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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: Dr 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

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thankful Woodward's Ancestors

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Thankful Woodward
1646–1724
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
Parents
Dr Henry Dorchester Woodward (Mather) I * of Lancashire, Dorchester, and Northampton, MA
1607–1683
All Saints, Childwall, Lancashire, England
Elizabeth (Porter Mather) Woodward
1617–1690
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Edward (Thomas) Woodward
1567–1612
Standish, Lancashire, England
Ellis Mather
1596–1669
Mather Lane, Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Jane HAWTE
1539–1605
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
    1. 1. Eleazer Burt 1718–1787 m. Abigail Baker 1736–1791
      1. 1. Elizabeth Burt 1766–1848 m. Simeon (Bartlett) #2 1764–1844
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bartlett 1800–1862 m. Elizur Hall 1800–1884

Thankful Woodward's Timeline

5 Records

1646
1646
Birth of Thankful Woodward in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
1662
13 Nov 1662
Age 16
Thankful Woodward was married in Northampton, Massachusetts
Northampton, Massachusetts
1662
18 Dec 1662
Age 16
Thankful Woodward was married in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
1714
1 Jul 1714
Age 68
Thankful Woodward was married in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 175
    [3] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [4] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 8841.542; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [5] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1662
    Event Place: Northampton, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1662
    Event Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1 Jul 1714
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Ashfield
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Warwick, Rhode Island
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1724
    Event Place: Norwalk, Fairfield, CT
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850

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