{"id":11233,"date":"2026-02-16T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:51:26","slug":"josiah-godfrey-capt-1786-1868","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/?p=11233","title":{"rendered":"Josiah Godfrey, Capt 1786 \u2013 1868"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Capt Josiah & Polly Godfrey Headstone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Ancestry:<\/strong>  Solomon Godfrey, Rev War;  Joshua Godfrey;  Moses Godfrey;  George Godfrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born:<\/strong> May 6, 1786 in Chatham Ma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Father:<\/strong>\u00a0Solomon Godfrey, Rev War; (1746 \u2013 1786) (Joshua Godfrey & Phebe Gould)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mother:<\/strong>\u00a0Mercy Crowell; (1748 \u2013 ?) (Seth Crowell & Mary Sears)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Died:<\/strong> April 6, 1868<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Buried:\u00a0<\/strong>Pocasset Cemetery; area A (with his wife Polly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

      Married:<\/strong> June 28, 1811 in Sandwich Ma. by Joseph Snelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • To:\u00a0<\/strong>Mary\/Polly Wing; (1793 \u2013 1879) (Nathaniel Wing, Rev War & Mary Tobey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Children:<\/strong> 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • 1.<\/strong>\u00a0Betsey Godfrey Lumbert; (June 15, 1812 \u2013 December 12, 1878); Married Zaccheus Lumbert (1809 \u2013 1877) in\u00a0int. March 1, 1831; Betsey & Zaccheus are buried in Cataumet Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2.<\/strong>\u00a0John Warren Godfrey, Capt., Civil War; (March 19, 1818 \u2013 December 2, 1894); Married Louisa Nye Barlow (1819 \u2013 1911) (Solomon Nye Barlow, Capt. & Anna (Barlow)) in int. May 17, 1839; John & Louisa are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Lamoni Ohio.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Josiah Godfrey, Jr., Capt.; (August 22, 1821 \u2013 April 11, 1899); Married (1) Abby Dimmick (1825 \u2013 1877) (David Dimmick, Jr. & Esther D. Wing) in int. November 13, 1843 & married (2) Phebe H. (Kendrick) Kendrick (1825 \u2013 1904) (Solomon Kendrick & Ann (Phillips) Weeks) in Sandwich Ma. on March 29, 1879; Phebe married (1) Reuben D. Kendrick, Capt. (1820 \u2013 1870) (Isaiah Kendrick & Cynthia Harding) in Sandwich Ma. on December 25, 1844; Josiah, Jr.,\u00a0Abby, Phebe & Reuben are buried in Pocasset Cemetery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 4.<\/strong>\u00a0Ebenezer W. Godfrey, Civil War; (October 15, 1824 \u2013 April 20, 1872); Married Ann Maria Howard (1829 \u2013 1904) (Thomas Howard & Hannah Davis) in Fairhaven Ma. on January 17, 1847; Ebenezer was a mariner & painter & died in Fairhaven Ma. at 47 yrs, 6 mos.; Ebenezer & Ann are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 5.\u00a0<\/strong>Mary\u00a0Burgess Godfrey Sears; (October 18, 1828 \u2013 July 14, 1905); Married Elisha Harvey Sears (1829 \u2013 1896) (Elisha Sears & Mehitable\/Hetty Wing) in Sandwich Ma. on September 2, 1852; Their son, Josiah Godfrey Sears, is buried in Cataumet Cemetery next to his grandmother, Mehitable\/Hetty Wing Sears; Mary, Elisha & their daughter Ada Frances Sears Macomber (1860 \u2013 1940), wife of Frederick\u00a0Clarence Macomber (1858 \u2013 1889) (Thurston Macomber & Betsey (\u2013)) are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven Ma..<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 6.<\/strong>\u00a0Achsah B. Godfrey; (May 12, 1833 \u2013 ?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 7.<\/strong>\u00a0Eudora L Godfrey Ellis; (June 26, 1836 \u2013 April 19, 1877); Married John Calvin Cook Ellis (1835 \u2013 1909) (Stephen Ellis & Hannah Raymond) in Sandwich Ma. on October 18, 1857; John married (2) Melissa M. Thurston (1851 \u2013 1939) (Trueworthy G. Thurston & Lydia T. Williamson) in Sandwich Ma. on June 18, 1879; Eudora, John & Melissa are buried in Bay View Cemetery in Sandwich Ma..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Ancestry:  Solomon Godfrey, Rev War;  Joshua Godfrey;  Moses Godfrey;  George Godfrey Born: May 6, 1786 in Chatham Ma. Died: April 6, 1868 Occupation: Mariner Married: June 28, 1811 in Sandwich Ma. by Joseph Snelling Children: 7<\/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-11233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godfrey-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233","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=11233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11234,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions\/11234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pocassetcemetery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}