Pawlet (VT) One Hundred Years
Hiel Hollister
1867
J. Munsell, Albany
GOODSPEED, SAMUEL, from Barnstable, Mass., 1790; m. Sylvia, da. of Josiah Goodspeed, of Wells, and raised a numerous family, most of whom left town.
Names of children follow: Zenas, Heman, Josiah, Jemima m. Col. Asa Thompson, Granville, N.Y.; Chloe, Susan m. Silas Shepherd; Mercy, Rebecca m. Roswell Clark, of Hampton, and died in 1851, aged 51, and Hannah m. Levi Stratton.
He died in 1816, aged 58; his widow in 1844 aged 77.
GOODSPEED, ZENAS, m. Anna, da. of Selah Betts, and succeeded to the homestead.
He raised a family of eight children: Lucius, Arthur, Harry, Peter, Samuel, Phebe, Polly and Hannah.
Arthur m. Sibel, da. of John Betts, and owns the Samuel Weeks place; Harry m. Esther, da. of John Pepper, who died in 1862, aged
43; Phebe m. Warren Thompson and moved to Missouri, where she died in 1861, aged 40.
Mr. Goodspeed died in 1863, aged 78; his wife in 1845, aged 47.
