William Woodcock (abt. 1586 - 1638)

Born about 1586 in London, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1638 at about age 52 in London, England

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BIOGRAPHY:

Mr. William Woodcocke was a merchant, late of London. He was the son-in-law of Mrs. Mary Washborne, and brother-in-law of Herriott Washbourne.

Children of William Woodcock and Alice Washbourne Woodcock that are listed in St. Antholin Church records:

John Woodcock: buried 3 May 1625

John Woodcock: christened 20 July 1627

Sarah Woodcock: christened 21 December 1629

Samuel Woodcock: christened 17 May 1632

Daniel Woodcock: christened 1 May 1634

"WILLIAM WOODCOCK of London, England, married about 1624, Alice Washborn, who was christened in London, at St. Antholin Parish Church on Jan. 1, 1595/6, the daughter of Robert Washborn and his second wife, Mary Harriot. The Washborns were married on Oct. 22, 1593, in the same church, which records the burial of "old Mr. Robert Washborn" on June 25, 1634. "Mr. William Woodcock" was buried there on Oct. 12, 1638." (1) (p. 322)

"John, “son of William and Alis Woodcock,” christened, St. Antholin Parish, London, 6-20-1627. Emigrated to New England; setteled in Dedham, Mass, by 1642." (1) (p.332)

SOURCES:

(1) "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and ninety allied families" [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Sumner, Edith Bartlett.. "Descendants of Thomas Farr of Harpswell, Maine and ninety allied families." Los Angeles, Calif.: Lithographed from compiler's typescript by American Offset Printers, 1989.

"The Washbourne Family of Little Washbourne and Wichenford in the County of Worcester." James Davenport. Methuen & Company, 1907. William Woodcock: pp. 80, 83, 234, 236

England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812