Sergeant
Benjamin
Woodruff
Born in East Hanover, Morris, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of James Woodruff
and JoAnna (Mason) Woodruff
Brother of
Charles Woodruff, Susannah Woodruff, Rhoda Woodruff, Joanna Woodruff, Dorcas Woodruff, Sarah (Woodruff) Gildersleeve, Mary Woodruff and Elizabeth Woodruff
Husband of
Phoebe (Pierson) Woodruff
— married
12 Mar 1771 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States
Husband of
Patience (Lum) Woodruff
— married
8 Jul 1778 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, America
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Pierson Woodruff, James C. Woodruff, Phineas Lymon Woodruff, Hannah Woodruff, Elizabeth Woodruff, Benjamin Woodruff Woodruff Jr., Obadiah Woodruff, John Woodruff and Timothy Woodruff
Died
at age 92
in Pittsfield, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2015
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Biography
Sergeant Benjamin Woodruff served with Morris County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.
Benjamin Woodruff is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128627.
Benjamin Woodruff served over one year as drummer in Capt. Kean's Co., Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., NJ and sergeant in Capt. Jonas Ward's Co., Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., NJ, and Capts. Bailey's Co., same battalion also served under Capt. Timothy Tuttle, Capt. James Kean, Capt. John Deboe, Capt. Benjamin Minard, Capt. Jacob Gard. [1]
- moved to Seneca Falls, NY, died in Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
- Morristown First Church Combined Registers, p 265
- Benjamin was buried in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan.
Sources
- ↑ Rootsweb data of Douglas Hanke https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dhanke&id=I83449 citing The Woodruff Family of Elizabethtown and Westfield, NJ - http://maxpages.com/elizawoodruffs accessed 15 August 2019
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Aug 15, 2019 Meehan-411), "Record of Benjamin Woodruff", Ancestor # A128627.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Alan Hays
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alhays50
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~0.39%
Betty (Lockwood) Warner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CD7233384 [compare], Ancestry member BettyLockwood61
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