BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Thomas A. Goodyknow and Ursala Hayme

It is primarily through the wills of Thomas A. Goodyknow and Ursala Hayme that a few details of their lives can be pieced together.

Thomas A. Goodyknow was probably born around 1555 in Dunhead, St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England. It is speculated but not proven that his parents were John and Margaret Goodinowe who are known to have lived in Wiltshire. Thomas died February 6, 1617/18.

Ursala Hayme died in 1634 in Dunhead.

Nine individuals have been identified as children of Thomas and Ursala (Hayme) Goodyknow:

• Ralph Goodenow
• John Goodenow, born about 1596
• Simon Goodenow
• Nathaniel Goodenow
• Thomas Goodenow, born about 1608
• Ursula Goodenow
• Edmund Goodenow, born about 1611
• Ward Goodenow, born about 1763
• Dorothy Goodenow, born about 1763

Sources & Related Information

• "Goodenow Who Originated in Sudbury, Massachusetts" by Theodore James Fleming Banvard, Goodenow Family Association (Gateway Press Inc., Baltimore, 1994)