Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameNathaniel Woodward
Birthabt 1587, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Deathaft 18 Jul 1661, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
OccupationCarpenter, Surveyor
ReligionPuritan
FatherLambert Woodward (~1564-)
MotherIsabell Smith (~1565-)
Spouses
Birthabt 1589, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Deathaft 18 Jul 1661, Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Marriage19 Sep 1608, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Notes for Nathaniel Woodward
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About Nathaniel Woodward
Arrived in Boston, Mass before 1635. Member of First Church. Had sold all his land by 1661 when he was at least 71. Perhaps moved to Taunton or to England. He had married second wife, Margaret, about 1638. She died or left Boston 1661.
Nathaniel came to Boston in 1630 and became a member of the FirstChurch in Boston that year. He brought three of his sons with him but apparently was a widower since no wife joined the church with him. He was a mathematician and surveyor sent by the King to survey the line between Massachusetts and Connecticut, employed, per Colonial Records I. 237, to run the line, 1638, between Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony and also the line between Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut. Afterwards he was sent to survey land north of the Merrimac, and the boundry between Charlestown and Lynn. He was trained as a carpenter , but the Colony used him as a surveyor on many occasions. He led the crew that laid the border between Mass. Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony, the later between Mass. Bay and Connecticut.
He was admitted as a freeman on 17 apr 1637. The last reference to him is to be found in 1661, but last reference to his property in 1670, but he is never refered to as "The LateNathaniel Woodward". He may have gone to Taunton, where he and his son had property, or even back to England. He was by then at least 71years old.
Named in Journal of American Genealogy, it said that hecame from Warwickshire, where his family held positions in the"Magistracy" and the Courte Elite of the county. It said that a Nathaniel and a Samuel were cited by a Bishop's bench in 1630 to go to the hall of the Lord de Bermingham {Birmingham} to take an oath thatt hey would not preach their Puritanism outside their home. They instead left with two yeoman, Henry Saterlee and Richard Sumner toWhitehaven, to take passage to Boston. It also said that papers exist in the Archives at Aston Hall that prove that this Woodward line is'closely related' to the main Shoevington Manor and Standish Manor,Lancastershire. These papers were deposited there in1840, and were a sworn copy of another set that were in the BoroughLibrary at Birmingham, Warwickshire. A letter was found at CastleBromwich Hall to Lord de Bradford written by Nathan Woordward in 1644, bearing the postal mark of 'Roxboro', Massachusetts .
Source: SOME ANCESTORS OF NATHANIEL WOODWARD,MATHMETICIAN 1940. The family could have come from Wiltshire, or from Lincolnshire, since his son Nathaniel married a girl from Boston. He came to Boston prior to 1633, when he joined the First Church as a member.
See also about the various Woodward families in New England: Woodward DNA Genealogy
Born in England circa 1585 M Margaret Lawrence who died in England, see Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
In England he was the standard bearer and later a captain of the Warwich Yeoman Guards, and was founder, or a prominent supporter of the Standish Hall branch of these guards.
A Puritan who left England rather than take an oath to keep his teachings within his own family. He was fined for refusing to take the oath. He received a royal grant in 1637 of twenty-eight acres in Roxbury, MA, bordering the "cedar swamp" on the southwest, who is shown by the Book of Possessions to have owned a lot occupying the present northeast corner of Washington and Summer streets in Boston, where his residence probably was. See PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 22, 1908 BROOKLINE, MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY MCMVIII.
He was a surveyor for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was in Boston by 1638/9.
M 2 Margaret, in Boston, MA, Margaret, who survived him. He died in Boston after 1661.
Nathaniel Woodward seems to have been the standard bearer and later gallant captain of the Warwich Yeoman Guards, and was founder, or a prominent supporter of the Standish Hall branch of these guards. He was a stron Puritan and apparently hot-headed for he was cited in 1632 by a bench of Anglican Bishops to the hall of Lord de Birlmingham to take oath to keep his Puritan teachings wihtin his own family and home. Unwilling to do this and heavily fined by the cclesisstical court, he gave notice with his brother, Ezekiel, likwise cited, that he would leave England for good. Some time late, Lord de Bradford of Castle Bromwich near Birmingham, England, who was interested in Nathaniel because of his gallant service in the Warwich Guards, ordered remittance of the fines levied against Nathaniel and Ezekiel and severely censured the Warwickshire Episcopal Court for its arbitrary procedure. A Grand Jury thereupon caused the British Government of Charles I to grant lands inb New England to the brothers Nathaniel and Ezekiel, now freemen. It is said that there Royal Grants were made in 1642 in the township of Roxbury, Mass.
Nathaniel Woodward was married on 19 September 1608, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, to Margaret Lawrence. Seven children were baptised in Rushden, and an additional four were baptized at nearby Puddington , Bedfordshire.
The Rushden, Northhamptonshire, parish registers provide a marriage record:[1]
"The xix day of September Nathaniell woodward & Margerett Larence was married the yeare above written [1608]"
Baptisms found in the Rushden registers:[1]
[torn] of Nathaniel Woodward [Nov 1607 and Aug 1609]
The xxijth daye of September John the sonne of nathanll woodward ws baptized in Anno p[er] dicto [1610]
The xxijth of februarie Robart the sone of nathaniell woodward ws Baptized the yeare above written [1611/2]
The zziiijth of Aprill Elizabeth the daughter of Nathaniell woodward was Baptised in Anno pr dic [1614]
The Twelvth day of may Anne Daughter of Nathaniell woodward was baptized [1616]
The vth day of Octobr Lambert the sonne of Nathaniell woodward was baptised [1617]
The vjth day of ffebruary Thomas the sonne of nathaniell woodward was baptised [1619/20]
From the burial registers at Rushden:[1]
The xvth daye of June Agnes the daughter of Nathaniell woodward was buried [1618]
In nearby Pudddington, the following baptisms are found in the Parish Registers:[1]
[1623] James Woodward the sonne Nathaniel Woodward bapt: one & twentith of Septembr
[1625] Ezechiel Woodard filius Nathaniellis Woodard bapt: octavo die May [8 May]
[1626] Baniamin Wooddard filius Nath: Wooddard bapt eodem die [quint die Nowembris] [5 November]
[1628/9] prudentia Woodard filia Nathanielis Woodward baptizat Januaris [rest of entry hidden - 18 January, per Parish Register Transcripts]
The Puddington church's Poor Rate books indicate that Nathaniel's household contained 6 children in 1621, 7 in 1623, 8 in 1625, and 7 in 1627. Only four were baptized in Puddington 1623-1628, and it is likely Nathaniel & his wife were married and had at least six children elsewhere before moving to Puddington. The baptisms & death in Rushden exactly match the number of children listed in the Podington poor records.[1]
Nathaniel and his family were in Massachusetts by 1637, when Nathaniel is named in the 18 Dec 1637 allocation of house lots to his two sons. In January 1638, Nathaniel "the elder" was allotted land at Muddy River,[2] receiving 28 acres, which indicates that he had a household of 7.[1][3]
The last record of Nathaniel Sr. is found on 18 July 1661, when "Nathaniell Woodward of Boston in New Engld in the County of Suffolke Carpenter and Margaret his wife" sold to John Marion for £100 the remainder of their holdings, land and house and orchards, listed in the Book of Possessions.[3][4]
The Inventory of a Nathaniel Woodward's estate taken on 11 December 1675, Boston, Massachusetts, is often cited as proof of his death. The will in the probate packet, however, proves that this was NOT Nathaniel Sr., it was his grandson, a mariner, the son of Robert Woodward.
About Nathaniel Woodward
Arrived in Boston, Mass before 1635. Member of First Church. Had sold all his land by 1661 when he was at least 71. Perhaps moved to Taunton or to England. He had married second wife, Margaret, about 1638. She died or left Boston 1661.
Nathaniel came to Boston in 1630 and became a member of the FirstChurch in Boston that year. He brought three of his sons with him but apparently was a widower since no wife joined the church with him. He was a mathematician and surveyor sent by the King to survey the line between Massachusetts and Connecticut, employed, per Colonial Records I. 237, to run the line, 1638, between Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony and also the line between Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut. Afterwards he was sent to survey land north of the Merrimac, and the boundry between Charlestown and Lynn. He was trained as a carpenter , but the Colony used him as a surveyor on many occasions. He led the crew that laid the border between Mass. Bay Colony and Plymouth Colony, the later between Mass. Bay and Connecticut.
He was admitted as a freeman on 17 apr 1637. The last reference to him is to be found in 1661, but last reference to his property in 1670, but he is never refered to as "The LateNathaniel Woodward". He may have gone to Taunton, where he and his son had property, or even back to England. He was by then at least 71years old.
Named in Journal of American Genealogy, it said that hecame from Warwickshire, where his family held positions in the"Magistracy" and the Courte Elite of the county. It said that a Nathaniel and a Samuel were cited by a Bishop's bench in 1630 to go to the hall of the Lord de Bermingham {Birmingham} to take an oath thatt hey would not preach their Puritanism outside their home. They instead left with two yeoman, Henry Saterlee and Richard Sumner toWhitehaven, to take passage to Boston. It also said that papers exist in the Archives at Aston Hall that prove that this Woodward line is'closely related' to the main Shoevington Manor and Standish Manor,Lancastershire. These papers were deposited there in1840, and were a sworn copy of another set that were in the BoroughLibrary at Birmingham, Warwickshire. A letter was found at CastleBromwich Hall to Lord de Bradford written by Nathan Woordward in 1644, bearing the postal mark of 'Roxboro', Massachusetts .
Source: SOME ANCESTORS OF NATHANIEL WOODWARD,MATHMETICIAN 1940. The family could have come from Wiltshire, or from Lincolnshire, since his son Nathaniel married a girl from Boston. He came to Boston prior to 1633, when he joined the First Church as a member.
See also about the various Woodward families in New England: Woodward DNA Genealogy
Born in England circa 1585 M Margaret Lawrence who died in England, see Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
In England he was the standard bearer and later a captain of the Warwich Yeoman Guards, and was founder, or a prominent supporter of the Standish Hall branch of these guards.
A Puritan who left England rather than take an oath to keep his teachings within his own family. He was fined for refusing to take the oath. He received a royal grant in 1637 of twenty-eight acres in Roxbury, MA, bordering the "cedar swamp" on the southwest, who is shown by the Book of Possessions to have owned a lot occupying the present northeast corner of Washington and Summer streets in Boston, where his residence probably was. See PROCEEDINGS OF THE BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 22, 1908 BROOKLINE, MASS. PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY MCMVIII.
He was a surveyor for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was in Boston by 1638/9.
M 2 Margaret, in Boston, MA, Margaret, who survived him. He died in Boston after 1661.
Nathaniel Woodward seems to have been the standard bearer and later gallant captain of the Warwich Yeoman Guards, and was founder, or a prominent supporter of the Standish Hall branch of these guards. He was a stron Puritan and apparently hot-headed for he was cited in 1632 by a bench of Anglican Bishops to the hall of Lord de Birlmingham to take oath to keep his Puritan teachings wihtin his own family and home. Unwilling to do this and heavily fined by the cclesisstical court, he gave notice with his brother, Ezekiel, likwise cited, that he would leave England for good. Some time late, Lord de Bradford of Castle Bromwich near Birmingham, England, who was interested in Nathaniel because of his gallant service in the Warwich Guards, ordered remittance of the fines levied against Nathaniel and Ezekiel and severely censured the Warwickshire Episcopal Court for its arbitrary procedure. A Grand Jury thereupon caused the British Government of Charles I to grant lands inb New England to the brothers Nathaniel and Ezekiel, now freemen. It is said that there Royal Grants were made in 1642 in the township of Roxbury, Mass.
Nathaniel Woodward was married on 19 September 1608, Rushden, Northamptonshire, England, to Margaret Lawrence. Seven children were baptised in Rushden, and an additional four were baptized at nearby Puddington , Bedfordshire.
The Rushden, Northhamptonshire, parish registers provide a marriage record:[1]
"The xix day of September Nathaniell woodward & Margerett Larence was married the yeare above written [1608]"
Baptisms found in the Rushden registers:[1]
[torn] of Nathaniel Woodward [Nov 1607 and Aug 1609]
The xxijth daye of September John the sonne of nathanll woodward ws baptized in Anno p[er] dicto [1610]
The xxijth of februarie Robart the sone of nathaniell woodward ws Baptized the yeare above written [1611/2]
The zziiijth of Aprill Elizabeth the daughter of Nathaniell woodward was Baptised in Anno pr dic [1614]
The Twelvth day of may Anne Daughter of Nathaniell woodward was baptized [1616]
The vth day of Octobr Lambert the sonne of Nathaniell woodward was baptised [1617]
The vjth day of ffebruary Thomas the sonne of nathaniell woodward was baptised [1619/20]
From the burial registers at Rushden:[1]
The xvth daye of June Agnes the daughter of Nathaniell woodward was buried [1618]
In nearby Pudddington, the following baptisms are found in the Parish Registers:[1]
[1623] James Woodward the sonne Nathaniel Woodward bapt: one & twentith of Septembr
[1625] Ezechiel Woodard filius Nathaniellis Woodard bapt: octavo die May [8 May]
[1626] Baniamin Wooddard filius Nath: Wooddard bapt eodem die [quint die Nowembris] [5 November]
[1628/9] prudentia Woodard filia Nathanielis Woodward baptizat Januaris [rest of entry hidden - 18 January, per Parish Register Transcripts]
The Puddington church's Poor Rate books indicate that Nathaniel's household contained 6 children in 1621, 7 in 1623, 8 in 1625, and 7 in 1627. Only four were baptized in Puddington 1623-1628, and it is likely Nathaniel & his wife were married and had at least six children elsewhere before moving to Puddington. The baptisms & death in Rushden exactly match the number of children listed in the Podington poor records.[1]
Nathaniel and his family were in Massachusetts by 1637, when Nathaniel is named in the 18 Dec 1637 allocation of house lots to his two sons. In January 1638, Nathaniel "the elder" was allotted land at Muddy River,[2] receiving 28 acres, which indicates that he had a household of 7.[1][3]
The last record of Nathaniel Sr. is found on 18 July 1661, when "Nathaniell Woodward of Boston in New Engld in the County of Suffolke Carpenter and Margaret his wife" sold to John Marion for £100 the remainder of their holdings, land and house and orchards, listed in the Book of Possessions.[3][4]
The Inventory of a Nathaniel Woodward's estate taken on 11 December 1675, Boston, Massachusetts, is often cited as proof of his death. The will in the probate packet, however, proves that this was NOT Nathaniel Sr., it was his grandson, a mariner, the son of Robert Woodward.