Edward Woodman III (bef. 1628 - bef. 1694)

Born before 14 Mar 1628 in Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Goodrich) Woodman — married 20 Dec 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before 27 Sep 1694 at about age 66 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Edward Woodman was born on 14 March 1628 in Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England. He was the son of Lt. Edward Woodman and Joanna Unknown. Edward Woodman was christened on 1 April 1632 in St. Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England. On 20 December 1653 Edward, at age 25, married Mary Goodridge, at age 19, daughter of William Goodrich and Margaret Butterfield, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Edward Woodman and Mary Goodridge joined the church in 1674 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Edward took the oath of fidelity. in 1678. Abraham Merrill was assigned as tythingman over the Edward Woodman Jr. family 31 March 1679. He left a will on 16 December 1693 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday, 11 September 1694 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 66 years, 5 months and 28 days and was buried in the First Parish Burying Ground. His estate was probated on 27 September 1694 in Essex County, Massachusetts.

Will

"I Edward Woodman of the town of newbury… planter doe… make my last will and tasteyment…

Imprimes: I give and bequeath unto: Edward: my eldest son all that my Lot commonly cald the free hould lot and all my land in the town of havrell being about one hundred ackers binig part of a farme my father bough of stphn Kent.

Itt I give and bequeath unto my son arqwallas: whom I mak and appoint my Lawful axcutor to this my Last will and tasteyment all that my house Lote bing about thurty ackers be it more or Lese all soe my new house that stands theiron together with my barne and out housing with all my chattel shep and horses of what sort so ever: all soe my weaveing loomb: all soe all my husbentry implyments what soe ever: all soe the commonage Land be Longing to me Layd out or to be layd out whither to ye comenig or estat: all soe all my medow: all so: the bed and beding he [  ? ] to lay on

Itt I give and be queath unto: mary my beloved wife the yuse of my ould house dring her widowhood all soe ye use of one thurd part of my orchard: all soe five gold fleses of sheps wool evry yer: to be payd by my axacutor all so the yuse of one good milch cow to be mayntayned for her by my axcutor as above said during her widow hood all so five pound in good provison pay in corne and as corne at three shilens per bushel to be payd by my axcutor Evry yere yerly during her widow hood as above sayd all soe all my houseall goods of what nateur or sort so ever that is not above disposed of in this my will to her dispose as she ses good

Itt I give and bequeath unto marey amory my eldest dauter five pounds in merchantable pay to be payd within one yere next after my deseas by my axcutor above sayd

Itt I give and bequeath unto my dauter Elizabeth woles five pounds in good marchentable pay to be payd with in two yers next after my desease: to be pay by my axcutor

Itt I give and bequeath unto Rebeckah: Layton my dautor five pounds in merchantable pay to be payd wthin three yers next after my desease to be payd by my axsacutor

Itt I give and bequeath unto sarah Marell: five pounds in good marchentable paye to be payd with in four yers next after my desease to be payd by my axacutor

Itt I give and bequeath unto Judah woodman five pounds to be payd in good merchantable pay wthin five yers next after my deseas to be payd by my axcutor:

Itt I give unto my dautor margrat: woodman five pounds to be payd wthin six yers nex after my deseas by my axcutor:

All soe my will is that if aney of my above sayd six dautor shold dy before the time thay should resave their said five pounds if thay have eney child then to thir child or children [  ? ]… the 16th day of desember in the yer 1693/4
Edward Woodman
Witness Ben: Eastman:
John estman
Samuell Fry

An inventory of ye estat of Edward Woodman of newbury Deseased September ye 11th 1694

Itt to his arms and ameynison.......................02-10-00
Itt to his wearing clothes.................................10-00-00
Itt to his housing and homsted....................200-00-00
Itt to his free hould Lot & his Land at havrl:.80-00-00
Itt to his burching madow & Rate Lot............35-00-00
Itt to his stock of catell shep and swin..........41-00-00
Itt to his englis corne.......................................14-00-00
Itt to his inden corne.......................................08-00-00
Itt to his Beds and beding...............................20-00-00
Itt to his puter brass and Iron:.......................05-00-00
Itt to his Lumber housell stufe.......................06-00-00
Itt to his Books..................................................01-10-00
Itt to wooll and yarne and fathers.................03-00-00
Itt to his hors furneyture.................................01-00-00
Itt to his cart plow and al his husbanty tols..03-00-00
Itt to his sadell tackling att..............................00-10-00
Itt to his Loombe and tackling........................03-00-00
Sum toatell att................................................433-10-00

This inventory taken by us and apprised by us this 29th day of September in ye yer 1694

Abraham Merrill
Joshua Browne
Ben: Eastman"^[1]

Children

All children born in Newbury;^[2] the following list follows the work of DW Hoyt:^[3]

1. Mary, b. 29 Sept. 1654, m. 29 Nov. 1676 Newbury, Jonathan Emery (b. 13 ::May 1652 Newbury, d. 29 Sept. 1723 Newbury), d. 13 Sept. 1723 Newbury
2. Elizabeth, b. 11 July 1656, d. 27 Dec. 1659 Newbury
3. Edward, b. 18 Oct. 1658, d. 29 Dec. 1659 Newbury
4. stillborn, b. 31 July 1660, d. 31 July 1660
5. Elizabeth,* b. 17 Sept. 1661, d.s.p.
6. Rebecca, b. 29 July 1663
7. Sarah, b. 18 July 1665, d.s.p.
8. Judith, b. 10 Nov. 1667, d.c.1693 Malden
9. Edward, b. 20 Mar. 1670, m. 29 June 1702 Newbury, Mary Sawyer (b. 20 ::June 1672 Newbury), will 17 July 1718 Newbury
10. Archelaus, b. 9 June 1672
11. a daughter, b. 18 Nov. 1674, d. 1674 Haverhill
12. Margaret, b. 31 Aug. 1676, m. 12 Apr. 1699 Newbury, Richard Bartlett ::IV (b. 20 Oct. 1676 Newbury, d. 10 Feb. 1749 Newbury), d. 6 Apr. 1718 ::Newbury
13. ______- b. & d. 1680

*DW Hoyt notes^[4] that the Vital Records of Newbury records a Rebecca being born 17 Sep 1661, but there is no death record for her and also in the Vital Records an unnamed daughter was born 8 Nov. 1674.^[5] Assuming that the will gives the daughters' names in order, then Elizabeth was born between Mary and Rebecca.

Sources

1. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 30580
2. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1, Births (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911), images 561-65 of 576, pp. 553-56 at HathiTrust.org.
3. ↑ David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, Part 1 (Providence: Snow and Farnham Printers, 1897); image of p. 365 at InternetArchive.org.
4. ↑ David Webster Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts ; With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, Part 1 (Providence: Snow and Farnham Printers, 1897); image of p. 365 at InternetArchive.org.
5. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Volume 1, Births (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1911), image 564 of 576, p. 556 at HathiTrust.org.

See also:

• The Goodridge Genealogy- Edwin Goodridge, NY, 1918- p.77
• Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in England - The Woodman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVII (1943).
• Woodman, Cyrus. The Woodmans of Buxton, Maine. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1874.
• Woodman, J.H.. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856.
• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume I (1897). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).
• Woodman, John A. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995.
• Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. 1845. Reprint Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1977.
• Hardy, Randolph. "Family Group Record Archive of Edward Woodman (1628-1694)". Compiled 1953. Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston. 1860. Reprint Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1978.
• Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911, volume I.
• Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriages Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ: Biblio Co., 1926.
• Lafayette Wallace Case M.D., Author Role: Editor The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Rich Publication: Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, Second Date, 1984
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• Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1638-1840. Salem, Massachusetts: Essex County, no date.
• MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966.
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• Smith, Mallory "Bartlett Connection." E-mail message from Mallory. e-mail address at unknown address. 6 September 2004.
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• Stackpole, Everett. History of the Town of Durham, New Hampshire (n.p. 1913) Vol. 2, Page 392
• Case, Lafayette Wallace Case M.D. editor, The Goodrich Family in America. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John and William Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn., Fergus Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1889, [Second Date, 1984] p. 356
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• Anderson, Robert Charles: "The Great Migration"; Volume VII, page 560 (Edward Woodman, Sr,); Deposed that he was 57 in 1685; birth, marriage.