History of Shrewsbury, (Worcester County) Massachusetts United States of America

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Calvin Goddard, representative, was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., July 17, 1768; son of Daniel Goddard; grandson of Edward Goddard; and great-grandson of William Goddard, who came to America from Norfolk, England, in 1666. He was graduated from Dartmouth m 1786, was admitted to the bar in 1790, and settled m Plainfield, Conn., for the practice of his profession. He was a member of the Connecticut house of representatives, 1791-1801: speaker, 1799-1800; and a representative in the 7th and 8th U.S. congresses, 1801-05. He removed to Norwich, Conn.; was a member of the governor's council, 1807-15; a presidential elector in 1812; a delegate to the Hartford convention in 1814; judge of the superior court of Connecticut, 1815-18; district attorney for the county of New London, 1818-23; and mayor of Norwich, 1823-40. He died in Norwich, Conn., May 2, 1842.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Nahum Parker, senator, was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., March 14, 1760; son of Amos and Anna (Stone) Parker; grandson of Andrew and Sarah (Whitney) Parker; great-grandson of John Parker and a descendant of Thomas Parker, who emigrated from England in the Susan and Ellen in 1635 and settled first in Lynn, and then in Reading, Massachusetts Bay colony. Nahum Parker was a soldier in the Continental army under General Gates and took part in the battles that resulted in the capture of Burgoyne's forces at Saratoga in 1777. He settled in Fitzwilliam, N.H., in 1786, was a member of the board of selectmen, 1790-94, and clerk and treasurer of the town, 1792-1815. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1794-1804 and 1806-07; a member of the governor's council, 1804-05, and was U.S. senator from New Hampshire, 1807-10, resigning in 1810 when he was succeeded by Charles Cutts . He was justice of the court of common pleas for Cheshire county, which included Sullivan county, 1807-13; an associate justice of the Western circuit, 1813-16; judge of the court of sessions of Cheshire county in 1821 and of the court of common pleas for Hillsborough county in 1822. He was also a member of the New Hampshire senate and its president in 1828. He was married, Aug. 11, 1783, to Mary Deeth of Gerry, Mass., and their son, Amos Andrew Parker (born Oct. 8, 1791, University of Vermont, 1813, lawyer, editor of New Hampshire Statesman, author of Recollections of Lafayette (1879)) celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and died in Fitzwilliam, N.H., May 12, 1893. Nahum Parker died in Fitzwilliam, N.H., Nov. 12, 1839.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor