Saturday, November 1, 2014

Surname Saturday -- WOODWARD (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1057 who is Sarah WOODWARD (1643-1706) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this WOODWARD family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132.  Simon Gates (1739-1803)
133.  Susannah Reed (1745-1833)

264.  Amos Gates (1706-1783)
265.  Mary Hubbard (1712-1754)

528.  Simon Gates (1667-1752)
529.  Hannah Benjamin (1669-1752)

1056.  Stephen Gates, born about 1634 in Hingham, Norfolk, England; died 09 July 1707 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2112. Stephen Gates and 2113. Ann Neave.  He married about 1664 in probably Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1057.  Sarah Woodward, born 03 February 1643 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 October 1706 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Stephen Gates and Sarah Woodward are:
*  Stephen Gates (1665-1732), married 1686 Jemima Benjamin (1666-1700).
*  Simon Gates (1667-1752), married 1688 Hannah Benjamin (1669-1752)
*  Thomas Gates (1669-1726), married 1695 Margaret Geer (1669-1752)
*  Isaac Gates (1673-1748), married (1) 1696 Mercy Benjamin (1676-1716); (2) 1711 Elizabeth Merriam (1673-1755).
*  Nathaniel Gates (1675-1731), married 1700 Mary Gibson (1673-????).
*  Sarah Gates (1679-1724).
*  Rebecca Gates (1682-1754), married 1700 Timothy Gibson (1679-1757).
*  Daniel Gates (1685-1759), married 1714 Anna Eveleth (1684-1759).

2114.  George Woodward, born about 1619 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 31 May 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1641 in probably Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2115.  Mary Gibson, born about 1625 in England; died 17 August 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4230. Joseph Gibson.

Children of George Woodward and Mary Gibson are:
*  Mary Woodward (1641-1718), married 1664 John Waite (1639-1691).
*  Sarah Woodward (1643-1706), married 1664 Stephen Gates (1634-1707).
*  Amos Woodward (1644-1679), married 1666 Sarah Patten (1645-1677).
*  Rebecca Woodward (1647-1727), married 1666 Thomas Fisher (1636-1707).
*  John Woodward (1649-1732), married (1) 1673 Rebecca Robbins (1649-1696); (2) 1686 Sarah Bancroft (1652-1723).
*  Susanna Woodward (1651-1676).
*  Daniel Woodward (1653-1713), married (1) 1679 Elizabeth Dana (1662-1702); (2) 1704 Elizabeth Greely.
*  Mary Woodward (1656-1713), married 1676 George Barstow (1652-1726).

4228.  Richard Woodward, born about 1589 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 16 February 1665 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 16 February 1614 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
4229.  Rose Stewart, born about 1582 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 06 October 1662 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Richard Woodward and Rose Stewart are:
*  George Woodward (1619-1676), married (1) 1641 Mary Gibson (1625-1658); (2) 1659 Elizabeth Hammond (1633-1700).
*  John Woodward (1621-1696), married (1) Mary White (1625-1654); (2) 1656 Abigail Benjamin (1624-1704).
Most of the information on the Woodward family was obtained from the book:

*  Henry Bond, M.D., Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown & Co., 1855)

*  Several published vital record books.

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