Rev Elizur Goodrich

1734 - 1797  (63 years)

• Name	Rev Elizur Goodrich
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	26 Oct 1734	Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Nov 1797	North Norfolk, Conn.
  Buried	Old Durham Cemetery Durham Middlesex County Connecticut, US
  Person ID	I231	Ramage | Young Lines
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	David Goodrich,   b. 8 Dec 1694, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT ,   d. 15 Jul 1785  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Hepzibah Boardman,   b. 1703,   d. 1783  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1721	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Katherine Chauncey,   b. 1734,   d. 1830  (Age 96 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1757	Durham, Connecticut
  Children	1. Chauncey Goodrich,   b. 20 Oct 1759, Durham, Middlesex County, Conn ,   d. 18 Aug 1815, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age 55 years) + 2. Elizur Goodrich,   b. 24 Mar 1761, Durham, Conn. ,   d. 1 Nov 1849, New Haven, Conn.  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  Durham Connecticut Vital Records 1708 1852

  
  

• Notes

  Noted clergyman and astronomer [Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV] --------------------------- GOODRICH, ELIZUR, clergyman, astronomer, author, was born Oct. 26, 1734, in Wethersfield, Conn. He was an able astronomer, and spent much of his time in calculating the eclipses of each successive year, and published the fullest and most accurate account of the aurora borealis of 1780. He was a candidate for governor of Connecticut; and was the author of a volume of sermons and addresses. He died Nov. 22, 1797, in North Norfolk, Conn. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography, page 409 ========================================================= Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War 1755-62 Given Name: Elizur Surname: Goodrich Page #: 22 Rank: Col.; Capt. Location: Wethersfield Regiment: 2nd Regt.Command: Goodrich, Elizur Col. Company: First Co.Command: Goodrich, Elizur Capt. Comments: March 1755