Humphrey Woodbury

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name
Humphrey Woodbury
aka
[Umpher Wodbery, Humphry Woodberry, Deacon Humphrey Woodbury]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Deacon of Beverly, Massachusetts, born about 1608 in Somersetshire, son of John Woodbury the Old Planter, with whom he came to Salem in June 1628; his deposition of 1680/1 is the chief account of that settlement. He joined the Salem church in 1643, was a founder of the Beverly church in 1667 and its deacon by 1674, and died in 1686. Probably the father of Thomas Woodbury.
born
date
c. 1608
place
Somersetshire, England
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration]
note
Aged 61 on 25 Sept 1668 (EQC 4:47) and 72 in Feb 1680/1; "when I lived in Somersetshire in England," as he deposed.
died
date
bet. 4 Mar 1685/6 and 11 Oct 1686
place
Beverly, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, article-haines-1853-woodbury-wills, book-dawes-gates-1931]
note
His will is dated 4 Mar 1686 and was proved 11 Oct following (Suffolk Probate vol. 11). Savage also writes "d. Feb. 1681", which the will contradicts.
residences
date
1667
place
Beverly, Massachusetts
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
note
Lived on the Bass River side; one of the founders of the Beverly church in 1667, and its deacon by 1674.
events
what
Set out for New England
date
1628
place
Dorchester, Dorset, England
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration]
note
"I travelled with him as far as Dorchester" (his deposition of 1680/1).
what
Landed at Salem
date
Jun 1628
place
Salem, Massachusetts
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration]
note
With his father, three months before Endecott.
father
id
john-woodbury-d1641
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration]
note
His deposition of 16 Feb 1680/1: "my father, John Woodbury, since deceased ... returned to N.E. and brought me with him."
spouses
id
elizabeth-hunter-d1689
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration, article-haines-1853-woodbury-wills]
married
date
by 1637
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-anderson-great-migration]
note
He had a household of three in the Salem land grant of 1637.

Humphrey was the son of John Woodbury the Old Planter, by his first wife. He came over with his father as a young man in June 1628, three months before Endecott, and in old age his deposition of 1680/1 told the story of the Dorchester Company's settlement: "my father, John Woodbury, since deceased, did about 56 years ago remove to New E[ngland] and there I travelled with him as far as Dorchester ... We arrived at the place now called Salem in or about the month of June, 1628" (source).

He joined the Salem church in July 1643 and lived on the Bass River side, where in 1667 he was one of the founders of the Beverly church, and its deacon by 1674. His children, as Savage has them, were Isaac (bp. 1644), Humphrey (bp. 1646), Susanna (bp. 1649, Mrs. Tenney), William (bp. 1651), Peter (b. 1652), Richard (b. 1655), Elizabeth (b. 1657, m. John Walker), Christian (b. 1661, m. John Trask), and John, Thomas and Joseph, named in his will (source). Thomas Woodbury was probably his son.

Two of his sons died in the wars. In King Philip's War Peter was killed with Capt. Thomas Lathrop's "Flower of Essex" at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, on 18 Sept 1675, one of the list "At Muddy-Brook bridge ye 18 Sept. 71 men slane"; on 30 Nov 1675 Treasurer John Hull credited "Peter Woodbury 01 18 06" to his estate (Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 136-138). Josiah Dodge, probably the brother of Thomas Woodbury's wife Hannah, fell with him. Richard made his will on 1 Aug 1690 "being by God's providence call[ed] out to the serv[ice] of God and the country in the present expedit[ion]" against Quebec, and died on the way home.

Humphrey's own will of 1686 calls his half-brother Peter "my brother Seargent Woodbury" (source).

Open questions

  • Peter Woodbury's estate (Essex probate, 1675-76), if one was settled.

Research: Woodbury, Rand–Cheever–Ivory and Slater lines behind the Ellingwoods.

  1. ---
  2. name: Humphrey Woodbury
  3. aka: [Umpher Wodbery, Humphry Woodberry, Deacon Humphrey Woodbury]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Deacon of Beverly, Massachusetts, born about 1608 in Somersetshire, son of John Woodbury the Old
  8. Planter, with whom he came to Salem in June 1628; his deposition of 1680/1 is the chief account of
  9. that settlement. He joined the Salem church in 1643, was a founder of the Beverly church in 1667
  10. and its deacon by 1674, and died in 1686. Probably the father of Thomas Woodbury.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1608
  13. place: Somersetshire, England
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration]
  17. note: 'Aged 61 on 25 Sept 1668 (EQC 4:47) and 72 in Feb 1680/1; "when I lived in Somersetshire in England," as he deposed.'
  18. died:
  19. date: bet. 4 Mar 1685/6 and 11 Oct 1686
  20. place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-savage-genealogical-dictionary, article-haines-1853-woodbury-wills, book-dawes-gates-1931]
  24. note: 'His will is dated 4 Mar 1686 and was proved 11 Oct following (Suffolk Probate vol. 11). Savage also writes "d. Feb. 1681", which the will contradicts.'
  25. residences:
  26. - date: "1667"
  27. place: Beverly, Massachusetts
  28. basis: compiled
  29. confidence: probable
  30. note: "Lived on the Bass River side; one of the founders of the Beverly church in 1667, and its deacon by 1674."
  31. events:
  32. - what: Set out for New England
  33. date: "1628"
  34. place: Dorchester, Dorset, England
  35. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration]
  36. note: "\"I travelled with him as far as Dorchester\" (his deposition of 1680/1)."
  37. - what: Landed at Salem
  38. date: "Jun 1628"
  39. place: Salem, Massachusetts
  40. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration]
  41. note: "With his father, three months before Endecott."
  42. father:
  43. id: john-woodbury-d1641
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: proven
  46. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration]
  47. note: 'His deposition of 16 Feb 1680/1: "my father, John Woodbury, since deceased ... returned to N.E. and brought me with him."'
  48. spouses:
  49. - id: elizabeth-hunter-d1689
  50. basis: documented
  51. confidence: proven
  52. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration, article-haines-1853-woodbury-wills]
  53. married:
  54. date: by 1637
  55. basis: documented
  56. confidence: probable
  57. sources: [book-anderson-great-migration]
  58. note: He had a household of three in the Salem land grant of 1637.
  59. ---
  61. Humphrey was the son of John Woodbury the Old Planter, by his first wife. He came over with his
  62. father as a young man in June 1628, three months before Endecott, and in old age his deposition of
  63. 1680/1 told the story of the Dorchester Company's settlement: "my father, John Woodbury, since
  64. deceased, did about 56 years ago remove to New E[ngland] and there I travelled with him as far as
  65. Dorchester ... We arrived at the place now called Salem in or about the month of June, 1628"
  66. ([source](/files/sources/book-anderson-great-migration/)).
  68. He joined the Salem church in July 1643 and lived on the Bass River side, where in 1667 he was one of
  69. the founders of the Beverly church, and its deacon by 1674. His children, as Savage has them, were
  70. Isaac (bp. 1644), Humphrey (bp. 1646), Susanna (bp. 1649, Mrs. Tenney), William (bp. 1651), Peter
  71. (b. 1652), Richard (b. 1655), Elizabeth (b. 1657, m. John Walker), Christian (b. 1661, m. John
  72. Trask), and John, Thomas and Joseph, named in his will
  73. ([source](/files/sources/book-savage-genealogical-dictionary/)). Thomas Woodbury was probably his son.
  75. Two of his sons died in the wars. In King Philip's War Peter was killed with Capt. Thomas Lathrop's
  76. "Flower of Essex" at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, on 18 Sept 1675, one of the list "At Muddy-Brook
  77. bridge ye 18 Sept. 71 men slane"; on 30 Nov 1675 Treasurer John Hull credited "Peter Woodbury 01 18
  78. 06" to his estate ([*Soldiers in King Philip's War*](/files/sources/book-bodge-1906-soldiers-king-philips-war/),
  79. pp. 136-138). Josiah Dodge, probably the brother of Thomas Woodbury's wife Hannah, fell with him.
  80. Richard made his will on 1 Aug 1690 "being by God's providence call[ed] out to the serv[ice] of God
  81. and the country in the present expedit[ion]" against Quebec, and died on the way home.
  83. Humphrey's own will of 1686 calls his half-brother Peter "my brother Seargent Woodbury"
  84. ([source](/files/sources/article-haines-1853-woodbury-wills/)).
  86. ## Open questions
  88. - Peter Woodbury's estate (Essex probate, 1675-76), if one was settled.
  90. Research: `research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md`.
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