June 24, 2015
Joanna (Kellogg) Goodman’s (1742-1831) obituary does just this – it provides the name of her ancestor from 170 years before her. Her old 1800s obituary states:
She was a great-grand daughter of Joseph Kellogg [1626-1708], one of the first settlers of Hadley, and she and her ancestors lived on the narrow lot, south of the road to Northampton, which was granted to Joseph Kellogg, 170 years ago.
These are some great details about her family history – telling us about her ancestor Joseph Kellogg, and that she lived on the same property that had been in the family for 170 years.
Joanna’s gravestone still stands in the Old Hadley Cemetery in Hadley, Massachusetts.
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Note this old obituary calls her the “relict” of her husband Stephen Goodman – a once-common term for “widow.”
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