{"id":11227,"date":"2026-02-16T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11227"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:49:07","slug":"christopher-godfrey-capt-1804-1852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11227","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Godfrey, Capt 1804 \u2013 1852"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Capt Christopher Godfrey Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Ancestry:  <\/strong>John Godfrey;  Caleb Godfrey;  Jonathan Godfrey;  Moses Godfrey;  George Godfrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born:<\/strong> January 12, 1804 in Nantucket Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Father:<\/strong>\u00a0John Godfrey; (1784 \u2013 1810) (Caleb Godfrey & Mary Pinkham)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Elizabeth\/Betsey Gardner; (1783 \u2013 1832) (William Gardner & Mehitable Mayo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Died:<\/strong> January 29, 1852 in Sandwich Ma. at 48 yrs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Buried:<\/strong>\u00a0Pocasset Cemetery; area A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Occupation:<\/strong> Mariner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Married (1):<\/strong> Int. November 20, 1824<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • To:<\/strong>\u00a0Mary Ann Barlow; (1806 \u2013 1827) (Solomon Nye Barlow, Capt. & Anna (Barlow))<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Children:<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • 1.\u00a0<\/strong>Joanna E. Godfrey Nye; (January 16, 1826 \u2013 January 14, 1908); Married Ebenezer F. Nye, Capt. (1822 \u2013 1879) (Ebenezer Nye, Jr., Capt. & Syrena Dimmick); There is a headstone for Ebenezer \u201cWho lost his life in the Arctic, winter of 1879-1880 at 57 yrs.\u201d\u00a0 in Cataumet Cemetery; Joanna is buried in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford Ma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Married (2):<\/strong> 1827-1831<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • To:<\/strong>\u00a0Mercy A. Barker; (1809 \u2013 1859) (Jonathan Barker & ?); Mercy married (2) Isaac Clement (1798 \u2013 1887) (Isaac Clement & Mary (\u2013)) in Sandwich Ma. on July 29, 1855.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Children:<\/strong> 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • 1.\u00a0<\/strong>John A. Godfrey; (1831 \u2013 October 6, 1849); John was born in Newport R.I. & died in Sandwich Ma. at 18 yrs, 7 mos, 16 d.; He was a mariner & is buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Louisa E. Godfrey Barlow Farnham; (1836 \u2013 1909); Married (1) Thomas B. Barlow (1832 \u2013 1862) (Samuel Barlow & Silvinia Bennett) in Sandwich Ma. on February 1, 1862 & married (2) Andrew Nelson Farnham (1842 \u2013 1909) in Lynn Ma. on October 31, 1866;\u00a0Thomas is buried in Pocasset Cemetery; Louisa & Andrew are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 3.<\/strong>\u00a0William Godfrey; (1841 \u2013 ?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 4.\u00a0<\/strong>Henry H. Godfrey; (Abt.1842 \u2013 ?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Charles N. Godfrey, Civil War; (May 20, 1846 \u2013 July 19, 1864); Charles was wounded at City Point Va. & died at N.Y. Hospital; He is buried in Pocasset Cemetery with his mother (\u201cMother & Brother\u201d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • 6.\u00a0<\/strong>Ella\u00a0F. Godfrey Wallace Dow; (March 11, 1849 \u2013 January 3, 1901); Married (1) Almon A. Wallace (1848 \u2013 1897) (Abraham Wallace & Mary Ann Alley) in Lynn Ma. on November 24, 1870 (they divorced) & married (2) Francis Dow, Civil War (1840 \u2013 1899) (Jeremiah Dow & Martha P. Greene) in Lynn Ma. on December 24, 1878; Ella, Almon & Francis are buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn Ma..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Ancestry:  John Godfrey;  Caleb Godfrey;  Jonathan Godfrey;  Moses Godfrey;  George Godfrey Born: January 12, 1804 in Nantucket Ma. Died: January 29, 1852 in Sandwich Ma. at 48 yrs. Occupation: Mariner Married (1): Int. November 20, 1824 Children: 1 Married (2): 1827-1831 Children: 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godfrey-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11228,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11227\/revisions\/11228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}