Kingston Goddard Hadley
Kingston Goddard Hadley was born Dec 31 1898 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died sometime after 1935. In
1935 Kingston G Hadley mailed a letter to a person in Minden LA
with several generations of Hadley genealogy. This is the last record I
can find for him. He was living with his parents in the 1930
census but there is no record of him in the 1940 census. I believe he
never married and left no children.
His parents were Helen
Marguerite Goddard and Frank Howard Hadley. They were married Oct 21,
1987 in Morton,
PA and in 1900 were living in Media Borough, Delaware, PA.
Kingston
had three siblings, Frank H (Apr 22, 1902 – Jan 30, 1985), Theodore
Daniel (Apr 22, 1906 – Apr 1973) and Helen Elizabeth (Apr 28, 1909 - ?)
Frank Hadley was born July 9,
1864 in Pennsylvania and died
March 20, 1938. Frank’s father was Theodore D Hadley born about 1820 in New York and working as
an Editor in the 1880 census, his mother was Elizabeth A Hadley born
about abt 1831 in PA. They had a total of seven children of which Frank
was the third oldest.
Helen M Goddard was born Oct 21,
1875 in PA and died on Aug 28, 1958 in Media PA. Her father was Dr.
Kingston Goddard born in Nov 27, 1839 in New York
and died Jan 7, 1902 in
Philadelphia PA.
As a young man he decided upon the medical profession as his life work,
and in order to prepare for that line of enterprise entered the University of Pennsylvania,
in the medical department of which he was graduated with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He gained distinctive prestige as a physician and
surgeon in Philadelphia, where he was for many years assistant surgeon
in the United States
Army & Navy
Hospital.
Although not a politician in any sense of the word, he was a
stalwart Democrat in his political convictions.
June 4, 1863, was solemnized his marriage to Helen Van Syckle,
who was born in Philadelphia, April 8, 1841, a daughter of Elijah and
Sarah Belinda (Smith) Van Syckle, the former of whom was born August 16,
1788, and died in Philadelphia, February 1, 1855 and the latter of whom
was born April 28, 1799, and died in Delaware County, Pennsylvania,
February 19, 1891. All the
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Van Syckle are deceased.
To Dr. and Mrs. Kingston Goddard were born the following
children: Kingston Stanley,
born April 25, 1864; Walker Herbert, born November 20, 1865; Helen
Belinda; E. Claude, born September 5, 1868, married September 13, 1889,
Jane Blanche Crump; Josephine Camille, is the wife of Dr. Davison, as
noted above; Elwood Wilson, born September 2, 1873, married Catherine
Stillwell; Helen Marguerite, born October 21, 1875, married Frank H.
Hadley
His father Rev. Kingston Goddard
Sr was born Apr 20, 1814 and died Oct 24, 1875 in PA and his mother
Matilda Susan Seaman in New
York. Kingston Sr was born Apr 20, 1814 and died
Oct 24, 1875. He married Matilda on Dec 6, 1836 at St. Luke’s Church in
New York City, NY.
Matilda was born Jul 16, 1814 in NY and died Aug 25, 1889 in Bergen Point, NJ.
Both Rev. Kingston Goddard and Matilda Susan (Seaman) Goddard are buried
in Woodland Cemetery,
Philadelphia.
The Church of Atonement,
at Seventeenth and Sumner Streets,
Philadelphia, was erected for him and he was a
pastor of the same for many years preceding his demise, which occurred
October 24, 1875. He was a
man of broad mind and unusual intelligence and in his religious work
accomplished a remarkable amount of good for humanity at large.
Helen’s mother was Helen Van
Syckel born Apr 8, 1841 PA and died Sep 9, 1882; she was the daughter of
Elijah Van Syckel and Sarah Belinda Smith.
Elijah Van Syckel, the son of Aaron and Katherine
Opdyke Van Syckel, was born 16 August 1788. He married Belinda Smith
(1799-1871), the daughter of Robert and Mary Armstrong Smith, 22 January
1818. They had ten children. He died 11 Feb. 1855. Decesendants lived in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
In addition to the Benson Genealogy paper
Kingston
wrote many genealogy papers and booklets . The following have
all been microfilmed by
the Genealogical Society of Utah
Captain Samuel Finney of
Philadelphia
and his descendants
Davis and Thayer families of
Reading,
Vermont : birth, marriage and
death
English notes on the Hadley family
Farr and allied families
The Garrett family
Giles Goddard and his descendants
The Giles Goddard genealogy
Goddard family, English notes
Graveyard record of Old Six Principle Baptist Church of North Kingston,
RI
Grimball family
The Reed genealogy
Supplement to the Van Syckel genealogy
The Templeton genealogy
The Tickner genealogy
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