Deacon Ezekiel Woodward, III

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Biography

Ezekiel Woodward, son of Ezekiel Woodward and Hannah Perkins, was probably born in Gloucester or Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,[1] about 1697, as he was aged 74 on his date of death.[2]

Step-siblings, Elizabeth Davis and Ezekiel Woodward, were married on 30 Nov 1720 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[3][4] It's likely their intentions to marry were published on 30 Apr 1719 in Gloucester.[5]

The children of Ezekiel and Elizabeth, all born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, were:[1]

Elisabeth, b.Feb. 1, 1723/4,[6] d.4 Apr 1730, a.4y.1m.;[7]
Ezekiel, b.May 29, 1726,[6] d.Apr. 3, 1729, age 2y. 2m.;[7]
Elizabeth bp.1 Feb 1729/30,[6] d.1793, m1.Philemon Warner 1748, m2.Nathaniel Harraden 1772;[1]
Ezekiel (Ezekiel IV), b.Oct. 3, 1731,[6] d.2 Sep 1766, aged 35y., m.Abigail Sanders;[7]
Nathaniel, b. or bp. 29 Oct or 20 Nov 1732,[6] d.Dec. 23, 1732;[7]
Mary, b.Feb. 10, 1734/5,[6] d.Mar. 8, 1735, age 3w. 5d.;[7]
Mary, b.Jul 9, 1736,[6] no further record;
Davis, b.Sept. 22, 1738,[6] d.aft.1767, m.Lucretia Haskell;
Moses, b.Mar. 21, 1739/40,[6] d.aft.1769, m.Eunice;
Nathaniel, b.July 24, 1741,[6] d.Aug. 9, 1741, age 16d.[7]

The family removed to and settled at Gloucester Harbor about 1738 and carried on a fishing business; Ezekiel also was a deacon of the First Church for several years, serving as early as 1762 and continuing through his life.[1]

Elizabeth died on 1 Oct 1766 in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[1][7] Ezekiel married as his second wife, Ruth Riggs Wellman, widow of Adam Wellman, on 18 Mar 1767 at Gloucester, Massachusetts.[1][8]

Ezekiel died on 4 Sep 1771 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts[1][7][9] and is buried in the First Parish Burial Ground Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts.[2]

Ezekiel's will was recorded at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 23 Sep 1771.[10][11]

Related discussion

John Babson discusses the early Woodwards in Gloucester Massachusetts:[4]:

"Ezekiel Woodward has the birth of a child recorded here in 1702; but did not become a landholder till 1707, when he bought a messuage (a dwelling house with outbuildings and common-land assigned to its use) and 100 acres of land, at Little River, of Jacob Davis. Though there were several persons of the name of Woodward, early residents in Massachusetts, it is reasonable to suppose that this Ezekiel was the son of Ezekiel who bought a house and lot in Ipswich in 1661, and who had a son of the same name born there in 1666. Ezekiel of Gloucester had several children by his wife Hannah, who died Feb. 2, 1719, aged forty-eight. He next married Mary Davis, April 15, 1719; who died, Nov.1, 1721, of small-pox, aged fifty-three. It appears that he was thrice married after the death of the last-named wife: to Rachel Haskell, June 22, 1722; to Anna Low of Ipswich, April 13, 1732; and to the Widow Rebekah Bennet, Nov. 24, 1740. He died Jan. 16, 1743. 

"His sons Ezekiel and Beamsley married in town; the former to Elizabeth Davis, November 30, 1720. He settled at the Harbor about 1738, and carried on the fishing business. He was a deacon of the First Church several years, and otherwise a prominent citizen. He was living 1761. He had nine children; of whom Ezekiel, the oldest son, married Abigail Sanders, and had several children. She became a widow before 1770, when she married Rev. John Rogers. Moses and Davis, two other sons of Deacon Woodward, married, and removed from town."

Ezekiel Woodward III (abt. 1697 - 1771)

Deacon Ezekiel Woodward III

Born about 1697 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Ezekiel Woodward and Hannah (Perkins) Woodward

Brother of Mary (Woodward) Haskell, Sarah (Woodward) Foster, Jacob Woodward, Nathaniel Woodward, Anne (Woodward) Warner, Beamsley Woodward, John Woodward and Stephen Woodward

Husband of Elizabeth (Davis) Woodward — married 30 Nov 1720 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Ruth (Riggs) Wellman — married 18 Mar 1767 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Father of Elisabeth (Woodward) Haraden, Elizabeth Woodward, Ezekiel Woodward, Ezekiel Woodward, Nathaniel Woodward, Mary Woodward, Mary Woodward, Davis Woodward, Moses Woodward and Nathaniel Woodward

Died 4 Sep 1771 at about age 74 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 18 Mar 2019 | Created 19 Jan 2018

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ferris, Mary Walton, “Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes.” Accessed at HathiTrust, vol. 1, pg. 283, 674-675.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 07 July 2018, memorial page for Deacon Ezekiel Woodward (1697–4 Sep 1771), Find A Grave Memorial no. 61659450, citing First Parish Burial Ground, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570). No photo, citing VR of Gloucester (age 74 at DOD).
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 3 Nov 2017, Ezekiel Woodward and Elizabeth Davis, 30 Nov 1720; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,861.
↑ 4.0 4.1 John James Babson. "History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: Including the Town of Rockport," Gloucester MA: Proctor Brothers, 1860. p.244-245. Available online at Google Books.
↑ "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850," Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005, Provo, UT, USA.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 'Gloucester Births, page 791-792" The Massachusetts Vital Records Project. Accessed online 7 Jul 2018.
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 "Gloucester Deaths, page 333. The Massachusetts Vital Records Project. Accessed online 7 Jul 2018.
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch: 9 Feb 2018, Ezekiel Woodward and Ruth Welman, 18 Mar 1767; citing reference 1739-1794, page 57; FHL microfilm 864,861.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA.
↑ "Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1997, Provo, UT, USA.
↑ "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Provo, UT, USA. Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County).

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTB-1MW : 24 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward, 1720.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9KRL : 18 February 2020), Ezekiel Woodward and Elizabeth Davis, 30 Nov 1720; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G68K : 18 February 2020), Ezekiel Woodward and Eliza. Davis, 30 Nov 1720; citing Marriage, Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1G-X8D : 24 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward, 1720.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-YRV8 : 3 June 2020), Ezekiell Woodward and Eliza Davis, 30 Nov 1720; citing Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 864,859.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NZ-7YD : 15 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward in entry for Ezekiel Woodward, 1726.

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-BQ5 : 17 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward in entry for Ezekiel Woodward, 1729.

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-BQY : 17 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward in entry for Elizebth Woodward, 1730.

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-B5D : 17 January 2020), Ezakiel Woodward in entry for Nathanjol Woodward, 1732.

"Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1B-12W : 17 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward in entry for Mary Woodward, 1735.

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9KSK : 18 February 2020), Ezekiel Woodward and Ruth Welman, 18 Mar 1767; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011153.

"Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTB-6ZV : 24 January 2020), Ezekiel Woodward, 1767.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-XH7R : 4 June 2020), Ezekiel Woodward, 1771; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73YP-2XW2 : 2 August 2020), Deacon Ezekiel Woodward, ; Burial, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, First Parish Burial Ground; citing record ID 193912093, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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