Sarah Hayden

Family/Spouse: Richard Kimball. Richard (son of Ebenezer Kimball and Elizabeth Carr) was born on 20 Dec 1722 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened on 30 Dec 1722 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts; died in Mar 1803 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Kimball was born on 6 Jun 1767 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1816.

Edmund married Sarah Fairbanks on 22 Feb 1733 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Capt. George Fairbanks and Lydia Gay) was born on 26 May 1716 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 14 Jun 1669, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton (citation details below) says that he was "probably" the Josiah Hayden recorded as dying in Sudbury in 1730.

Josiah married Elizabeth Goodenow on 6 Mar 1691 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. John Goodenow and Mary Axtell) was born on 18 Nov 1672 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 12 Nov 1672, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

George married Lydia Gay on 24 Dec 1706 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Eleazar Gay and Lydia Hawes) died on 2 Jun 1717 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1635

John married Hannah Ames on 6 Apr 1660 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Ames and Hannah) was born on 12 May 1644 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jul 1690 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Their marriage was officiated by Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Endecott.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1634, England

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Emigrated as an infant, with his family. Town clerk of Sudbury. "It was probably he who was engaged by the town in 1652 to beat the drum every Sabbath twice, also also for service on lecture day." [James Cox Brady and His Ancestry, citation details below.]

Former Sudbury town historian George Don Max, quoted on the Goodenow Family Association site:

Some years ago I was reading the diaries of the Rev. Mr. Israel Loring. His entry for Aug. 6, 1721 reads; "Dyed Capt. John Goodenow. I was with him on Saturday, the day before he Dyed. Told me then, that he was like a Pelecan in the Wilderness, and an Owl in the Desert. And pray'd that God would humble him down to Hell, but not throw him in there." The reference is Psalms 102:6, which is a "prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord."

John Goodenow's plaintive plea calls out for the reason for its utterance. I sought the answer in the Sudbury town tecords wherein I traced his career of service to the town. Finally the records revealed a set of circumstances, which still did not resolve the question. In 1699 John Goodenow was elected to the offices of Selectman, Town Clerk, and Assessor; he had filled these positions several times earlier. In 1701 his name does not appear as a holder of a Town Office. In 1702 and 1703 he served as Highway Surveyor and was appointed to a committee to survey and locate a new road; likewise in 1704 he was a committee member to "seat the meeting house." At a town meeting held Feb. 4, 1704, the Town proceeded to elect him Selectman, Town Clerk, and Assessor; a resumption to those positions of power so suddenly interrupted in 1699.

Immediately following his reelection the Town held a Special Meeting on the 31st of March, 1704. The Warrant reads in part: "...Then & There to chuse a Town Clerk & an assessor and a selectman by reason of Capt. John Goodenow Modestly Refuesing in the time of it and dos still continue his Reselution in the Matter for Reasons best known to himself; And allsoe from the advise of our own Respective Justive Brown...and the Town being met chuse John Brigham Selectman, Richard Moore Town Clerk, and Noah Clap Assesser."

From the record and upon reflection it appeared to me that while John Goodenow's public life was seemingly irreproachable, his private condition had to be examined. Subsequently while in Cambridge at the Middlesex County Probate Court searching out Sudbury Wills and Deeds, I decided to look for John Goodenow in the files of the Middlesex Courts. Here was the answer to the mystery of his fall. What I discovered was substantially what Roger Thompson also found and later reported in his fascinating study, Sex in Middlesex; Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699, published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 1986.

In short, John Goodenow was accused of misuse of power by means of his offices; he was slick at horse trading, drank too much and was brought up before the Church to answer to it; was infrequent at church and when not there enjoyed the company of Hannah Brooks, the wife of John Brooks, with whom he had carried on an adulterous affair for some years. His offences, both moral and civil, had become a public outrage and an embarrassment to the town. Accordingly, Mr. Joseph Noyes, and others in town and some outside of it took Capt. Goodenow to Court in May 1699. Here was a situation that even they could not brook! He escaped prosecution by paying court costs and resigning from his town offices. His misdeeds and years were heavy upon him for the remaining days of his life. This is why in 1721 at the very door of death he beseeched God to "to humble him down to hell, but not to throw him in there."

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John Goodenow (1635-1721) = Mary Axtell (1639-1704)
Elizabeth Goodenow (1672-1736) = Josiah Hayden (1669-1730)
John Hayden (1702-1763) = Lucy Maynard (1709-1774)
Elizabeth Hayden (1728-1810) = Joseph Young (1729-1769)
John Young (1763-1839) = Abigail Howe (1765-1815)
Brigham Young (1801-1877)

Brigham Young (1801-1877) = Zina Diantha Huntington (1821-1901)
Zina Presendia Young (1850-1931) = Charles Ora Card (1839-1906)
Orson Rega Card (1891-1984) = Lucena Richards (b. 1893)
Willard Richards Card = Peggy Jane Park
Orson Scott Card (b. 1951)

Also a direct ancestor of singer-songwriter James Taylor.

John married Mary Axtell on 19 Sep 1656 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Axtell and Mary) was born before 25 Sep 1639 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 25 Sep 1639 in Berkhamsted St. Peter, Hertfordshire, England; died on 14 Apr 1704 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 16 Apr 1704, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Notes:

The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908, Part III (citation details below) gives her death date as 16 Apr 1704, citing "Sudbury VR, 306" as its source, but this seems to be an error, as the 1903 publication of the Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (citation details below) clearly says, on page 306, that "Mary [Goodenow], w. Capt. John" died "Apr. 14, 1704".

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As a youth he was convicted of passing off pewter as silver, and was made to stand in the Boston pillory and pay a hefty fine. He appears to have had no further trouble with the law after that. He was the first physician in Sherborn. Like his father, he died by drowning.

Jonathan married Sarah before 1685. Sarah was born between 1657 and 1665; died on 9 Jul 1713 in Sherborn Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleazar married Lydia Hawes before 1677. Lydia (daughter of Edward Hawes and Eliony Lumber) was born on 26 Jan 1649 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 16 Nov 1717 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]