Mary (Parker) Woodward (1766 - 1805)

Born 12 Dec 1766 in Groton, Middlesex, MA

Ancestors

Wife of John Woodward — married 14 Jun 1798 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 19 May 1805 at age 38 in Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary was the daughter of Nathaniel Parker and Eunice Lakin. She was born in Groton, Massachusetts on 12 Dec 1766.^[1][2] On 28 April 1789, she married Oliver Fletcher in Groton.^[3] They had at least one child before Oliver's death sometime before June 1798. On 14 June 1798, she married John Woodward in Groton.^[4] Mary and John had four children before her death on 19 May 1805 in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.^{[5] [6]}

Children of Mary Parker and Oliver Fletcher

• Oliver Fletcher (1790-1793)

Children of Mary Parker and John Woodward

• Oliver Woodward (1799-1885) married Emeline Worcester
• Mary Parker Woodward (1801-1813)
• Parker Woodward (1803-1882) married Eliza Spaulding (1805-1891)
• Sally Woodward (1805-1827)

Sources

1. ↑ “Vital Records of Groton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849,” The Essex Intitute, Salem Mass, 1926, 174, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Groton/Images/Groton_B174.shtml.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2017), memorial page for Mary Parker Woodward (12 Dec 1766–19 May 1805), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39013306, citing Central Cemetery, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bette Hartman (contributor 46633755) .
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-Y6V : 3 November 2017), Oliver Fletcher and Mary Parker, 28 Mar 1789; citing Marriage, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7714/69/143141835
5. ↑ “Vital Records of Dunstable, Mass to the end of the year 1849,” 238, THe Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 1913, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Dunstable/Images/Dunstable_D238.shtml.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 December 2017), memorial page for Mary Parker Woodward (12 Dec 1766–19 May 1805), Find A Grave Memorial no. 39013306, citing Central Cemetery, Dunstable, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bette Hartman (contributor 46633755) .

• Caleb Butler: "History of the Town of Groton"