Joseph Woodworth, Sr.

WOODWORTH, JOSEPH, son of Walter, Sr., b at Scituate, m Sarah, daughter of Charles Stockbridge, who kept the mill at Scituate, Jan. 6, 1669.

Children born at Scituate--

• 1 Joseph, b March 19, 1670.
• Margaret, b 1673, m Stephen Vinal, 1704.
• 2 Benjamin, b Aug. 1676, from Scituate records.
• Sarah, b Aug. 1678, from Scituate records.
• Elizabeth, b 1680.
• Eunice, b Jan., 1683.
• Abigail, b April 16, 1685, m Thomas Merritt Nov. 7, 1718.
• Ruth, b May, 1687, m Benjamin Sylvester, Jr., 1718.

"JOSEPH," says Dean, "also had lands at Little Compton, and some of his family may have moved thither." But it is certain that he was living in Scituate in 1689. He is mentioned in the Plymouth records as a freeman in 1689. [1]

Surname has also been erroneously reported to be Woodsworth.

Date of birth has also been erroneously reported to be January 6, 1668/1670?

Date of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be between 1712 and 1717.

LDS shows marriage 1669

Shop-Keeper?

notes

Links

1. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/surnames/woodworth/
2. http://www.woodworth-ancestors.com/

Sources

1. [www.woodworth-ancestors.com/resources/books/waw1898.pdf Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass, 1898, by William Atwater] - PDF format

Citations

1. Atwater. n.b. on this source: from the Introduction by Marvin Woodworth to William Atwater Woodworth’s book, “Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass” 1898.

Just be cautious about using the data. Keep in mind that all of the material in this book has been extracted and placed in Jeanette Behan’s book, and corrected where WAW’s sources have been found to be incorrect. See Jeanette (Woodworth) Behan's "The Woodworth Family of America, Descendants of Walter Woodworth of 1630 Through Six Generations", published in 1988. Marvin W. Woodworth October 5, 2000

links

• FamilySearch AFN: 1THT-5L, 1RMZ-GN4
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_439.html#P3238