Alexander Godfrey was born in Chatham, Massachusetts in 1768. In 1791 he married Phoebe West. He was commander of the privateer brig the Rover which defeated a Spanish squadron off the Spanish Main in 1800. He died of yellow fever in Jamaica in 1803. His only child Ruth, who died of burns, is buried in Liverpool's historic cemetery.

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• Biography of Alexander Godfrey