Goodrich Genie Trip - June 2007

In June 2007 I traveled to Hancock Massachusetts to visit some of my Goodrich ancestral burial grounds, Goodrich Hollow Cemetery. It's a quaint small family cemetery tucked up a small mountain in the Berkshires. Elijah Goodrich, wife Margere and the family left Wethersfield for Hancock. I spent a week researching in Pittsfield, trying to determine exact parentage of Dinah Bishop, wife of Jesse Goodrich, son of Elijah and patriot of the Revolutionary War. This is Goodrich Hollow road that leads up the mountain and to the cemetery. Elijah and Margere Goodrich head and foot stones

Goodrich Hollow Cemetery


Windsor Connecticut
Windsor Connecticut (below) where some of my third generation of Goodrich's moved to, though I was unable to locate the burial of those ancestors, Jacob and his wife. The below grave is of Mr. Wolcott, from 1655

A monument in Windsor to the Pilgrims

Windsor Cemetery also dating to 1640's

Wethersfield Connecticut
Wethersfield Connecticut where William Goodrich came in about 1634 or so. He is a young man at the time and in 1636 the Pequot War begins in Wethersfield, which he joins the local Militia.

Lt Joseph Goodrich from Queen Anne's War (Ibelieve), but notice the headstone imagery

Wethersfield endured it's own Witch Trials for several decades befor Salem. I found several documents stating that Ensign William Goodrich is a Deputy on the General Court, which could elude to him serving during some of the Witch Trials. I have not been able to make that exact determination yet.

Home of Silas Dean

Old headstone, this is not the wife of Ensign William, but another William.

A Goodrich area of graves dating over several centuries, look closely and you can see multiple types of stones, imagery, carvings

Wethersfield burial ground

This house is from the 1630's and is on the cover of one of my childhood books Witch of Blackbird Pond, which was written and placed in Wethersfield during the mid 1600's

Greenfield Village - Dearborn Michigan July 2008

Greenfield Village is working historical museum and village in Dearborn, Michigan, birthplace of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford's masion, FairLane, in on the University of Michigan Dearborn campus and is absolutely beautiful. Henry had a love for history (like me) and set out to preserve and restore as many artifacts and homes as possible. He collected millions of machines, planes, cars, trains, farm tools, equipment, household goods, papers, magazines, etc. He placed all of those in the Henry Ford Museum which is built as a replica to Philadelphia's Independence Hall. For the Village, he bought and brought dozens of homes and factories. His great friends, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone have homes and shops here along with Orville and Wilbur Wright. For this day trip I took over 200 pictures and could only choose 20 to put here. Go to their website for a virtual tour. The time period of the village is mostly 1880-1920 but has homes dating from the 1600's

A Tool Foundry and the Brass Candlestick that I made all by myself!

The 1754 Daggett Farmhouse, a saltbox style typical to New England. The above is of the kitchen

The train yard and switch

Noah Webster's home and some of his first dictionaries. He standardized the English spelling for us. No more hukd on fonix...

A village couple dressed in 1910 style clothes

Inside Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, where they still have some of the original lightbulbs burning!

The Wright Shop, with bikes and small planes inside

A car ride through the village

The First Ford Motor Comp with a Model A

Harvey Firestone's childhood home and farm