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XV. WOODRUFF, MATHEW, born about 1612 in England. The Farmington Church Records on 2-Apr-1654 "Hannah Woodruff, the wife of MATHEW Woodruff and her daughter Hannah Woodruff, aged about 5 1/2 years and Elizabeth Woodruff about the age of 2 years, 5 months were joined to the church". 5-Nov-1654 "Mary Woodruff, daughter of (Hannah) Woodruff was baptised". 16-May-1658 "the children of Hannah Woodruff were baptised - John, 15 years and upward, MATHEW in his 12th year of his life". MATUEW, himself was joined to the church, 1-Mar-l672. Died in Sept of 1682. ("Woodruff Genealogy" by Susan Woodruff Abbott.) His will is in Hartford Probate Court. His son Samuel was administrator, Filed 5-Sept-1682. Settled 13-Dec-1682.

ISSUE:

1. John Woodruff, Baptised 16-May-1658. Born in 1643. Married Mary Winchell, daughter of Robert Winchell of Windsor, Conn. Died May of 1692 in Farmington, Conn.
2. Matthew Woodruff
3. Hannah Woodruff, Baptised 2-Apr-l654. Born 1650. Married Richard Seymour, son of Richard and Mercy (Ruscoe) Seymour. Died l6-Sept-17l2 in Farmington, Conn.
4. Elizabeth Woodruff, Baptised 2-Apr-1654. Born 1651. Married 29-Oct-1678, John Broughton of North Hampton, Mass., son of John and Hannah (Bascom) Broughton.
5. Mary Woodruff , Baptised 5-Nov-1654. Died young.
6. Samuel Woodruff, born 26-Aug-1661, Fartnington, Conn. Married Rebecca Clark in February of 1685/86, daughter of John and Rebecca (Marvin) Clark of Farmington. Died 8-Jan-1742, Southington, Conn.

Matthew Woodruff and wife Hannah came from Hartford to Farmington in 1640-41. He was one of the eighteen proprietors of the Town of Farmington in 1672 having been admitted as a freeman in 1637. (History of Southington Conn. Page CCIVII) He died at a very old age in 1682. He was a man of considerable wealth for those days. He joined the church March 1st, 1672. His will probated Dec. 13, 1682, mentions his wife Hannah who was admitted to the church in Framington, April 2, 1634, also his will mentions three sons and a daughter named Hannah, wife of Richard Seymour 2nd but the probate court supplies the name of another daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Broghton of Northampton, MA. Matthew Woodruff left an estate of £250. A large portion of this property was bequeathed to his youngest son Samuel, at that time 21 years of age and unmarried, on condition that he take care of his mother. Matthew Woodruff's will, noncupative, is dated September 6, 1682, and was probated December 14 following.

Matthew and Hannah Woodruff had children as follows:

1. Matthew, b. 1646, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut; d. November 1691, Farmington, Conn.: m. Man, C _y Plumb at Milford, Conn., June 16, 1668. He married 2nd wife, Sarah North in 1686; she was b. Dec. 23, 1653; d. 1692. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Bird) North. Matthew lived in Milford, Conn., until death of his first wife, then returned to Farmington, Conn. He was a freeman 1671. Adm. of his estate granted Dec. 3, 1691. (See, Hartford Court Probate Records.)
2. John, b. 1643, Farmington, Hartford, Conn; d. May 16, 1692, Farmington, Conn.
3. Mary, b. November 05, 1654, Farmington, Conn; d. 1655, Farmington, Conn. Baptized on November 05, 1654, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
4. Hannah, b. 1648, Farmington, Conn.
5. Elizabeth, b. November 1652, Farmington, Conn; m. JOHN BROUGHTON, June 16, 1668, Milford, New Haven, Conn; b. North Hampton. Baptized April 02, 1654, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut. She married John Broughton on June 16, 1668, Milford, New Haven, Conn
6. Samuel, b. August 26, 1661, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut; d. January 08, 1741/42, Southington, Hartford, Connecticut.

Matthew Woodruff was christened July 28, 1616 in All Saints, Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Freeman 1657; emmigrated 1640 to Hartford, CT.

He was a freeman at Farmington in 1669 and one of the 84 proprietors of that town in 1672.

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From AccessGenealogy (2021): NOTE-Regarding Woodruff’s of Wooley, England.

Regarding the genealogy of the Woodruff Family, published in Volume III of the Colonial Families of the United States, will say that the circumstances surrounding the record of Matthew Woodruff in said book are as follows:

Sometime in 1910 a party called on me stating that his name was Norris Woodruff. that he was from England and naturally well acquainted with the Woodruff Families there, that he was a descendant of the Woodruffs of Wooley, England, and for a consideration would give out details that would establish a direct connection between the Woodruffs of England and the Woodruffs of the United States. Naturally I was interested and agreed to pay his price for said information, which was as follows:

The Genealogy of Woodruffs of Wooley, England.

Search Military Records - Fold3 Coming down to the time of Sir David Woodruff of Poyle, Min married in 1611 Lettice Duncombe.

Issue:

Matthew, born 1612 and died 1682 Thomas David George Robert Nicholas Six daughters

He claimed he had investigated and found that Matthew Woodruff, the emigrant, was born in London in 1612, that he came from England with his wife, Hannah, and settled in Hartford, Conn., and died in Farmington, Conn., in 1682.

I advised him to take up the matter with Mr. George N. Mackenzie who was to publish Volume III of the Colonial Families of the United States.

Later Mr. Mackenzie wrote asking if I would furnish him the genealogy of my branch of the Woodruff Family in America from the time of Matthew Woodruff, the emigrant. If so, he believed a direct connection could be established between the Woodruff Family of Wooley, England and the Woodruff Family of America.

I agreed to this and furnished Mr. Mackenzie with the American Genealogy (My branch of the Woodruff Family) from Matthew Woodruff. the emigrant, and the same was published as it appears in Volume III of the Colonial Families of the United States. After this was published, it occurred to me to take up the matter and substantiate certain data furnished by Norris Woodruff. Therefore, entered into correspondence with several genealogists in London; after considerable research by them and considerable financial cost to me, they reported as far as they could learn, Sir David Woodruff of Poyle, England, had no son by the name of Matthew. They did, however, report five sons as described above.

Therefore, it is my sincere belief that this party who styled himself as Norris Woodruff and sold the information to Mr. Mackenzie and myself was an impostor, for as far as I can learn, Sir David Woodruff of Poyle, England, had no son by the name of Matthew-and if Matthew Woodruff the emigrant, was connected with the Woodruffs of Wooley, England, it was through some other branch of the family."

The author of the preceding in quotations is is not identified, but raises questions about the identification of Matthew Woodruff's parents here, despite the reference publishing of such information in reputable sources.