Daniel Poole Goddard (1783-1842) was a brewer in Ipswich who subsequently played a major role in the early development of the
Ipswich Gas Company for whom he served as secretary and engineer.
Daniel was born in
Stepney, London, and baptised at the
Bull Lane Independent Church there on 15 December 1783.
He was the only one of 23 children to reach the age of maturity and his mother died when he was three.
He was sent to school at
Framlingham in
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
and spent the holidays with his grandfather at
Rendham. In 1806 he was in
Ipswich where he married Lucy Haill at
St Mary le Tower
St Mary-le-Tower is the civic church of Ipswich and a Grade II* listed building. It was in the churchyard of St Mary that the town charter of Ipswich was written in 1200.
History
Although medieval, the church mostly dates from 1860 to 1870, w ...
on 14 August. In 1830 he is recorded as being a brewer living in Orwell Place.
References
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1783 births
1842 deaths
British brewers