James Goudey I

Born:Marblehead, Mass.1746
Died:Yarmouth, N.S.August 20, 1829
Married:Elizabeth PotterMarblehead, Mass.
May 10, 1769
Father:George Goudey
Mother:Elizabeth (Martin) Goudey
Cherboque a Covenant and Agreement
12 July 1784
Jas Goudey
Phillip Goudey		 Tombstone of James and Elizabeth Goudey
Gravestone of
James and Elizabeth Goudey
Frost Park
Yarmouth N.S.

Children by:Elizabeth (Potter) Goudey

1.Elizabeth GoudeyMarblehead, Massachusetts
Bap. January 28, 1770
2.James Goudey II
Died: Age 20		Marblehead, Massachuestts
Bap. October 24, 1773
3.Hannah GoudeyYarmouth Nova Scotia
April 18, 1776
4.Thomas GoudeyYarmouth, Nova Scotia
January 25, 1779
5.Sarah Goudey
Died: February 8, 1784		Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
February 27, 1782
6.Benjamin GoudeyYarmouth, Nova Scotia
1783
7.Sarah GoudeyYarmouth, Nova Scotia
March 8, 1784
8.Stephen GoudeyYarmouth, Nova Scotia
August 23, 1787
9.George GoudeyYarmouth, Nova Scotia
October 10, 1789


Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
NEHGS

 
1769  GOUDEY  James, and Elizabeth Potter, May 10, 1769.*                   Marriage  Marblehead
1770  GOWDY   Elizabeth, d. James and Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 28, 1770- C.R.2.  Birth     Marblehead
1773  GOWDY   James, s. James and Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 24, 1773. C.R.2.      Birth     Marblehead 

The first two children were baptized in the 2nd Congregational (Unitarian) Church.
Marblehead Vital Records (hand written compilations, on fiche)
DAR Library (Courtesy of Gary Letcher)

 
a. The Intention of Marriage between James Goudey and Elizabeth Potter both of this town. Febr 25, 1769. Certificate May 8, 1769. 
b. Marriages performed by the Rd. Simon Bradstreet ... [May 10, 1769] James Goudey & Elizabeth Potter, both of this town

NOTE: Simon Bradstreet, clergyman (1709-'71), was graduated at Harvard in 1728 and ordained, 4 January, 1738, as minister of the 
second Congregational church of Marblehead, where he remained until his death in 1771. 

1771 BRADSTREET [Simon. G. R. 2.], Rev., Oct. 5, 1771, C. R. 2. [a. 63 y. G. R. 2.] Death Marblehead
I transcribed the Monument Inscription from the Tombstone of James and Elizabeth Goudey in Frost Park in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, Canada as Follows:
    In Memory of James Goudey

       Depart'd this Life

         Aug'st 20 1829

         Aged 84 Years
James and his wife Elizabeth moved with James' brother Phillip and his wife to Nova Scotia in 1775.

1827 Census of Shelburne County,
Yarmouth Township

Surname Given Males Females M Servants F Servants Total Occupation Rel B M D
Goudey James 1 1 0 0 2 Seaman Bapt 0 0 0

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