Ramage Family History
Rev Elizur Goodrich

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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
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Documents Durham Connecticut Vital Records 1708 1852
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Notes - Noted clergyman and astronomer [Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV]
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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.
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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
- Noted clergyman and astronomer [Source: The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV]