Lt. Nathan Godfrey

1719 -

• Name	Nathan Godfrey
  Title	Lt.
  Born	25 Sep 1719	Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT
  	Connecticut Births & Christenings, 1649-1906 (British Colonial America)
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I9883	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Christopher Godfrey, II
  Mother	Margary wife of Christopher Godfrey
  Family ID	F2367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Couch,   d. 31 May 1761
  Married	11 Jun 1747
  	History of Fairfield, Vol. I, p.373
  Children	1. Abraham Godfrey,   b. 13 Mar 1748   2. Martha Godfrey,   b. 24 May 1752   3. Nathan Godfrey,   b. 19 Aug 1754,   d. 28 Oct 1775  (Age 21 years)   4. Benjamin Godfrey,   d. 1776, Albany, Albany Co, NY   5. Molly Godfrey
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F2369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Andrews,   b. 06 Aug 1731, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, CT
  Married	24 Jan 1764
  	History of Fairfield, CT 1700-1800, Vol. I, p.398
  Children	1. Roda Godfrey   2. Jonathan Godfrey   3. Esther Godfrey   4. Ebenezer Godfrey   5. Andrews Godfrey
  Family ID	F27075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  THE HISTORY OF FAIRFIELD, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Vol. I From the settlement of the town in 1639 to 1818 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck - New York, 1889 www.archive.org

  
  

• Notes

  Married 1) Martha Couch 11 Jun 1747, 2) Sarah Andrews 9 Nov 1764. Lived in Green's Farms. His homestead near the summit of Clapboard-hill was burned by the British in 1779. The ancestors of Nathan Godfrey, step great grandfather of Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch, are given in The History of (Fairfield,) Fairfield Co, CT 1700-1800 Vol. I., pages 372-374.