On 1 Mar 1730 when Stephen was 23, he married Bethiah Woodin, daughter of Peter Woodin (13 Mar 1673/4-17 May 1717) & Elizabeth Mallet (19 Apr 1678-), in Rochester, MA. Born on 5 Jul 1711 in Beverly, MA.

Children of Stephen and Bethiah (Woodin) Goodspeed:
    i. Elizabeth Goodspeed, b. 10 Oct 1731 at Rochester, m. Nathan Olney;
    ii. Sarah Goodspeed, b. 14 May 1734 at Rochester, m. Jedediah Irish;
    iii. Stephen Goodspeed, b. 25 Jul 1735 at Cumberland, RI, m. at Scituate, RI, 27 Jan 1760 Anna Weatherhead (dau. of Joseph & Waite (Brown) Weatherhead);
    iv. Nathaniel Goodspeed;
    v. John Goodspeed;
    vi. Hosea Goodspeed, b. ca. 1750, d. after Oct 1780.
    vii. Gideon Goodspeed;
    viii. Isaac Goodspeed, d. in New York; and
    ix. Thankful Goodspeed, m. Jedediah Irish (son of Jedediah & Sara (Goodspeed) Irish).

On 18 Aug 1735 when Nathaniel was 27, he married Deborah Briggs (31908) , daughter of Joseph Briggs (14722) (19 Feb 1678-26 Mar 1770) & Deborah Holbrook (22807) (22 Aug 1683-12 Apr 1766), in First Parish Church of Scituate.52,110 Born ca 1713 in Scituate, MA. Deborah was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 5 Apr 1713.52