John Woods (1610 - 1678)

Born 6 Feb 1610 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Parmenter) Woods — married 10 Oct 1633 in Bures, St. Mary's, Suffolk England

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1678 at age 68 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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John Woods migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 382) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

[Note: reference to 1635 arrival on the Hopewell are unconfirmed . Some sources indicate a passenger John Wood/Atwood of Plymouth, he married Sarah Masterson; other sources indicate a John Wood/Woods son of William, brother of Henry, who settled in Gloucester was one the Hopewell. There was more than one voyage in 1635.]

[ See: Jo. Woods, as passenger, age 26 on the second voyage of the Hopewell in Sept., 1635. Also on the passenger list were Elizabeth Wood, age 24 and William Wood, age 27. ^[1] Possible son-in-law to be John Bellows, then age 12, was on the first voyage of the Hopewell in 1635. ^[2] However, Anderson says there is no reason to connect this John Wood with the one who settled in Sudbury and Marlborough and married Mary Parmenter.^[3]]

Biography

John Woods, born in England about 1610, and settled first in Sudbury, Massachusetts, subsequently removing to Marlborough in 1659. He deposed to be about 54 years of age in 1664. ^{[4][5] [6]} It is thought that he arrived in New England aboard the ship Hopewell in 1635.

John married Mary Parmenter at Bures, St. Mary's, Suffolk England on Oct. 10, 1633. Mary was baptized about 1610, daughter of John and Bridget (___) Parminter. ^{[7] [4]}

In the will of Mary's father John Parminter Sr., will dated Mar. 25, 1671 and proved July 25, 1671, he names his daughter Woods and son in law John Woods among others. ^{[4] [6]}

• He was a pin maker by trade. ^[5]
• 1656: John Woods Sr., of Sudbury was one of the 13 original petitioners to the General Court for a 'plantation of eight miles square' (township of Marlborough). ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• 1656: Sept. 7: John was among those inhabitants agreeing to lay out the new Plantation, granted by the General Court, and that they should settle their individual lot in two years time. ^[8]
• John was an original proprietor, and therefore would be in attendance at most meetings and have a vote in town affairs. The colonial record, only identifies these men as proprietor's in the majority of records, and not by individual name.
• An early member of the church. ^[10]
• 1660: Nov. 26: John Woods Sr. granted 30 acres of land. ^{[8] [9]}
• 1660: John received lands In the first division of meadows. ^[8]
• 1662: Among the proprietor's who voted that all those having lots which are either not resided on by the family, or paid public rates, will have their land seized by the town. ^[8]
• 1663: [ 14:xj: 1662] John Woods among the three men appointed to survey the Cedar Swamp for allotment to the proprietors. ^[8]
• 1662: [3: xij: 1662] In laying out the common, and granting timber for fencing one's division, John Woods was among those appointed to settle any disputes regarding the division. ^[8]
• 1663: March 29: Appointed selectman for the ensuing year. ^{[8] [10]}
• 1663: [3: ijd:1663 ] Appointed fence viewer. ^[8]
• 1663: [7: iij: 1663] His assessment rate for paying the minister was 12s 6d. ^[8]
• 1663/4: March 6. Appointed selectman for the year ensuing. ^[8]
• 1663/4: March 7. John Woods assigned 15 rods throughout the width of the Cedar Swamp, in the laying of lots. ^[8]
• 1664/5: March 11. John Woods Sr. chosen selectman. ^[8]
• 1665: April 6: Account of town lands: John Woods Sr.:

30 3/4 acres house lot

7 1/2 acres of 2nd division upland

15 acres 1st division meadow

12 acres 2nd division meadow

15 acres 1st division swamp. ^[8]

• 1675: Oct. 1: John Sr. was among those who assembled to establish town defenses against attacks. ^[9]
• 1675: Garrisons were established including one at the home of Sergeant Wood. ^{[9] [5]}

In his will written Nov. 26, 1677, he names:

• wife Mary, executrix
• son John, executor
• son Isaac
• son Jeams (sic James)
• daughter  ?Katherin (illegible)
• Levens, my grandchild
• son in law John Bellows ^{[11] [10] [12]}

His estate was inventoried on July 11, 1678, and lists an exclusion of 4 acres formerly given to son in law, Joseph Newton. The total value was listed at L303 3s 7d, with L220 being land. ^[11]

John died in Marlborough July 10, 1678. ^[13][4]

Mary died there on Aug. 17, 1690 at the age of 80 years. ^[13][7]

Children

1. Mary, born about 1637; married John Bellows at Concord on May 9, 1655^[14]; died on September 16, 1707 at Marlborough. ^{[13][12] [5]}
2. Hannah, born May 10, 1638; married John Levens/Leavens on June 17, 1665; died October 20, 1666. ^{[15] [5]}
3. John born Sudbury, May 8, 1641 ^[16]; died at Marlborough on April 5, 1716; married about 1669, Lydia Rice, daughter of Edward and Agnes (Bent) Rice. ^[12]
4. Frances, born May 10, 1645 ^[16]; married Isaac Howe on Jan. 17, 1671; died on May 14, 1718. ^[13][5]
5. James, born July 18, 1647^[16]; married Hopestill Ward on Apr. 22, 1678; died at the age of 72 on Aug. 7, 1718. ^[13][12]
6. Catherine, born about 1651; married Joseph Newton; died June 26, 1677. ^{[13] [5]}
7. Isaac, born July 14, 1655 ^[16]; married first Mary ___; married second Mary Fairbanks of Sherborn on May 8, 1700 ^[17]; died July 18, 1720. ^{[13] [12]}

Source notes

Sudbury Births

Wood, Francis (sic) d. John and Mary, May 10, 1645. (p. 156)

Woodes, Isaake s. John and Mary, July 14, 1655. MR (p. 156)

Woods, James s. John and Mary, July 18, 1647. (p. 156)

Woods, John s. John, May 8, 1641. MR (p. 156) ^[16]

Marlborough Marriages

Wood, James and Hopestill Ward, Apr. 22, 1678. MR (p. 331)

How, Isaac and Francis Woods, Jan. 17, 1671. MR (p. 268)

Marlborough Deaths

WOODS, John Sr., July 10, 1678 [a. 68. W]. MR (p. 404)

WOODS, Wid. Mary, Aug. 17, 1690, a. 80. (p. 404)

Woods, James, Dea., Aug. 7, 1718, a. 72. (p. 404)

Woods, John, Dea., Apr. 5, 1716 [a. 75. W]. (p. 404)

Woods, Issac, July 18, 1720. (p. 404)

Bellows, Mary Sr., wid., Sept. 16, 1707. (p. 343)

Howe, Frances, w. Isaac, May 14, 1718. (p. 367)

Newton, Cathren, w. Joseph Sr. [s. Richard. W], Jan. 26, 1716-17. (p. 379)^[13]

Concord Marriages

Belouse, John, and Mary Wood, May 9, 1655. (p. 8)^[14]

Sherborn Marriages

Fairebanke, Mary and Isaac Woods, of Marlborough, May 8, 1700. (p. 127)^[17]

Entered by Chris Hoyt June 10, 2014

Sources

1. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874 p. 130
2. ↑ Searchable Passenger Lists at Packrat-Pro
3. ↑ Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, page 498
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} French, Elizabeth. Genealogical Research in England: Parmenter. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 68, Publ. by NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914 p. 262- 273
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Cutter, Richard W. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 2, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Spirit of '76: Devoted to the Principles, Incidents, and Men of '76 and Colonial Times, Volumes 10-12 Spirit of '76 Publishing Company, 1903 p. 404
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bennett, Ralph Parmenter. Further Notes on the English Background of John Parmenter of Sudbury and Roxbury Massachusetts. In: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 147, Publ. by NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993 pp. 377-382
8. ↑ ^{8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13} Spalding, Mary E., compiler. Colonial Records of Marlborough Massachusetts, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1909
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Hurd, Duane Hamilton. History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 3, J. W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, PA 1890
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Bigelow, Ella A. Historical Reminiscences of the Early Times in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and Prominent Events from 1860 to 1910, Times Publishing Company, Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1910 p. 185
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Case 25456: p. 1-4: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4} Hudson Charles & Joseph Allen. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861, Press of T. R. Marvin & son, Boston, Massachusetts, 1862
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7} Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice Publ., Worcester, Massachusetts, 1908
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Tolman, George, compiler. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850, T. Todd Printers, Printed by the Town
15. ↑ Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass. and Their Ancestors and Descendants, Samuel Usher, Private Printing, Boston, Massachusetts, 1918
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4} Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1903
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Sherborn Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911

• See also: Colonial Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts

Acknowledgement

• This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Wood-5998 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Merry and others.  : Source: S483 Author: William R Cutter Title: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Publication: Name: Lewis Historical Publishig Co.; Location: New York; Date: 1908;
• Rick Parrott, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rick and others.