Descendants of Stephen S. Goodnow Sr.

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first generation:

STEPHEN S. GOODNOW SR., born August 6, 1767 in MA. and died aft. 1888. Married abt. 1790 Mary McAllister born 1760 and died after 1888. They had six children.

Children of Ruben and Mary:

  1. Stephen S. Goodnow Jr. (1794 - ____) m.
  2. Levi Goodnow I (1795 - 1869) m. Lydia Millard
  3. Parley Goodnow (1797 - 1869) m. Phylura Blackwood
  4. Hepsy Goodnow (1799 - 1873) m. Nathan White
  5. Isaac Goodnow (1805 - ____)
  6. Thomas Goodnow (1809 - ____)

second generation:

LEVI GOODNOW I, born 1795 in MA and died August 24, 1869 in Queensburry, NY m. about 1818 Lydia Millard born 1801in Washington Co., NY and died aft. 1900. They had ten children.

Children of Levi I and Lydia:

  1. Levi Goodnow II (abt. 1819 - bef. 1870), m. Amanda Flanders
  2. Moses Goodnow (1822 - ____)
  3. Sally Ann Goodnow (1823 - 1847) m. John J. Dean
  4. Jane Goodnow (1825 - 1896) m. Martin L. Messenger, m. Emelious White
  5. John W. Goodnow (1828 - 1906) m. Eliza Zinstine
  6. Mary A. Goodnow (1830 - ____)
  7. Mercy Ann Goodnow (1833 - 1916) m. Clark McGann
  8. Loisa Goodnow (1839 - ____)
  9. Child Goodnow (____ - ____)
  10. Child Goodnow (____ - ____)

third generation:

LEVI GOODNOW II, born ca. 1819 in Warren Co., NY and died ca. 1870 m. 1838 to Amanda Flanders born 1806 and died ca. 1900. [d/o Jonathan Flanders and wife] They had seven children.

Children of Levi II and Amanda:

  1. Tyrus Goodnow (1839 - 1925) m. Jane A. Madison
  2. Betsey Goodnow (1840 - 1917) m. Nathaniel Cowles
  3. William Goodnow (1845 - ____)
  4. Mary Goodnow (1848 - 1865) m. Myron Glassbrook
  5. Sophrona Goodnow (1851 - 1865) m. Benjamin Franklin Knowlton / Nolton
  6. Amanda F. Goodnow (1853 - abt. 1900) m. Charles E. Mattison II
  7. Laura Goodnow (1856 - 1939) m. Nathan Knowlton / Nolton

fourth generation: ( Goodnow - Mattison Branch )

Amanda F. Goodnow, born 1853 in Stony Creek, NY and abt. died 1900 at Stony Creek, NY m. bef. 1871 in Stony Creek, NY, Charles E. Mattison II born ca. 1853 in South Wales, Australia and died 1926 in Lake George, Warren Co., NY. [ s/o Charles E. Mattison I, and wife Mary Wicks] They had seven children.

Children of Charles II and Amanda:

  1. Loesa B. Mattison (1871 - 1886) m. Charles John King
  2. Willis Matterson (1875 - 1895)
  3. Elizabeth Mattison (1877 - 1959) m. Jason Hall, m. Seth Bunker
  4. Albert "AB" Bert Mattison, (1880 - 1926) m. Goldie Clara Maxam
  5. Elmer C. Mattison (1882 - 1957) m. Delma E. Flewelling m. Agnes Johnson
  6. Walter Mattison (1884 - 1955) m. Bessie White
  7. Joseph D. Matherson (1886 - 1886)

fifth generation:

ALBERT "AB" BERT MATTISON, born February 22, 1880, believed in Stony Creek, NY and died April 24, 1926 in Stony Creek, NY m. July 4, 1901 at Warrensburg, NY, Goldie Clara Maxam born May 12, 1884 in Stony Creek, NY and died February 14, 1949 in Lake George, NY [d/o Nelson Maxam and wife Electa B. Twiss ] They had four children all born in Stony Creek, NY.

Children of Albert and Goldie:

  1. Mildred Rettena Mattison (1902 - 1907)
  2. Willis "Bobby" Mattison (1905 - 1934)
  3. Edith Mattison (1909 - 1910) {buried in an unmarked grave in Stony Creek, NY}
  4. Ruth Electa Mattison (1914 - 1986) m. Joseph Edwin O’Dell

sixth generation: ( Mattison - O’Dell Branch )

RUTH ELECTA MATTISON born in Stony Creek, NY on April 17, 1914 and died August 18, 1986 at Glens Falls, NY. m. on December 22, 1932 at Lake George, NY Joseph Edwin O’Dell born May 30, 1905 at Lake George, NY and died September 4, 1991 at Glens Falls, NY [ s/o Benjamin Bert O’Dell and wife Julia F. LaGoy] They had five children.

Children of Joseph and Ruth:

1. Gladys Alberta O’Dell, RN (1933 - ____) m. Grant Mattison Prentice

2. Mildred June O’Dell (1935 - ____) m. Charles Straight

  1. Tina Marie Straight m. Fred Allen Keech, Sr.
  2. Sharon Ruth Straight m. James Douglas Eggleston
  3. Bonnie Mae Straight m. S/CPO Calvin Varnum, USN
  4. Brenda Lee Straight m. Danny Dutcher m. Robert C. Hilton, jr.
  5. Connie June Straight m. Terry Howk
  6. Lisa Mildred Straight m. Michael Caivano

3. Joseph Robert O’Dell (1936 - 1989) m. Jean Proctor-Smith

  1. Lynne Marie O’Dell m. Frank Cottone
  2. Carol Ann O’Dell m. Craig Dures
  3. Anne Marie O’Dell m. Timothy Howk
  4. Joel Robert O’Dell

4. Joyce Marie O’Dell (1939 - ____) m. Richard Lloyd Hubbell

  1. Neal Paul Hubbell m. Leisha Herrick

5. Joan Elizabeth O’Dell, RN (1940 - ____) m. Edwin Leo Norton

  1. Dale Montgomery Norton m. Suzanne Lynn Tucker
  2. Keith Joel Norton, Sr. m.

seventh generation: ( O’Dell - Prentice Branch )

GLADYS ALBERTA O’DELL, RN born April 14, 1933 at Stony Creek, NY, m. on August 14, 1955 at Lake George, Warren Co., NY to Grant Mattison Prentice, born July 23, 1933 at Gloversville, Fulton Co., NY [s/o Francis Mead Prentice and wife Leila Annora Guinup] They have three children.

Children of Grant and Gladys:

1. Ericia Ann b. 1957 m. Scott Warren Mercer

2. Terry Lee b. 1958 m/d Barbara Ann Baker m. Jennifer Rebecca Doherty

  1. Julianne Elisabeth Prentice b. 2001
  2. Derik Andrew Doherty b. 1988

3. Roger Mead b. 1960 m. Mary Christine Payne

  1. Rebecca Marie b. 1988
  2. Matthew James b. 1994

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