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William Wooden (abt. 1635 - abt. 1684)

William Wooden aka Wooding, Woodin
Born about in New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 25 Oct 1650 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 49 in New Haven, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

William's parents are unknown. They had been listed as William Wood Wooding and Isabel (____) Wooding. They have been disconnected until quality sources supporting them is added to this profile.

Birth

William may have been born about 1625, this is based on his 1650 marriage date. He was most probably born in England.

Life in New Haven

William was fined for defective arms 4 Jan 1643/4, [p.123] and for defective powder in 1646[p.232], and for drunk and disorderly behavior on 5 April 1644[p.133][1]

He reported 2 Feb 1646 that he took cattle out of Mrs. Turner's hay three times.[p.293].[1]

In 1647 James Hayward brought suit against Wm for an action of defamation. The conclusion of the court was that what William said was true, but the way he said it was slanderous. He had to bear the court costs. James for his part , had to bear the costs of getting witnesses from Boston.[pp 339, 398][1]

2 May 1648, he neglected to come to watch, it was reported that he had asked another to watch, and the other was at fault for not showing up.[p.380] In Nov 1649, his hoggs were out where they didn't belong and he was fined.[p.496][1]

There is one more complaint against William, but after that, there are only good things in the records, and he died a fairly prosperous man. It would seem that marriage and especially the birth of his children made a better man of him.

2 December 1651. "Mr Goodanhouse declared that he hath suffered much loss in his cattell by William Wooden (his farmers) neglect, not providing hey sufficient for them : and this yeare he gott men to veiwe the hey he hath provided and their is not inough by a great deale, but he sells the hey away, and starves the cattell. The Court desired to see the covenants, wch being read it appeared William Wooden had no libertie to sell hey. Some difference also aboute the fence, who should sett it in repaire. The Court considering the case would haue many questions in it; advised them to agree it by arbytration. They both declared themselues free and willing, and chose their arbytrators : William Wooden chose William Bradly, and Mr Goodanhouse chose John Coopr; and gaue them power in case they differed to chuse an vmpyer; and they both promised before the Court to stand to their award."[p. 102][2]

6 April 1652 "William Davis passeth to William Wooden one house and 14 acr of land at the plaines, lying at further end, betwixt the land of Adam Nickoles and Robert Pigg"[p.118][2]

William took the oath of fidelity 22 May 1654. Inhabitants first began taking this oath in 1644.[p.102][1]

Jan/Feb 1656/7 "Six acrs of land in y* plaines, wch was formerly Abraham Smithes, and since by William Bradley resigned into the Townes hand, is now granted to William Wooden"[p.299][2]

He and his wife were assigned seats in the meetinghouse in Jan 1661/2 Seates Jan 1661/2[pp512,513][2]

He was on a list of Connecticut freemen from New Haven in Oct 1669, but had probably been a freeman for some time.[3]

Feb 13 1670. Another six acres near his other acreage at the plains was to be laid out [p.285][4]

A few years before his death, Dec 1680, his household was 11 heads, with an estate of 82 pounds and 60 ½ acres.[p.409][4]

Marriage

"William Wooden and Sarah Olard were married by Mr. Goodyer ye 25th of October 1650." [5][6] Jacobus families of New Haven corrects this to Sarah Clark, perhaps the daughter of James. She died 2 Feb 1691/2[7] [8]

Death

The Inventory of William Wooden Sr's estate was taken Oct. 26, 1684, in New Haven, valued at L360:12:03.[9]

At court on June 10, 1685,[9] adjustment was made between the widow and children, four sons Wm., Jeremiah, Nathaniel and Benjamin, one son being blind, and three daughters Mary Abigail and Sarah, married.[10]

Burial

There is no existing marker for William, but he was probably buried at the Center Church on the Green, in New Haven.

Children

  1. William,' b. 16 Nov 1651[11][7]
  2. Jeremiah, b. 17 Feb 1652[12][7]
  3. Sarah, b. 13 Sep 1654[13][7]
  4. Susan, b. 5 Dec 1655[14][7]
  5. Joseph, b. 16 Jan 1656[15][7]
  6. Mary b. c. 1659 m. John Sackett[7]
  7. John died 23 Sep 1673[7]
  8. Nathaniel d. 1742[7]
  9. Abigail m. Ebenezer Hill[7]
  10. Benjamin d. 1738[7]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hoadley, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) Ancient Town Records Vol 1. New Haven Town Records 1649-1662. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1917.
  3. Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber) The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut from 1665 to 1676; with the Journal of the Coucil of War 1675 to 1678... Hartford: F A Brown, 1852. p.524
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (editor) [Ancient Town Records Vol II. New Haven Town Records 1662-1684. New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1919. Index beginning at page 445.
  5. cite-source.png Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 2
  6. "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H963-74PZ : 11 January 2020), William Wooden, 1650.
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932.
  8. The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth Compiled and published by N. Grier Parke, II ed. by Donald Lines Jacobus
  9. 9.0 9.1 “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9N2-V : 7 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 122. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 1, page 204-205.
  10. "Abstracts of the Early Probate Records of New Haven, Book I, Part I, 1647-1687." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 81:121. Boston: NEHGS, 1927. p 121-135 At AmericanAncestors
  11. Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 6
  12. Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 8
  13. Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 11
  14. Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 12
  15. Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Part I, Hartford, private, 1917 p. 14

See also:

  • Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 599.
  • William Richard Cutter, A.M., New England Families, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000).
  • Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 8, p 2013.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com:accessed 20 August 2020), memorial page for William Wooding (1625-1684), Find a Grave Memorial no. 34260313, citing Center Church on the Green Churchyard, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
  • Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9674PZ: 11 January 2020), William Wooden, 1650
  • FamilySearch Person: LT89-KZX




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Wooden-12 and Wooding-422 do not represent the same person because: Descendants of of 12 and 422 are not the same
posted on Wooding-422 (merged) by [Living Howe]
Wooding-422 and Wooden-12 appear to represent the same person because: These are clearly the same person with some documented children assigned to one and others to the other but that will be resolved with the merge. It is not clear which spelling variant should survive but I suggest that /WOODEN/ is a good choice as it is used in the vital records.
posted on Wooding-422 (merged) by [Living Anderson]
Wooden-12 and Wooding-422 appear to represent the same person because: alternate spelling of the surname
posted on Wooding-422 (merged) by Beryl Meehan
Are there any quality sources for his parents?
posted on Wooding-422 (merged) by S (Hill) Willson
This information was passed to me by a living relative, but where the information that she gave me came from is unknown. There are several Wooden/ing's listed on the UK website, The Genealogist and also on Find my Past, but nothing that links father and son.
posted on Wooding-422 (merged) by [Living Howe]
Wooding-422 and Woodin-107 appear to represent the same person because: Woodin is sourced. Same find a grave on both profiles. Having Wooding on find a grave implies Last Name at Birth is Wooding.
posted on Woodin-107 (merged) by Teresa Downey

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