Henry Moore GODDARD emigrated with his wife Elizabeth BRIGHT on the ship the Estoria in 1854 and they settled in Robe South Australia. Elizabeth BRIGHT was a daughter of Jerome Denny BRIGHT and his wife Mary Ann PRATT originally from Norfolk England. Henry Moore Goddard first settled in Suffolk after his 1846 marriage. The family had 3 children in England - Ellen Elizabeth, Charles Henry and Mary Jane. Charles Henry Goddard married Harriet AFFLECK. The remaining children of Henry Moore GODDARD included Frederick Denny GODDARD, Harriet, Fanny and Alfred and these were born in South Australia. Descendant suranames of daughters include WOODS KOOPS SAMWELL STUCKEY CROSSING WILKEY BASEBY CROSBIE MURRAY RYAN MacKINNON DOWLING HUTCHENS GILES. If you are a descendant then I would like to make contact. The Millicent area of South Australia is also associated with the family and the South East newspapers for Robe South Australia feature most interesting stories of the GODDARD family. These South East newspapers have been indexed by the South East Family History Society in Millicent. Henry Moore GODDARD is my Great Great Grandfather.

I am trying to backtrack from Edward Woods born 1754 possibly in West Sussex or the Isle Of Wight Below is a copy of the earliest key Woods Family extracts from this document but please open the attached file for full details that may help. Can you help me go further back in time from Edward Woods 1754?

* Richard Lillywhite (bap.5.3.1775-bur.28.5.1831)Son of William Lillywhite and Sarah Souter. Baptised in Storrington. Married Elizabeth Matthews (bap.28.3.1784 in Thakeham, buried 22.2.1843), the daughter of John and Elizabeth Matthews) on 25.8.1799 in Storrington. Had 10 children, Henry, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, Jane, Thomas, Harriet, James, Stephen and Anne. Moved from Thakeham to Clayton (a farm at Sullington) in 1814/15. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Jesse Woods in 1822, but she died in 1825, leaving 2 young children, John and Caroline. Jesse then went to Western Australia, leaving John and Caroline with his parents-in-law, Richard and Elizabeth (although John followed in 1836).
* Elizabeth Lillywhite (bap. 15.1.1804-13.1.1825)
Daughter of Richard Lillywhite and Elizabeth Matthews. Married Jesse Woods (bap.5.7.1798-3.6.1865, baptised in Sullington, the son of Edward Woods, 1754-16.11.1823 and Mary White 25.3.1758-5.11.1829) on 18.11.1822. Witnesses were Mary Woods and James Tribe (who later married each other). Neither Elizabeth nor Jesse were literate. Had 2 children, John and Caroline. Elizabeth died in Longbury Hill and is buried in Warminghurst. Jesse then went to the Swan River Settlement (now Perth, Western Australia). Their children, John and Caroline, remained in Sussex with their maternal grandparents and their paternal aunt (see notes for Richard Lillywhite, 1775-1831, above), although John followed his father to WA in 1836. Jesse went to WA on the Atwick, arriving on 19.10.1829, as a servant to Captain T. Bannister, ex-army, who took 5 servants with him. The Atwick carried 17 cabin passengers and 79 non-cabin passengers. Captain Bannister selected 2000 acres in the Canning district in 1829 (now Thornlie, a south-eastern suburb of Perth), 5903 acres in the Albany district in 1830 and another 200 there in 1832. Bannister left the colony to return to England in 1835 and returned to WA on the Hero, arriving on 22.8.1837, bringing with him Jesse and ElizabethÂ’s son, John. On 30.5.1933 Jesse applied to enrol in the Yeomanry Guard to act against the natives; his name appears in a petition for military protection in 1834; he announced his intention, in the Perth Gazette newspaper, of leaving the colony on 16.1.1836 (perhaps with the intention of returning to Sussex to bring his son John back with him, but then later this was unnecessary because Captain Bannister did so); mentioned in the 1832 and 1837 Censuses at York, WA, single; WA Census of 1859 as a labourer, Church of England and illiterate. Jesse died in York, Western Australia.

Kind regards

Ron Woods
Sydney Australia.

On my grandfathers death certificate- John Henry Bright Sr. it is stated
that my -great grandfather was Australian. I dont
have any info on him other than his name and wife's
name,and she was from Taylor Co. Florida. My
grandfather was from Florida-(Ft. Myers -Lee Co.).
I am trying to find any information I can on my
great-grandfather. My great-grandmother's name was
Mebena C. Gillis-(maiden name). His d.o.b. was
&-25-1886, d.o.d. was 9-9-1944. He as well as my
grandfather and father were commercial fishermen in
the Lee Co. and Charlotte Co. Florida area. My
grandfather's name was John Henry Bright Jr. and my
grandmother's name was Clara Lancaster,(maiden name) Both from
Punta Gorda Florida,(Charlotte Co. ). If anyone has
info please e-mail me. I can use all of the help
that I can get. If I can help with any info that I h
may have I will be happy to share. Thank's Debbie

Hi, I am a desendat of the lillywhites you have mentioned in your previous messages. i would be grateful of any information you have about them.

many thanks

I am also a great grand daughter of Charles HenrynGoddard and have quite a bit of the family history, if you wish to contact me.