The first of the Godown family to appear in Hunterdon County was Jacob Godown, born about 1675. He was present in Burlington County in 1703 when he was listed in the accounts of the estate of Joseph Adams. But at the time, Hunterdon did not yet exist.
The first land purchase I am aware of took place in 1707, when Jacob Godown bought 200 acres from William Biddle, as recited in H. C. Deed Book 3 p. 297. Unfortunately, I do not know if he wrote a will as there isn’t one recorded in Hunterdon. Therefore, Jacob’s wife is unknown. In fact, all I know about his family is that Jacob Sr. had a son, Jacob Jr., who had one son Evans, who will be treated as First Generation for this tree.
Children of daughters are included, but not grandchildren. Surnames of spouses whose families also have published trees on this website are highlighted in green. Any corrections or additions are welcome in the comments section below or by email.
First Generation:
(1) Evans Godown (c.1723 – bef. 1779) & Mary Thatcher (1733 – 1837)
Second Generation:
| (2.1) John Godown (1749 – 1814) & Mary D. Rounsavel (1756 – 1845)
| (2.2) Thomas Godown* (c.1750 – 1841) & Unknown
| (2.2) Thomas Godown* & Eve Sine (1764 – 1831)
| (2.3) Catharine Godown (c.1751 – c.1820) & Daniel Thatcher (1747 – c.1812)
| (2.4) Rebecka Godown (c.1752 – ) & James Gano (c.1750 – )
| (2.5) daughter Godown (c.1753 – bef.1792) & Amos Thatcher (1748 – 1779)
| (2.6) Mary Godown (c.1754 – )
| (2.7) Jacob Godown (c.1756 – 1831) & Sarah Lake (1760 – 1831)
| (2.8) Allemina Godown (c.1759 – c.1792) & Freegift Rounsavell (1759 – 1797)
| (2.9) Elizabeth Godown (1763 – ) & Isaac Lake (1757 – 1825)
| (2.10) daughter Godown & Thomas Lanning
Third Generation:
| (2.1) John Godown & Mary D. Rounsavel
| | (3.1) Evan Godown (1778 – 1859) & 1) Elizabeth Hoagland (1780 – 1856)
| | (3.1) Evan Godown & 2) Fanny Opdyke Hoagland (1805 – 1878)
| | (3.2) Rachel Godown (1780 – 1828) & George Hice (c.1785 – )
| | (3.3) John R. Godown (1782 – 1842) & Letitia Rittenhouse (c.1785 – 1850)
| | (3.4) Mary Polly Godown (1784 – 1876) & Elder Jonathan Pidcock (1783 – 1861)
| | (3.5) Richard S. Godown (1787 – 1876) & Mary Rittenhouse (1793 – 1853)
| | (3.6) Sarah Godown (1789 – 1856) & Charles W. Kitchen (c.1785 – ~1828)
| | (3.7) Anne Godown (1792 – 1875)
| | (3.8) Jacob Sebern Godown (1796 – 1848) & Ellen Evelyn Coryell (1796 – 1859)
| | (3.9) Peter Johnson Godown (1799 – 1886) & Hannah McPherson (1799 – 1861)
| | (3.10) Wilson Godown (1803 – 1813)
| (2.2) Thomas Godown & 1) Unknown
| | (3.1) Mary Godown (c.1780 – ) & William Opdycke (c.1775 – )
| (2.2) Thomas Godown & 2) Eve Sine
| | (3.2) Adeline Godown (1804 – 1875) & Jonathan Hunter Rake (1802 – 1874)
| (2.3) Catharine Godown & Daniel Thatcher
| | (3.1) Catharine Thatcher (1774 – ) & Everett Roberts (c.1770 – )
| | (3.2) Isaac Thatcher (c.1775 – ) & Mary Gano (c.1780 – )
| | (3.3) John Thatcher (1778 – ) & Rachel
| (2.5) daughter Godown & Amos Thatcher
| | (3.1) Sarah Thatcher (1778 – 1852) & James Huff (c.1775 – )
| (2.7) Jacob Godown & Sarah Lake
| | (3.1) John A. Godown (1787 – 1847) & Abigail Robins (1810 – 1873)
| | (3.2) Isaac Godown (1788 – 1857) & Permelia Myers (1792 – 1870)
| | (3.3) Polly Godown (1790 – )
| | (3.4) Evan Godown (1793 – 1871)
| | (3.5) James Godown (1795 – )
| | (3.6) Rhoda Godown (1796 – bef. 1831) & Jonathan Reading Higgins (1792 – 1865)
| (2.8) Allemina Godown & Freegift Rounsavell
| | (3.1) Sarah Rounsavell (1780 – 1847) & Malcolm Fleming (1775 – 1847)
| | (3.2) Rachel Rounsavell (c.1782 – ) & Thomas Bowman
| | (3.3) Mary Jane Rounsavell (1785 – 1836) & William Lake (1786 – 1859)
| | (3.4) John Rounsavel (c.1786 – <1870)
| | (3.5) Richard F. Rounsavel* (1789 – 1865) & 1) Rebecca (c.1797 – 1837)
| | (3) Richard F. Rounsavel* (1789 – 1865) & 2) Sarah Ann McKinney (c.1800 – 1843)
| | (3) Richard F. Rounsavel* (1789 – 1865) & 3) Elizabeth Eliza Case (1807 – 1875)
| | (3.6) Rebecca Rounsavel (1790 – 1844) & Benjamin Hulsizer (1788 – 1863)
| | (3.7) Evan Rounsavel (~1794 – )
| (2.9) Elizabeth Godown & Isaac Lake
| | (3.1) Margaret Lake (1784 – )
| | (3.2) John Godown Lake (1786 – ) & Sarah Wolverton (c.1795 – )
| | (3.3) Abigail Lake (1788 – )
| | (3.4) Sarah Lake (1790 – )
| | (3.5) Annie Lake (1793 – )
| | (3.6) Mary Lake (1793 – )
| | (3.7) Elizabeth Lake (~1794 – )
| | (3.8) Susan Lake (1796 – ) & Joseph Housel (1780 – 1872)
| | (3.9) Evan Godown Lake (1796 – 1859) & Margaret Moore Petty (1800 – 1892)
| | (3.10) Thomas Lake (1800 – 1883) & Frances Housel (1807 – 1868)
| | (3.11) Isaac Lake (1804 – 1825)
Fourth Generation:
| (2.1) John Godown & Mary D. Rounsavel
| | (3.1) Evan Godown & 1) Elizabeth Hoagland
| | | (4.1) Mary Ann Godown (1806 – 1873)
| | | (4.2) Derrick H. Godown (1809 – 1863)
| | | (4.3) John E. Godown (1811 – )
| | | (4.4) George H. Godown (1813 – )
| | | (4.5) Josiah Godown (1815 – )
| | | (4.6) Elizabeth Godown (1817 – 1859)
| | | (4.7) Rebecca Godown (1819 – 1853)
| | | (4.8) Jacob S. Godown (1822 – )
| | (3.2) Rachel Godown & George Hice
| | | (4.1) Mary A. Hice (1819 – 1903) & Peter Vanderbilt Dalrymple (1811 – 1897)
| | (3.4) Mary Polly Godown & Elder Jonathan Pidcock
| | | (4.1) Martha Pidcock (~1807 – )
| | | (4.2) John Pidcock (~1809 – )
| | | (4.3) James Godown Pidcock (1810 – 1882) & Elizabeth Ann Ramsey (1813 – 1897)
| | | (4.4) Johnson Pidcock (~1811 – )
| | | (4.5) Mary Pidcock (~1814 – )
| | | (4.6) Elizabeth Pidcock (~1816 – )
| | | (4.7) Charles Pidcock (1819 – 1900) & Mary Pyatt (1821 – 1892)
| | (3.5) Richard S. Godown & Mary Rittenhouse
| | | (4.1) Sarah Godown (1811 – 1894) & David Pittenger (c.1810 – 1886)
| | | (4.2) Livera Godown (c.1812 – bef.1853) & David Pittenger (c.1810 – 1886)
| | | (4.3) Elizabeth Godown (c.1819 – )& George Snyder (c.1810 – bef. 1870)
| | | (4.4) Ingham Godown (1823 – 1914) & Mary Brink Rockafellar (1820 – 1901)
| | | (4.5) Samuel Godown (c.1824 – 1878) & Elizabeth Vansyckle (~1830 – )
| | | (4.6) Cornelia M. Godown (1828 – 1924) & James Cherry Vanselous (1821 – 1909)
| | | (4.7) Anna J. Godown (1836 – 1917) & Johnson M. Bunn (1831 – 1920)
| | (3.6) Sarah Godown & Charles W. Kitchen
| | | (4.1) Jonathan P. Kitchen (~c.1816 – ~1860) & Catharine Agin (1820 – 1903)
| | (3.8) Jacob Sebern Godown & Ellen Evelyn Coryell
| | | (4.1) Charles Wilson Godown (1824 – 1904) & Hester Ann Opdycke (1819 – 1910)
| | | (4.2) John Alexander Godown (1825 – 1910) & Rebecca Ann Housel (1835 – 1921)
| | | (4.3) William Thatcher Godown (1825 – 1866) & Ann Wolverton (1832 – 1909)
| | | (4.4) Mary Godown (1829 – 1861) & Richard S. Reed Esq. (1827 – 1886)
| | | (4.5) Andrew Dewitt Godown (1832 – 1908) & Caroline T. Wolverton (1837 – 1933)
| | | (4.6) Johnson J. Godown (c.1835 – 1850)
| | (3.9) Peter Johnson Godown & Hannah McPherson
| | | (4.1) John McPherson Godown (1832 – 1911)
| (2.2) Thomas Godown & 2) Eve Sine
| | (3.2) Adeline Godown & Jonathan Hunter Rake
| | | (4.1) Jacob Fox Rake (1826 – 1885) & Sarah Ann Case (1830 – 1887)
| | | (4.2) Sarah A. Rake (c.1829 – 1852) & Pierson Matthews (1824 – 1872)
| | | (4.3) Caroline Rake (c.1830 – 1834)
| | | (4.4) Jonathan Hunter Rake Jr. (1830 – 1897)
| | | (4.5) Susan E. Rake* (1841 – 1917)
| | | | | m. 1) Joseph Philkill (c.1829 – )
| | | | | m. 2) Camille Grosjean
| (2.7) Jacob Godown & Sarah Lake
| | (3.1) John A. Godown & Abigail Robins
| | | (4.1) Jonathan Godown (1825 – 1853)
| | | (4.2) Jacob Godown (1827 – 1888) & Caroline Louise Chapman (1840 – 1925)
| | | (4.3) Sarah Godown (1831 – 1901)
| | | (4.4) John B. Godown (c.1833 – ) & Mahala Hendershot (1844 – )
| | | (4.5) Charles Robbins Godown (1843 – 1919) & Alice Agnes Pursell (1848 – 1935)
| | (3.2) Isaac Godown & Permelia Myers
| | | (4.1) Pierson Godown (1816 – 1903)
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth Godown (c.1820 – )
| | | (4.3) Stryker Godown (c.1829 – 1864)
| | | (4.4) Matilda Godown (1833 – 1900) & John Pegg (1836 – 1911)
| | (3.6) Rhoda Godown & Jonathan Reading Higgins
| | | (4.1) Sarah Jane Higgins (1828 – 1898) & George Metcalf Chamberlain (c.1825 – 1909)
Fifth Generation:
| (2.1) John Godown & Mary D. Rounsavel
| | (3.5) Richard S. Godown & Mary Rittenhouse
| | | (4.2) Livera Godown & David Pittenger
| | | | (5.1) Mary Ann Pittenger (c.1835 – ) & Edward Barrass (c.1835 – )
| | | | (5.2) William R. H. Pittenger (c.1840 – ) & Sophia Brink (c.1840 – )
| | | | (5.3) Israel B. Pittenger (c.1840 – )
| | | | (5.4) Sarah Jane Pittenger (c.1840 – )
| | | | | | m. 1) David B. Srope
| | | | | | m. 2) William Roberson (1842 – 1899)
| | | | (5.5) Virginia Pittenger (c.1842 – ) & Richard H. Opdycke (1844 – )
| | | | (5.6) Amanda W. Pittenger (1850 – )
| | | | | | m. 1) Lambert B. Dalrymple (c.1847 – bef. 1880)
| | | | | | m. 2) Jacob Henry Tiger (1849 – )
| | | (4.3) Elizabeth Godown & George Snyder
| | | | (5.1) Celinda Snyder (1836 – 1918) & Emley Williamson (1829 – 1909)
| | | (4.5) Samuel Godown & Elizabeth Vansyckle
| | | | (5.1) Cornelia Amelia Godown (~1853 – )
| | | | (5.2) Augustus Godown (1854 – 1923) & Mary A. Martin (c.1855 – bef. 1923)
| | | | (5.3) Oliver Godown (c.1857 – )
| | | | (5.4) Henry Godown (c.1859 – )
| | | | (5.5) Mary J. Godown (c.1863 – )
| | | | (5.6) Elizabeth Godown (c.1865 – )
| | (3.8) Jacob Sebern Godown & Ellen Evelyn Coryell
| | | (4.1) Charles Wilson Godown & Hester Ann Opdycke
| | | | (5.1) Ellen Elizabeth Godown (1848 – 1931) & Jeremiah K. Trimmer (1848 – 1905)
| | | | (5.2) Alice J. Godown (c.1852 – 1876) & Howard C. Pidcock (1853 – 1912)
| | | | (5.3) Janet A. Godown* (c.1856 – 1947) & Egbert Trimmer (c.1838 – )
| | | | (5.4) Clinton B. Godown (1857 – 1924) & Emma Chitster
| | | | (5.5) Lewis C. Godown (c.1858 – 1893)
| | | | (5.6) Charles A. Godown (c.1864 – 1955)
| | | (4.2) John Alexander Godown & Rebecca Ann Housel
| | | | (5.1) Catharine Godown (c.1868 – )
| | | | (5.2) Harrison R. Godown (1870 – 1941) & Lena May Wyckoff (1873 – 1943)
| | | | (5.3) Susie H. Godown (c.1871 – 1905) & Wilfred W. Lambert (1863 – 1941)
| | | | (5.4) Gideon B. Godown (1873 – 1958) & Eudora H. Bush (1877 – 1900)
| | | | (5.5) Mamie E. Godown (1877 – 1957)
| | | (4.3) William Thatcher Godown & Ann Wolverton
| | | | (5.1) Durllius Godown (c.1853 – )
| | | | (5.2) Emma T. Godown (c.1855 – )
| | | | (5.3) Arabella Godown (c.1858 – )
| | | | (5.4) Lamandore Godown (c.1859 – )
| | | | (5.5) Mary E. Godown (c.1861 – )
| | | (4.4) Mary Godown & Richard S. Reed Esq.
| | | | (5.1) Lyman Reed (c.1856 – )
| | | (4.5) Andrew Dewitt Godown & Caroline T. Wolverton
| | | | (5.1) George C. Godown (c.1860 – 1895)
| (2.7) Jacob Godown & Sarah Lake
| | (3.1) John A. Godown & Abigail Robins
| | | (4.2) Jacob Godown (1827 – 1888) & Caroline Louise Chapman (1840 – 1925)
| | | | (5) Oliver Godown
| | | | (5) Frank Owen Godown
| | | (4.4) John B. Godown (c.1833 – ) & Mahala Hendershot (1844 – )
| | | | (5) Jennie Godown
| | | | (5) Sarah Godown
| | (3.2) Isaac Godown & Permelia Myers
| | | (4.4) Matilda Godown & John Pegg
| | | | (5.1) Jacob Van Marter Pegg (1862 – 1940)
| | | | | | m. 1) Susan Barbara Clemens (1863 – 1911)
| | | | | | m. 1) Mary Ann Slack (~1844 – bef. 1910)
| | | | (5.2) Anna J. Pegg (1867 – bef. 1940) & Randall Hortman (1867 – bef. 1900)
| | | | (5.3) Susan H. Pegg (1875 – 1942)
| | | | (5.4) John Pierson Pegg (1877 – 1938) & Emma F. Callan (1876 – 1951)
| | | | (5.5) Martin Pegg (~1880 – bef. 1938)
Sixth Generation:
| (2.1) John Godown & Mary D. Rounsavel
| | (3.5) Richard S. Godown & Mary Rittenhouse
| | | (4.2) Livera Godown & David Pittenger
| | | | (5.5) Virginia Pittenger & Richard H. Opdycke
| | | | | (6.1) Everetta Opdycke (1870 – )
| | | | (5.6) Amanda W. Pittenger & 1) Lambert B. Dalrymple
| | | | | (6.1) Livera Dalrymple (c.1872 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Eany Dalrymple (c.1874 – )
| | | (4.5) Samuel Godown & Elizabeth Vansyckle
| | | | (5.2) Augustus Godown & Mary A. Martin
| | | | | (6.1) Samuel Godown (1890 – )
| | (3.8) Jacob Sebern Godown & Ellen Evelyn Coryell
| | | (4.1) Charles Wilson Godown & Hester Ann Opdycke
| | | | (5.1) Ellen Elizabeth Godown & Jeremiah K. Trimmer
| | | | | (6.1) Frederick J. Trimmer (1873 – 1922) & Mary Watt (1876 – 1971)
| | | | | (6.2) Minnie B. Trimmer (1878 – 1941) & unknown Pidcock (c.1875 – )
| | | | | (6.3) Nellie Maybell Trimmer (1879 – 1961) & Elmer E. McHugh (1872 – 1952)
| | | | (5.2) Alice J. Godown & Howard C. Pidcock
| | | | | (6.1) Harry Fenimore Pidcock (1872 – 1946)
| | | | (5.3) Janet A. Godown & 1) Egbert Trimmer
| | | | | (6.1) Servis Trimmer (1880 – )
| | | (4.2) John Alexander Godown & Rebecca Ann Housel
| | | | (5.2) Harrison R. Godown & Lena May Wyckoff
| | | | | (6.1) Charles W. Godown (1896 – 1896)
| | | | | (6.2) Ella M. Godown (1911 – 1912)
| | | | (5.3) Susie H. Godown & Wilfred W. Lambert
| | | | | (6.1) Fred Lambert (c.1895 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Dora Lambert (c.1897 – )
| | | | | (6.3) Frank G. Lambert (1898 – 1989) & Marion E. Brewer (1897 – 1975)
| | | | | (6.4) Orville Lambert (c.1900 – )
| | | | | (6.5) Hannah Lambert (c.1904 – )
| | | | (5.4) Gideon B. Godown & Eudora H. Bush
| | | | | (6.1) Marion D. Godown (1898 – 1899)
The first of the Godown family to appear in Hunterdon County was Jacob Godown, born about 1675. He was present in Burlington County in 1703 when he was listed in the accounts of the estate of Joseph Adams. But at the time, Hunterdon did not yet exist.
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May 27, 2018 @ 9:40 am
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