Jonathan Woodward

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 27 Jan 1742, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Mary Brown. the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Simmonds) Brown. She was born on 20 January 1720/21 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 21 October 1764 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Woodward (1743-____) 2. Thankful Woodward (1745-1813) 3. Jonathan Woodward (1747-____) 4. Jonas Woodward (1748-1764) 5. Mary Woodward (1750-____) 6. Ann Woodward (1753-1820) 7. Amos Woodward (1755-1841) 8. Hulda Woodward (1757-____) 9. Seth Woodward (1759-____)
• Offices Held: 1744, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Hogreeve.
• Offices Held: 1748, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Surveyor of Highways. Jonathan served again as Surveyor in 1760.
• Offices Held: 1751, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Tithingman. He was chosen again in 1757.
• Offices Held: 1762, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was chosen a Constable, but was fined for not serving.
• Offices Held: 1763 to 1764, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Fence Viewer.
• Offices Held: 1764 to 1766, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the surveyor of Boards and Timber.
• Married: 13 Feb 1766, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Patience Leland, the daughter of Joseph and Esther (Thurston) Leland. She was born on 26 May 1722 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 18 March 1741/42 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Patience married first James Whitney, son of Deacon James Whitney and Martha Rice. Pierce (1895) gives the place of marriage as Framingham, Massachusetts. She and James Whitney moved in 1744 to Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 13 May 1759 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Patience married second Deacon Jospeh Damon. Issue: 1. Rhoda Woodward (1767-____)
• Offices Held: 1768, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Deer-Reeve.

Notes:

Married:
Bond (1860) gives their marriage date as 2 June 1743 on page 122, an error.