Sarah (Unknown) Woodcock (bef. 1630 - 1676)

Born before 1630 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 10 May 1676 after age 46 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Disputed Origins

Some, without source, identify her as the daughter of William Curtis who was baptized at Nazeing on 5 August 1627. Anderson concludes of that daughter that she may be the "Mary" named when William was admitted to Roxbury Church and that there is "no further record" of her.^[1] The identification of John Woodcock's wife as a Curtis appears to be speculative and her origins are currently unknown.

Biography

Sarah (___) was probably born in England before 1630, based on the likely date of her marriage.

Sarah married John Woodcock before 1649.^[2]

Sarah Woodcock is mentioned in a couple deeds in Plymouth Colony. "Sara" signed with her mark in a land transaction from John Woodcock to Joseph Carpenter, dated January 1, 1660(/1),^[3] and John, "with the consent of my beloved wife Sarah Woodcock" sold land to Peter Hunt Jr. on June 17, 1673.^[4]

Sarah, the wife of John Woodcocke, died May 10, 1676 at Rehoboth.^[5]

Children

Children of Thomas Woodcock and Sarah (___) include:^[2]

1. John, b. 1649
2. Israel (~1652-~1718)
3. Jonathan (~1668-)
4. Thomas
5. [Sarah] (1667-), m. Thomas Estabrook
6. Mary (->1697)
7. Deborah
8. Nathaniel

Research Notes

Sarah in Secondary Sources

In the Dedham Historical Register (1890), Sarah (Unknown) is mentioned as the wife of John Woodcock, and dying at Attleboro November 29, 1676.^[6]The Genealogical And Family History of Maine (1909) writes that "About 1649 [John Woodcock] married Sarah, the mother of his children. She died in 1676 at Attleboro".^[7] Similiarly, in History of the Woodcock Family (1912), Woodcock says that John's "wife and the mother of his children was named Sarah and died at Attleboro in the year 1676",^[8] and in A Sketch of the History of Attleborough (1834), Daggett says that Sarah was his first wife and died May 1676.^[9]

Sumner in Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine, and Ninety Allied Families (1959) gives her name as "Sarah (Curtis?)" without providing a source, and gives her death as May 10, 1676 at Attleboro.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 1:500; image, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/500/23894859 : accessed 28 Jan 2022) [$ubscription required].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Edith Sumner, Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine, and Ninety Allied Families, (American Offset Printers, Los Angeles, Calif., 1959), 322.
3. ↑ Plymouth Colony Deeds, vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 5
4. ↑ Plymouth Colony Deeds, vol. 4, pt. 1, p. 153
5. ↑ Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1897), p. 900
6. ↑ The Dedham Historical Register (The Dedham Historical Society, Dedham, Mass., 1890-), vol. 4, p. 174-175
7. ↑ Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1909), p. 1335
8. ↑ Woodcock, William. History of the Woodcock Family (Altoona, Penn'a, 1912), p. 57
9. ↑ Daggett, John. A Sketch of the History of Attleborough (H. Mann, Dedham, 1834), p. 35

• Plymouth Colony Records, Deeds. Digital Images. FamilySearch, DGS film 007451133 ("Deeds, vols. 2-4, 1651-1681.")

See Also:

• FamilySearch Profile for "Sarah Curtis" LCTG-GDK