Joseph WOODFORD

- 1710

• Name	Joseph WOODFORD  [1, 2]
  	Freeman, 1664; he was an extensive land-owner, "Supposed by some to be son of Thomas, of Hartford, without any evidence to sustain the conjecture and against the presumption to be derived from the will of Thomas." (Savage, 4, p. 638.) Savage thinks he may have been born inEngland. At the Oct. session 1663 of the General Assembly, Joseph Woodford was named among those who were "to stand at the Court in May next for their freedome." At that session the record reads, "this court orders...that those of Farmington have the oath of Freedom administered to them by Mr. Howkins; This Court having accepted of the persons presented by the Deputies of the aforesaid towns, as freeman." Undoubtedly he was at this session made Freeman. His death does not appear to have been recorded; the fact that he made his will in 1701 has led writers to state that he died that year; that such an inference is wrong is shown by the heading to the inventory of his estate, dated Oct 25, 1710:-- "An inventory of the estate of Joseph Woodford Senier of farmington Latly deseased is as follows". [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1710  [1]
  Person ID	I83253	Main Tree
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas WOODFORD,   b. Abt 1614   d. 6 Mar 1667, Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Mary BLOTT,   c. 1609
  Marriage	Abt 1636  [3]
  Family ID	F26227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca NEWELL,   b. Abt 1643   d. Bef 29 Mar 1700 (Age 57 years)
  Children	1. Mary WOODFORD   d. 9 Nov 1723  [Birth]   2. Rebecca WOODFORD  [Birth]   3. Esther WOODFORD   d. 5 Apr 1742  [Birth]   4. Sarah WOODFORD   d. 21 Sep 1750  [Birth] + 5. Hannah WOODFORD   d. 4 Nov 1757  [Birth]   6. Joseph WOODFORD,   b. Abt 1677   d. 7 Feb 1760 (Age 83 years)  [Birth] + 7. Susannah WOODFORD,   c. 3 Dec 1682  [Birth]   8. Abigail WOODFORD,   b. 1685, Avon, Connecticut d. 1736 (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F34036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S01765] Ancestry.com: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut. [S13030] New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Third Supplement.