Born: 22 MAY 1607 Much Worton, Lancashire, England
Christening: 22 March 1607 in All Saints
Birth of Son: 1626
Name: John Woodward
Immigration: 17 AUG 1635
Note: Came on the ship “James” under Captain Taylor, in the company that followed Reverend Richard Mather. The “James” landed at Dorchester, Massachusetts on the above date.
Occupation: Was a physician.
Office Held: 1637
Note: Served as constable
Marriage: 04 SEP 1638 to Elizabeth Mather Dorchester, Massachusetts
Birth of Daughter: ABT 1641
Name: Freedom Woodward
Birth of Son: JUL 1641/42
Name: Freeman Woodward
Birth of Daughter: 10 NOV 1643
Name: Experience Woodward
Birth of Daughter: 1646
Name: Thankful Woodward
Birth of Son: 28 MAR 1649
Name: John Woodward
Place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts
Moved to: 1659
Place: Northampton, Massachusetts
Offices Held: Served as a juror, selectman, and “Commissioner to End Small Causes”.
Religion: 08 JUN 1661
Note: Henry and eight others formed the First Church of Christ.
Offices Held: 1663/64
Details: He was chosen Quartermaster of the Hampshire Troop of Horse and the following year as Commissioner of Highways.
Licensed: 1665
Details: Licensed to keep an ordinary. His Tavern remained in operation until 1681.
Occupation: Farmer and also is said to have practiced medicine.
Birth of Daughter: 17 MAR 1672
Name: Elizabeth Woodward
Contribution: 1672/73
Details: Contributed flax to Harvard.
Death: 07 APR 1685 in Northampton, Massachusetts in a lightning strike at the upper grist mill.
Parents are Thomas Woodward and Elizabeth Tysen (Tyrer)
Elizabeth Mather
Born: 1618 Dorchester, Northampton, Deerfield, England
Death: 13 AUG 1690
Parents are Thomas Mather and Margerite Abram
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