The chapter is named to honor Hannah Goddard, the wife of Revolutionary War patriot John Goddard who was appointed by General George Washington on Aug. 9, 1775, to serve as Wagon Master General to ...

John Goddard and his wife, Hannah, tore down the old family home in 1767 and replaced it with the house that stands at 235 Goddard Ave. today. Goddard became a prominent figure during the ...

Goddard apprenticed for Job Townsend, and he married Townsend’s daughter Hannah in 1746. By the 1760s John Goddard was a leading cabinetmaker; customers included Governor Stephen Hopkins and ...