John Woodbury Sr. (1749 - 1831)

Born 26 Sep 1749 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Chase) Woodbury — married 17 Oct 1770 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Esther (Bixbury) Woodbury — married 19 Mar 1800 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1831 at age 82 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Lieutenant John Woodbury Sr. served with 14th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Woodbury Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 323927
Rank: Colonel

Captain John Woodbury Sr. served with Col. Ebenezer Learned's Regiment of Minutemen, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Biography

John Woodbury served as a Captain in the militia in the War of 1812. Earlier, he had served as a lieutenant in Captain John Putnam's company of Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Regiment during the Revolution in 1775. His company was called to the alarm at Lexington and also served in the Burgoyne Campaign. His brothers, Jonathan and Peter, also served as officers in the militia.

Birth

John was born 26 September 1749 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Death

Captain John died 12 December 1831 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was buried in Armsby Cemetery in Sutton, Massachusetts.

Marriage

John was married twice. His first wife was Mary Chase (1748-1799). She was the daughter of Caleb Chase (1722-1808). They married on 2 September 1748 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 April 2018), memorial page for Capt John Woodbury, Sr (26 Sep 1749–12 Dec 1831), Find A Grave: Memorial #6475741, citing Armsby Cemetery, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jim Sanders (contributor 506).

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-01-19), "Record of John Woodbury", Ancestor # A128358.
• Dar Vol. #77, Pg. #110.; Also See: DAR Vol. #141, pp. 168-169.; Also See: DAR Vol. #47, pg. 69; Also See: DAR Vol. 5, pg. 46; Also See: DAR Vol. #17, pg. 104. Also See: DAR Vol. #17, pg. 348. DAR Patriot Index (p.759).

• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDH-7YK : 28 July 2021), Esther Bigsby in entry for John, Capt. Woodbury, 1800.

Notes

Captain John Woodbury, b. 1749, died in Sutton in December 1831, and within days of his death in that month, two of his sisters also died in the same town. No record of an epidemic illness has been discovered in research for this genealogy.