743. George Washington8 Waid (Pember7, John6, Durant5 Wade, John4, John3, Nicholas2, Thomas1) was born January 21, 1810 in Joshuatown, New London Co., CT, and died December 04, 1861 in Crawford Co., PA. He married Lorinda Goodwill Abt. 1836, daughter of Nathaniel Goodwill and Mary Bell. She was born Abt. 1817 in MA, and died 1868.

Notes for George Washington Waid:
The 1850 Crawford Co., Woodcock Township census includes a G. W. Waid, age 42 (the index says G. N. Waid, but a careful study of the penmanship of the census taker shows it to be a W not an N). Though the age is off by one year, I believe this to be George Washington Waid, so I have included the information in this tree. The name of the second child is difficult to make out. Listed as a male child; looks like Eelesta, but could be Celesta - neither name seems to be a male child's name.
The 1860 census record lists the following: Washington Waid, age 48; Lorinda (wife), age 46; Homer (son), age 19; Ann (daughter), age 15; Mary (daughter), age 15 [I believe the census taker listed two names for the same girl Mary Ann]; Lewis (son), age 11; George (son), age 8; and Job (son), age 5.
There was a death record on file in the Historical Society records: George W. Waid, October 11, 1920, age 69. This could be the above son of Washington Waid. Blooming Valley Cemetery records also indicate this same individual as birth abt. 1851 listed after George Waid and Molly.
The index for Blooming Valley Cemetery shows a Molly Waid buried with or near him. No other record of who she might be, i.e. wife or daughter or daughter-in-law.

More About George Washington Waid:
Birth Record: IGI Record - LDS Film number 456842; 442548
Burial: December 1861, Blooming Valley Cemetery - Blooming Valley, PA
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Tombstone inscription; Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

Notes for Lorinda Goodwill:
Nathaniel and Mary Bell Goodwill had a son, Justin. Justin had a daughter, listed as "Loriender", and she was born about 1830 in Massachusetts. Justin had moved to Pennsylvania at the time of his death in 1839. Her date of birth is estimated; Justin's is recorded as 1795, so it is conceivable (no pun intended) that she was born as early as 1817, since that would follow her parents' marriage date, but it doesn't always happen that way.
The 1830 census shows Nathaniel's household to include three females aged 15-20. As you know, the relationship is not listed. They could be daughters, granddaughters, nieces, or not even related. In any event, that would place them at about 1810-1815 for birth years.
The 1860 census (researched by Forest W. Goodwill before 1985, my notes page 1367) showed the household of Washington Waid, aged 48. That would put him as born about 1812, but the Souvenirs all list his year of birth as 1810. So this could mean that the census taker erred, or the birth date just happened to fall in such a way that it doesn't allow you to simply deduct the age from 1860 to get a birth year. His wife is listed as Lorinda, age 46, so she may have been born in 1814 (but if Washington's birth year could be off by 2, so could hers). That would put her at 1812-1814 for a birth year. The couple had the following children with them: Homer (19), Ann and Mary (both 15), Lewis (11), George (8), and Job (5).
Forest did further research, at the Crawford County Registrar and Recorders Office (my notes, page 1283) and found land deeds related to Nathaniel Goodwill. He deeded land to the following:
Sarah and Abel Ellis
George and Lorinda Waid
Bathsheba Goodwill
Sarah and Bathsheba are daughters of Nathaniel, so I am making the supposition that Lorinda may have been a daughter, too. Another possibility is that Lorinda could be the daughter of Justin, and may have lived with Nathaniel. In that event, it would be likely that he would have been close enough to a granddaughter to deed her some land. It's curious that they were the only people to receive deeds, but it could be because not all of Nathaniel's children moved to Pennsylvania; the other children may have already established themselves; Nathaniel may have simply liked them more. Here's a good place for a reminder ... Sarah was Abel's second wife. His third wife was Bathsheba (these notes from Tom Goodwill).

More About Lorinda Goodwill:
Burial: 1868
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA

More About George Waid and Lorinda Goodwill:
Marriage: Abt. 1836

Children of George Waid and Lorinda Goodwill are:
+ 1168 i. Simon S.9 Waid, born July 1837 in PA.
1169 ii. Celista Waid, born Abt. 1838 in PA.

More About Celista Waid:
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA

+ 1170 iii. Homer Clark Waid, born October 19, 1840 in Woodcock Township, Crawford Co., PA; died November 26, 1915 in Jerusalem, Chemung Co., NY.
1171 iv. Mary Ann Waid, born Abt. 1844 in PA.

More About Mary Ann Waid:
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA

+ 1172 v. Lewis Cass Waid, born October 25, 1847 in PA; died July 24, 1901 in Crawford Co., PA.
1173 vi. George W. Waid, born April 1850 in PA; died October 11, 1920 in Crawford Co., PA.

Notes for George W. Waid:
There is a George Wade living in Ashtabula Co., OH, New Lyme, age, 29, b. in PA, peddles CT CT in 1880 census. Wife Mary, age 28, b. in OH; living with them is a brother-in-law George Anthony.

More About George W. Waid:
Burial: October 1920, Blooming Valley Cemetery
Census: 1850, Woodcock, Crawford Co., PA
Census2: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA
Death record: Blooming Valley Cemetery Index

1174 vii. Job Waid, born Abt. 1855 in PA.375

More About Job Waid:
Census: 1860, Mead Township, Crawford Co., PA