Lt. John Woods

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 3 Jun 1725, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Longley, the daughter of John and Sarah (Prescott) Longley. She was born on 28 March 1706 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 28 March 1773 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah's gravestone inscription in Old Burial Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lies ye remains of Mrs. Sarah Woods ye wife of Leiut John Woods who departed this Life March 28th 1773 aged 67 years. A faithful wife, a tender mother, a diligent & prudent mistress of a Family and a pious christian, She lived beloved, died lamented, with a comfort- able hope of entering into ye joy of her Lord. Her children arise up & call her blessed; her husband also & he praiseth her Issue: 1. Sarah Woods (1726-____) 2. John Woods (1728-1728) 3. Susannah Woods (1730-____) 4. Alice Woods (1732-____) 5. Lucy Woods (1735-1765) 6. John Woods (1737-____) 7. Benjamin Woods (1739-1758) 8. Abigail Woods (1741-____) 9. David Woods (1746-____)
• Military: say 1740; He was a lieutenant in the militia.
• Married: say 1774; Deborah _____. She survived John.

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Birth:
Savage (1862) gives his birth as 4 March 1698.

Name:

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Buried:
HERE LIES BURIED
Y^e BODY OF
Mr NATHANIEL
WOODS WHO
DEC^d JUNE Y^e
20^th ANNO 1738
IN Y^e 71^st YEAR
OF HIS AGE

Nathaniel married Alice about 1693. Alice was born about 1673/74 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1717/18 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
She was 45 years old when she died.

Buried:
Here Lyes Ye Body
of Mrs. Alice Woods
Wife to Mr Nathaniel
Woods, Who Decd.
Janry ye 10th 1717/8 in ye
45th year of Her Age

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1653, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a member of train-band.
• Moved To: say 1656, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1662, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Moved To: 1676, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; When Groton was destroyed during King Philip's War, he returned to Watertown, Massachusetts.
• History: 1677, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He signed an agreement at Concord, Massachusetts to resettle Groton.

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Name:

Samuel married Alice Rushton on 28 Sep 1659 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Alice was born about 1636; died on 17 Apr 1712 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]