Woodbury: John Woodbury (PGM) References

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Surname/tag: Woodbury, Woodberry

The purpose of this Free Space profile is to document various sources about John Woodbury. Many of these also relate to brother William Woodbury (1589-1675/6).

[Great Migration] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, 3 vols (1995), 3:2054-2057, John Woodbury; digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 2013). Anderson placed John Woodbury's birth at "about 1583 based on date of first marriage" and he does not recognize the marriage to Joanna Humphrey, John's son "Humphrey" is reported born to first wife unknown

[Dawes-Gates] Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, a Memorial Volume 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931-43), 2: 823-828, "Woodbury (John) Family." [This material may be accessible to those in the U.S. via Heritage Quest.] In this article, the author cites at least 33 references as below.

Essex Institute Historical Collections, XXXV, 257-68). [This is John Woodbury and some of his Descendants]

Supplement to Notes on Joseph Kellogg, J. P. Kellogg, 1899, p. 12.

Sketch of John Page Woodbury, C. J. H. Woodbury, 1911, pp. 5-7;

History of Essex County, Mass., D. H. Hurd, 1898, I, 681-2

History of Antrim, N. H., W. R. Cochrane, 1880, pp. 77S-6;

Essex Institute Historical Collections, XIII, 137

Woodbury Family, C. L Woodbury, 1904, pp.53-63

History of Gloucester, Mass., J . J . Babson, 1860, pp. 42-3.

Conant Family, F. O. Conant, 1887, pp. 103-8.

Essex Institute Historical Collections, I, 51; XXIV, 1-42

Records of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, I, 76, 145, 156, 220, 236, 250.

Town Records of Salem, Mass., 1868, I, 10.

Savage, IV, 634-6.

Vital Records of Salem, Mass., II, 441; IV, 487.

History of Mount Vernon, N. H., G. J. Smith, 1907, pt. II, p· 172

Records of the First Church of Beverly, Mass., W. P. Upham, 1905, p 8.

Batchelder Genealogy, F. C. Pierce, I898, pp. 348-9, 353-6.

Vital Records of Beverly, Mass., I, 371-2, 383-4, 388, 391, 393; II, 257, 349, 350, 353, 541, 616.

Early Town Records of Beverly, Mass., A. A. Galloupe, p. 2.

History of Salem, Mass., s. Perley, 1924, I, 83, 94-6.

Dodge Family, J. T. Dodge, 1894, Vol. I, p. 25, 44·

Woodbury. Family, C. L. Woodbury, 1904, pp. 144-5·

History of Sutton, Mass., W. A. Benedict, I878, pp 748-9

History of Essex County, Mass., D. H. Hurd, 1888, I, 680, 690, 745

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., VIII, 323-4.

New England Register, II, 238.

Probate Records of Essex County, Mass., 1, 21.

Essex Institute Historical Collections, XXIV, 35, 38, 39·

Records of the First Church of Beverly, Mass., W. P. Upham, 1905, p. 110, 20.

New England Register, VII, 322;

Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, XIII, pp. 36-7

Essex Institute Historical Collections, XXXV, 262-3;

Records of the First Church of Beverly, Mass., W. P. Upham, 1905, pp. 14, 20, 87, 110;

Savage, IV, 635.

Records and Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex County, Mass., IV, 38; V, 4I7, 436; VI, 172, 345

Records and Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex County, Mass., I, 29, 33·

History of New England, W. Hubbard, 1848, pp. 106-10;

Prince's Chronicles, 1826, pp. 249-50.

Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass., I, 3-29.

Cyclopaedia of American Government, A. B. Hart, 1914, II, 406.

Herrick Genealogy, L. C. Herrick, 1885, pp. 19, 134,151, 210, 237

New England Register, XLIX, 249-50;

Water's Gleanings, II, 1001

[Lyon] Patty Barthell Myers, Ancestors and descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his wife Harriet Wade Rice : with related families (San Antonio, Texas : P.B. Myers, c2003), p. 641-645, "The Woodbury Line." [This item may be accessible via the Family History Library Catalog.] John (1) Woodbury sketch begins p. 641; William (1) Woodbury sketch begins p. 643.

[EIHC 35] “John Woodbury and some of his descendants,” Essex Institute Historical Collections 35 (1899): 257+; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013); in particular, p. 257-260 for John (1) Woodbury. Source represented as "A paper found among the manuscripts of the late Perley Derby." This source is cited by other authors for information about Humphrey and his children.

[Torrey] "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700"; database, AmericanAncestors.org (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 2013), John Woodbury and ?Agnes ____ (m. by Aug 1629) entry. John Woodbury and ?Agnes ____, marriage is "by Aug 1629"; his death as "1643, 1641?" AmericanAncestors.org version cites about twelve (12) sources as "EIHC 35:260, 66:320; Dawes-Gates 2:823+; Salem 1:83; Essex Ant. 4:160, 8:21; Kellogg Supp. 12; Dodge Anc. (1896) 21; Batchelder 348; Balch 15; Lord 190; Lynn Hist. Soc. 1916:33."

[Batchelder] Frederick Clifton Pierce, _Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy : descendants of Rev. Stephen Bachiler, of England, a leading non-conformist, who settled the town of New Hampton, N.H., and Joseph, Henry, Joshua, and John Batcheller of Essex Co., Massachusetts_, (1898; reprint, 1994); digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2013), p. 348-349 for:

Abigail, as dau. of John (5) Bachelor

John came aboard the aboard the Zouch Phenix and settled in Salem in 1628. His brother William came over with Endicott in 1628 and settled in Salem.

[TAG 78] Leslie Mahler, “The English Origin of the Hunter and Hollingsworth Families of Salem, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 78 (2003):241-244; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013). In particular, for the marriage of Humphrey Woodbury to Elizabeth Hunter.

[Burke] Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, Vol. 2, pg. 651-2.

"Lineage -- A pedigree of this family, of descent, in the male line, from John Woodberye (1579-1641), was recorded at the College of Arms 1953. The family Wills at the Exeter Probate Registry were destroyed during World War II but descent can be presumed from James Woodbarye, named in the Lay Subsidy of Burlescombe, Devon 1523-4, where the Woodbury family had been freeholders since the close of the 14th century, when the overlordship of the deClaville family ended."

"John Woodberye, "junior", of Burlescombe, lived at East Coker, Somerset after 1605 and was sent to Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay by the Dorchester Co..." It may be important to note that the Coker's are just north of Dorchester which is just north of Weymouth a sailing port.

[Hall Sketch] Woodbury, Charles Jeptha Hall. "Sketch of John Page Woodbury," NEHGR, Book #3, pg. 90.

John requested to become a Freeman on 19 Oct 1630 and took the Oath of Freemen on 18 May 1631, C.R., Vol. I. pp. 73, 74.

[Kemble Sketch] Charles Kemble Woodberry and Charles Putnam Woodbury, Genealogy of the William Woodberry Family ... (typescript, 15 pp., 1876, 1934), 2; digital images, (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/83070-genealogy-of-the-william-woodberry-family-in-the-united-states-of-america?offset=1 via FamilySearch Catalog].

[Banks] Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth, A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times: to which are added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony; the Ships which brought them; their English Homes, and the Places of their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, Boston: Riverside Press, 1930 (Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1961, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1984, 1991, 1997). Ancestry.com, pg. 58.

John first came over in 1624 on the Zouch Phenix, a sister to the Unity or at least they arrived together in the Spring of 1624. It is believed they sailed from Weymouth, and brought the settlers who settled at Cape Ann.

[Dow] Dow, George F. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1911), Vol 1, pg. 33.

John Woodbury died December 1641 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

[MA VR] FamilySearch, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, [database with images], 13 July 2016, Beverly, FHL microfilm #864851.

John Woodbury died December 1641 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

[Farmer] John Farmer, A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-Island, N. Y., from 1620 to the year 1675, to which are added various genealogical and biographical notes, collected from ancient records, manuscripts, and printed works. (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & Co.: Sold by Hilliard, Gray, & Co. and Carter & Hendee, Boston, 1829), pg. 329.

John came aboard the aboard the Zouch Phenix and settled in Salem in 1628. His brother William came over with Endicott in 1628 and settle in Salem.

[Winsor] Justin Winsor, The Memorial History of Boston ... (Boston : James R. Osgood, 1882-1886), 4 vols., 1:92 (The Massachusetts Company); digital images, Hathi Trust.

[Charla] Charla Woodbury/Woodbury Family Research. See Charla Woodbury, Woodbury Family Research in England: Part I, 11 October 2002, typescript (PDF) 59 pp.; Wayback Machine. See also various "Woodbury" forum posts,

• Charla Woodbury, "Early English Records for John Woodbury (Planter)", Woodbury forum port, 8 June 2004; web content, Genealogy.com.

• Charla Woodbury, "Woodbury Records in Burlescombe Parish," Woodbury forum post, 8 June 2004; web content, Genealogy.com.

• Charla Woodbury, "South Petherton Records," Woodbury forum post, 8 June 2004; web content, Genealogy.com.

• Charla Woodbury, "William Woodbury Births," Woodbury forum post, 8 June 2004; web content, Genealogy.com.

• Charla Woodbury, "Re: William Woodbury Births," Woodbury forum post, 29 January 2005; web content, Genealogy.com

• Charla Woodbury, "Re: Children of William Woodbury (1589-1677) of Beverly, MA," Woodbury forum post, 22 January 2008; web content, Genealogy.com.

• Charla Woodbury, "Re:Wm Woodbury and Elizabeth Patch's Children AGAIN," Woodbury forum post, 12 February 2011; web content, Genealogy.com.

[Wert] Wert, Larry <lwert12@comcast.net>. "Descendants of John Woodbury (c. 1543)," GEDCOM database, uploaded 12 June 2011 (http://uneeke1.tripod.com/ : accessed 10 March 2019). NOTE: This database is sourced, but needs to be verified.

• Burke's Landed Gentry," 18th edition, Vol 2, pg. 651-2

"Lineage - A pedigree of this family, of descent, in the male line, from John Woodberye (1579-1641), was recorded at the College of Arms 1953. The family Wills at the Exeter Probate Registry were destroyed during World War II but descent can be presumed from James Woodbarye, named in the Lay Subsidy of Burlescombe, Devon 1523-4, where the Woodbury family had been freeholders since the close of the 14th century, when the overlordship of the deClaville family ended."

"John Woodberye, 'junior', of Burlescombe, lived at East Coker, Somerset after 1605 and was sent to Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay by the Dorchester Co..."

• Burke's American Families, pg. 2983, NOTE: This source should clear up his emigration confusion because it describes how he was chosen to return to England as a representative of the Dorchester Company.

Returned to England in 1627 as Agent for the Dorchester Co..

Note: A series of English Woodbury records have been published to the Internet. Will post these links as time permits.