Stephen's fourth daughter, Jane Godin, married Godfrey Thornton, later Governor of the Bank of England; one of their sons was William Astell.

Stephen Godin's youngest daughter, Sophia, married Lt. Col. (later General) Robert Morse (1743-1818) of the Corps of Engineers, and later first Inspector-General of Fortifications; their surviving daughter Harriett Morse married the military engineer James Carmichael-Smyth (later Major General and 1st Baronet).

[2][4][5][6] Godin practised with great success as a marine insurance broker in the City of London.

[10] He was a member of the Incorporated Society for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland[11] and a director of the French Hospital (La Providence) in London in 1769.

[13][14] Godin died on 15 March 1787 at Southgate and was buried at St Peter le Poer church in Broad Street in the City of London.