Abraham Godwin Jr
| Abraham Godwin Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 14, 1791 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 1849 (aged 58) Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Lieutenant, politician, postmaster, inn keeper, musician |
Abraham Godwin Jr. (July 14, 1791 – August 18, 1849) was the first Lieutenant of the expedition to Canada in 1812 led by Generals Brown and Izard. He later rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the New Jersey state militia. In 1816 when his brother Henry committed suicide, he became Postmaster of Paterson, a position he would hold until 1829, and briefly again before his death in 1849. In 1821, he was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, of which he served until 1832. In November 1840, Abraham was tasked to take the New Jersey votes to Washington, D.C. for the Presidential Election.
He is the son of Abraham Godwin, Grandson of Captain Abraham Godwin, Husband of Martha Parke & father of three sons. His eldest was famous Parke Godwin, his second son Henry was a lawyer in Binghamton, New York, and disappeared in the Civil War, and the youngest son Abraham, was a house painter, captured at The Battle of Wilderness and died a prisoner of the Confederacy in Andersonville, Georgia. He commanded the martial music at Revolutionary War hero William Colfax's funeral in 1838. In 1828 he created Passaic County. He was elected an officer for the State of New Jersey at the New York Convention on October 26th 1831.
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