County, Washington Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • On page 129 #1457 Jotham's given name is spelled Jonathan. His name was Jotham. See the book 'My Goodell family in American 1634-1978 by Ethel Goodell Clark.
      This spelling error also apears on pages 216-343-344-345 and 346.
      "The Goodell family in New England were all devouted Congregationalists and it was with this church Jotham preached when he first went to Canada. However, later he was affiliated with the Presbyterian faith. "The History of the Presbyterian Church in Canada" mentions the Reverand J. W. Goodell as one of six ministers who, in 1833, established the Presbytery of Niagra: It also mentions his minnistry in the Oakville area west of Toronto.
      "While Jotham and Annie were still in Canada, Jonas Baker and his wife, Phebe Goodell Baker, came from New York State to visit. Phebe was the sister who cared for Jotham during his childhood. Phebe and Jonas had no children and begged Jotham and Annie to give them their four year old son. Joel Bingham. Jotham felt he owed his sister a debt and only by giving up one of his children could this debt be paid. Jonas Baker was a man of means and promised to make Joel his heir. From that time on he was known as Joel Bingham Baker. In 1881, before her death, Annie made a formal legalized statement of these facts."
      "Jotham established his family at Vermilion, Ohio on the banks of Lake Erie. He farmed and preached. Records of the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia show Joham served as stated supply minister at Weymou9th, Ohio (Presbytery of Medina) in 1839 and 1840: In 1848in Grander, Ohio and Birmingham in 1849 and 1850. A copy of the sermon he delivered at the dedication of the church in Vermilion was in the possession of Mrs. Clark.

      "In 1850 Jotham and Annie, with eight of their 11 children, started on the long journey by covered wagon (Conistago) to Oregon Territory. Two of the older children, William Bird and Phoebe Newton, had married: later joined their parents in the west. One child Lydia Ann had died in infamcy. Joel as we have mentioned was now with the Baker family."
      "They made a late start from Vermilion: by the time they raeched Utah, fall with its cold weather caught up with them. They stayed over the winter near the Mormon settlement of Salt Lake. The immigrants had considerable trouble with the Mormons so resumed their journey early in March while there was still a sprinkling of snow on the ground. They reached Dalles, Oregon Territory on May 2, 1851."
      "It is a family tradition that a Goodell either talks or writes. Jotham lost no time in his new einvironment in carrying out this tradition. In the June 12th edition of the Oregon City Spectator, he had a 'letter to the editor' telling of the arrival of the wagon train of which he was captain. It consisted of one hundred and five people, forty-eight men, nineteen women and the rest children (38). About a year later he wrote a series of eight articles which were published in the Portland Weekly Oregonian describing the ordeal of the witer with the Mormons."
      "After a short stay in Oregon, Jotham moved his family north of the Columbia River and took up a Donation Land Claim at Grand Mound, *Copy of application and copy of the final deed given to Annie after Jotham's death on file.*
      "Jotham and Annie built a large split shake house using milled lumber only for floors. This was used as a staton for people travelling between Olympia and Monticello: at one time it was called Washington Hotel. On June 18, 1853 the Olymic Columbian caried this advertisement; "The table will always be spread with a view to please the taste and satisy the hungry, good beds, clean sheets where the weary can rest without fear of Leshi, nighmares or bedbugs."
      "In addition to farming, Jotham was postmaster at Grand Mound from August 13, 1855 to May 2, 1859. The postoffice was located in the Goodell home. It was during this time he had a runnig feud with Asher Sargent over a letter written by Mr. Sargent, mailed in Olympia and damaged in transit. Sargent wrote 'letters to the editor' of the Olympia Pioneer and Democrat accusing either the postmaster of Olympia or Grand Mound (meaning Jotham) of 'feloniously breaking open a private letter addressed to a member of his family lliving in Grand Mound.' Jotham immediately replied. through the newspaper, denying any negligence on his part and casting 'asperations' on the intelligence and veracity of Asher Sargent. These exchanges continued or several weeks. "
      "Jotham was also a surveyor 'possessing a solar compass, able to run lines in perfect accordance with government surveys.' He was a charter member of Masonic Lodge Number One of Olympia but demitted to the Grand Mound Lodge when it was formed. He assisted in the organzing of one of the first Presbyteries in Western Washington Territory. These excerpts from the "History of Synod of Washington of the Presbyterian Church" show his activity in this project. HIs death in 1859, for a time, disrupted the work of the church.
      " In his diary, Patterson Luark, describes an exploring party which went down the Chehalis River to the ocean in 1857. both of my great-grandfathers (Mrs. Ethel Goodell Clark's) were in the party. Mr. Luark made these enires in the diary:
      "Thursday June 11, 1858 - P.J. Luark, Mr. and Mrs. James, Billy James, J. W. Goodell, Charles Byles and R. E. James left Grand Mound in a wagon to explore the lower Chehalis River. The next morning the men of the party, 8 white, (*only seven men listed above ? who was the 8th.) 3 Indians, with two thousand pounds of frieght, boarded a large Chinook canoe thirty-six feet long and started down the Chehalis. At 4:00pm landed at the month of the Satsop River and camped there for the night."
      "July 13, 1857 (*? above it was June 11. I believe that should be July) Sailed at 7am and dined at Scammons (Montsano) and landed at Cosmopolis at 4pm."
      "He then tells how the next day they explore six miles up Ohns River and found elk tracks 'as big as cow tracks.'"
      "July 16 - Being the Sabbath and having two ministers of the Gospel in the company, we emained in camp and lastened to a sermon from the Reverend Byles. Several Siwash Indians attended. The men must of liked the country for in later years both the Goodell and Byles families settled in Chehalia County."
    • He crossed the plains to the Washington Territory in 1851


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