Judith (Woodbury) Herrick (1667 - abt. 1746)

Born 22 Nov 1667 in Salem (later Beverly), Essex, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Ephraim Herrick — married 2 Jan 1689 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 78 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Herrick Name Study.

Judith was born 22 November 1667 ^{[1] [2]} and baptized 26 April 1668 ^[2] in Salem (later Beverly), daughter of William and Judith (Finne) Woodbury.^[3]

She married Ephraim Herrick in 1689 in Beverly.^[4]

Admitted to Preston 1st Cong. church 9 June 1706.^[5] They both joined the Griswold 1st Cong. church 30 Nov 1720.^[6]

She died in 1746? in Preston, Conn.^[7]

Marriage

Judith was married to Ephraim Herrick on 2 January 1688 in Salem (now Beverly), Essex County, Massachusetts. ^[8] Their children include:

• Mary Herrick (1690-1786)
• Judith Herrick (1690-)
• Ephraim Herrick (1692-)
• Priscilla Herrick (1705-1775)
• William Herrick (1708-1752)

Research Notes

FindAGrave reports some erroneous family information. Referring to and article, "NEHBR, Vol. 71" and an unnamed "Patch family website" Judith's mother was Judith Glover." The Glover family association is not supported by any reliable sources.

Other Biographical. A prior version of this program contained biographical information entered as a source, "Judith was born on November 22, 1667 in Beverly, Massachusetts. On January 2, 1689, she married Ephraim Herrick in Beverly. He was the son of Ephraim Herrick and Mary Cross, born in Beverly on August 13, 1664. The couple had three children born in Beverly by 1692. Between 1692 and 1696, they moved to Preston, Connecticut. They had six more children in Preston, including Priscilla. Both Ephraim and Judith died in Preston."

Sources

1. ↑ Beverly Vital Record book: birth Woodberry, Judith http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B380.shtml
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22577-382-7?cc=2061550 : 13 July 2016), Essex > Beverly > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1890; FHL microfilm 864851. Cit. Date: 4 Sep 2016.
3. ↑ Charla Woodbury, James Hamlin and Gene Preston, "Identifying Judith Finne and the Early Family of William² (William¹) Woodbury of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and Beverly, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):138-148; digital images by subscription, via pdf download, AmericanAncestors.
4. ↑ Beverly Vital Record book: marriage http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_M156.shtml
5. ↑ Preston 1st Cong. Church record: http://interactive.ancestry.com/3032/41107_620303988_0385-00094
6. ↑ Griswold 1st Cong. Church record: http://interactive.ancestry.com/3032/41107_620303988_0332-00115
7. ↑ Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=131660893
8. ↑ Find A Grave, Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Memorial #131660893. Cit. Date: 6 Sep 2016.

See also--

• David Curtis Dearborn and John Bradley Arthaud, "William¹ Woodbury of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175 (2021):207-222, in particular, 217 (Judith Woodbury Herrick). Note: The Summer 2021 issue is available for download by subscription at AmericanAncestors/
• Charla Woodbury, James Hamlin and Gene Preston, "Identifying Judith Finne and the Early Family of William² (William¹) Woodbury of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and Beverly, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):138-148; digital images by subscription, via pdf download, AmericanAncestors.