Person:John Woodbury (2)

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John Woodbury
b.Bef 1583
d.Bef Jan 1641/42
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1579
  1. John WoodburyBef 1583 - Bef 1641/42
  2. William WoodburyAbt 1589 - 1676/77
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John WoodburyBef 1583 - Bef 1641/42
  • W.  Johan BishopBef 1588 - Bef 1629
m. 3 May 1607
  1. Humphrey WoodburyAbt 1608 -
  2. Johan Woodbury1607/08 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John WoodburyBef 1583 - Bef 1641/42
  • W.  Agnes Napper1598 - 1672
m. Bef 1629
  1. John WoodburyEst 1629 - 1672
  2. Hannah Woodbury1636 -
  3. Abigail Woodbury1637 -
  4. Deacon Peter Woodbury1640 - 1704
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Facts and Events
Name[1] John Woodbury
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1583 Based on estimated date of first marriage.
Marriage 3 May 1607 West Coker, Somerset, EnglandBased on estimated date of birth of only known child.
to Johan Bishop
Emigration[1] 1624
Residence[1] 1624 Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Residence[1] 1626 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1629 to Agnes Napper
Other[1] 18 May 1631 Admitted freeman.
Death[1] Bef Jan 1641/42
Alt Death? 3 Dec 1641 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[1] 27 Jun 1643 Will proved.
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New England

"John Woodbury, who was one of the original settlers of Beverly, came from Somersetshire, England, under the direction of the Dorchester company, which established itself at Cape Ann about 1624. He came to Salem, was made a freeman in 1630 [actually 18 May 1631], and in 1635 was chosen a Deputy to the General Court. He was an original member of the First Church in Salem. In 1636, he received a grant of 200 acres of land on Bass river. He died in 1641."S4

He was assigned by the Dorchester company settlers (led by Roger Conant) to return to England in 1627 to represent the "condition and prospects of the colony" and returned in June of 1628. The group received a patent as the Massachusetts Bay Company on 19 Mar 1627. The settlement at Cape Ann had been moved to the nearby Indian village of Naumkeag (abandoned due to disease), which was renamed Salem in 1629. John Woodbury's mission was a success, as about 100 new settlers came in 1628 and another 300 more in 1629.S5

John Woodbury served on numerous juries in the Salem Quarterly Court, several times as foreman. Last served 29 Jun 1641; is noted as being a member of the 25 Jan 1641/2 Grand Jury, but is "absent, now dead."S1,S3

He with others filed a civil case, John Woodbury, Peter Palfrey and John Balch v. Elizabeth Babson, in the 24 Sep 1639 session.S1

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Footnotes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 John Woodbury, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    III:2054-2057.

    ORIGIN: Somersetshire.
    MIGRATION: 1624.
    RETURN TRIPS: To England in 1627 to explain to those interested, financially and otherwise, the condition, needs and prospects of the settlement, and return to New England in 1628.
    CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "John Woodberye" was on a list of Salem church members compiled in late 1636, with the later notation "dead" [SChR 5].
    FREEMAN: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 18 May 1631 [MBCR 1:79, 366].
    ESTATE: … The will of John Woddbury was proved 27 June 1643, but not recorded. Executris, widow Ann Woodbury, brought in an inventory on 20 February 1643[/4] [EPR 1:21].
    DEATH: At January 1641/2 term of Salem Court called as a Salem grandjuryman and noted "absent, now dead" [EQC 1:33].

  2.   "Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
    Vol 3, 1899.

    p. 81-83 Served on jury 27 Jun 1636, 28 Mar 1637, 27 Jun 1637, 3 Oct 1637, 26 Dec 1637.
    p. 84-85 Foreman of jury: 27 Mar 1638, 26 Jun 1638. Served on jury 25 Sep 1638, 25 Dec 1638.
    p. 85 Foreman of jury, 25 Mar 1639
    p. 126 Note regarding suit of John Woodbury, Peter Palfrey and John Balch v. Elizabeth Babson.
    p. 156-157: Served on jury 31 Mar 1640
    p. 188-189: Served on jury 29 Sep 1640
    p. 190-191: Served on jury 30 Dec 1641 [actually 1640 based on order of records]

  3.   "Salem Quarterly Court Records and Files", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian)
    Vol 4 p. 23, 1900.

    p. 23-24: Served on jury 29 Jun 1641; assigned to a subpanel of 3 to determine case of Richard In[g]ersell v. Jos[h]ua Verrin "by six o'clock to-morrow."
    p. 58-59: Was to be a Grand Jury member in the 25 Jan 1641/2 court session; noted as "absent, now dead"

  4.   "Sketches of Alumni", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol 1 p. 84-85, Jan 1847.
  5.   Massachusetts Bay Colony, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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