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Thankful Woodward 1646–1724 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1646

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Death Date: 1724

Death Location: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Father: * MA

Mother: Elizabeth Woodward

Spouse(s): Captain Taylor

Children(s): Mindwell Taylor**

Thankful Woodward was born in 1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, the child of Dr Henry Dorchester Woodward Mather I Of Lancashire Dorchester And Northampton Ma And Elizabeth Porter Mather Woodward. Thankful Woodward married Captain John Taylor, and had children including Mindwell Taylor. Thankful Woodward passed away in 1724 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.

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Biography

  • Thankful Woodward was born in 1646 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, the child of Dr Henry Dorchester Woodward Mather I Of Lancashire Dorchester And Northampton Ma And Elizabeth Porter Mather Woodward.
  • Thankful Woodward married Captain John Taylor, and had children including Mindwell Taylor.
  • Thankful Woodward passed away in 1724 in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT.

Immediate Family

Parents

* MA
1607–1683
Birth Location: Much Woolton, Lancashire, England
*M
Elizabeth Woodward
1617–1690
Birth Location: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
EW

Spouses(s)

Captain Taylor
1641–1704
Birth Location: Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
CT

Children(s)

Mindwell Taylor**
1677–1761
Birth Location: Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA
MT

Thankful Woodward's Ancestors

Self
Thankful Woodward
1646–1724
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
Parents
* Dr Henry Dorchester Woodward (Mather) I * of Lancashire, Dorchester, and Northampton, MA
1607–1683
Much Woolton, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Porter Mather) Woodward
1617–1690
Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Woodworth (Eng)or) woodward
1567–1612
Childwall, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Woodworth (Tyson) (Eng))
1571–1690
All Saints, Lancashire, England
Rev. (Richard Mather Puritan minister, prolific author, leader of New England Congregationalism, Oxford) alumni
1596–1669
Mather Lane, Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England
Catherine (Elizabeth Holt) Mather
1596–1655
Bury, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thankful Woodward's Descendants

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Thankful Woodward (1646–1724) m. Captain (John) Taylor (1641–05/13/1704)
  1. 1. Mindwell Taylor** 1677–1761 m. Jonathan Burt 1671–1745
    1. 1. Mindwell Burt 1700–1788 m. Lieut. (Josiah) King 1693–1788
      1. 1. Elizabeth King 1730–1753 m. William Alexander 1720–1786
        1. 1. Eleanor (Ellen) Alexander 1743–1806 m. Samuel Rankin 1732–1814
      2. 2. Mindwell Pease 1733–1831
      3. 3. Phebe Austin 1728–1820
      4. 4. Experience Granger 1738–1823
      5. 5. Lydia Gay 1725–1787
      6. 6. Seth King 1735–1762
      7. 7. Josiah King 1731–1815
      8. 8. Lydia Gay 1725–1757
      9. 9. Rhoda Williston 1741–1828

Thankful Woodward's Timeline

2 Records

1646
1646
Birth of Thankful Woodward in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
1724
1724
Age 78
Death of Thankful Woodward in Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
Norwalk, Fairfield, CT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1646
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1724
    Event Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
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