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Benoni Woodward

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Death: June 08, 1745 (48-57)
Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. John Woodward, Sr., of Newton and Rebecca Woodward
Husband of Elizabeth Woodward
Father of Eunice Hubbard; Beulah Smith; Lydia Huntington and Hannah Woodward
Brother of Rebecca (Twin) Woodard; John Woodward, II; Susanna Woodard; Richard Woodard; Daniel Woodward and 9 others

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About Benoni Woodward

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From 'Epitaphs from Graveyards in Wellesley (formerly West Needham), North Natick, and Saint Mary's Churchyard in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts with Genealogical and Biographical Notes,' p. 57

Benoni Woodward was town treasurer 1726, elected March, 1731/2 and declined; a member of the first separate board of assessors, elected March 1732/3, and also of the board in 1737, '38, '40. In March, 1740/1, he was again chosen assessor, but declined. He was selectman 1737, '40.

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From 'History of Needham, 1711 - 1911: including West Needham, now the Town of Wellesley, to its Separation from Needham in 1881'

[pp. 648 - 649]

SELECTMEN

The names of the selectmen of Needham have been printed three times, but all of these lists contain errors, as they were made up from the records of the annual meetings only. The following is intended to be accurate:---

... [p. 649] ...

Benoni Woodward, 1737, '40.

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Benoni Woodward's Timeline

1692
1692
Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1717
August 13, 1717
Holden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
1726
September 3, 1726
Needham, Norfolk County, MA, United States
1734
October 24, 1734
Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1739
July 24, 1739
Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
1745
March 27, 1745
Age 53
Needham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
June 8, 1745
Age 53
Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America