George Woodward

George Woodward was born in 1619 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. His parents were Richard WOODWARD and Rose STEWART. He emigrated with his parents and brother John on the Elizabeth in 1634 at the age of 13. He married Mary GIBBSON in 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; 5 children. After Mary died, he married Elizabeth Hammond 17 Aug 1659, Watertown; 3 children. George died on 31 May 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Notes

Boston City records for 12 Jun 1637, contains an entry with the following information: ‘Geroge Woodward, sopeboyler [Soap Boiler], was found a delinquent for an unlawful entry upon some of the town’s ground and for digging holes and annoying the highway with stinking fish to forfeitures of L3-4s-8d.’

George Woodward

Born about 1619 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Son of Richard Woodward and Rose (UNKNOWN) Woodward

Brother of John Woodward

Husband of Mary (Gibson) Woodward — married before 1641 (to about 1658) [location unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth (Hammond) Woodward — married 17 Aug 1659 in Watertown,Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Mary (Woodward) Waite, Sarah (Woodward) Gates, Amos Woodward, Rebecca (Woodward) Fisher, John Woodward, Susanna Woodward, Daniel Woodward, Mercy (Woodward) Bearstow, George Woodward Jr., Thomas Woodward, Elizabeth (Woodward) Eddy, Nathaniel Woodward and Sarah (Woodward) Whitney

Died 31 May 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Profile last modified 7 Mar 2020 | Created 21 Sep 2010

George Woodward migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). (See The Great
Biography

George was a son of Richard Woodward and his wife Rose. He was born in England in about 1619. (In April 1634, the passenger list for the ship Elizabeth gave his age as 13, and on 6 April 1669 he deposed in court in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, stating that he was 50 years old.)[1]

Richard Woodward, age 45, a miller, came to Watertown on the Ship Elizabeth in 1634 with Mrs. Rose Woodward, age 50, and George Woodward and John Woodward, both age 13, per 'Planters...' by Banks. George's wife was apparently the Elizabeth, child of Widow Elizabeth Hammond, who arrived with her in 1633 on the Ship Griffin. George was admitted a freeman 6 May 1646.

According to the 'History of Watertown,' George Woodward (son of Richard, I): 'was adm. freeman, May 6, 1646. By his first wife, MARY, he had 8 chil. He m. (2d), Aug 17, 1659, ELIZABETH HAMMOND, dr. of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. [Hammond, 60.] Her father, in his Will, proved Nov. 5, 1675, gave her 100 acres on Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son George afterwards settled.

Death

George Woodward died May 31, 1676 in Watertown. He was buried in the Old Burying Ground, in Watertown.[2] Administration of his estate was granted June 20, 1676, to widow Elizabeth, and son Amos. Inventory, June 23, 1676, 143. 10. One source says that Elizabeth then married Samuel Truesdale; however, the death of Elizabeth Woodward, at age 66, was recorded in Watertown on 24 August 1700[3], implying birth in 1633-34, which calls that second marriage into question.

Children

George and first wife Mary Gibson (??) Woodward had, in Watertown:[4]

1. MARY, b. August 12, 1641; d. August 23, 1718; m., January 13, 1663-4, JOHN WAITE/Waight. [2.] 2. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1642-3; m., about 1664, STEPHEN GATES, Jr. of Boston, and afterwards Stow. [Barry, p. 250.] 3. AMOS, birth not recorded, but he was one of the administrators of his father's estate; adm. freeman, Oct. 10, 1677. He d. in Camb., Oct. 9, 1679, 'aged 38,' probably should be 33. 4. REBECCA, b. Dec. 30, 1647; m., in Dedham, Dec. 11, 1666, THOMAS FISHER, of Dedham. 5. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1649, m. Rebecca Robbins, then Sarah Prentice, d. in Newton 1732 6. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1651; d. unm; admin on her estate granted to her brother, John, Dec. 19, 1676. 7. DANIEL, b. Sept. 2, 1653. His father's homestead was assigned to him in the settlement of the estate. It is supposed that he was the Daniel Woodward, of Medford, who was licensed by the Court, May 1, 1690, to keep an inn. Chil. by wife ELIZABETH, 1.Sarah, b. in Medford, Jan. 5, 1689. 2.Hannah, b. in Woburn, May 7, 1691. 3.Amos, b. June 5, 1693. 8. MARY, b. June 3, 1656 [so the town record says; it probably should be Mercy.] George and his second wife Elizabeth Hammond Woodward had: [5]

9. GEORGE, b. Sept. 11, 1660; m., Dec. 31, 1686, LYDIA BROWNE. [6-1.] After the birth of one child, he settled in Brookline. He d. 1696 10 THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1662; d. 3 Sep 1666. 11. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1664; m., Dec. 7, 1693, SAMUEL EDDY. [7.] 12. NATHANIEL, b. ____, d. May 28, 1668 13. SARAH, b. Oct. 3, 1675; m., July 6, 1693, JOHN EDDY. [%28?%29 5.] She afterwards m. (? ISAIAH) WHITNEY, of Camb., and in 1715, resided in Lexington.' [N.B. It appears that George Woodward, Sr., had a daughter, Sarah, by each wife, and that both of these daughters were living at the same time.] Occupation

In a survey of Watertown, Massachusetts in 1637, George Woodward is listed as a soap-boiler.

Burial

Date: 1676 Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Mass[6] Research Notes

From Historic Homes and Institutions ...

"(II) George Woodward, son of Richard Woodward (l), was born in England, in 1622, and came with his parents and brother John in 1635 "in the ship "Elizabeth." He was admitted a freeman May 6, 1646. He settled in Watertown, later at Brookline. He was selectman of Watertown in 1674. He had eight children by his first wife. He married (second), August 17, 1659, Elizabeth Hammond, daughter of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. Her father in his will, proved November 5, 1675, gave her one hundred acres of land on Muddy River (Brookline), probably the place where George settled. Woodward died May 31, 1676, and administration was granted June 20, 1676, to his widow Elizabeth and his son Amos. The inventory, made June 23, 1676, amounted to one hundred and forty-three pounds, ten shillings. His widow married Samuel Truesdale. Children of George and his first wife: Mary, born August 12, 1641, died August 23, 1717; married, January 13, 1663-64, John Waite; Sarah, born February 6, 1642-43, married, 1664, Stephen Gates, Jr,, of Boston and Stow ; Amos, made freeman, October 10, 1677, died at Cambridge, October 9, 1679, mentioning brothers and sisters in will ; Rebecca, born December 30, 1647, married in Dedham, December II, 1666, Thomas Fisher, of Dedham ; John, born March 28, 1649; Susanna, born September 30, 1651, unmarried; Daniel, born September 2, 1653, inherited the homestead; Mary, born June 3, 1656 (or Mercy). The child of George and Elizabeth : George, Jr,, born September 11, 1660, see forward."[7] Sources

↑ George Woodward, Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.) ↑ Middlesex, Watertown Records - comprising . . . the first book and supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, p. 41 ↑ Middlesex, Watertown Records - comprising . . . the first book and supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, p. 14 ↑ Middlesex, Watertown Records - comprising . . . the first book and supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, pp. 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 25 as to births and marriages of Mary, ↑ Middlesex, Watertown Records - comprising . . . the first book and supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, pp. 23, 24, 26, 40. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 July 2019), memorial page for George Woodward (1620–31 May 1676), Find A Grave: Memorial #134368496, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Linda KEOWN (contributor 48430245) . ↑ Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal ... Crane, Ellery Bicknell, ed. 1836-1925, p. 15. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?num=15;u=1;seq=33;view=image;si... History of Watertown, Massachusetts (1860). "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch Has link to original image George Woodward, 31 May 1676; citing Death, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Original image on ancestry Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 for George Woodward, Middlesex Probate Papers, No 25552-25663 link to images on ancestry Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Granberry Family and Allied Families (E.F. Waterman, Hartford, Conn., 1945) Page 133

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Birth Abt 1621 England Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2] Fact 3 (2) 2 Jun 1637 Boston City Records - Delinquent Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Residence 1641 Watertown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Fact 4 (2) 1644 Proprietor of Homestead of 10 acres Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Christened 6 May 1646 [4] Gender Male Event 1 6 May 1646 Admitted Freeman Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 5] Fact 5 (2) 1652 Sold six acres Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Comment 1 Apr 1669 Witness in Court Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Fact 11 (2) 5 Nov 1675 Will Proved Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 3] Died 31 May 1676 Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 6] Event 2 20 Jun 1676 Administration Granted (Will proven) Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2, 7] Reference Number 5 Person ID I0964 Main KY Family Notes Tree Last Modified 17 Oct 2009

Father Richard WOODWARD, b. 20 Jan 1586/87, Childwell Parish, Lancashire, England* Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 16 Feb 1664/65, Cambridge, Massachusetts* Find all individuals with events at this location Mother Rose STEWART, b. 1584, England (?) Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 6 Oct 1662, Cambridge, Massachusetts* Find all individuals with events at this location Married 16 Feb 1640/41 Cambridge, England Find all individuals with events at this location Reference Number M010667 Family ID F349 Group Sheet

Family Mary GIBSON, b. Abt 1625, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1658, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location Married 1640 Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location [1, 2] Reference Number M010564 Children

	1. John WOODWARD,   b. 28 Mar 1649, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1732, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location Family ID  	F347  	Group Sheet

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(II.) GEORGE WOODWARD (son of Richard, I). was adm. freeman, May 6, 1646. By his first wife, MARY, he had 8 chil. He m. (2d), Aug. 17, 1659. ELIZABETH HAMMOND, dr. of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. (Hammond, 60.) Her father in his will, proved Nov. 5, 1675, gave her 100 acres on Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son George afterwards settled. He d. May 31, 1676, and admin. granted June 20, 1676, to wid. Elizabeth, and son Amos. Inventory, June 23, 1676, 143.10 pounds. His wid. m. Samuel Truesdale. Chil.,
1. MARY, b. August 12, 1641; d. August 23, 1718; m. January 13, 1663/4, JOHN WAITE. (2.)

   2. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1642/3; m. about 1664, STEPHEN GATES, Jr., of Boston, and afterwards Stow. (Barry, p. 250.)

   3. AMOS, birth not recorded, but he was one of the administrators of his father's estate; adm. freeman, Oct. 10, 1677. He d. in Camb., Oct. 9, 1679, "aged 38," probably should be 33. He was witness in Court, Ap., 1668, then aged 23, and sid to be "of Flint's Farm Camb." It appears his will, dated Oct. 9, 1679, that he left neither wife nor child. It was probably wife SARAH, dr. of William Patten, of Camb., who d. in Camb., Sept. 24, 1677. He gave his right and title to the house and land in Wat., "which was our father Woodward's," to brother Daniel Woodward; gave his house to brother (?Thomas) Patten, of Billerica, and mentioned sister Grey's dr. Sarah. (See Farmer, Art Patten, and Camb. Church Gathering, p. 59.)

   4. REBECCA, b. Dec. 30, 1647; m., in Dedham, Dec. 11, 1666, THOMAS FISHER, of Dedham.

   5. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1649. (See p. 658.)

   6. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 20, 1651; d. umn.; admin. on her estate granted to her brother John, Dec. 19, 1676.

   7. DANIEL, b. Sept. 2, 1653. His father's homestead was assigned to him in settlement of the estate. It is supposed that he was the Daniel Woodward, of Medford, who was licensed by the Court, May 1, 1690, to keep an inn. Chil. by wife ELIZABETH,

   1. Sarah, b. in Medford, Jan. 5, 1689.

   2. Hannah, b. in Woburn, May 7, 1691.

   3. Amos, b. June 5, 1693.

   8. MARY, b. June 3, 1656 (so the town record says; it probably should be Mercy.)

   (By 2d wife.)

   9. GEORGE, b. Sept. 11, 1660; m. Dec. 31, 1686, Lydia Browne. (6-1.) After birth of one child, he settled in Brookline. He d. 1696. Inventory, dated Dec. 3, 1696, 170.16 pounds; admin. granted to wid. Lydia, May 1, 1697. His estate was divided, Ap. 2, 1711, to widow Lydia, sons Abraham, George, Nathaniel, and Ichabod, and dr. Lydia, wife of Robert Harris, of Brookline. Chil.

   1. Abraham, b., in Wat., Feb. 1, 1687-8. By wife, Joanna, he had a son Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1718; of Rox., 1761; and by (2d) wife, Sarah, had sons Caleb and Joshusa. His estated was admin. by son Caleb, mar. 7, 1760.

   2. George, May 23, 1712, he bought, for 45 pounds, 120 acres of land in Mendon, of Samuel Moore.

   3. Nathaniel, m., in Rox., june 23, 1714, Dorcas Gardner; went first to Brooklyn, Conn., and afterwards settled in Coventry, Conn. He had five chil. when he went to C., the eldest of whom, Nathaniel was 18 yrs. His other chil. were Moses, b. in Newton, June 7, 1721; Aarno; Dorcas, b. in Newton, Feb. 11, 1719; and Anna. Aaron was father of Rev. Aaron Woodward, of Wilbraham, Mass., grad. Yale Coll., 1789; d. 1810. (See I, Stearns, 169, V.) His wife Dorcas d., and he m. (2d), wid. ______ Topliff, with whom he lived about two years. He m. (3d), widow Patten, and moved to Stafford, where he d. Mar., 1772.

   4. Lydia, m. Robert Harris, of Brookline.

   5. Ichabod, m., July, 1725, Abigail Holbrook, of Rox.

   10. THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1662, d. 1666.

   11. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1664, m., Dec. 7, 1693, SAMURL EDDY. (7.)

   12. NATHANIEL, d. May 28, 1668.

   13. SARAH, b. Oct. 3, 1675; m., July 6, 1693, JOHN EDDY. ((?5.) She afterwards m. (? ISAIA) WHITNEY, of Camb., and in 1715, resided in Lexington.

   N.B. It appears that George Woodward, Sr., had a dr. Sarah by each wife, and that both these drs. were living at the same time.

   Reference: " Geanalogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended the Early History of the Town," by Henry Bond, M.D., Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1855, p. 657-8.

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   GEORGE WOODWARD (Richard), sometimes called Samuel, was born about 1619 in England. He came to America with his parents and brother, John, in 1634. Boston City Records, 12 Jun 1637, has the following entry: George Woodward, sopeboyler (soapboiler ?), was found deliquent for an unlawful entry upon some of the town's ground and for digging holes and annoying the highway with sstinking fish to the forfeitures of L3-4s-9d. By 1641, he was a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, and married and started his family. In 1644, he was the proprietor or (sic) a homestall of ten acres, on the east side of Lexington Street, from Orchard to Main Street, sold or given to him by his father. This was the perminent residence of George and it was occupied by his widow and family for many years after his death. He was admitted freeman, 6 May 1646. He sold six acres in 1652 to R. Wait, his daughter's father-in-law. April 1669, he was a witness in Court, then stated to be 50 years of age, which would indicate that he was 15 years old at time of emigration to America rather than 13 years, the sme age as his bother John.

   By his first wife, Mary __________, he had eight children. She died aboaut 1658 and he m/2, 17 Aug 1659, Elizabeth Hammond, b. c.1633/34, probably in England, dr. of Thomas Hammond of Newton, MA. He father, in his will, proved 5 nov 1675, gave her 100 acres at Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son, George, afterward settled. George Woodward d. 31 May 1676 and administration of this estate was granted 20 Jun 1676, L143.10. His widow m/2 Samuel Truesdale, Sr., as his second wife. Samuel Truesdale d. 2 Mar 1695 at which time his will named a third wife, Mary. On 9 Fef 1695/6, the heirs of George Woodward sold 180 acres of land at Watertown to Jonahtna Bullard.

   Children of George and first wife, Mary, were:

   i. Mary b. 12 Aug 1641

   ii. Sarah b. 3/6 Feb 1642/3

   iii. Amos b. 1644/5

   iv. Rebecca b. 30 Oct/Dec 1647

   v. John b. 20/28 Mar 1649

   vi. Susanna b. 30 Sep 1651 d. unm.

   Administration of her estate granted to her brother, John, 19 Dec 1676.

   vii. Daniel b. 2 Apr/Sep 1653

   viii. Mary/Mercy b. 3 Jun 1656

   Called Mary on the town record.

   Children of George and second wife, Elizabeth, were:

   ix. George b. 11 Jun/Sep 1660

   x. Thomas b. 15 Jul/Sep 1662 d. 1666

   xi. Possibly Thomas again

   xii. Elizabeth b. 8 May 1664

   xiii. Nathaniel b. 1666 d. 28 May 1668

   xiv. Sarah b. 30 Oct 1675

   It appears that George Woodward, Sr., had a daughter, Sarah, by each wife, and that both these daughters were living at the same time.

   Reference: "Descendents of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982," compiled and published by Norma Slater Woodward, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1982.

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   Research by Leigh S. Woodward has George born about 1619.

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(II.) GEORGE WOODWARD (son of Richard, I). was adm. freeman, May 6, 1646. By his first wife, MARY, he had 8 chil. He m. (2d), Aug. 17, 1659. ELIZABETH HAMMOND, dr. of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. (Hammond, 60.) Her father in his will, proved Nov. 5, 1675, gave her 100 acres on Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son George afterwards settled. He d. May 31, 1676, and admin. granted June 20, 1676, to wid. Elizabeth, and son Amos. Inventory, June 23, 1676, 143.10 pounds. His wid. m. Samuel Truesdale. Chil.,
1. MARY, b. August 12, 1641; d. August 23, 1718; m. January 13, 1663/4, JOHN WAITE. (2.)

   2. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1642/3; m. about 1664, STEPHEN GATES, Jr., of Boston, and afterwards Stow. (Barry, p. 250.)

   3. AMOS, birth not recorded, but he was one of the administrators of his father's estate; adm. freeman, Oct. 10, 1677. He d. in Camb., Oct. 9, 1679, "aged 38," probably should be 33. He was witness in Court, Ap., 1668, then aged 23, and sid to be "of Flint's Farm Camb." It appears his will, dated Oct. 9, 1679, that he left neither wife nor child. It was probably wife SARAH, dr. of William Patten, of Camb., who d. in Camb., Sept. 24, 1677. He gave his right and title to the house and land in Wat., "which was our father Woodward's," to brother Daniel Woodward; gave his house to brother (?Thomas) Patten, of Billerica, and mentioned sister Grey's dr. Sarah. (See Farmer, Art Patten, and Camb. Church Gathering, p. 59.)

   4. REBECCA, b. Dec. 30, 1647; m., in Dedham, Dec. 11, 1666, THOMAS FISHER, of Dedham.

   5. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1649. (See p. 658.)

   6. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 20, 1651; d. umn.; admin. on her estate granted to her brother John, Dec. 19, 1676.

   7. DANIEL, b. Sept. 2, 1653. His father's homestead was assigned to him in settlement of the estate. It is supposed that he was the Daniel Woodward, of Medford, who was licensed by the Court, May 1, 1690, to keep an inn. Chil. by wife ELIZABETH,

   1. Sarah, b. in Medford, Jan. 5, 1689.

   2. Hannah, b. in Woburn, May 7, 1691.

   3. Amos, b. June 5, 1693.

   8. MARY, b. June 3, 1656 (so the town record says; it probably should be Mercy.)

   (By 2d wife.)

   9. GEORGE, b. Sept. 11, 1660; m. Dec. 31, 1686, Lydia Browne. (6-1.) After birth of one child, he settled in Brookline. He d. 1696. Inventory, dated Dec. 3, 1696, 170.16 pounds; admin. granted to wid. Lydia, May 1, 1697. His estate was divided, Ap. 2, 1711, to widow Lydia, sons Abraham, George, Nathaniel, and Ichabod, and dr. Lydia, wife of Robert Harris, of Brookline. Chil.

   1. Abraham, b., in Wat., Feb. 1, 1687-8. By wife, Joanna, he had a son Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1718; of Rox., 1761; and by (2d) wife, Sarah, had sons Caleb and Joshusa. His estated was admin. by son Caleb, mar. 7, 1760.

   2. George, May 23, 1712, he bought, for 45 pounds, 120 acres of land in Mendon, of Samuel Moore.

   3. Nathaniel, m., in Rox., june 23, 1714, Dorcas Gardner; went first to Brooklyn, Conn., and afterwards settled in Coventry, Conn. He had five chil. when he went to C., the eldest of whom, Nathaniel was 18 yrs. His other chil. were Moses, b. in Newton, June 7, 1721; Aarno; Dorcas, b. in Newton, Feb. 11, 1719; and Anna. Aaron was father of Rev. Aaron Woodward, of Wilbraham, Mass., grad. Yale Coll., 1789; d. 1810. (See I, Stearns, 169, V.) His wife Dorcas d., and he m. (2d), wid. ______ Topliff, with whom he lived about two years. He m. (3d), widow Patten, and moved to Stafford, where he d. Mar., 1772.

   4. Lydia, m. Robert Harris, of Brookline.

   5. Ichabod, m., July, 1725, Abigail Holbrook, of Rox.

   10. THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1662, d. 1666.

   11. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1664, m., Dec. 7, 1693, SAMURL EDDY. (7.)

   12. NATHANIEL, d. May 28, 1668.

   13. SARAH, b. Oct. 3, 1675; m., July 6, 1693, JOHN EDDY. ((?5.) She afterwards m. (? ISAIA) WHITNEY, of Camb., and in 1715, resided in Lexingto

   N.B. It appears that George Woodward, Sr., had a dr. Sarah by each wife, and that both these drs. were living at the same time.

   Reference: " Geanalogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston; to which is appended the Early History of the Town," by Henry Bond, M.D., Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1855, p. 657-8.

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   GEORGE WOODWARD (Richard), sometimes called Samuel, was born about 1619 in England. He came to America with his parents and brother, John, in 1634. Boston City Records, 12 Jun 1637, has the following entry: George Woodward, sopeboyler (soapboiler ?), was found deliquent for an unlawful entry upon some of the town's ground and for digging holes and annoying the highway with sstinking fish to the forfeitures of L3-4s-9d. By 1641, he was a resident of Watertown, Massachusetts, and married and started his family. In 1644, he was the proprietor or (sic) a homestall of ten acres, on the east side of Lexington Street, from Orchard to Main Street, sold or given to him by his father. This was the perminent residence of George and it was occupied by his widow and family for many years after his death. He was admitted freeman, 6 May 1646. He sold six acres in 1652 to R. Wait, his daughter's father-in-law. April 1669, he was a witness in Court, then stated to be 50 years of age, which would indicate that he was 15 years old at time of emigration to America rather than 13 years, the sme age as his bother John.

   By his first wife, Mary __________, he had eight children. She died aboaut 1658 and he m/2, 17 Aug 1659, Elizabeth Hammond, b. c.1633/34, probably in England, dr. of Thomas Hammond of Newton, MA. He father, in his will, proved 5 nov 1675, gave her 100 acres at Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son, George, afterward settled. George Woodward d. 31 May 1676 and administration of this estate was granted 20 Jun 1676, L143.10. His widow m/2 Samuel Truesdale, Sr., as his second wife. Samuel Truesdale d. 2 Mar 1695 at which time his will named a third wife, Mary. On 9 Fef 1695/6, the heirs of George Woodward sold 180 acres of land at Watertown to Jonahtna Bullard.

   Children of George and first wife, Mary, were:

   i. Mary b. 12 Aug 1641

   ii. Sarah b. 3/6 Feb 1642/3

   iii. Amos b. 1644/5

   iv. Rebecca b. 30 Oct/Dec 1647

   v. John b. 20/28 Mar 1649

   vi. Susanna b. 30 Sep 1651 d. unm.

   Administration of her estate granted to her brother, John, 19 Dec 1676.

   vii. Daniel b. 2 Apr/Sep 1653

   viii. Mary/Mercy b. 3 Jun 1656

   Called Mary on the town record.

   Children of George and second wife, Elizabeth, were:

   ix. George b. 11 Jun/Sep 1660

   x. Thomas b. 15 Jul/Sep 1662 d. 1666

   xi. Possibly Thomas again

   xii. Elizabeth b. 8 May 1664

   xiii. Nathaniel b. 1666 d. 28 May 1668

   xiv. Sarah b. 30 Oct 1675

   It appears that George Woodward, Sr., had a daughter, Sarah, by each wife, and that both these daughters were living at the same tim

   Reference: "Descendents of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982," compiled and published by Norma Slater Woodward, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1982.

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   Research by Leigh S. Woodward has George born about 1619. SAILED FROM LONDON OR

   IPSWICH, ENG WITH HIS PARENTS. SETTLED IN WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MA AND WAS

   MADE FREEMAN ON 6 MAY 1646. HAS WIFE AS MARY GIBSON BN ABT 1625, WATERTOWN,

   MIDDLESEX, MA; DIED ABT 1658, MA. THEY HAD 8 CHILDREN.

   NOTES: ALTERNATE SURNAME PER INFO FROM SUSAN STEPP IS HAMMOND. MARY HAMMOND'S

   FATHER WAS THOMAS HAMMOND, BORN IN NEWTON, MIDDLESEX, MA. AFTER HER DEATH,

   HER WIDOWER MARRIED AN ELIZABETH HAMMOND. UNCLEAR AT THIS TIME IF THE T

   WOMEN WERE RELATED LIKE [SISTERS]?

   MARY GIBON'S FATHER WAS JOSPEH GIBSON.

"GEORGE WOODWARD (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "SAMUEL") , SON OF RICHARD WOODWARD

   AND ROSE STEWART, WAS BORN IN ENGLAND DURING 1619. BOSTON, MA CITY RECORDS

   INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ENTRY WHICH IS BELIEVED TO REFER TO OUR GEORGE WOODWARD:

   "GEORGE WOODWARD, SOPE BOYLER, WAS FOUND A DELINQUENT FOR AN UNLAWFUL ENTRY UPO

   SOME OF THE TOWN'S GROUND AND FOR DIGGING HOLES AND ANNOYING THE HIGHWAY WITH

   STINKING FISH TO THE FORFEITURES OF L 3-4s-8D. GEORGE WAS A RESEIDENT OF

   WATERTOWN BY 1641 AND HAD MARRIED AND STARTED A FAMILY THERE. HE WAS A

   PROPRIETOR OF A HOMESTEAD (HOMESTALL) OF 10 ACRES IN 1644, ON THE EAST SIDE OF

   LEXINGTON STREET IN WATERTOWN, MA, FROM ORCHARD TO MAIN STREET. THIS PROPERTYU

   WAS PROBABLY GIVEN OR SOLD TO GEORGE FROM HIS FATHER. THIS BECAME THE PERMANEN

   RESIDENCE OF GEORGE UNTIL HIS DEATH. GEORGE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN 6 MAY 1646

   HE SOLD SIX ACRES OF HIS PROPERTY IN 1652 TO R. WAIT, HIS DAUGHTER'S

   FATHER-IN-LAW. DURING APRIL, 1669, GEORGE WAS A WITNESS IN COURT, AND THEN

   STATED HIS AGE AS 50 YEARS. GEORGE WOODWARD WAS FIRST MARRIED TO MARY<nowiki>----</nowiki> AROUN

   1640, PROBABLY AT WATERTOWN, MA OR BOSTON, MA. MARY WOODWARD DIED CA. 1658 AT

   WATERTOWN, MA, LEAVING FEORGE WITH EIGHT CHILDREN. HE MARRIED (2) 17 AUG 1659

   AT WATERTOWN, MA ELIZABETH HAMMOND, WHO WAS BORN CA. 1633, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS

   HAMMOND OF NEWTON, MA. DURING HIS SECOND MARRIAGE, GEORGE HAD FIVE ADDITIONAL

   CHILDREN BORN TO HIM. ON 31 MAY 1676, GEORGE WOODWARD DIED AT WATERTOWN, MA.

   HIS ESTATE WAS SETTLED JUNE, 1676; INVENTORY TAKEN 23 JUN 1676, VALUED GEORGE'S

   ESTATE AT L 143-10s. ELIZABETH (HAMMOND) WOODWARD MARRIED (2) AT WATERTOWN, MA,

   SAMUEL TRUESDALE WHO DIED 2 MAR 1695.

   ON 9 FEB 1695-6, THE HEIRS OF GEORGE WOODWARD SOLD 108 ACRES OF HIS FORMER LAND

   AT WATERTOWN, MA TO JONATHAN BULLARD.

"DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD WOODWARD NEW ENGLAND" 1589- 1982 US/CAN 929.27

   W876w; MOR. GEN. LIB.UT. PAGE 1- 55. ON PAGE 9 CHAPTER 3 HAS GEORGE WOODWARD

   SON OF RICHARD, HE WAS SOMETIMES CALLED SAMUEL, WAS BORN ABOUT 1619 IN ENG. HE

   CAME TO AMERICA WITH HSI PARENTS AND BROTHER JOHN IN 1634. BOSTON CITY RECORDS

   12 JUNE 1637, HAS THE ACCOUNT SAME AS IN TODD DISTASIO'S PAPER ON PAGE 5. [Embrys1.FTW]

[E00020]

   History of Watertown, Massachusetts by Bond

   The following information is taken directly from Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, by Henry Bond, M.D.

   ...

   from Volume I, (1860):

   pages 657-658.

   WOODWARD.

   (II.) GEORGE WOODWARD (son of Richard, I.), was adm. freeman, May 6, 1646. By his first wife, MARY, he had 8 chil. He m. (2d), Aug 17, 1659, ELIZABETH HAMMOND, dr. of Thomas Hammond, of Newton. [Hammond, 60.] Her father, in his Will, proved Nov. 5, 1675, gave her 100 acres on Muddy River (Brookline); probably the same land upon which her son George afterwards settled. He d. May 31, 1676, and admin. granted June 20, 1676, to wid. Elizabeth, and son Amos. Inventory, June 23, 1676, £143. 10. His wid. m. Samuel Truesdale. Chil.,

   <nowiki>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</nowiki>

   1. MARY, b. August 12, 1641; d. August 23, 1718; m., January 13, 1663-4, JOHN WAITE. [2.]

   2. SARAH, b. Feb. 6, 1642-3; m., about 1664, STEPHEN GATES, Jr. of Boston, and afterwards Stow. [Barry, p. 250.]

   3. AMOS, birth not recorded, but he was one of the administrators of his father's estate; adm. freeman, Oct. 10, 1677. He d. in Camb., Oct. 9, 1679, "aged 38," probably should be 33. He was witness in Court, Ap., 1668, then aged 23, and said to be "of Flint's Farm Camb." It appears by his Will, dated Oct. 9, 1679, that he left neither wife nor child. It was probably his wife SARAH, dr. of William Patten, of Camb., who d. in Camb., Sept. 24, 1677. He gave his right and title to the house and land in Wat., "which was our father Woodward's" to brother Daniel Woodward; gave his house to brother [? Thomas] Patten, of Billerica, and mentioned sister Grey's dr. Sarah. [See Farmer, Art. Patten, and Camb. Church Gathering, p. 59.]

   4. REBECCA, b. Dec. 30, 1647; m., in Dedham, Dec. 11, 1666, THOMAS FISHER, of Dedham.

   5. JOHN, b. Mar. 28, 1649.

   6. SUSANNA, b. Sept. 30, 1651; d. unm; admin on her estate granted to her brother, John, Dec. 19, 1676.

   7. DANIEL, b. Sept. 2, 1653. His father's homestead was assigned to him in the settlement of the estate. It is supposed that he was the Daniel Woodward, of Medford, who was licensed by the Court, May 1, 1690, to keep an inn. Chil. by wife ELIZABETH,

   Sarah, b. in Medford, Jan. 5, 1689.

   Hannah, b. in Woburn, May 7, 1691.

   Amos, b. June 5, 1693.

   8. MARY, b. June 3, 1656 [so the town record says; it probably should be Mercy.]

   (by 2d wife.)

   9. GEORGE, b. Sept. 11, 1660; m., Dec. 31, 1686, LYDIA BROWNE. [6-1.] After the birth of one child, he settled in Brookline. He d. 1696. Inventory, dated Dec. 3, 1696, £170. 16,; admin. granted to wid. Lydia, May 1, 1697. His estate was divided, Ap. 2, 1711, to widow Lydia, sons Abraham, George, Nathaniel, and Ichabod, and dr. Lydia, wife of Robert Harris, of Brookline. Chil.,

   Abraham, b. in Wat., Feb. 1, 1687-8. By wife Joanna, he had son Abraham, b. Jan. 12, 1718; of Rox., 1761; and by (2d) wife, Sarah, had sons Caleb and Joshua. His estate was admin. by son Caleb, Mar. 7, 1760.

   George. May 23, 1712, he bought, for £45, 120 acres of land in Mendon, of Samuel Moore.

   Nathaniel, m., in Rox., June 23, 1714, Dorcas Gardner; went first to Brooklyn, Conn., and afterwards settled in Coventry, Conn. He had five chil. when he went to C., the eldest of whom, Nathaniel, was then aged 18 yrs. His other chil. were Moses, b. in Newton, June 7, 1721; Aaron; Dorcas, b. in Newton, Feb. 11, 1719; and Anna. Aaron was father of Rev. Aaron Woodward, of Wilbraham, Mass., grad. Yale Coll., 1789; d. 1840. [See I. Sterns, 169, V.] His wife Dorcas d., and he m. (3d), widow ____ Topliff, with whom he lived about two years. He m. (3d), widow Patten, and moved to Strafford, where he d. Mar., 1772.

   Lydia, m. Robert Harris, of Brookline.

   Ichabod, m. July, 1725, Abigail Holbrook, of Rox.

   10 THOMAS, b. Sept. 15, 1662; d. 1666.

   11. ELIZABETH, b. May 8, 1664; m., Dec. 7, 1693, SAMUEL EDDY. [7.]

   12. NATHANIEL, d. May 28, 1668

   13. SARAH, b. OCt. 3, 1675; m., July 6, 1693, JOHN EDDY. [%28?%29 5.] She afterwards m. (? ISAIAH) WHITNEY, of Camb., and in 1715, resided in Lexington.

N.B. It appears that GEORGE WOODWARD, Sr., had a dr. Sarah by each wife, and that both of these drs. wre living at the same time.
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   [S03969] World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Brøderbund Software, Inc., (Release date: August 23, 1996).

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   Date of Import: Jul 22, 1999

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[S11112] E00018, Katherine K. Embry, (web pages on Ahnentafel Report of Lois W. King).
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Bond, "...Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusette...".
Bond.

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