The SIMONDS Family of Woburn

Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk

First Generation

WILLIAM SIMONDS (d. 1672) of Woburn

Parents: Unknown

William Simonds died on 7 Jun 1672 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Judith Phippen. [Ref] on 18 Mar 1643 in Woburn. [Ref]

In Jun 1672 administration on William's estate was granted to his widow Judith and his sons Caleb and William.

Children of William Simonds and Judith Phippen:

1. Sarah Simonds was born on 28 Jul 1644 in Woburn. [Ref] She married, as his second wife, John Hayward/Heywood, the father of her brother Benjamin's wife. [Ref]
2. Judith Simonds was born on 13 Mar 1646 in Woburn. [Ref]
3. Mary Simonds was born on 9 Dec 1647 in Woburn. [Ref]
4. Caleb Simonds was born on 16 Aug 1649 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 4 Nov 1712 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Sarah Bacon on 25 Sep 1677 [Ref, p. 30] in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 11 Apr 1727 in Woburn. [Ref]
5. William Simonds was born on 15 Apr 1651 in Woburn. [Ref]
6. Sgt. Joseph Simonds was born on 18 Oct 1652 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Mary, the daughter of John Tidd [Ref] and the granddaughter of Sgt. John Tidd.
   After his father's death, he chose John Wyman to be his guardian. [Ref]
7. Lieut. Benjamin Simonds was born on 18 Mar 1654 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 21 Sep 1726 in Woburn. [Ref] He married first Rebecca Hayward. [Ref] Rebecca, the daughter of John and Rebecca (Atkinson) Hayward/Heywood, was born on 13 May 1660 in Concord. [Ref] She died in Apr 1713 in Woburn. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Farrar on 26 Sep 1713. [Ref]
   After his father's death, he chose Francis Kendall to be his guardian. [Ref]
8. Tabitha Simonds was born on 20 Aug 1655 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 20 Aug 1655 in Woburn. [Ref]
9. Joshua Simonds died on 16 Jul 1657 in Woburn. [Ref]
10. James Simonds was born on 1 Nov 1658 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 15 Sep 1717 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Susanna Blodgett on 29 Dec 1685 in Woburn. [Ref] Susanna was the sister of Samuel Blodgett. [Ref, p. 3]
    After his father's death, he chose Francis Kendall to be his guardian. [Ref]
11. Bethiah Simonds was born on 9 May 1659 in Woburn. [Ref] She married, as his second wife, John Walker, the son of Samuel Walker, on 13 Aug 1696 [Ref] in Woburn. [Ref]
12. Huldah Simonds was born on 20 Nov 1660 in Woburn. She married Samuel Blodgett.

Second Generation

HULDAH SIMONDS

Parents: William Simonds

Huldah Simonds was born on 20 Nov 1660 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 13 Mar 1746 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref] She married Samuel Blodgett on 30 Apr 1683 in Woburn. [Ref]

References

Baldwin, Thomas Williams, Bacon Genealogy: Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 and his descendants, Cambridge, Mass, unknown, 1915.

Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages From 1640 to 1873, Woburn, Andrews Cutler & Co., 1890.

Loring, Arthur G. and William R. Cutter, Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1903.

Smith, Roberta Stokes, "Rebecca Heywood, First Wife of Benjamin Simonds of Woburn," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148, 1994, 239.

Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Condord, NH, 1955.

©2015