Franklin County MA Archives Biographies.....Goodell / Goodale, Deborah abt 1760 - April bef 1787
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Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com November 14, 2009, 11:31 am

Source: various town, county and state archives
Author: Nancy Poquette

Birth: 1760 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA 
Death: BEF APR 1787 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA

Father: Jonathan Goodale b: 19 APR 1724 in Marblehead, Essex Co, MA 
Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" b: 

Marriage 1 Benjamin Upton b: ABT 1750 in Probably Essex Co, MA
Married: 24 APR 1774 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA, from: "Vital Records of 
New Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, pg. 77:
"Goodal (see also Goodall), Deborah, and Benj[amin] Upton, April 24,1774."

Children
 Stephen Upton b: ABT 1775 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA
 James Upton b: ABT 1787 in New Salem, Hampshire Co, MA

There exists some difference of opinion concerning who the parents of this 
generation are. This researcher believes Deborah and her siblings were the 
children of JONATHAN and BETSY GOODALE. I gently disagree with other relatives 
in my branch that have misidentified us as being descended from Ebenezer. I 
understand that professional genealogists in Boston did part of the work from 
printed records, for the most part. My three sources are strong. The strongest 
one is the headstone of the daughter of Ebenezer and Grace Phelps Goodale. She 
died in 1792, and her headstone states:

"In memory of Mrs. Grace, consort of Mr. John Chamberlain and only child of 
Capt. Ebenezer and Mrs. Grace Goodale, who died Jan. 10, 1792 age 37"

In other words, Ebenezer had no children other than Grace.

This headstone reads as if her father commissioned it, but if the information 
on his own headstone is accurate, he also died in the same year. Unfortunately 
it may not be accurate, for I have been reading materials which seem to 
indicate that he was still living into the 1800s. This 1800s death date 
interpretation may be right or wrong, because the later material may instead be 
referring to the nephew Ebenezer [son of James, JONATHAN's brother] living in 
Danvers. Another difficulty is that the headstone for our New Salem Ebenezer 
Goodale is missing. It had still existed into the early 1900's when it received 
its designation as a Revolutionary War national monument, but has likely 
suffered from the past prejudices against Captain Goodale.

Equally as supportive of my argument is the marriage date between Jonathan and 
Lydia, which FOLLOWS the births OF ALL of his children.

My third source is David Kenneth Wetherbee, in his publication "Heare Lyes 
Salim New Grant," page 150. This source repeats the evidence for Grace as the 
only child of Ebenezer and Grace, and his primary source was the last will and 
testament of JONATHAN GOODALE, and the text of that will confirms that Ezekiel, 
Jonathan [II], James, Jacob Asa, Ruth, Deborah and Elizabeth were his children. 
[I now have a photocopy of the actual will.]

From: "New Salem First Parish Church Society (now Unitarian), in the possession 
of the Unitarian Society, New Salem, Mass," and "An Account of Marriages 
Consummated by Rev. Joel Foster, at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, 
in New Salem, MA:"

"April 24, 1774 Benjamin Upton and Deborah Goodal."

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