Saturday, May 9, 2015

Surname Saturday - WOODCOCK (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 #1113 who is  Mary WOODCOCK  (1653-1703) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this WOODCOCK 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)

34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)


68.  Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

278.  Nathianiel Guild (1712-1796)
279.  Mary Boyden (1708-1776)

556.  Nathianiel Guild (1679-1774)
557.  Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)

1112.  Samuel Guild, born 07 November 1647 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 01 January 1729/30 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2224. John Guild and 2225. Elizabeth Crooke.  He married 29 November 1676 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1113.  Mary Woodcock, born 09 March 1652/53 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died before 1703 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Samuel Guild and Mary Woodcock are:
*  Samuel Guild (1677-1750), married 1701 Sarah Jartshorn (1679-1750).
*  Nathaniel Guild (1679-1774), married 1708 Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)
*  Mary Guild (1681-1768), married 1714 John Fuller (1684-????)
*  John Guild (1683-1684).
*  Deborah Guild (1685-1773), married 1707 Jonathan Fairbanks (1677-1735).
*  John Guild (1687-1767), married 1714 Abigail Robinson (1695-1793).
*  Israel Guild (1690-1766), married 1715 Sarah George (1695-1732).
*  Ebenezer Guild (1692-1774), married 1714 Abigail Daggett (1696-1798).
*  Joseph Guild (1694-1751), married 1723 Abigail Fisher (1692-1732).
*  Elizabeth Guild (1697-????), married 1723 Jacob Stanley (1683-1747).

2226.  John Woodcock, born before 12 January 1605/06 in Symondsbury, Dorset, England; died 20 October 1701 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4452. John Woodcocke and 4453. Elenore.  He married before 1646 in Massachusetts, United States.
2227.  Sarah Curtis, born before 05 August 1627 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died 29 November 1676 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4454. William Curtis and 4455. Sarah Eliot.

Children of John Woodcock and Sarah Curtis are:
*  Sarah Woodcock (1646-????), married Thomas Estabrook (1649-1713).
*  John Woodcock (1649-1718), married (1) 1673 Sarah Smith (1654-1676); (2) 1682 Sarah Judson (1651-1718).
*  Israel Woodcock (1652-1719), married 1682 Elizabeth Getchell (1662-1763).
*  Mary Woodcock (1653-1703), married 1676 Samuel Guild (1647-1730).
*  Thomas Woodcock (1657-1707), married Mary (????-1747).
*  Jonathan Woodcock (1658-1736), married 1698 Mercy Williams (1669-1737).
*  Nathaniel Woodcock (1660-1676).
*  Deborah Woodcock (1663-1718), married 1683 Benjamin Onion (1659-1718).

Information about the John Woodcock family was obtained from:

*  Burton W. Spear, The Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, Volume 26, New Ancestral Discoveries- Part 2 (Toledo, Ohio : the author, 1997).


*  John Leighton Woodcock, John Woodcock of Rehoboth, Mass. 1647 and Some of His Descendants (Chicago, Ill. : W.B. Conkey Company, 1913). 

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