Woodruff Genealogy" (Boston 1905)
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1 MATHEW WOODRUFF Died Farmington Conn. September 1682; married Hannah —. Children: 2 JOHN bpt 16 May 1658. 3 MATHEW bpt 16 May 1658. HANNAH bpt 2 Apr. 1654 Farmington "aged about 5½ years" d 16 Sept. 1712 Farmington m Richard Seymour b ca 1645 Hartford, Conn. d ca 1710 Farmington s Richard and Mercy (Ruscoe) Seymour. ELIZABETH bpt 2 Apr. 1654 Farmington "aged 2 yr. 5 mo." m 29 Oct. 1678 John Broughton of Northampton, Mass. d 5 Jan. 1731 s John and Hannah (Bascom) Broughton. MARY bpt 5 Nov. 1654 Farmington d y. 4 SAMUEL b 26 Aug. 1661. 2 JOHN WOODRUFF (Mathew 1) bpt 16 May 1658 Farmington æ “15 yr. And upward” d May 1692 Farmington m Mary Winchell b ca 1643 prob dau Robert Winchell of Windsor, Conn. The medical journal of Gov. John Winthrop (now in the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston) contains references to Mary Woodruff. In the years 1667-1669 he treated her six times for various ailments. The entry dated 3 May 1669 reads: “Woodruffe Mary 26 y:daught of G. Winchell of Windsor. Wife of John of Farmington hath flux since yesterday &....”, followed by a medical prescription. John Woodruff was a freeman of Farmington 12 Oct. 1669, and held the offices of townsman (1684-85) and fence viewer (1684). He and his wife joined the church in Farmington on 1 March 1679/80. His will was as follows. Farmington Aprill the 18: 1692 The last will & testament of John Woodrof Sen’r as followeth. I being weak in body yet sownd in understanding yet not knowing what a chang God may make upon me my desire is to commit my spirit to God that gave it believing that when soule and body shall part that the angells will convey my soule into the armes of my Mercifull redeemer where I shall have rest from sin & sorrow & enjoy pleasures for ever more my desire is to setle that little worldly estate that God hath giuen me in some order. 1. my will is that my lawfull debts be duly payd. 2. I give to my son John Woodrough my house and Homstead with all its appurtenances onely I give to my deere & Louing wife a convenient room in my house & a part of my Barn & Home lott as much as shall be for her conveniency so long as she shall beare the name Woodroffe. 3. I give unto my sonnes John Woodroffe & Joseph Woodroffe all the land in the great meadow. I give to my son John all my land which lyeth on the South side of my great bottom which lyeth on the North side of a little piece of plowing land which I had in exchange of Ensigne Thomas Heart which lyne is to run from the east end Thomas Hearts land between the foresayd grass land & little piece of plowing land down Eastward to the round Hill shall be the divuiding line, between my Two sons & all my land on the Northward side of this divideing lyne I give to my son Joseph Woodroffe. 5. (sic) I give to my son John Woodroffe my East division of upland layd out against..(illegible) Boundes. 6. I give to my grandson John Roote my east diuision of upland layd out against Hartford boundes. 7. I give to my son Joseph Woodroffe Two acres of land in the little meadow & forty or fifty acres in any of my other outlands where he choose it & the rest of my outlands to be diuided between my two sons John & Joseph. Onely my fower acres of land which I bought of Jonathan Smith my Will is that it shall be sold for the payment of some of my debts. 8. I give to my deare & loueing wife my feather bed with the furniture belonging to it & my great Ketle & my Iron pott & my great skillet & as much of my other houshold stuffe as is necessary during the time of her widowhood & my will is that my wife shall have the benefit of my sons Josephs land till he comes of age & then my sons John & Joseph shall bear an equal proportion each with the other for the Honerable mayntenance of their Mother if she remain a widow & I give to my wife to give to whom she pleases a cowe. 9. I give to my 4 daughters namely Hanna & Febee & Marget & Abigale all my personall estate & my will is that my daughter Hannah & my daughter Pheebe shall receive their portions presently & be sett at Liberty & my two youngest daughters Margaret & Abigale shall receive their portions at eighteen years of age or at the day of marriage. 10. My will is that my whole estate both reall & personall shall bear an equall proportion in the payment of my Just debts according to valuation in Inventory. My will is that my daughter Mary Roote shall have five pounds out of my estate. I doe allso make my two sons John & Joseph whole & sole executors to all my estate. Witnesses: John Orton John Woodroffe Thomas Orton I doe also desire & request my loueing Brother Samuel Woodroff & my cousin John Orton to be ouerseers to this my Will. John Orton & Thomas Orton personally appeared & gave oath to the within written that it is the Will of John Woodroff deceased & sigened with his own hand. Before me Thomas Heart, Commissioner Farmington May the 23, 1692 I give to my loueing wife all the wareing Lining in the house excepting my childrens with out any farder prizell. John Woodroffe Farmington May the 16, 1692 A Inventory of John Woodrofs Sen’r estate lately deceased N D The House & Homstead 050-00-00 Land in the Meadow 142-00-00 Pasture land with other lands 056-00-00 Neet cattle hors, Swine & sheep 050-00-00 Cart Plows other instruments of Husbandry 006-08-00 Pewter Brass Earthenware & Tinn 005-05-00 Household Iron other things arms & 009-00-00 In Beding & bookes chayrs & boxes 014-00-00 In wearing Cloathes 009-10-00 A Hetchell Chears Sacks with other things 000-16-06 Wooden ware provision in the house 005-10-00 353-09-06 Apprized by us John Orton - Samuel Newell. The childrens names with their age: John Woodroffe 23 Hana Woodroffe 21 Joseph Woodroffe 13 Phebe Woodroffe 16 Mary Woodroffe 25 Marget Woodroffe 10 Abygale Woodroffe 8 An Adjourned Court held at Hartford May 24, 1692. The last Will & Testament of John Woodroffe was exhibited in court & proved & ordered to be recorded & an inventory of his estate which is also ordered to be recorded oath being made to the truth thereof as far as at present is known & If more come to knowledge it is to be added to the Inventory. Children: MARY b 1667 m(1) John Root Jr. b 11 Sept.1669 d 1710 s John and Hannah (Hayes) Root; (2) Nathaniel Winchell. 5 JOHN b 1669. HANNAH b 1671 Farmington d 12 Sept. 1713 Waterbury, Conn. m 5 Dec. 1697 Farmington Israel Richardson d 18 Dec. 1712 Waterbury s Thomas and Mary (Senior) Richardson. PHEBE b 1676 Farmington d 4 Febr. 1711/12 Farmington m 11 Febr. 1696/97 Farmington Nathaniel Cowles b 11 Febr. 1672/73 d 1729 Farmington s Samuel and Abigail (Stanley) Cowles. 6 JOSEPH b 1679. MARGARET bpt 23 Apr. 1682 Farmington d 6 June 1710 Farmington. ABIGAIL b 8 Mar. 1683/84 bpt 30 Mar. 1684 Farmington d 6 Aug. 1720 Farmington m 16 Nov. 1705 Farmington Thomas Thompson b 25 Mar. 1678 Farmington d 29 Mar. 1735 Farmington s Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Thompson. 3 MATHEW WOODRUFF (Mathew 1) bpt 16 May 1658 Farmington "in the 12 year of his life" d Nov. 1691 Farmington m(1) 16 June 1668 Milford, Conn. Mary Plumb b 9 Febr. 1644/45 Milford dau Robert and Mary (Baldwin)Plumb; (2) 1686 Sarah North b 23 Dec. 1653 d 1692 Farmington dau John and Mary (Bird) North. He removed to Milford, Conn., where he was made a freeman 11 May 1671 and probably remained there until after the death of his first wife, when he returned to Farmington. There he held a number of local offices, being on several occasions (1682 and later) chosen "haward" or "hayward". In 1683 his mark or brand "for neat, sheep & swein.... A swallow Cropp in ye near ear: & hors a halfpenny in ye under sied of ye near ear." At a Court of Election held in Hartford 13 May 1686, "John Rue having appealed from the judgment of the Court of Assistants, wherein they freed Mathew Woodrofe from being the reputed father of the child that Hannah, the now wife of sayd Rue, brought forth next after her marriage with Rue, the Court haveing heard what hath been presented to them, see no reason to alter or vary from what the Court hath done." The estate of Mathew Woodruff, as noted in Vol. I of "Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District", was inventoried 18 Nov. 1691 by John Orton and John Lee, and amounted to £334-08-02. In the record of the distribution of the estate, the children were listed thus: "Mathew Woodruff about 23 years old, John about 19 years old, Samuell 14 years next Aprill, Nathaniell about 5 years, Joseph about 2 years ½, Mary neere 21 years old infirm in her leggs, Sary about 17 years old, hannah about 10 years old, Elizabeth about 12 years." Children: 7 MATHEW b 8 Febr. 1668/69. MARY b 27 Dec. 1670 Milford d 27 Sept. 1713 Farmington unm.