Sarah Croad

1666 - 1692  (26 years)

• Name	Sarah Croad  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	18 Feb 1666	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Oct 1692	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  	Cause: Massacred by Indian Attack
  	Benjamin was shot while praying with his family on a Sabbath evening. His wife and two daughters were killed by the Indians. Deborah, aged 7 years was taken captive, but was redeemed the next spring at the expense of the Province
  Burial	Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I10162	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Croade,   b. 1628, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1689, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Hersey,   b. 1634, Reading, Berkshire, England d. 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Apr 1656	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  Family ID	F4948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Goodridge,   b. 11 Apr 1642, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Oct 1692, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1678	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Daniel Goodrich,   b. 3 May 1670, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1747, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3984	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Feb 1666 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 16 Nov 1678 - Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death - Cause: Massacred by Indian Attack - 23 Oct 1692 - Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~d Gott-F (KIA) Gott Female Ancestor - Killed in Action

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  History-GOODRICH Massacre The Goodridge Massacre - Newburyport News

  
  

  Places

  Historical Marker-Goodridge Massacre 1630 1930 Goodrich Massacre ten rods east stood the house of Benjamin Goodrich who, with his wife and two children, was slain by the Indians on October 23, 1692

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S10477] Find a Grave (Killed in Action - Indian Wars), CROAD Sarah Goodrich 1666-1692 (KILLED IN ACTION-Indian Massacre). Benjamin was shot while praying with his family on a Sabbath evening. His wife and two daughters were killed by the Indians. Deborah, aged 7 years was taken captive, but was redeemed the next spring at the expense of the Province https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180270138/sarah-goodridge [S37] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0886202 item 3. [S634] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Damon family : listing some of the Ohio descendants of Amos Damon of Chesterfield, Mass , and t. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: The Damon family : listing some of the Ohio descendants of Amos Damon of Chesterfield, Mass , and t