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- Note: Contrary to the below, he arrived in New Haven in 1640, not 1638. "Mr. Goodyear" was licensed 26 Jan 1640 to carry 250 passengers to New England in the St. John of London.
From Abandonding America (citation details below):
Stephen Goodyear, a merchant-taylor from London, settled at New Haven c. 1638. Goodyear played an active role in religious and civic life. He was a church member, an assistant to the New Haven court, and in 1641 deputy governor of New Haven Colony. He took part in the establishment of the New England colonies' confederation, and was appointed to represent New Haven at its meetings, with Thomas Gregson or Richard Malbon. Goodyear acted with Robert Newman as a trustee of Jane Stollyon's estate until her son Abraham Stollyon came from England. His wife travelled as a passenger on the New Haven ship bound for England, captained by George Lamberton, which sank in January 1645/6 with all lives lost. Afterwards, Goodyear married Lamberton's widow. In 1652 he offered his house to the New Haven Colony, for a college. Goodyear joined in several innovative trading ventures: along with Theophilus Eaton, Malbon, Gregson and others, he commissioned the building of the fated New Haven ship on which his wife drowned; he invested in a trading post on the Paugasuc River in 1654, and in the development of ironworks at New Haven in 1655.
Goodyear returned to England late in 1657, in part on business connected with the ironworks. John Davenport, minister of New Haven, hoped Goodyear would be elected governor in his absence, but he was not chosen. The townspeople of New Haven hoped Goodyear might come back in 1658, but he died in England that year.
From Donald Lines Jacobus (citation details below):
Mr. Stephen Goodyear was an original proprietor of New Haven, and an early, but not original, subscriber to the Fundamental Agreement of 4 June 1639. He was chosen a Deputy, May 1641, and was one of the two Magistrates of the Town chosen (with Mr. Eaton) 27 Oct. 1641 and 26 Oct. 1642. 6 Apr. 1643 he was appointed member of an advisory committee to consult with the New Haven Commissioners of the United Colonies. In 1641 he was listed with nine heads in his household, and an estate of £1000.
He was chosen Deputy-Governor of New Haven Colony, 26 Oct. 1643, and held that office continuously until his death, being last elected 27 May 1657. He was Commissioner for the United Colonies, 1645 to 1647, and 1650 to 1651.
He was chosen a Town Auditor, 22 Oct. 1645. He was given liberty, 1 Feb. 1647, to brew beer for the Town. He was one of the six commissioners appointed for New Haven, 17 June 1650, to set the bounds between that town and Milford.
He was a merchant and ship-owner; on 18 May 1641 he bought Shelter Island of Mr. Farrett, and sold it 9 June 1651 for £1600 of merchantable sugar; in 1647 he attempted to buy the Zwoll from the authorities at Fort Amsterdam; and in 1651 was owner, with Edward Stanton, of five-eighths of the Swallow. On 10 Mar. 1651, he was appointed member of a committee on the settlement at Delaware Bay, and in 1655 he expressed his willingness to adventure his life and estate if a company could be induced to settle there. Between 1655 and 1657 he had an interest in the Iron Works at Stony River.
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