William Goodell

William Goodell (1792–1867) was an American missionary and writer.

Early life and education He was born at Templeton, Mass., educated at Phillips Academy (Andover), Dartmouth College, and Andover Theological Seminary.

Career In 1822 he was ordained and married Abigail Perkins Davis.

Family Goodell was married to Abigail and they had several children;

A daughter named Mary; Mary and her daughter Emma Barnum were still living in Harput in 1895. A daughter named Abigail who married Edward Prime.

Publications His publications include;

Instructions to the missionaries about to embark for the Sandwich Islands (Crocker and Brewster, 1823), (with Isaac Bird and the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions) Armeno-Turkish New Testament Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew (William Griffith, 1851) The old and the new, or, The changes of thirty years in the East: with some allusions to Oriental customs as elucidating Scripture (M.W. Dodd, 1853) New Testament in Turkish, in Armenian characters. (Istanbul], 1856) Mattʻēos inchilinin tʻēfsiri ([s.n.], 1860) Vazlar: t'ēvrat' ilē... (Harowt'iwn Minaseaněn T'apkhanēsintē, 1864) Forty years in the Turkish empire. (American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, 1891), (with E. D. G. Prime)