BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Edmund Goodenow and Anne Hannah Barry
Anne Hannah Barry, the daughter of John Berry, was born in 1608 in Wiltshire, England.
Edmund Goodenow was born about 1611 in Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England, the seventh of nine children of Thomas A. Goodyknow and Ursala Hayme.
Edmund and Anne were married before 1634 in Dunhead. They had two children in England:
Edmund was church warden of the parish of Dunhead, St. Andrew. Despite this standing, he was fined and sentenced to do public penance in 1636 for attending "nonconforming" sermons outside his parish. In 1637, he was reprimanded for attending church in Shaftsbury.
It was therefore perhaps for greater religious freedom that Edmund and Anne traveled to New England in 1638. The family, along with the families of several of Edmund's siblings, traveled on the ship "Confidence", arriving on April 24, 1638. They settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts where four more children were born:
As a founder of Sudbury, Edmund was active in the town's government and served in a number of government posts. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant and Captain in King Philip's Indian War in 1674.
Anne (Berry) Goodenow died on March 9, 1675/76. Edmund would live until 1688, dying on April 5. Both were buried in Old North Cemetery in Sudbury.
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