Sarah Stockbridge

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name
Sarah Stockbridge
aka
[Sarah Woodworth]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Joseph Woodworth of Scituate, Massachusetts, a shopkeeper and son of Walter Woodworth, whom she married in 1669, and mother of eight children born there, probably among them Joseph Woodworth. She was probably a daughter of John Stockbridge, who built the grist mill on the First Herring Brook, and his second wife, the widow Elizabeth Soan; one account makes her a daughter of his son Charles.
born
date
1645
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]
note
Deane lists "Sarah 1645, (wife of Joseph Woodworth 1669 ...)" among John Stockbridge's children by his second wife.
father
id
john-stockbridge-d1657
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate, book-woodworth-1898-walter-woodworth]
research
research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
note
John Stockbridge's will of 1657 left "To daughter Sarah 10£ at marriage, or at 21 years of age," and Deane's Stockbridge sketch (p. 342) makes her the Sarah born 1645 who married Joseph Woodworth in 1669. That the will's Sarah is Joseph Woodworth's wife is the inference. The Woodworth Records (1898), and Deane's own Woodworth sketch (p. 392), call her "daughter of Charles Stockbridge, who kept the mill"; but Charles's daughter Sarah was born in 1665 and married Israel Turner (Deane, p. 343), and his first known child was born in 1660. So John is the better reading.
alternatives
name
Charles Stockbridge
claimed_by
Woodworth Records (1898); Deane (1831), p. 392
confidence
possible
note
Her half-brother, if John was her father.
mother
name
Elizabeth Soan
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]
note
"Widow Elizabeth Soan, (mother of William)," John Stockbridge's second wife from 1643; her maiden name is not known.

Sarah's father, very probably John Stockbridge of Scituate, built the grist mill on the First Herring Brook and the Stockbridge house, which her half-brother Charles inherited. In 1669 (6 January, by the Woodworth Records) she married Joseph Woodworth, son of Walter Woodworth of Scituate; Deane adds "a shop-keeper" after his name (source).

King Philip's War. When Scituate was attacked on 20 May 1676, the house her father had built, now her half-brother Charles's, was the town's main garrison: "The garrison house of Stockbridge was pallisadoed on three sides, the fourth being defended by the mill pond ... Here the Indians fought several hours" (Deane pp. 126-127). That July the colony's council of war allowed land to "Charlse Stockbridge, for Benjamine Woodworth," her husband's brother (Records of the Colony of New Plymouth 5:206). The family histories say Benjamin was killed in the war, but he probably came through it: a Benjamin Woodworth sat with her husband on a Scituate jury entered at the court of 6 Mar 1676/7 (PCR 5:227; see Walter Woodworth).

Her children, born at Scituate (Deane; the Woodworth Records): Joseph, 19 March 1670; Mary, 1673, who married Stephen Vinal Jr. in 1704; Benjamin, 1676; Sarah, 1678; Elizabeth, 1680; Eunice, 1682/3; Abigail, 1685, wife of Thomas Merritt; and Ruth, 1687/8, wife of Benjamin Sylvester Jr. (source).

Research: Notable connections of Frances Fairchild Holbrook: the Fairchild branch and the families that married in.

Open questions

  • Her father, John or Charles Stockbridge: the Scituate record of the 1669 marriage may say.
  • Her death.
  1. ---
  2. name: Sarah Stockbridge
  3. aka: [Sarah Woodworth]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Joseph Woodworth of Scituate, Massachusetts, a shopkeeper and son of Walter Woodworth,
  8. whom she married in 1669, and mother of eight children born there, probably among them Joseph
  9. Woodworth. She was probably a daughter of John Stockbridge, who built the grist mill on the First
  10. Herring Brook, and his second wife, the widow Elizabeth Soan; one account makes her a daughter of
  11. his son Charles.
  12. born:
  13. date: "1645"
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]
  17. note: Deane lists "Sarah 1645, (wife of Joseph Woodworth 1669 ...)" among John Stockbridge's children by his second wife.
  18. father:
  19. id: john-stockbridge-d1657
  20. basis: documented
  21. confidence: probable
  22. sources: [book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate, book-woodworth-1898-walter-woodworth]
  23. research: research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md
  24. note: >-
  25. John Stockbridge's will of 1657 left "To daughter Sarah 10£ at marriage, or at 21 years of age," and
  26. Deane's Stockbridge sketch (p. 342) makes her the Sarah born 1645 who married Joseph Woodworth in
  27. 1669. That the will's Sarah is Joseph Woodworth's wife is the inference. The Woodworth Records
  28. (1898), and Deane's own Woodworth sketch (p. 392), call her "daughter of Charles Stockbridge, who
  29. kept the mill"; but Charles's daughter Sarah was born in 1665 and married Israel Turner (Deane, p.
  30. 343), and his first known child was born in 1660. So John is the better reading.
  31. alternatives:
  32. - name: Charles Stockbridge
  33. claimed_by: Woodworth Records (1898); Deane (1831), p. 392
  34. confidence: possible
  35. note: Her half-brother, if John was her father.
  36. mother:
  37. name: Elizabeth Soan
  38. basis: compiled
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate]
  41. note: '"Widow Elizabeth Soan, (mother of William)," John Stockbridge''s second wife from 1643; her maiden name is not known.'
  42. ---
  44. Sarah's father, very probably John Stockbridge of Scituate, built the grist mill on the First
  45. Herring Brook and the Stockbridge house, which her half-brother Charles inherited. In 1669
  46. (6 January, by the Woodworth Records) she married Joseph Woodworth, son of Walter Woodworth of
  47. Scituate; Deane adds "a shop-keeper" after his name
  48. ([source](/files/sources/book-deane-1831-history-of-scituate/)).
  50. **King Philip's War.** When Scituate was attacked on 20 May 1676, the house her father had built,
  51. now her half-brother Charles's, was the town's main garrison: "The garrison house of Stockbridge was
  52. pallisadoed on three sides, the fourth being defended by the mill pond ... Here the Indians fought
  53. several hours" (Deane pp. 126-127). That
  54. July the colony's council of war allowed land to "Charlse Stockbridge, for Benjamine Woodworth," her
  55. husband's brother ([*Records of the Colony of New Plymouth*](/files/sources/records-plymouth-colony/) 5:206).
  56. The family histories say Benjamin was killed in the war, but he probably came through it: a Benjamin
  57. Woodworth sat with her husband on a Scituate jury entered at the court of 6 Mar 1676/7 (PCR 5:227; see
  58. [Walter Woodworth](/people/walter-woodworth-fl1635/)).
  60. Her children, born at Scituate (Deane; the Woodworth Records): Joseph, 19 March 1670; Mary, 1673, who
  61. married Stephen Vinal Jr. in 1704; Benjamin, 1676; Sarah, 1678; Elizabeth, 1680; Eunice, 1682/3;
  62. Abigail, 1685, wife of Thomas Merritt; and Ruth, 1687/8, wife of Benjamin Sylvester Jr.
  63. ([source](/files/sources/book-woodworth-1898-walter-woodworth/)).
  65. Research: `research/mcmillan/Fairchild_Raymond_Woodworth.md`.
  67. ## Open questions
  69. - Her father, John or Charles Stockbridge: the Scituate record of the 1669 marriage may say.
  70. - Her death.
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