Robert Goodell

Robert William Goodell Jr. was born about 1604, in Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England, and died April 14, 1683, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, at about age 79. He is the son of Robert William Goodell Sr., and Joan Artys.

Katherine Kilham was born March 20, 1606, in Dennington, Suffolk Co., England, and died September 10, 1666, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, at age 60. She is the daughter of Henry Kilham of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk Co., England, and Alice Portler Goodale of Dennington, Suffolk Co., England.

Robert William Goodell Jr. and Katherine Kilham were married about 1629, in England.

After Katherine (Kilham) Goodell died, Robert William Goodell Jr. married Margaret Lazenby.

Margaret Lazenby was born 1614, possibly in Exeter, Rockingham Co., NH, and died March 10, 1683, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony, at about age 69.

Robert William Goodell Jr. and Margaret Lazenby were married August 30, 1649, in Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts Bay Colony.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (more formally The Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Essex County was created by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 10, 1643, when it was ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires." Named after the county in England, Essex then comprised the towns of Salem, Lynn, Wenham, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Gloucester, and Andover.

Massachusetts Bay Colony reverted to rule under the revoked charter until 1691, when a new charter was issued for the Province of Massachusetts Bay. This province combined the Massachusetts Bay territories with those of the Plymouth Colony and proprietary holdings on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. Sir William Phips arrived in 1692 bearing the charter and formally took charge of the new province.

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in British America which became one of the thirteen original states of the United States from 1776 onward. It was chartered on October 7, 1691 by William III and Mary II, the joint monarchs of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The charter took effect on May 14, 1692 and included the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, the Province of Maine, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick; the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the direct successor.

Connecticut Colony, known as the River Colony, was organized on March 3, 1636, as a place for Puritan nobleman. Early on, the English settlers under John Winthrop Jr. struggled with the Dutch for possession of the land, but the English eventually gained control of the colony and set up a permanent settlement there. After the era of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell had passed, Charles II took the throne. John Winthrop Jr., the governor of the Connecticut Colony went to England to secure a charter for the colony. Charles II granted his request in 1662. The charter of the colony covered both the Connecticut Colony and the New Haven Colony and they were permitted to choose their own assembly, their own governor, and rule themselves with minimal interference. New Haven was reluctant to give up their independence and deliberated for some time before coming to a decision to merge with the Connecticut Colony. Once merged the colony was called the Colony of Connecticut.

Robert William Goodell was born about 1604, in Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England.

Robert William Goodell and Katherine Kilham were married about 1629, in England.