John W. Woodward III (1702 - 1773)

Born 21 Mar 1702 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Spaulding) Woodard — married 28 Dec 1727 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1773 at about age 70 in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York

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Biography

He was born on 21 March 1702 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and his parents were John Woodward, Jr. and Hannah Hyde. ^[1]

John Woodward, III married on 28 Dec 1727 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut to Mary Spalding.

He moved his family to New York.

He passed away between 09 Jan 1773 and 20 March 1773 in Pawling, Dutchess County, New York.

Will

The last Will of John Woodward mentioned ...

- son Phineas, the featherbed on which he now sleeps

- son Samuel receives his coat

- son Jonathan receives ten shillings of New York currency

- son Ephraim receives use of the red white-faced cow for two years and if he behaves well the cow can be his

- and son Joseph receives the mare, the colt, and two cows

- daughters Mary Prince, Bridget Shed, Hannah Preman, and Sybil Allen receive ten shillings each

- four-year-old horse, grains, and pewter be sold to pay his debts and funeral charges

- children of son John (John, Hannah, and Susannah) will receive ten shillings each when they come of age

- In anything is left, it is to be equally divided among his children.

- executor: friend Thomas Sheldon. ^{[2] [3]}

Children

1. Hannah Woodward
2. John Woodward, IV
3. Phineas Woodward
4. Mary (Woodward) Munroe
5. Bridget (Woodward) Shedd
6. Samuel Woodward
7. Jonathan Woodward
8. Sybil (Woodward) Allen
9. Josiah Woodward
10. Ephraim Woodward
11. Joseph Woodward.

Sources

1. ↑ Plainfield, CT Probate Records v34; p83; inventory of the estate of Mrs. Hannah Woodward was presented by Enos Woodward 20 Dec 1754
2. ↑ Dutchess County, New York Wills 1751-1903 volume-A 1751-1796 p63-65; Will written: 09 Jan 1773; proved: 20 May 1773
3. ↑ Abstracts of Wills of Dutchess County, New York 1742-1791 p1-31

• Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage & Death Records 1700-1850

• Woodward / Woodard Ancestors of New England by Lindsay Reeks

• "Four Generations of Descendants of Jonathan Hyde of Newton, Massachusetts" by William Henry Harrison Stowell; The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, MA in 1917) v71; p262

• American Genealogy by D. L. Jacobus; v24; p224