William Woodbury
Born at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1662, probably the eldest son of Thomas Woodbury and Hannah (Dodge) Porter. He married Joanna Wheeler of Concord at Beverly in 1689, had nine children there, and died at Beverly in 1725; his widow lived another twenty-two years. Probably the father of Sarah (Woodbury) Ellingwood, wife of Ralph Ellinwood III.
Life
- 1662Born17 Sep 1662, Salem, Massachusetts
"William, s. Thomas and Hannah, Sept. 17, 1662" (the Beverly records; the Salem records have it too). Probable rather than proven only because the man who married Joanna Wheeler is taken to be this William.
documentedprobable - 1689Married Joanna Wheeler29 Sep 1689, Beverly, Massachusetts
"William, and Joanna Wheler of Concord, Sept. 29, 1689."
documentedproven - 1725Diedbet. 6 and 29 Nov 1725, Beverly, Massachusetts
His will was dated 6 Nov 1725 and proved 29 Nov 1725 (Essex Probate, as WikiTree gives it; not seen).
Family
- Father
- Thomas Woodbury
The birth record names Thomas and Hannah. That this William is the one who married Joanna Wheeler is the Porter Pedigree's ("William Woodbury, 1662-1725. Married Joanna Wheeler. 9 children") and fits the records: he was "William, jr." in 1694, beside his uncle William (b. 1651), and "sr." by 1705, and he named sons Israel and Thomas for his brother and father. The other William of Beverly, b. 1665 to William and Judith, has nothing to link him. Thomas Woodbury's probate (1719) or William's will would settle it.
documentedprobableSources
- Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1906-1907)
- A Porter Pedigree: Being an Account of the Ancestry and Descendants of Samuel and Martha (Perley) Porter (1907)
- Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
- Reasoning:
research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md
- Mother
- Spouse
- Joanna Wheelerdocumentedproven
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Father of Sarah (Woodbury) Ellingwood, Ralph Ellinwood III’s wife. The eldest son of Thomas Woodbury and Hannah (Dodge) Porter, born at Salem in 1662, the year after their marriage. On 29 Sept 1689 he married “Joanna Wheler of Concord” at Beverly (record).
Their children, born at Beverly: Sarah, 14 Dec 1690; Hannah, 14 Jan 1692/3, who died the next March (her gravestone calls her a daughter of “William, jr.”); Israel, 26 Dec 1694; William, 11 July 1697; Thomas, 5 Sept 1700; Hugh, 18 Mar 1703; Lois, 1 May 1705 (“William [sr.]”); Elisha, 21 Feb 1706/7; and Mihill, 18 Jan 1712/13. Sarah named her first son Israel, after her brother, and the daughter of her second marriage Joanna, after her mother.
He died at Beverly in November 1725. His widow lived another twenty-two years.
Open questions
- His will (Essex Probate, 6 Nov 1725), which should name “daughter Sarah” (Ellinwood or Allen) and settle Sarah’s parentage.
Research: research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Woodbury_Rand.md.
Connections
- In his ancestry
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Every notable ancestor and famous relative that William's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.