Mary Mitchell (abt. 1725 - 1766)

Born about 1725 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Cooper Woodruff — married Aug 1747 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey Colony

Died 7 Jun 1766 at about age 41 in Essex, New Jersey

Biography

Mary Mitchell was born about 1725 in Elizabethtown, New jersey Colony, British Colonial America, died there 7 June 1766, daughter of Nathaniel Mitchell and Elizabeth Jewell; married to John Cooper Woodruff in August 1747 at Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey Colony; buried at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA.^[1]

Mary is named in the will of her father Nathaniel Mitchell ( NJ Wills Lib. C, p. 204. 1738, Aug. 14.)

Children of John Cooper Woodruff and Mary (Mitchell) Woodruff (from various online trees):

1. Nehemiah Woodruff 1749-1823
2. Joanna Woodruff 1750-1824
3. Phebe Woodruff 1750-1806
4. Charity Burnet Woodruff 1750-1817
5. Jane Woodruff 1754-1766
6. Elizabeth Woodruff 1756-1766
7. John Cooper Woodruff Jr 1761-1849
8. Caleb Woodruff 1764-1814
9. Mary Woodruff 1764-1792

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7342207/mary-woodruff: accessed 25 May 2023), memorial page for Mary Mitchel Woodruff (1725–7 Jun 1766), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7342207, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Rich H. (contributor 46489213).

• Bennett, Inez Moore, compiler, A Genealogical Record of the McGhie family in America, 1960, privately published, 343 pages, p. 3. Author’s front page Note: “This Work is not copyrighted. Anyone is welcome to use any material, which is all available elsewhere.” LC Classifications CS71 .M33 1960 343 pages; Open Library OL26741975M OCLC/WorldCat 18501638.https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00benn/page/n89/mode/2up