Keziah Woodruff
Of Farmington, Connecticut, she married Capt. Abel Brace of Hartford in 1761 and bore him fifteen children, fourteen of whom went with them, and her aged mother, to the New York frontier in 1793. Probably the mother of Charles Brace and grandmother of Sarah (Sally) Brace, who married Loring Chapin; she lived from 1742 to 1812, as a descendant's DAR application has it.
Life
- 1742Born1742compiledprobable
- 1761Married Abel Brace2 Apr 1761
"His marriage to Keziah Woodruff, of Farmington, Connecticut, was published March 22, 1761."
compiledprobable - 1812Died1812compiledprobable
Family
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1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Grandmother of Sarah (Sally) Brace. “Keziah Woodruff, of Farmington, Connecticut,” married Abel Brace of Hartford on 2 Apr 1761, after banns published on 22 March (source), and bore fifteen children, fourteen of whom went with them to the New York frontier in 1793: Capt. Abel Brace “came here in 1793 from near Hartford, Conn., bringing with him his family of nine sons and five daughters, with his wife’s aged mother” (source). Her great-great-granddaughter Ella (Chapin) Browne gave her dates in her DAR application as “Kezia Woodruff, (1742-1812)” (source). Her name came down to her great-grandson Woodruff Chapin (1818-1893).
Research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md.
Open questions
- Her parents are not known here; her mother was still living in 1793 and went to Winfield with the family.