Re: Goodsell origins in Great Britain ??
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Re: Goodsell origins in Great Britain ??
Remo goodsell 9/15/06
I know I am still beating around the bush for what you want specifically, but sometimes you find your answers going through back doors.
I am researching Goodsell also. I find a heavy concentration of this surname in the Sussex area--especially Ewhurst,Hastings, and other surrounding parishes. The name Goodsell is derived from something similar to Gutsell, Gudsall, etc. but meaning "good soul". The earliest ones I'm aware of is Thomas Gutsell born in Frant, Sussex in 1591 and died in Sedlescombe, Sussex in 1629. The other is Thomas Gutsell born 1571 in Burwash, Sussex, no death date. I have a John Goodsell born 1793 to John Gutsell or Goodsell and FrancesBoots in Hastings. Part of this family use the Gutsell spelling and part use the Goodsell spelling. But I believe they are all of the same family line in spite of spelling.
John Goodsell Sr. seems to have hatched in Hastings. According to his death certificate, he was born 1771. (He married Frances Boots of Salehurst in Hastings.) However, there are no close matches for parents in the Sussex-Kent area. I suspect some other Goodsells migrated to this locality from places like Yorkshire, Kent, Herefordshire and other places where the name may not be so prominent. The spelling Gutsell suggests German descent, but that's still to be researched and doesn't appear likely for Sussex at least.
There are perhaps at least two separate lines of Goodsells today in the United States. There are the Goodsells in the early U.S. which I'm not aware of anyone linking them to a certain locality in England. Many of the other line are descendants of a few who came to Utah as Mormon pioneers. These would be Sussex Goodsells.
I've started promoting DNA testing for all living Goodsell male descendants. It would be to our benefit to find as many of these individuals so we can start comparing DNA.
Sue
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