Thomas Woodbury
Of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, where he owned large estates, probably a son of Deacon Humphrey Woodbury and grandson of John Woodbury the Old Planter. In 1661 he married Hannah, daughter of William Dodge and widow of Samuel Porter, and had nine children; after her death in 1688/9 he married the widow Elizabeth Curtis. He died before 1719. Probably the father of William Woodbury.
Life
- 1661
- 1690Married Elizabeth Curtis28 Apr 1690, Beverly, Massachusettsdocumentedproven
- bef. 1719Diedbef. 20 Apr 1719, Beverly, Massachusetts
His probate (Essex docket 30516) is dated 20 Apr 1719, as WikiTree gives it; not seen.
Family
- Father
- Humphrey Woodbury
Savage: "THOMAS ... s. of Humphrey, m. 2 Dec. 1661, Hannah Porter"; the Porter Pedigree: "Thomas, son of Humphrey and Elizabeth Woodbury." Humphrey's will of 1686 names a son Thomas, and his son Richard's will of 1690 "brs. Thomas and William." Born before Humphrey joined the Salem church in 1643, so no baptism. Humphrey's will (Suffolk Probate vol. 11, fols. 37-38) would settle it.
compiledprobableSources
- Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
- A Porter Pedigree: Being an Account of the Ancestry and Descendants of Samuel and Martha (Perley) Porter (1907)
- Reasoning:
research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md
- Mother
- Elizabeth Hunter
Humphrey married her by 1637, and Thomas was born about that time or a little after.
- Spouse 1
- Hannah Dodge
Her death record calls her "w. Thomas, and d. William and Elizebeth Dodg."
1 child
- Spouse 2
- Elizabeth Curtis
A widow.
documentedproven
Pedigree
Notes
Son of Deacon Humphrey Woodbury and grandson of John Woodbury the Old Planter; father of William Woodbury. On 2 Dec 1661 he married Hannah, daughter of William Dodge and widow of Samuel Porter, a mariner who had died in 1660 after making his will “being Bound to the Berbadus” (source). The Dodge genealogy says she had nine children by Thomas and that “They lived on the Capt. Thomas Lowthrop farm” (source); the Porter Pedigree has him “of Beverly, where he owned large estates.” He was of Salem when the petition of 1668 was presented and of Beverly when he was made freeman in 1683 (source).
Their children, as the Porter Pedigree lists them: William (1662-1725, m. Joanna Wheeler), Samuel (1666-1689), Thomas (1667-1698), Israel (1670), Hannah (1672, m. John Ober), Elizabeth (1676-1748, m. Joseph Herrick), a daughter born 1679 who died young, Susanna (1680-1716) and Jonathan (1682-1774), who married “Eliner Elinwood” in 1708. Hannah died on 2 Jan 1688/9, and on 28 Apr 1690 Thomas married Elizabeth Curtis, a widow (record).
Two of his brothers died in the colony’s wars: Peter at Bloody Brook in 1675, with Hannah’s brother Josiah Dodge among the dead with him, and Richard on the way home from Quebec in 1690, whose will named his “brs. Thomas and William.”
Open questions
- His birth: before 1643, probably about 1638-40; no record.
- His probate (Essex docket 30516, 1719), which should name his son William.
Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md.
Connections
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