About John Woods
John Woods, Sr. of Sudbury was one of the petitioners for the Township of Marlborough, shared in the first division of the land, and was one of the prominent men in the place. He was on the board of Selectmen in 1633, 34 & 35.

His will dated November 26, 1677 and proved March 8, mentions sons John, Isaac, and James,wife, father Parminter, and son-in-law John Bellows. It is probable that he married Mary Parminter who died August 17 1690, aged 80 years. He had at least three sons and one daughter.

John b July 8, 1647; d April 5, 1716

Isaac b 1655; d July 18, 1720; was twice married 1st Mary Maynard; 2nd Mary Fairbanks

James b __; m 1678 Hopestill Ward; d 1718 age 73

Mary b __; m John Bellows; and d September 16, 1707

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From "My Ancestors", A Memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, CT; compiled by their son, Lyman May Paine, Chicago, IL, 1914; printed for private circulation:

John Woods of Sudbury was a pin maker in 1639. He sold his Sudbury land 9/29/1663 and removed to Marlboro with his wife, Mary. He was sergeant in one of the Marlboro garrison houses with his sons, John, James and Isaac, in Oct. 1675. He died 7/10/1678 and his widow in 1690 aged 80 years.

Children:

Hannah, born about 1640, married John Leavens

John, born 5/8/1641, married Lydia Rice

Frances, born 3/10/1645

12

James, born 7/18/1647

Catherine

Isaac, born 7/14/1655

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From "The Fulton-Hayden-Warner Ancestry in America", compiled by Clarence Ettienne Leonard; Thomas A. Wright, publisher; New York, 1922:

John Woods, who was born in 1610 at England and died 1667-8 at Marlborough, MA. He married Mary Parmenter, who was born in 1610 at England and died 8/17/1690 at Marlborough, MA. He was in the Garrison House at Marlborough, MA, in 1675, with his son, John, Jr.

John WOODS - b. Feb. 6, 1609/10, England; d. Jul 10, 1678, Marlborough, MA. Son of James WOODS. John WOODS, a pin-maker by trade, arrived in America at age 26 in 1635 aboard the 'Hopewell,' and first settled at Salem, MA, but removed to Sudbury, MA by 1638, becoming a proprietor there in 1639. He was admitted freeman on May 10, 1642, and received several Sudbury land grants through 1655. After Marlborough was formed in 1660, John sold his property at Sudbury and relocated to Marlborough, where he had been granted land and served in various town offices. On Apr. 4, 1664, he deposed that he was about age 54. His will, dated Nov. 26, 1677 and proved Oct. 1, 1678, names his wife Mary, his three sons, daughter Katherine, son-in-law John BELLOWS, and grandchild Hannah LEVINS. The inventory of his estate, on Jul. 19, 1678 at £303.03.07, mentions son-in-law Joseph NEWTON. Married about 1633.

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Birth: 1610, England Death: Jul. 10, 1678 Marlborough Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

married 10, Oct. 1631 Mary Parmenter in Bures St. Mary, England

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Spouse: Mary Parmenter Wood
Burial: Unknown

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