Nehemiah Woodward (1752 - abt. 1834)

Born 14 Aug 1752 in Lebanon, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Rand) Woodward — married 16 Jul 1777 in New Hampshire

Descendants

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Biography

Private Nehemiah Woodward served with 2nd Rhode Island Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Nehemiah Woodward is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A129314.

Nehemiah Woodward is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 324441
Rank: Private

have seen a lot of trees on ancestry that have his death date 15 APR 1756 -- but this death certificate names his "brother" Jeremiah. I have not added Jeremiah yet because I have not found enough evidence to support that he was related. -- I did find proof of his death and marriage in a DAR application! DAR application stated he was born in Rhode Island.

Nehemiah was in a military record.^[1] Nehemiah was in a military record in 1833-1848 in Burlington, Vermont, United States, which provides his death date of 16th August 1834.^[2]

Served with Capt Cogswell Olney, Col Daniel Hitchcock of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900"
   Original data: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1995 #67717 (accessed 14 July 2023)
   Name: Nehemiah Woodward; Pension Year: 1819; Application State: Vermont; Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 2640; Total Pages in Packet: 29.
2. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872"
   The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 4
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1116 #145383 (accessed 14 July 2023)
   Name: Nehemiah Woodward; Year range: 1833-1848; Pension Office Place: Burlington, Vermont, USA.
3. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Jul 2023), "Record of Nehemiah Woodward", Ancestor # A129314.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Nehemiah Woodward
• Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 146 : 1919
• Burleigh, Charles. The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family (B. Thurston & Company, 1887) Page 37.
• Nelson, Walter R., History of Goshen, New Hampshire (Evans Printing Co., Concord, NH, 1957) Page 67.