BIOGRAPHY

JOHN GODEY - OF PEMBROKE, NY

John Godey, a native of Massachusetts, served in the Revolutionary war, and moved to Illinois, where he died about 1840, aged 94 years. His children were Libbeus, Aruna, Eliphalet, Anna Elaine, and Asenath. His son Aruna, also a native of Massachusetts, at the age of 15 years moved to Madison County, and in 1818 came to Pembroke, where he died in 1859, aged 75 years. He married Mercy, daughter of Samuel Record, of Morrisville, and his children were Levi and E. Ward. The latter, born in Pembroke, December 21, 1819, married Fannie E., daughter of Jacob and Harriet (Hitchcock) Brinstool, of Henrietta, N. Y.. Their children are Marian E. and Maynard A., the latter of whom married Harriet, daughter of John H. and Mary (Bescoby) Stuffins, of Lincolnshire, Eng., and they have a son, Fred B. Marian E. Godey married Martha E., daughter of George Spensley, and they have one son, E. Ward.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890