Generation 1

RICHARD WOODWARD (d. 1645) of Watertown

Parents: Unknown

Richard Woodward died on 16 Feb 1664/5 [Ref][Ref] in Watertown. [Ref] He married first Rose Unknown. [Ref] She died on 6 (8) 1662. [Ref] He married second Anne (Veare) Gates (contract 18 Apr 1663). [Ref] Anne, the widow of Stephen Gates, was probably born about 1603. [Ref]

Richard, Rose and two thirteen-year-old boys, George and John, came to New England on the Elizabeth of Ipswich, bound for New England the last of April 1634.[Ref]

Richard settled in Watertown. [Ref] He was a freeman on 2 Sep 1635. [Ref] On 8 Sep 1648 Edward and Anne Holiock of Boston sold their windmill to Richard Woodward of Boston. [Ref] On 26 Dec 1648 Richard Woodward of Boston sold his windmill to William Aspinawall. [Ref] Richard was on a jury in 1654. [Ref]

Administration was granted on Richard of Watertown's estate in 1654. [Ref]

Children of Richard Woodward and Rose Unknown:

1. George Woodward married Mary Unknown.
2. John Woodward

Generation 2

GEORGE WOODWARD (abt 1621 - 1676) of Watertown

Parents: probably Richard Woodward and Rose Unknown

George Woodward was born in about 1621 if he was 13 when he came to New England in 1634. [Ref] He died on 31 May 1676 in Watertown. [Ref] He married first Mary Unknown. [Ref] He probably married second Elizabeth Hammond on 17 Aug 1659. [Ref says Apr] in Watertown.[Ref] Elizabeth died on 24 Aug 1700, age 66, in Watertown. [Ref]

George came to New England with his parents. [Ref] He settled in Watertown. [Ref] He was made a freeman on 6 May 1646. [Ref]

Children of George Woodward and Mary Unknown:

1. Mary Woodward was born on 12 (6) 1641 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref] She married John Waight on 13 Jan 1663 in Watertown. [Ref]
2. Sarah Woodward was born on 3 (12) 1642 in Watertown. [Ref][Ref][Ref]
3. Rebecca Woodward was born on 30 (10) 1647 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref]
4. John Woodward was born on 20 Mar 1649 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref] He may be the John Woodward, Sr. who died on 17 Feb 1695/6 in Watertown. [Ref]
5. Susanna Woodward was born on 30 Sep 1651 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref]
6. Daniel Woodward was born on 2 Apr 1653 in Watertown. He died on 31 July 1713 in Newton. He married Elizabeth Dana.
7. Mary Woodward was born on 3 Jun 1656 [Ref] in Watertown.

Children of George Woodward and Elizabeth Hammond:

1. George Woodward was born on 11 (7) 1660 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref]
2. Thomas Woodward was born on 15 (7) 1662 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 3 Sep 1666 in Watertown. [Ref]
3. Elizabeth Woodward was born on 8 May 1664 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref]
4. Nathaniel Woodward was born on 28 (3) 1668. [Ref] He died on 28 (3) 1668 in Watertown. [Ref]
5. Sarah Woodward was born on 3 Oct 1675 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref] Sarah married first John Eddy. [Ref] She married second Isaiah Whitney. [Ref] Isaiah, the son of Thomas and Mary (Kedall) Whitney, was born on 16 Sep 1671. [Ref]

Generation 3

DANIEL WOODWARD (1653 - 1713) of Medford and Preston

Parents: George Woodward and Mary Unknown

Daniel Woodward was born on 2 Apr 1653 [Ref] in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 31 July 1713 in Newton. [Ref] He is said to be of Preston in the Newton records. He married Elizabeth Dana [Ref] on 14 Jan 1679 in Medford. [Ref]

Daniel Woodward was a soldier in King Philip's war under Capt. Nathaniel Davenport and Capt. Ting on 24 Jun 1675. [Ref] He is on a list from 25 Nov - 3 Dec 1675 of men in King Philip's War from Cambridge. [Ref] He is on a 24 Jun list of soldiers in King Philip's War at the garrison in Chelmsford. [Ref] He is on a 24 Aug 1676 list of soldiers in King Philip's War. [Ref] He took the oath of fidelity on the first Monday of Feb 1677 in Medford. [Ref] He is on a 17 Jan 1684 tax list in Medford. [Ref] He is on a 31 Aug 1688 tax list in Medford. [Ref]

In 1690 Daniel was licensed by the selectman to open the first house of entertainment in Medford. [Ref]

A deed dated 23 Jan 1708/9 records Daniel Woodward's purchase of land from Capt. John Parke of Preston for 5£ 10s. [Ref]

On 11 Oct 1711 a Daniel Woodward was deputy from Preston. [Ref] Spencer [Ref] says that this is our Daniel. Caulkins [Ref] says that when Daniel Woodward of Preston died in 1713 he left a wife Elizabeth and 12 children.

Children of Daniel Woodward and Elizabeth Dana, all born in Medford:

1. Elizabeth Woodward was born on 22 Apr 1681 in Medford. [Ref][Ref] She was baptised on 22 Dec 1700 in Cambridge. [Ref] She married Stephen Frost on 1 Oct 1699 or 1700. [Ref] Stephen was born on 9 May 1672 in Charlestown. [Ref]
   some descendants of Elizabeth Woodward
   
2. Mary Woodward was born on 15 Apr 1683 in Medford. [Ref][Ref]
3. Lieut. Daniel Woodward was born on 5 Jan 1684 in Medford. [Ref][Ref] He died on 24 May 1752. [Ref] He married Thankful Gates on 1 Mar 1701/2 in Preston, New London, CT. [Ref] Thankful, the daughter of Steven and Jemima (Benjamin) Gates, was born on 7 Aug 1687 in Stowe. [Ref] He made his will on 20 May 1752; his sister Susannah and her husband Richard were witnesses. [Ref] If his marriage date is correct, he was 18 when he married and his wife was 13; this seems a bit unlikely. Thankful, the wife of Daniel Woodward, renewed the covenant and was baptised in the church in Preston on 7 Aug 1715.
   Lieutenant Daniel Woodward of Preston signed his will on 20 May 1752. He left bequests to sons Zephaniah and Reuben Woodward. He left his daughter Thankful Clark his black cow and calf, his daughter Bath (?) Partridge a heifer. His wife Thankful and his son Zephaniah were his executors. Witnesses were his sister Susannah Adams, his nephew (?) Richard Adams and Mark Williams. Inventory on his estate, taken on 9 Jun 1752, amounted to £1929.10.3 [Ref]
   
4. Abigail Woodward was born on 14 Feb 1686/7 in Medford. [Ref][Ref]
5. Sarah Woodward was born on 5 Jun 1689 in Medford. [Ref][Ref]
6. Hannah Woodward was born on 7 May 1691 in Woburn. [Ref] She was baptised on 10 Oct 1697 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. [Ref][Ref]
7. Amos Woodward was born on 5 Jun 1693 in Medford. [Ref] He was baptised on 10 Oct 1697 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. [Ref][Ref]
8. Susannah Woodward was born on 23 Dec 1695 in Medford. She was baptised on 10 Oct 1697 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. She died on 29 Apr 1790 Canterbury. She married first William Adams. She married second Capt. Joseph Adams.
9. Jonathan Woodward was born on 5 May 1698 in Charlestown. [Ref] He was baptised on 22 May 1698 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. [Ref][Ref]
10. Joseph Woodward was born on 5 Mar 1700/1 in Charlestown. [Ref] He was baptised on 9 Mar 1700/1 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. [Ref][Ref]

Generation 4

SUSANNAH WOODWARD (1695 - 1790)

Parents: Daniel Woodward and Elizabeth Dana [Ref, p. 145]

Susanna Woodward was born on 23 Dec 1695 in Medford. [Ref][Ref, p. 145] She was baptised on 10 Oct 1697 in the First Congregational Church in Cambridge. [Ref][Ref] She died on 29 Apr 1790 in Canterbury. [Ref][Ref] She is buried in the Baldwin cemetery in Canterbury. Click here to see a photo of her grave. She married first William Adams on 2 May 1723 in Norwich. [Ref][Ref][Ref, p. 145] She married second, as his second wife, Capt. Joseph Adams [Ref] on 4 Apr 1728 [Ref] in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 145] Joseph was the son of Samuel and Mary Adams and the grandson of Lieut. Thomas Adams. [Ref][Ref, p. 145] He died on 3 Mar 1752. [Ref] He married first Eunice Spalding on 23 Jul 1708. [Ref] He was a prominent man and a large land dealer in Canterbury. [Ref]

Susanna was admitted to the Congregational Church at Canterbury on 2 Apr 1732. [Ref]

References

Church Records

Admission & Renewals of Covenant Extracted from The Bi-Centennial Celebration First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898, Statistics of the Church Taken From The Church Records

Family Genealogies

Adams, Andrew N., A Genealogical History of Henry Adams, of Braintree, Mass., and his descendants: also John Adams, of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, unknown, Adams, 1898.

Dana, Elizabeth Ellery, The Dana Family in America, Cambridge, MA, unknown, 1956.

Hayward, Kendall, "Richard Adams of Sudbury, Mass.; Plainfield and Norwich, Conn.," The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 141-149, Addenda 24, 1948, 193.

Spencer, H. Jay,Genealogy of the Woodward family, 1584-1926, Youngsville, unknown, 1926.

Torrey, Clarence Almon, "Stephen Gates of Hingham, Lancaster and Cambridge," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 120, p. 166.

Family Records

Dumas, David W., "Bacon - Adams - Whitney - Kingsbury Family Record," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 138, 1984, 32-38.

Pierce, Mary Frances, trans., "A Manuscript of Genealogy made by the Rev. Samuel Woodward who Died in Weston, Oct. 5, 1782," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 50, 1896, 300-302.

Local Histories

Caulkins, Frances Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From its possession by the Indians to the year 1866, New London, The friends of the author, 1874.

No author, History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis & Co., 1890.

No author, Proceedings of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Medford, Massachusetts: Prefaced by a brief history of the town and city from the day of settlement, Medford, The Executive Committee, c.1906.

Public Records

Bodge, George, "Soldiers in King Philip's War," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, many volumes.

Editors, "Town Rate of Medford," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 32 1787, 316-7.

Gallup, Jennie F., trans., Probate Records of Norwich, Connecticut, Volumes 1–3, Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.

Preston, Connecticut Deeds 3;18

Vital Records

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850

Vital Records of Norwich

Vital Records of Watertown, 1630-1825. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.