Walter Woodworth

Abt 1612 - Abt 1686  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Walter Woodworth
  Born	Abt 1612	, , England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt Jan 1686	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I1360	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Rogers,   b. Abt 1620, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Abt 1664  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Married	Abt 1641	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	1. Thomas Woodworth,   b. Abt 1641, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 13 Feb 1718, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 77 years)   2. Sarah Woodworth,   b. Abt 1643, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Joseph Woodworth,   b. Abt 1645, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Woodworth,   b. Abt 1648, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Mary Woodworth,   b. 10 Mar 1651, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Benjamin Woodworth,   b. Abt 1654, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 22 Apr 1729, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States  (Age ~ 75 years)   7. Isaac Woodworth,   b. Abt 1658, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. 1 Apr 1714  (Age ~ 56 years)   8. Martha Woodworth,   b. Abt 1660, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Robert Woodworth,   b. 1660, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Mehetable Woodworth,   b. 15 Aug 1662, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Abigail Woodworth,   b. Abt 1664, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1612 - , , England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH: "Ancestry of Two Great Grandmothers, Esther (Root) Poole, Lois (Sprague) Mears", compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, S.B., 1938, copy at the NEHGS, pg. 211 indicates immigrant, early settler of Scituate, will dated 6 Nov 1685, proved 2 Mar 1685/1686. Mentions sons Benjamin, Isaac, uncertain number of unmarried daughters. - D0007 From "The Great Migration Begins" ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1633 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth REMOVES: Scituate FREEMAN: Propounded as a freeman on 1 December 1640 and admitted 2 March 1640/1 [ PCR 2:3, 8]. "Walter Woodward" in Scituate section of 1639 (added after his admission on 2 March 1640/1), 1658, 29 May 1670 and early 1683 lists of Plymouth Colony freemen [ PCR 5:275, 8:175, 198, 204]. EDUCATION: Signed his will by mark. His inventory included his "purse & apparel & books" valued at ?5 10s. OFFICES: Scituate surveyor of highways, 4 June 1645, 2 June 1646, 3 June 1656 [ PCR 2:84, 102, 3:100]. Arbiter, 4 June 1645, 3 June 1662/3, 9 June 1665 [ PCR 2:85, 4:31, 100]. Coroner's jury, 1 July 1680 [ PCR 6:45]. Walter Woodworth was in the Scituate section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [ PCR 8:191]. ESTATE: "Walter Woodart" assessed 9s. in Plymouth tax list of 27 March 1634 [ PCR 1:29]. He is on the 3 June 1662 list of servants and ancient freemen granted land [ PCR 4:18] and as a consequence on 4 October 1664 was granted sixty acres [ PCR 4:75]. In his will, dated 26 November 1685 and proved 2 March 1685/6, "Walter Woodward of Sittuate" bequeathed to "Thomas Woodward my eldest son a parcel of upland containing five acres" in Scituate; to "my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward ten acres of marshland" in Scituate to be equally divided; to "the said Thomas my son one-third part of all my lands at Seconet which is purchased, & the other two-thirds I give unto my son two sons Beniamin & Isaak Woodward" to be equally divided, "excepting twenty & five acres which I do give unto my son Joseph ... & ten acres the which I do give unto my daughter Martha"; "all the rest of my land at Seconett which is yet to be purchased I give unto my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward" to be equally divided; to "Beniamin my son aforesaid my dwelling house with my barn & other outhousing with all my land both upland and marshland thereunto belonging, that is to say twenty acres of upland ... & six acres of marsh~land ... upon condition that my son Beniamin aforesaid do pay & allow the sum of seventy pounds unto my son Joseph & my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile," ?10 apiece, and permit "my two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile" to live in the house as long as they are unmarried; to "my said two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile my feather bed with the furniture thereunto belonging & all the rest of my household goods I give unto my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile" to be divided equally; residue of estate to "all my children"; "my son Beniamin" to be sole executor and "my two sons Thomas & Joseph" to be overseers [ PCLR 5:382-83]. The inventory of the estate of Walter Woodworth was taken 25 February 1685/6 and totalled ?355 10s., of which ?310 was real estate: "one dwelling house & barn & upland & meadow land adjoining thereto with common privileges," ?140; "ten acres of salt meadow land," ?50; "five acres of upland," ?20; and "one whole share of land at Saconet," ?100 [ PCLR 5:383-84]. BIRTH: By about 1612 based on taxation in 1633. DEATH: Scituate between 26 November 1685 (date of will) and 25 February 1685/6 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: By about 1641 _____ _____; she died after about 1664.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (http://www.newenglandancestors.org: 2002), REF F7/G74., Entry for Walter Woodworth. accessed 1 Nov 2009. (Reliability: 3). BIRTH: By about 1612 based on taxation in 1633. [S167] Genealogies in Preparation, vol 117, p. 235 (Reliability: 3). other info & deductions already made gave his abt birth as 1624 rather than 1610 [S5] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (http://www.newenglandancestors.org: 2002), REF F7/G74., Entry for Walter Woodworth. accessed 1 Nov 2009. (Reliability: 3). DEATH: Scituate between 26 November 1685 (date of will) and 25 February 1685/6 (date of inventory). [S167] Genealogies in Preparation, vol 117, p. 235 (Reliability: 3).