6570.Thomas Woodworth. Born ca 1641 in Scituate, MA. Thomas died in Scituate, MA 3 Mar 1718/9.189 Occupation: cooper, trader.
From Deane’s History of Scituate: 53 Thomas had lands in Little Compton 1674, but he did not remove. He kept a ‘trader’s shop’ 60 rods south of Stockbridge’s mill.
From Jeanette Behan's book, The Woodworth Family of America:352
In May 1676 his home was burned by Indiands who made an incursion into Scituate and committed extensive damage during King Philip’s War.
In 1690 he was chosen “Clerk of the Mrket” holding that office until 1711; in 1712, he was appointed “Scaler of Weights and measures,” which is understood to be another name for his previous office.
His Will was dated 13 February 1718/9 and proved 17 March following. His wife Deborah was mentioned; son Hezekiah’s children; sons John, Ebenezer to have homestead; daughters Debora Pincen, Catherine Davenport, Mary Vinal, Hannah Jackson, and Jerusha Randall.
8 Feb 1666[/7] Thomas married Deborah Damon (7870) , daughter of John Damon (11 Nov 1621-bef 3 Oct 1676) & Katherine Merritt (2825) (1621-8 Dec 1655), in Scituate, MA.52 Born on 25 Apr 1645 in Scituate, MA.62 Deborah died aft 13 Feb 1718/9.
6571.Sarah Woodworth. Born ca 1643 in Scituate, MA.
From Jeanette Behan's book, The Woodworth Family of America:352
Sarah was living in 1686, it has been suggested she reputedly married Thomas Mann, son of Richard Mann, b. Scituate 15 Aug 1650. However, Thomas Mann settled at Rehoboth, Mass., where his 1st wife Rachel and infant son Josiah d. at 1676. He m. (2) 1678 in Rehoboth, Mary Wheaton and had 8 or 9 more children up to 1697 or 1699 (per Barbara Cruchon material)
Sarah was apparently married by 26 November 1685 (father's will).16
6572.Joseph Woodworth. Born ca 1645 in Scituate, MA. Joseph died 1712/8.239 Occupation: shop keeper.53
See NEHGR 133:100-1.
From Behan's Woodworth Family of America, page 16:352
Joseph is mentioned in the Plymouth recordsa as a freeman in 1689. He was a shopkeeper at Scituate; however, he purchased lands at Little Compton, which he gave to his eldest son. He received lands in Scituate and Seconet from his father and acquired other land mentioned in his will. He conducted his “trading post” some 60 rods south of the Stockbridge grist mill. It was stated he often assisted in the milling of the grain since the seniro Stockbridge had removed to Boston and left the operation in chare of his son, Charles.
Joseph witnessed a Pre-nuptial agreement betwen William Tubbs, Sr. and Dorothy Soane on 23 March 1762.
In the records of the Colony of New Plymouth (7:197), he was one of a jury 7 March 1675 before Governor Jisiah Winslow. In the same records, p. 312 in the October court session, Captain John Williams of Scituate complained against Joseph Woodworth and other claimers pretended properties in partnership with the plaintiff in undided lands in Cohasset, Mass. The action was settled out of court and 42 s. allowed the defendants. In 1680 his name appears on a petition to the General Court in Plymouth relating to a dispute between two church facdtions, then threatening to disrupt the town.
Will: From Behan's The Woodworth Family of America, page 16:352
Joseph’s Will which was allowed 13 Jun 1718, reads as follows:
In the name of God Amen this third day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twelve: I Joseph Woodworth of Scituate in the County of Plymouth in New England Husbandman being weak of body, but of sound mind and memory praised be God for it, and considering this tis appointed for men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. Viz, I commend my soul to God that gave it and my body to decent burial at the discretion of my executor hereafter named and as touching such worldly estate wherewith God hath blessed me in this life all my just debts and funeral charges being satisfied and paid, I give demise and dispose of the same in manner and form following. Viz.
Imp. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah Woodworth the sole use and improvement of the easterly end of my now dwelling house, and the cellar belonging to it for her comfort and conveniency during the time that she shall remain my widow, and also five pounds per annum to be yearly paid to her after my decease by my executor here-after named, either in money or in other good merchantable pay at moneys price. And if my said wife shall marry again, then I give unto her the sum of ten pounds in money, to be paid by my executor hereafter named, and also one bed and furniture.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph all that my estate both of housing and land and meadows lying and being in Little Compton which he the said Joseph is now in the possession and improvement of which said lands and meadows are particulary bounded as by record may appear reference thereunto being had to have and to hold to him, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I give and bequeath to my son Benjamin all that my estate of housing and lands whereon I now dwell, said lands containing fifty acres be it more or less, bounded easterly partly to ye lands of Thomas Woodworth; partly to ye meadow southerly to the giver westerly to the lands of Thomas Woodworth, northerly to the Common. Also ten acres of fresh meadow be it more or less bounded easterly to the Brush Hill, northerly to Thomas Woodworth’s meadow, southerly to the River, westerly to the above-mentioned upland. Also a certain piece of salt marsh, being the one half part of a ten acre lot of meadow that lyes in partnership betwixt my brother Thomas Woodworth, said meadows lying at Susan’s Neck. Also three acres of salt marsh be it more or less, lying between the Third and Fourth Clift , which I had ofJohn Hyland in way of exchange. Also all my town rights and common privileges in Scituate aforesaid together with one lot of cedar swamp lying and being in Black Pond Cedar swamp. To have and to hold all the above mentioned premises with the with the appurtenances thereof, unto him the said Benjamin Woodworth, his heirs and assigns forever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret fifty pounds in good and lawful bills of credit of this Province to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
Item: I give unto my daughter Sarah fifty pounds in good and lawful bills of credit of this Province to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
Item: I give unto my daughter Elizabeth the of fifty pounds in good and lawful bills of credit of this Province to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
Item: I give unto my daughter Abigail the sum of fifty pounds in good and lawful bills of credit of this Province to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
Item: I give unto my daughter Ruth the sum of fifty pounds in good and lawful bills of credit of this Province to be paid by my executor hereafter named.
And it is my mind and will that the above granted legacies be fully paid and performed to my said daughters in manner and form following. Viz: twenty pounds within one year after my decease to be equally divided among them, that is to say four pounds a piece and twenty pounds more within the space of two years after my decease, to be paid and divided equally among them as aforesaid. And that the said payments of twenty pounds per annum shall be paid yearly and every year to my daughters aforesaid, until all the above granted legacies be fully satisfied and paid. Further it is my mind and will that my household goods should be equally divided among my said daughters immediately after my decease.
Lastly, I do by these presents constitute and appoint my beloved son Benjamin to be my sole executor to this my Last Will and Testament, hereby renouncing and disannulling all other wills and testaments, declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Joseph Woodworth (Seal) The Will was witnessed by Samuel Clap, Nicholas Wade and Nathaniel Pitcher.
6 Jan 1669[/70] Joseph married Sarah Stockbridge (6473) , daughter of John Stockbridge (2510) (ca 1608-13 Oct 1657) & Elizabeth Hatch (5127) (ca 1605-between 1647 & 1654), in Scituate, MA.52 Born ca 1645 in Scituate, MA. Sarah was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 15 Mar 1645.52 Sarah died aft 3 Dec 1712.239
6573.Elizabeth Woodworth. Born ca 1648 in Scituate, MA. Elizabeth died in Duxbury, MA in 1709.
From Jeanette Behan's book, The Woodworth Family of America:352
In 1675 Elizabeth bore a child out of wedlock, fathered by Robert Stetson, Jr. of Scituate. He was ordered by the court to pay her 2 s. a week for the first three months, and afterwards 1 s. 6 d. until the child was seven years old. Elizabeth’s brother Joseph and Robert’s father, Robert Stetson, agreed that the verdict was just.
Elizabeth was apparently married by 26 Nov 1685 (father's will).16
She did not marry Robert Stetson (8569) , son of Cornet Robert Stetson (2975) (ca 1615-1 Feb 1702/3) & Honor Tooker (ca 1612-1684). Born on 29 Jan 1654 in Scituate, MA.62 Robert was baptized on 26 Feb 1654.25 Robert died aft 1737.
Robert lived in that part of Duxbury which became Pembroke.25
6574.Mary Woodworth. Born 10 Mar 1650/1 in Scituate, MA.52 Mary died in Scituate, MA on 23 Aug 1718.
On 24 Dec 1677 Mary married Aaron Simmons, son of Moses Simonson (ca 1605-ca 1689/1691) & Sarah (-bef 15 Dec 1691), in Scituate, MA.52 Born say 1653 in Duxbury, MA. Aaron died bef 12 Feb 1719.
6575.Benjamin Woodworth. Born ca 1656 in Scituate, MA. Benjamin died in Lebanon, CT on 22 Apr 1729.250
There is some confusion about Benjamin. According to some, he was a soldier in King Philip’s war and lost his life.53,25 In fact, he had moved to Little Compton, RI, and later to Lebanon, CT. Perhaps there was another Benjamin who died in the war.
In 1703 Benjamin bought for 250 pounds from Philip Smith a large tract of land in Lebanon, Ct. where many of the Scituate people settled. He moved soon after to Lebanon with his family; was admitted inhabitant Dec. 22, 1704. In deeds of lands at Lebanon he is described as Benjamin Woodworth of Little Compton, RI.243
From Behan's The Woodworth Family of America, page 21:352
On the 23rd day of June 1692, Benjamin sold his land at Scituate, his second wife Hannah signing the deed with him, and he removed to Little Compton, Bristol Co., Mass. Bay, where his brother Isaac had preceded him. In 1703, Benjamin removed again to Lebanon and bought a large tract of land from Phillip Smith on 25 February 1703, and was admitted as inhabitant of the town on 22 December 1704. His farm was situated in the northeast part of the town, and on account of its remoteness from the church, he with others, petitioned in 1714 for a new church. In 1716 this new church was formed called Lebanon North Parish; later the town of Columbia. In Lebanon land records (2:469) we find: “Moses Woodworth of Norwich sold to Benjamin Woodworth of Lebanon five acres in Little Compton, Bristol Co., Colony of Mass. Bay, land being one-third of a 15 acre tract which was originally Walter Woodworth’s.” Benjamin deeded land to his eldest son Benjamin in December 1712; to sons Ichabod and Ebenezer 13 February 1717/8; to son Amos 6 May 1720; to son Ezekiel who was “to care for his honored father and mother” 6 May 1723; to youngest son Caleb 21 January 1726/7. On 4 November 1714, Benjamin is said to have received land for service rendered in King Phillip's War. It is believed this account may have become confused with a Benjamin Woodward who was killed in that war.
Benjamin’s will was 21 Jan 1726 and proved 3 Jul 1728.
Will: From Behan's The Woodworth Family of America, page 22:352
Benjamin’s Will:
In the name of God amen ye 21st day of January 1726/7. I, Benjamin Woodworth of Lebanon in ye County of Wendham and Colony of Connecticut in New England being very sick and weake in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling to mind ye mortality of my body and knowing that it is appinted for all men once to dey, do make and ordain this my last will and testament. That is to say princeaply and first of all I give and recomend my soul in to ye hands of God that gave it and my body I recomend to ye earth to be beuried in decent Christian Beuril at ye discretion of my executor - nothing doubting but that at ye generall resurrection I shall receve ye same again by ye mighty power of God - and as touching such worldly estate where with it had pleased God to bless me - with in this life I give demise and dispose of ye same in ye following maner and form:
Imp - I give and bequeath to my well beloved and eldest son Benjamin Woodworth twenty acres of my common right that is laid out joyning to his land that I gave formerly given to him to be first laide out to him begining at ye highway ye wholl wedth as it is laide out and bounded on record and run so far by and ajoyning to his former land so far as to make twenty acres - Item: I give and bequeath unto my sons Benjamin, Ichabod and Ebenezer Woodworths all ye remaining part of my common right of land that is laide out ajoyning to that twenty acres above sd given to Benjamin - to be equaly devided to my three sons Benjamin, Ichabod and Ebenezer they paying so much to my daughters as ye sd land shall be aprised at to be paide with in five years after my decease -and in case that my three sons Benjamin Ichabod and Ebenezer do not so cause to take ye sd lands and pay so much: to be devided amongst my daughters heare after named that ye ad lands shall be equaly devided amongst them my daughter. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Amos Woodworth 33 acres and two 3ds of an acre of land ajoyning to that lot of land on Chusnut Hill that I have formarly given to him he paying twenty pounds to my daughters with in five years after my deceas and in case he shall refuse to pay ye twenty pounds within the five years as afore sd that then ye sd 33 acres and two 3ds of an acre of land to be equaly devided amongst them - Item: I give and bequeath unto my sons Ezekiell and Caleb Woodworths all thos two tracts or persals of land that I purchased of Capt. Joseph Marsh ajoyning to ye farm where my now dweling hows now stands to be equaly devided between them they paying all my just debts and in case they shall refuse to pay all my debts that then ye sd persels of land shall be sold to pay my just debts. Item: I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughters heare named to wit Debrough Sprauge and Hanah Walar and Ruth Owen and Judeth Newcomb and Margret Owen and Precillah Fuller all my moveable estate that I shall dye seizd of except chains cart irons plough irons that my sons now have and one great chain that I use to take up ye mill that I give to my sons Ezekiel and Caleb. With ye mill and my Iron Harrow, I give to be used amongst all my sons so long as it shall last - all my moveables estate both within doars and without as ye stock and ye priece of my common lands laide out and not laide out and ye 20 that my son Amos is to pay that is to say all but only what I have heare except to be equally devided amongst my above sd daughters only I give to ye children of Elezebeth Southard Deced - and ye children of Mary Sprauge Decd - ye heirs of thare own bodyes begoten amongst them half so much as to each of my daughtars above named - Item: I give and bequeath to my children both sons and daughters heare named in this my last will and testament all my right of land or aney estate that of right dos belong to me at or within the bounds of Seconet in ye provence of Masachuse Bay and County of Bristoll they all being at equal charge in recovering ye same other wise ye charge to be payde out of ye part in proportion: and I do heareby likewise make and ordain my son Benjamin Woodworth my sole executor of this my last will and testament - heareby I do utterly disalow revoack and disanull all and every other and former testaments wills legasies and bequests and executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed ratiefieing and confirmeng this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have heare unto set my hand and seall the day and year first above mentioned. Benjamin Woodworth (Seall) Signed sealled published pronounced and declared by ye sd Benjamin Woodworth as his last Will and Testement in presents of us ye subscribars: Thomas Root, Nathaniel Dewey and John Woodward.
6576.Isaac Woodworth. Born ca 1658 in Scituate, MA. Isaac died in Norwich, CT on 1 Apr 1714.352 Occupation: Carpenter.
From Behan's Woodworth Family of America, page 29:352
In 1705 Isaac was admitted as a Freeman by a vote of Norwich inhabitants. He was a carpenter and build the second meeting house in Norwich.
He made his WIll 5 January 1713/14, and it was proved 13 Apr 1714, his son Moses being executor. The ages of the [nine] children ranged from 8 to 27 in 1714 according to the probate file.
Ca 1686 Isaac married Lydia Standlake (4323) , daughter of Richard Standlake (1715) (ca 1636/1639-14 May 1691). Born on 7 Apr 1664 in Scituate, MA.52 At the age of 18, Lydia was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 25 Jun 1682.52
6577.Martha Woodworth. Born ca 1660 in Scituate, MA. Martha died aft Jun 1730.189
In Jun 1679 Martha married Lieut. Zachary Damon (7875) , son of John Damon (11 Nov 1621-bef 3 Oct 1676) & Katherine Merritt (2825) (1621-8 Dec 1655), in Scituate, MA.52 Born ca 1654 in Scituate, MA.53 Zachary died in Scituate, MA on 3 Sep 1730.52
Zachary was an officer in Phililp’s war, and received lands.53
He was also a Cowhasset Partner. He was a Lieutenant in King Phillips War. Tythingman 1703/4. On March 2, 1696/7 he was granted 3 acres swamp land by Scituate Town agents (Town Records). Surveyor of Highways 1702/3 - 1716. Admitted to 1st Church Scituate July 7, 1727 as "Zechariah". On "Jury of Tralls" at Plymouth 1698/9, 1701/2, 1706, 1710/11. On Grand Jury 1711/12. Resided at Scituate, north of Symon's Hill. In 1694, his mark was "on Red mare two notches in the neare ear whitt on all fouer legs. His wife as admitted to the 1st Church May 7, 1721.
6578.Mehitable Woodworth. Born on 15 Aug 1662 in Scituate, MA.52
Mehitable “who was unfortunate with regard to her health,”53 and “suffered from witchcraft.”25 (See PCR 5:223.) She was not married at the time of her father’s will, 26 Nov 1685.16
From The Pilgrim Republic, by John Abbot Goodwin, Boston: Houghton, 1899, page 493, http://archive.org/details/pilgrimrepublich00gooduoft
The second case [witchcraft in Plymouth Colony] was in 1677. An elderly matron, Mary, wife of Thomas Ingham, of Scituate, was charged with bewitching Walter Woodworth’s daughter Mehitabel, causing her to fall into violent fits until “almost bereaved of her senses, and so hath greatly languished,” all by the “help of the devil, in a way of witchcraft or sorcery.” Goodwife Ingham pleaded not guilty, and put herself “on trial of God and the country.” The jurors, well worthy of honorable mention, were Mr. Thomas Huckins, John Wadsworth, John Howland (second), Abram Jackson, Benaiah Pratt, John Black, Mark Snow, Joseph Bartlett, John Richmond, James Talbot, Seth Pope, and Governor Josiah Winslow presided. The case was duly given to the jury, and they found a verdict of “Not Guilty.”
6579.Abigail Woodworth. Born ca 1664 in Scituate, MA.16
On 24 Dec 1695 Abigail married John Jackson (13518) , son of Abraham Jackson (-4 Oct 1714) & Remember Morton (4608) (ca 1637-24 Jul 1707), in Scituate, MA.110 Born ca 1664 in Plymouth, MA.