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Edward Goode, III

M, b. circa 1718, d. BY 17 FEB 1795

Parents

FatherEdward Goode, Jr (b. 1686, d. 16 November 1761)
MotherAgnes Cole (b. 1695, d. 1740)

Child with Judith Morton (b. about 1722, d. 1790)

SonEdward Goode, IV+ (b. about 1748, d. 16 July 1798)
Pedigree Chart
Included in charts - listsCarol Gilstrap Ancestors
Relationship6th great-grandfather of Carol Jay Gilstrap
8th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn
8th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
8th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott
8th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
8th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn
8th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

DeathBY 17 FEB 1795Edward Goode, III, died BY 17 FEB 1795 in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United StatesBGO.1
NameHe was also known as Edmond Goode.1
AnecdoteGenealogical Note: This family was formed by the marriage between a step-brother and his younger step-sister. As they were not "blood relatives," their union, although unusual, was perfectly legal and natural. They were part of a prominent "old planter" family in colonial Virginia and North Carolina.1
AnecdoteEdward (aka Edmond) Goode III was born in 1718 in Henrico County, English colony of Virginia, North America. His father was Edward Goode Jr., a wealthy colonial tobacco plantation owner (Whitby Plantation) along the James River, Henrico County, and his mother was Edward Goode Jr.'s first wife: Agnes, whose surname, unfortunately, is not known. Agnes (Unknown) Goode was the mother of all of Edward Goode Jr.'s six children. She died in about 1727, shortly after the birth of her last child, Margareta Goode. Young Edward was only 9 years old when he lost his natural mother.[1]

In 1741, in Richmond (Henrico), Virginia, Edward Goode Jr. remarried to a well-to-do widow, Elizabeth (Woodson) Morton. She was the mother of at least six children by her 1st husband, also a tobacco planter, including Judith Morton, born in 1727 in Charlotte County, Virginia. This "Brady Bunch" composite family lived in a large plantation home and were well-considered among young Richmond society.

Living together but not blood-related, Edward Good III and step-sister, Judith Morton, fell in love and decided to marry. This was unusual but not unheard of and, as they were not blood relations, their union was not contrary to natural law or religious morals. They married in 1744, shortly before Elizabeth (Woodson) Morton Goode passed away. They married in Amelia County, where they set up residence.[2]

The couple initially lived south-west of Richmond in Amelia County, Virginia, on land that Judith had inherited from her father, Thomas Morton. In about 1748 they sold that land and moved further south to Lunenburg County, where Edward came to possess a large estate, over 1,000 acres of arable land, largely planted with tobacco. Their plantation land was included in the newly-formed Mecklenburg County when Lunenburg was divided in 1765.
Edward Goode III and his wife Judith (Morton) Goode had 11 children:[3]

Joseph GOODE b: 1745 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Janey GOODE b: Abt. 1746 in Amelia Co., Virginia
Edward GOODE b: 1749 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Judith GOODE b: 1751 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Agnes GOODE b: 1753 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Richard GOODE b: 1754 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Mary GOODE b: 27 Feb 1756 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Thomas Jefferson GOODE b: 12 Feb 1760 in Lunenburg Co., VA
Elizabeth GOODE b: ca. 1762 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia
John GOODE b: 1763 in Lunenburg Co., Virginia
Robert GOODE b: 17 Mar 1765 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia

For more than 200 years the Goode family, largely descended from Edward III and Judith, have been prominent in Virginia and North Carolina society, business and agricultural life and politics. All 5 of their sons migrated west to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where they established farms and businesses. Descendants are still found there in the 21st Century.
Judith (Morgan) Goode died in 1790 in Mecklenburg Co., Virginia. Edward survived her passing for another 5 years. He died intestate (without a registered Will) on January 2, 1796 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. His heirs gave power of attorney to two Virginia friends of the family to sell his then-760 acre estate and distribute the proceeds. All of the couple's five sons had moved to Rutherford County, NC by that time. Daughter Mary Fontaine and her husband lived in Halifax County, Virginia; while Elizabeth and her husband, William Wood, lived in South Carolina. Two unmarried daughters, Judith and Agnes Goode, were still living in Mecklenburg County, Virginia in 1796. [4]1
Person SourceHe had person sources.2,1
Birthcirca 1718He was born circa 1718 at Whitby PlantationBG in Henrico, Virginia, United StatesBG.1
Marriage1744He and Judith Morton were married in 1744 in Amelia, Virginia, United StatesBGO.3,1
Last Edited19 June 2020

Citations

  1. [S7127] "", database, WikiTree (WikiTree.Com: accessed 6 May 2019), Edward Goode III
  2. [S81] Cleo Meador Scott, Our Ancestors (, 1980). Hereinafter cited as Our Ancestors.
  3. [S143] meeksdana, online http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/20002037/person/880612136, (Fort Worth, TX.)