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Barbara’s family

Dorothy (Rushell) Goodman

12 SEP 1570 – 20 FEB 1640 · 12th great-grandmother

Dorothy (Rushell) Goodman, identified in the supplied material as Dorothy Goodman and also as Dorothy Newport, was a member of Barbara’s family branch and the 12th great-grandmother of the subject of this family tree. She was reportedly born in Northamptonshire, England, about 1572, married Richard Robins on 21 June 1597, and was the mother of Edward and Obedience Robins.

At a glance

Name: Dorothy (Rushell) Goodman
Also known as: Dorothy Goodman
Also known as: Dorothy Newport
Married name: Dorothy Robins
Profile life dates: 12 September 1570–20 February 1640
Reported birth: Circa 1572
Reported birth place: Northamptonshire, England
Father: Edward Goodman
Mother: Mary Bushall
Spouse: Richard Robins
Marriage date: 21 June 1597
Spouse’s parents: Thomas Robins and Elizabeth Pamer
Child: Colonel Edward Robins, died 4 June 1646
Child: Colonel Obedience Robins, born 1600 and died 1662
Relationship: 12th great-grandmother
Family branch: Barbara’s family

Family connection

James Dempsey Waters "WWII-TDCJ" (father)
James Dempsey (Bud) Waters (father)
James Benjamin William Waters "Farmer" (father)
William James Waters (father)
Darius Waters (father)
William V. Waters "War of 1812" (father)
James Andrew Waters "Rev.War" (father)
William Waters (father)
Philemon Waters (father)
Thomas Waters (father)
William Waters (father)
Margaret Robins (mother)
Obedience Robins "House of Burgess" (father)
Dorothy (Rushell) Goodman (mother)

Dorothy (Rushell) Goodman is identified in the supplied family material as Dorothy Goodman and, in one cited source, as Dorothy Newport. The profile gives her life dates as 12 September 1570 to 20 February 1640, while the original Family Tree Maker notes report that she was born about 1572 in Northamptonshire, England.

According to those notes, she was the daughter of Edward Goodman and Mary Bushall. On 21 June 1597, she married Richard Robins, who was identified as the son of Thomas Robins and Elizabeth Pamer. Following the marriage, her name was recorded as Dorothy Robins.

The supplied notes list two children of Dorothy and Richard Robins: Colonel Edward Robins, who died 4 June 1646, and Colonel Obedience Robins, born in 1600 and died in 1662. Through Obedience Robins, Dorothy is shown in the provided relationship path as an ancestor of the Waters family line and the 12th great-grandmother of the subject of this tree.

Historical context

No additional historical context was supplied for Dorothy Goodman or her family.

Sources & research

Peerage News, online, http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.nz/. Cited in the original Family Tree Maker notes as [S1122].

L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 234. Cited in the original Family Tree Maker notes as [S21].

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