The following story was adapted from a web-site on the Descendants of Thomas Goodale.

Richard Goodale, the fourth childe and second son of John and Bridget (Portler) Goodale, was baptized 29 Jul 1594 in Downham, Norfolk, England and died at Salisbury, Massachusetts on 16 Sep 1666 with his will being proved on 9 Oct 1666. Richard married Dorothy Whitrends (or Whitends) about 1615 at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She was born about 1590 probably in Downham and died 29 Jan 1665 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

At the time that John Goodale, Richard's father, made his will in 1625, the whereabouts of son Richard was unknown including the names of Richard's two children. As such, Richard's two children are not spoken of in John's will. Walter Goodwin Davis in his book, "Massachusetts and Maine Families," suggests that Richard was in Ireland, which has some validity as we know Richard had a servant from Ireland, Cornelius Conner. Richard was back in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England in 1637 at which time he and his stepmother, Elizabeth Parlett Taylor Goodale, were defendants in a chancery suit. By 1638, Richard Goodale had settled in Newbury, Massachusetts and had his wife Dorothy, his two children Ann and Richard, and hs stepmother Elizabeth Parlett Taylor Goodale and her daughter and his half-sister Elizabeth with him. The exact time of their migration and name of the ship are not known.

Richard Goodale, called a planter and a turner (lathe operator), soon after settling in Newbury, moved across the Merrimac River to the new town, at first called Colchester and later called Salisbury, where he was an original grantee and as such received a grant of land. He was a recipent of further grants of land in 1639, 1643, and 1654. He was a member of the Norfolk county grand jury in 1652 and 1654. Tradition states that Richard was an outstanding great hunter. As noted above he had an Irish servant named Cornelius Conner.

Richard Goodale made out his will on 7 Jun 1666 which was proved on 6 Oct 1666. All his goods, housings, lands, orchards, pastures, meadows-either marsh or uplands, plow lands, and any other lands or cattle be left equally divided between his son Richard and his daughter Ann and her husband William Allen. Two exceptions noted were "to his grandaughter Hubbard he left a cow named Primerose and "Cornelius Conner, formerly his servant, he left all of his wearing apparel, both woolens and linens." From the inventory, it appears that Richard had let his house to Joseph Lancaster and gone to live with his daughter Ann in the last months before his death. There was due to Ann's husband William payment for "diet and attendance" at 10 shillings a week from 3 May 1666 to 16 Sep 1666. The property was evenly divided between Richard Goodale and William Allen the husband of Ann Goodale Allen.

Richard and Dorothy (Whitrends) Goodale had two children:

1. Richard Goodale was born about 1616 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He married Mary _____ about 1640 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He died in 1676 in Middleton, Connecticut.

2. Ann Goodale was born about 1618 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She died on 31 May 1678 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. She married William Allen about 1638/9 in Salisbury, Massachusetts. William Allen was born about 1610 in Sandwich, Kent, England and died on 18 Jun 1686. William Allen married as his second wife the widow Alice Roper Dickenson. William Allen was the son of George Allen.