John Woodward (1681 - 1727)

Born 19 Feb 1681 in Province of Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Stanyarne) Woodward — married 11 May 1702 in Province of Carolina

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1727 at age 45 in Province of South Carolina

Biography

John Woodward was a South Carolina colonist.

John Woodward, born 19 February 1681, was the son of Henry Woodward and Mary Godfrey, early settlers of the Province of Carolina. ^[1] He was granted land in Colleton County but was living in Granville County (St. Helena's Parish) at the time of his death.^[2]

He served in the Commons House of Assembly for both Colleton County (1706-1715), St. Bartholomew's Parish (1717), and St. Helena's Parish (1721-1727). As a member, he supported royal protection for the province.^[2]

On 11 May 1702 he married Elizabeth Stanyarne, daughter of James Stanyarne and Rachel Fitch. They had ten children, but only four survived to adulthood: Mary (b. 24 May 1703, m. John Gibbes), John (b. 29 March 1707), Richard (b. 8 June 1709), and Elizabeth (b. 3 September 1719, m. John Edward Flower).^[1]

John wrote his Will on 6 December 1726, mentioning his wife Elizabeth, sons John, Richard, and Thomas Woodward, daughters Mary Gibbes and Elizabeth Woodward, son-in-law John Gibbes, and brother-in-law Thomas Stanyarne. He left a plantation on Port Royal Island and other tracts near Beaufort, multiple town lots in Beaufort town, and 32 slaves. ^[3] He died 7 January 1726/7 and was buried the next day.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Barnwell, Joseph W. “Dr. Henry Woodward, the First English Settler in South Carolina, and Some of His Descendants.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 8, no. 1 (1907): 33 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575150
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Edgar, Walter B. and N. Louise Bailey. Biographical Directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Volume II: the Commons House of Assembly 1692-1775 (1977), pp. 724-5
3. ↑ "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-NH9W-B7?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-ZZ9%3A210905601%2C211337101 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1722-1731, Vol. 002 > image 289 of 507; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia. Will of John Woodward

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Acknowledgements

Woodward-2441 was created by Halla Johnson through the import of VLJ.ged on Dec 1, 2014.