This text is part of:
[702] Woodmancy, John (otherwise written Woodmanse and Woodmansie), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Elder Jonas Clark, 23 July 1672, and had Elizabeth, b. Aug. 1674, d. 2 Oct. 1675, a. ‘one yeare and 6 weekes;’ Margaret, b. 9 July 1678. Woodward, Richard (otherwise written Woodhead), came to New England in 1634, and settled at Watertown. He was then 45 years old; his w. Rose 50; sons George, and John. His w. Rose d.6 Oct. 1662, and he m. Ann, wid. of Stephen Gates, marriage contract dated 18 Ap. 1663, after which he res. here; he d. 16 Feb. 1664-5; his w. Ann d. at Stow 5 Feb. 1682-3. 2. George, s. of Richard (1), m.——Mary; she d. about 1658, and he m. Elizabeth dau. of Thomas Hammond of Newton, 17 Aug. 1659. His chil. were Amos, who administered the estate, prob. m. Sarah, dau. of William Patten, and d. here 9 Oct. 1679, a. 38, according to the Record; the same is given in his nuncupative will, in which he names brothers Thomas and Nathaniel Patten, Daniel and John Woodward, and sisters Mary Waite, Sarah Gates, and Rebecca Fisher; his w. Sarah had d. here 24 Sept. 1677, and there were prob. no children; Mary, b. 12 Aug. 1641, m. John Waite 13 Jan. 1663-4; Sarah, b. 6 Feb. 1642-3, m. Stephen Gates, Jr.; Rebecca, b. 30 Dec. 1647, m. Thomas Fisher in Dedham 11 Dec. 1666; John, b. 28 Mar. 1649; Susanna, b. 30 Sept. 1651, d. unm. 22 Sept. 1676; Daniel, b. 2 Sept. 1653, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Dana, and appears to have been an innholder at Medf. 1690; Mary (prob. Mercy), b. 3 June 1656; George, b. 11 Sept. 1660, m. Lydia Brown 31 Dec. 1686, resided in Brookline and d. 1696; Thomas, b. 15 Sept. 1662, d. 1666; Elizabeth, b. 8 May 1664, m. Samuel Eddy 7 Dec. 1693; Nathaniel, b. 28 May 1668; Sarah, b. 3 Oct. 1675, m. John Eddy 6 July 1693. (George the f. resided in Wat. 3. John, s. of George (2), m. Rebecca, dau. of Richard Robbins, had John, b. 7 and d. 22 Sept. 1674; John, b. 18 July 1675, m. Hannah Hyde Jan. 1698, who d. 15 Jan. 1724-5, and he rein. to Canterbury, Conn.; Richard, b. 27 Sept. 1677, rem. to Canterbury; Rebecca, b. 29 Oct. 1679, d. 14 Mar. 1681-2; Daniel, b. 24 Sept. 1681, m. Elizabeth Greely, and (2d) Sarah Goodnow; Rebecca, b. 2 Feb. 1682-3, m. in Wat. Stephen Hunting of Dedham 11 Ap. 1709; Marah, b. 6 Oct. 1684, d. 15, June 1689; Jonathan, b. 28 Sept. 1685, m. Patience——, and (2d) Thankful Myrick. The foregoing births and deaths are recorded here. Jackson adds the following: Joseph, b. 26 Nov. 1688, m. and had heirs; Ebenezer, b. 12 Mar. 1690-91, a Deacon in Newton, m. Mindwell Stone 26 Jan. 1716; Abigail, b. 25 May 1695, m. William Greenwood 1715, who rem. to Sherburn, and was a Deacon. John the f. was a weaver, and res. on the south side of the river, near Newton Upper Falls. He erected a house which was standing in 1854, and then occupied by descendants of the 5th and 6th generations.,.Jackson's Hist. Newton, p. 465. ,Mary, m. John Gove 15 Mar. 1677. Bridgett, m. Israel Cheever 10 June 1690. Elizabeth, m. Jonathan Moore of Newbury 14 Aug. 1701. Woolson, Thomas, m. Sarah, dau. of Deac. Samuel Hyde, 20 Nov. 1660, and had Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1661,m. Thomas Bond 30 Sept. 1680; Thomas, b. 28 Feb. 1666-7; Elizabeth, b. 30 Ap. 1668, m. John How at Sudbury 3 Nov. 1686; Mary, b. 28 Nov. 1673, m. Samuel Jones 1700; Joseph, b. 16 Nov. 1677. Thomas the f. res. on the south side of the river until about 1666, when he rem. to Sudbury, and d. about 1713; his w. Sarah d. 11 Sept. 1711. 2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Elizabeth Chadwick, and had in Wat., John, b. 8 July 1694; Elizabeth, b. 17 Aug. 1698; and in Camb., Jonas, b. 1 Oct. 1711, said to have been one of the first five settlers of New Ipswich, N. H. Worwood, Richard, d. 13 May 1644. Wyer, Edward, Jr., m. Abigail Lawrence 1 Sept. 1684. Wyeth, Nicholas, about 1645 bought house and land on the westerly side of Garden Street, near Phillips Place, which remained in possession of his descendants, bearing the name of Wyeth, for more than two centuries. He had then a dau. Sarah, by a former wife, b. in England, who m. John Fiske of Wat. 11 Dec. 1651; there is no evidence that he brought other children with him. He m. Rebecca, wid. of Thomas Andrew, and had Mary, b. 26
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.
An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.