Archelaus Woodman (1672 - 1766)

Born 9 Jun 1672 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 17 Mar 1766 at age 93 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Deacon Archelaus Woodman was born on 9 June 1672 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.1,2,6,3,4,5 He was the son of Edward Woodman and Mary Goodridge.1,2,3,4,5

In 1695 Archelaus, married Hannah Swett, daughter of John Swett and Mary Plummer, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.1,2,7,4,8,9

Children of Deacon Archelaus Woodman and Hannah Swett

Mary Woodman1,2,3,5,6 (26 Feb 1695/96 - 13 Mar 1787)

Edward Woodman+1,2,3,5,6 (12 May 1698 - 1 Nov 1762)

Archelaus Woodman+1,2,3,5,6 (15 May 1700 - )

Hannah Woodman6 (May 1702 - )

Hannah Woodman+1,2,5,6 (6 May 1703 - 1780)

Judith Woodman+1,2,5,6,12 (21 Sep 1705 - )

Joshua Woodman+1,12,2,5,6 (6 Jun 1708 - 4 Apr 1791)

John Woodman+1,2,5,6 (20 Jun 1710 - )

Elizabeth Woodman+1,2,5,6 (7 Jun 1712 - b 1762)

Joseph Woodman+1,2,5,6 (4 May 1714 - Nov 1807)

Benjamin Woodman+1,2,5,6 (3 Dec 1716 - )

He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church and was devoted to the Cause of Vital Piety.2,4 On 14 March 1715 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Deacon Archelaus Woodman was granted permission along with John Emery, Stephen Emery and Benjamin Sawyer to set up a fence across Turkey Hill to keep their sheep from running away.6

He left a will on 4 November 1762 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, The will does not mention his wife, Hannah.1,4

He died on Monday, 17 March 1766 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 93 years, 9 months and 8 days.2,6,4,5 His estate was probated on 27 March 1766.1 Archelaus's estate was inventoried on 23 April 1766 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, and included "four books of piety.4" Archelaus's gravestone inscription in Sawyer Hill Cemetery, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, reads:

Here is interred Dcn Archelaus Woodman who departed this life March ye 17th 1766 in the 95th year of his age

Christening

NOV 1674

Newbury,Essex,Massachusetts

Burial

Sawyer Hill Cem, Newburyport, MA

Son of Edward, jr. ^[1]

He married Hannah about 1695.

Sources

1. ↑ Newbury Births

*Find A Grave Memorial# 11020362 Citations Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume I (1897). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).

Woodman, J.H.. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856.

Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in England - The Woodman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVII (1943).

Woodman, John A. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911, volume I.

Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. 1845. Reprint Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1977. International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Stackpole, Everett S. Swett Genealogy - Descendants of John Swett of Newbury, Mass. Lewiston, Maine: Lewiston Print Shop.

Swett, Ben H. John Swett of Newbury. N.p.: manuscript, 15 February 1999.

Hosier, Kathleen E.. Kingston, New Hampshire Early Families Patriots & Soldiers. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7JVS : 29 November 2018), Archelaus Woodman, 9 Jun 1672; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ93-P3F : 15 January 2020), Archelaus Woodman in entry for Joseph Woodman, 1714.

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1, By George Thomas Little

• Find A Grave: Memorial #11020362