Matthew Woodruff II (1646 - 1691)

Born 1646 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Plumbe) Woodruff — married 16 Jun 1668 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (North) Woodruff — married 24 Nov 1686 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1691 at about age 45 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Matthew was born in 1646 in Connecticut to Matthew Woodruff and Hannah Lambert. Matthew was baptized 16 May 1658 in Farmington, Connecticut "in the 12 year of his life". Around 1667 Matthew removed to Milford, Connecticut. Around 1686, he returned to Farmington.^[1]

On 16 Jun 1668 in Milford, Matthew Woodruff married Mary Plumb, daughter of Robert and Mary (Baldwin) Plumb. ^[2]

On 11 May 1671, Matthew was made a freeman of Milford. After giving birth to at least seven children, Mary died in 1684. On 24 Nov 1686, Matthew married Sarah North, daughter of John and Mary Bird North, in Farmington, Connecticut. Sarah and Matthew had two sons.

In Nov 1691, Matthew died in Farmington. He was 45. In the record of distribution of his estate, valued at L.334. The children were listed as Mathew about 23 years old, John about 19, Samuell 14 years next Aprill, Nathaniell about 5, Joseph about 2, Mary near 21 infirm in her leggs, Sary about 17, Hanna about 10, Elizabeth about 12.^[1]

Matthew and Mary (Plumb) Woodruff had, in Milford:^[3][4][1]

• Matthew, b. 1 Feb 1668/9, bp. 8 Feb 1668/9, m. Elizabeth Baldwin, then Martha _____
• Mary, b. 27 Dec 1670, described as "infirm in her legs" in the 1691 record of her father's estate, died unmarried 27 Sep 1713 in Farmington,
• John, b. 1 Feb 1672/3, bp. 5 Feb 1672/3, remained in or returned to Milford, m. Mary Platt, 1698
• Sarah, b. about 1674, m. Henry Summers of Stratfield, Connecticut 27 Sep 1703
• Samuel, b. about 1677/78, m. Mary Judd
• Elizabeth, b. about 1679, m. John Shepard of Westfield, Mass 21 Dec 1703
• Hannah, b. about 1681, probably m. Samuel Blagge of Stratford, Connecticut, 20 Nov 1797

Matthew and Sarah (North) Woodruff had, in Farmington:^[1][5]

• Nathaniel, b. 16 May 1687, m. Thankfull Wright, 6 July 1709
• Joseph, b. 18 May 1689, m. Esther Brown of Arthur Cull, 24 Oct 1717

Research

The following family biography is in this book along with a large number of Woodruff references and families. It also includes a photo of Norman W.. son of George W. and Martha (Truax) Woodruff, who was born in Theresa. Jefferson county, Xew York, July 29, 1845. Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation by Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, 1912. Page 296.297. [1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Woodruff Genealogy, Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut: Page 13-14 #3 Mathew Woodruff
2. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Milford, p.177 in transcription, citing Vol. 1, p. 9 in original
3. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Milford, pp. 176-177 in transcription, citing Vol. 1, pp. 9,10,12 in original, as to first three
4. ↑ Dates of birth of last four estimated based on list in estate distribution, cited above.
5. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Farmington, pp. 185-186 in transcription, citing LR2, pp. 94 & 175 in original, as to marriages

• Woodruff Genealogy: Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, Conn. 1640-1, and ten generations of his descendants, together with genealogies of families connected through marriage; Abbe ... , Sturtevant ... , Stevens ... , Burke genealogy, briefs from Kelly, Franklin and Folger genealogies. Published 1925. Available from openlibrary.org

• John North of Farmington, Connecticut and his Descendants with a short account of other early North families, by Dexter North. Washington, D.C.: 1921.

• Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

• Woodruff Genealogy: Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut By Susan Emma Woodruff Abbott, page 8