Henry Goddard
- References:
- Sources yet to be consulted:
-
Goddard in
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, sources.
-
[RCB] CoI parish records
- Youghal - Goddard baptisms, children of Henry Goddard (and must be Elizabeth),
maybe 1720-1740.
- St.Peter's, Dublin - Goddard-Chute mar, 1793.
View of
Youghal, Co.Cork,
painted in 1725-1737 period.
From
here
and
here.
Henry Goddard,
bapt 6 Feb 1677, Wiltshire.
Army officer.
See his
career.
He and his brother
Richard
joined their cousin
Thomas Farrington's
regiment
(the
29th Regiment of Foot)
10 Mar 1702.
Henry
was Ensign.
Settles in Ireland:
In 1704-06 he
joined an Irish regiment, the
Earl of Inchiquin's Regiment of Foot
(raised 1704, but no list exists before 1706).
He appears as a Captain in the Earl of Inchiquin's Regiment of Foot in 1706.
His brother Richard
had joined an English regiment but his regiment was sent to Ireland in 1705.
Richard died in Ireland in 1706.
Henry ultimately settled in Ireland.
This may be ultimately why Capt. Thomas Goddard came from England to Ireland.
Henry's regiment embarked for Spain 1709
to fight in the
War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).
The regiment saw service under General Stanhope
and the Duke of Argyll.
Major 28 May 1710.
Bt-Lt-Col 1 Jan 1711.
Regiment disbanded 1712.
He was placed on half-pay as
Major.
Appointed Major of Sir Robert Rich's Regiment of Dragoons, 22 July 1715.
Commission renewed 1727.
He was replaced as Major in 1729 and put on half pay.
See order of 14 May 1729
from
John Carteret, Lord Carteret
(later 2nd Earl Granville, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1724-1730).
Henry appealed to the Lord Lieutenant about this.
See his son's letter which refers to:
"a curious petition of my Father's to Ld Carteret
when Ld Lt of Ireland with his case".
Lived Youghal, Co.Cork
[son's letter].
He died 1748, age 71 yrs.
Will proved in Ireland 1748.
Listed as "Lieut.-Col. Henry Goddard".
Will burnt in 1922.
His wife must be Elizabeth Goddard, widow, of Youghal, Co.Cork, will proved in Ireland 1756.
Will burnt in 1922.
Henry
had issue:
- Elizabeth Goddard.
She
mar 20 Sept 1748
[Youghal CoI par records]
to
Capt. Nicholas Netterville.
Capt. Nicholas Netterville was son of
Nicholas Netterville, of Hollymount, Co.Meath,
son of Nicholas Netterville, of Cruicerath, Co.Meath,
son of Robert Netterville, of Cruicerath,
son of
Nicholas Netterville, 1st Viscount Netterville.
Nicholas Netterville (father of Capt. Nicholas)
mar 1stly, post-1717, to Elizabeth Jones
[widow of
Henry Luttrell,
and mother of
Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton].
Nicholas mar 2ndly, 1724, to Joyce ---- [widow of Sir Ignatius Nugent].
[Lodge's Peerage]
suggests
Capt. Nicholas was son of the 2nd marriage.
Letter of 1806
says Capt. Netterville was
"half brother to the late Earl Carhampton",
though if he is from his father's 2nd mar
then they did not share any blood.
- Henry Goddard.
Army officer.
Lived in Ireland.
[Will of Rev. John Goddard, 1785]
refers to
"my cousin Henry Goddard of the Kingdom of Ireland and son of my late Uncle Henry Goddard".
Rev. John leaves him an inheritance.
In 1806 he was living in the
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham,
Dublin (home for retired soldiers).
Author of
letter of 1806
from the Royal Hospital.
Listed in
[Dublin Almanac, 1812] as one of the
"Captains on the Establishment" in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
-
Thomas Goddard.
Thomas Wyndham Goddard.
Army officer.
He is probably "Thomas Windham Goddard" who married by licence in Dublin diocese in 1765 to
Ann Rich.
Though it is possible this is
General Thomas Goddard.
Marriage licence would be burnt in 1922.
Mentioned in his brother's letter 1806 as then also living in the
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham,
Dublin.
He is
"Thomas Wyndham Goddard" who is listed in
[Dublin Almanac, 1812]
with his brother
as one of the
"Captains on the Establishment" in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
He
had issue:
- (dau) Goddard,
mar Capt. --- Chute.
He died pre-1806.
She fl 1806, described in 1806 letter as "a very elegant young widow".
They
had issue:
- (dau) Chute, born c.1796.
Thomas and his dau must be identical with the following:
Capt. Goddard,
of Queen's Co.,
had issue:
- Anne Goddard.
She mar 30 Jan 1793 [St.Peter's, Dublin]
(according to
this site,
but not found in a search
here)
to Capt. Falkiner Chute [born post-1763]
and had issue [a dau].
Marriage licence in Dublin diocese dated 1793.
Marriage licence would be burnt in 1922.
Section: "Succession of Regimental Colonels".
From
p.9
of
[English army lists, Vol.5: 1702-1707].
Section: "Official Army List for 1702 - corrected to December 1706".
From pp.97-98 of same.
Section: "Regiments raised in Ireland, 1703-1704".
From p.245 of same.
1706 list of officers in above regiment.
From p.260 of same.
Order of 14 May 1729.
From p.67 of
"Calendar of treasury books and papers", 1729-1730, pub 1897.
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham
Both
Henry Goddard the younger and his brother
Thomas Wyndham Goddard
lived in old age at the
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin.
Henry Goddard the younger and his brother
Thomas Wyndham Goddard
listed in
[Dublin Almanac, 1812, p.186]
in the
"Captains on the Establishment"
residing at the
Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
See
full page.
No Goddard is listed at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in
[Dublin Almanac, 1806],
though maybe because it is a shorter listing and no "Captains on the Establishment" are listed.
Goddards in Irish records
Entries for Goddard
in
[Vicars' index of Irish wills 1536-1810].
See Henry and (must be his wife Elizabeth)
and
Richard
and
Capt. Thomas.
All of these wills were burnt in Dublin in 1922.
Entries for Goddard
in Dublin diocese wills, probates and marriage licences.
From p.348
of [26th report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records in Ireland, 1894].
See abbreviations.
See Anne and Thomas Windham.
All of these records were burnt in Dublin in 1922.
