Lt. Archelaus Woodman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: say 1634, Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England; He lived there before emigrating.
• Passenger List: 5 Apr 1635, Southampton, Hampshire, England; He is on the passenger list of the James out of Southampton. He was listed as a mercer of Christian Malford. The James was a sister ship to the Angel Gabriel which brought the three Burnham brothers in 1635. The Angel Gabriel was considered a bark, or a three-masted ship, weighing 240 tons and carrying 12 guns. On May 23, 1635, she and another ship, the James, plus several other ships left Bristol, England with colonists for America. The Angel Gabriel and James touched at Milford Haven, Pembroke County in South Wales. They then sailed two weeks and became separated and arrived off the English coast nearly at the same time. On June 14, 1635, many went ashore and attended Church services at a place called Nangle. After a twelve day delay there, they left on June 22, 1635. Capt. Taylor of the James and Capt. Robert Andrews of the Angel Gabriel. The James was a faster ship and pulled ahead of the Angel Gabriel on July 4, 1635. During the storm, the James was more fortunate than the Angel Gabriel. The James was at anchor at Isle of shoals, was torn from her anchor, and set to sea where two days later she arrived in Boston and passengers embarked on August 17, 1635. Two passengers aboard the James who would become quite famous were Richard and Cotton Mather.
• Married: Before 1637; Elizabeth _____. She joined the church in 1674 in Newbury, Massachusetts. She died on Friday 17 December 1677 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Woodman (c1638-____) 2. Elizabeth Woodman
• Freeman: 17 May 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He went on foot from Newbury to Cambridge, along with six others, to take the freeman's oath.
• Residence: 1642, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Archelaus was listed as a freeholder.
• Land/House: 1645, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was granted a house lot.
• Offices Held: 27 Apr 1648, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a Constable.
• History: 9 Sep 1653; He was mentioned in will of John Pemberton of Lawford, Essex, England as "Hercules Woodman of Newbury."
• Offices Held: 1661, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.
• Military: 31 May 1670 to 4 Jun 1685; He was a Lieutenant in the Newbury Militia Company.
• Offices Held: 1670/71, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was a Commissioner of Small Causes.
• Religion: 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He, and his wife, Elizabeth joined the Church.
• Offices Held: 7 Oct 1674; He was elected a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Newbury. He served again in 1675.
• Offices Held: 6 Mar 1674/75, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was a Prudential Man.
• History: 1677; Lt. Archelaus Woodman took the Oath of Allegiance.
• Offices Held: 1677, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was Tythingman.
• Married: 13 Nov 1678, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; Dorothy Swan, the daughter of Richard and Ann Swan. She was born about 1636 in England. On 13 July 1655 Dorothy, married first, Thomas Abbott, son of George Abbott, in Rowley, Massachusetts. They lived in Rowley, and had no children. After 10 June 1658 Dorothy, married second, Edward Chapman of Ipswich. his first wife, Mary Symonds, having died 10 June 1658. She died on Tuesday 21 October 1710 in Rowley, Massachusetts. They had no children together.
• History: Aug 1688, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was taxed at Newbury.
• Land/House: 6 Jan 1689, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts; He deeded land in Newbury, Massachusetts to Archelaus Adams, listing Adams as his grandson.
• History: 9 Nov 1695; Lt. Archelaus Woodman deposed giving his age as 80 years.

Notes:

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His first name was also recorded as "Hercules" or "Harchelas".

History:
Hoyt (1897) says 1678.