Gabriel Woodmansee, of New London

Gabriel Woodmansee Sr.

BIRTH unknown England
DEATH Sep 1688 New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 68545608

Gabriel is believed to be born between 1640 and 1645 and died in 1688 leaving Sarah with several young children. The Woodmansee name and early ancestors resided in Yorkshire County, England. The direct ancestor was a Thomas Woodmansee, of whose family GABRIEL is the immigrant and of our direct line for which we have knowledge. Other Woodmansee's had preceded him and encouraged him to come to this country.

It is of record that GABRIEL WOODMANSEE - born in Yorkshire County, England, of a family dating back to 1530 (English records)emigrated to the Connecticut Colony where in November 1665 at New London he purchases a homestead overlooking the blue waters of the Thames River on what was in 1852 Shaw's Neck and Truman street. In his mid twenties he found his wife, Sarah (last name unknown), among already established settlers. Several of the other Woodmansee’s are buried in the New London Cemetery and nearby burial grounds. [1]

===Biography===

by Leo Gorman

Gabriel was born probably in the British Isles, emigrating to New England in the 1660's. Diligent searches of ships passenger list for the periods of 1620-1670 have not uncovered any immigrant named Woodmansee. Gabriel may have come in 1663 or he may have lived somewhere else in the colonies before moving(possibly) to Maryland and then to Connecticut. His children were born from 1668 until after his death in 1688, so it can be roughly estimated that he was born about 1640- and probably no earlier that 1635. When be bought the home in New London in 1665 he was probably already married or about to be married to Sarah-----. The birth records of three of Thier children include her given name, but her maiden name has not been discovered. After Gabriel died at New London in 1688 she evidently married, second----Ricks, who died Before 1720 when the probate of their son Gabriel estate referred to her as "Widow Sarah Ricks." Her second husband may have been James Rix.

Inventory

Gabriel Woodmansee, dec'd-proved there is but a small estate and five small children to bring up, and the widow being with child. [3]

Three of Gabriel sons are identified by land records. On 19 November 1707, Thomas Woodmansee, mariner of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, for L10 quitclaimed to his brother Joseph all rights etc., in the estate of his father Gabriel, late of New London, deceased. On 5 February 1719/20, Joseph W., of Groton, for L8 quitclaimed for himself and for his brother Thomas to "Gabriel, my brother" all his own and brother Thomas's rights in the estate of their honored father Gabriel. While these documents prove that Thomas, Joseph and Gabriel were sons of Gabriel Woodmansee and inferentially support the theory accepted by previous researchers that no other sons lived to adulthood, evidence to the contrary has been found.

"we Samuel Masury of Salem in the county of Essex Cordwainer and Mary his wife-formerly Mary Woodmancy daughter of Richard Woodmancy and granddaughter of Gabriel Woodmancy late of New London in the county of New London and colony of CT deceased, for and in consideration of twenty pounds...paid by James Tilley of New London aforesaid-rope maker..have bargained and sold...three acres and an half more and less of land in New London aforesaid.. alas of in and unto a right on commonage in the common land land of New London containing about eight acres more or less with the apportion and whereof our said grandfather Gabriel Woodmancy died seized in full in fee and intestate and which descend to us, or one of us in right of the said Richard or of our uncles William, John, Gabriel Woodmancy, deceased... [4]

Parents
Thomas Woodmansee,1595-1667 ?
Margaret Clement, 1600-1670 ?

Gabriel's parents were Thomas and Margaret Clement Woodmansee, Thomas was born in MA and died in Boston. She states Gabriel was born in Shrewsbury CT and died in New London CT. (by Delvene Bean, see notes)

Spouse
Sarah Woodmansee/ Ricks 1647–1729

Children 7x (likely all born in New London, Connecticut)
William, 1668- d. bef. Oct.1737
Thomas Woodmansee 1670–1733
Sarah Woodmansee Nettleton 1672–1723
Joseph, 1676- about March 1750/51
Richard, b. about 1678 d. bef. 26 March,1709
John, b. about 1681 d. bef. Oct.1737
Gabriel d. 1685/86, d. 1720

Notes

Attempts to get verification of these facts from Mrs Bean as of 5/2002 have been unsuccessful.
No evidence has been found to connect Robert Woodmansey, of Boston with Gabriel Woodmansee of New London.

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68545608/gabriel-woodmansee
[2] https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/page/gr/http//fg.cgi?page...

Sources

[3] New London County Court Records contain the following entry dated 27 September 1688.
[4] New London County Historical Society labeled "Manuscripts Copy of Frances Manwaring Caulkins.
discovered by researcher hired by Leo Gorman (see above), containing some handwritten noteds.