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Where did the German Good family come from? What is the German Good family crest and coat of arms? When did the Good family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Good family history?

The Good surname comes from the German word "guth," meaning "good." It was most likely originally a nickname for someone known to be a person of high esteem.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Gut, Guth, Gutte, Good, Guter and others.

First found in present day Switzerland, where a Herman der Guot was on record in Sulz, in 1236, and a Heinricus et Guto (Henry the good) was a free steward of an estate at Basel in 1286.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Good research. Another 178 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1541, 1577, 1780, 1798, 1815, and 1831 are included under the topic Early Good History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 52 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Good Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Good Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Thomas Good, aged 24, arrived in America in 1638
  • Robert Good, who settled in Massachusetts in 1646
  • Edward Good, who settled in Maryland in 1655
  • Edward Good, who arrived in Maryland in 1655
  • Richard Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1655


Good Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Pelina Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1702
  • Palma Good, who landed in Virginia in 1702
  • Susanna Good, who arrived in Virginia in 1706
  • Theis Good, who landed in Virginia in 1714
  • James Good, who arrived in Maryland in 1722


Good Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Patrick Good, who arrived in Washington County, Pa in 1802
  • James Good, who arrived in America in 1812
  • William Good, who landed in New York, NY in 1827
  • Laurence Good, who arrived in New York, NY in 1837
  • Lawrence Good, who landed in New York, NY in 1837


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  • The Good Side of My Family by Ruth Good Baker.
  • Genealogy of Tazewell, Bradford, and Goode by Calvert Walke Tazewell Sr..
  • A Good Tree Grew in the Valley: The Family Record of Christian Good, 1842-1916 by Lewis Christian Good.
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  2. Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  3. Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch 35 Volumes. Germany: Bauer & Raspe. Print.
  4. Fogleman, Aaron Spencer. Hopeful Journeys German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America 1717-1775. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. Print. (ISBN 978-0812215489).
  5. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  6. Hildenbrand, A.M. Wappenfibel. Handbuch der Heraldik. Neustadt an der Aisch: 1970. Print.
  7. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  8. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  9. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
  10. Nied, Edmund. Fraenkische Familiennamen urkundlich gesammelt und sprachlich gedeutet. Heidelberg: C. Winter, 1933. Print.
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The Good Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Good Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 19 November 2011 at 09:11.

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