Goodwin's Genealogy

According to legend the Goodwin name originated around the turn of the first century when an English sailor successfully crossed the Goodwin sands. The Goodwin sands is a deadly sandbar off the coast of England. He was then given the name of Goodwin in recognition of his successful passage.

"The Goodwin Sands still are the most treacherous sands bars on the UK coast, even today vessels regularly come to grief there. Locally known as the "ship swallowers" any vessel going aground there will rapidly disappear. Dry sand as the tide goes out... quicksands as the tide comes in. Those of us who sail those waters have a healthy respect for the 'Goodwins'" by Byron Alexander.

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