Thomas Woodworth

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Woodworth Genealogy, by Elijah B. Woodworth.

Thomas married Deborah Damen 8 Feb 1667, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Deborah was born 25 Apr 1645, Scituate, , Massachusetts, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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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.

Walter married Elizabeth Rogers Abt 1641, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Rogers and Grace Coolidge) was born Abt 1620, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died Abt 1664. [Group Sheet]

Thomas married Grace Coolidge. Grace died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]