Person:John Woodman (3)

Received as an inhabitant granted 100 acres and built home there, which became one of the garrison houses; "This house was burnt in 1896. The hearthstone from this house is in front of the Oyster River Middle School in Durham and has a plaque reading: 'Hearthstone of Woodman Garrison, 1658-1896.'" (Rob Roy)

TENTATIVE: Capt. John Woodman (Woodin)(13167) was born between 1630 and 1634 in Corsham, Wiltshire, England. ( He sailed to America aboard the "James" with his parents, brother John and uncle Archelaus on 3 Jun 1635 from London, Middlesex, England. He immigrated on 3 Jun 1635 to Newbury, Essex, MA. He was one of the earliest settlers in 1648 in Ipswich, Essex, MA.(13172) He resided in 1657 in Dover, Stafford, NH. ( He was received as an inhabitant on 17 Jun 1657 in Durham (then Oyster River), Dover, NH. He was granted 100 acres and built home there, which became one of the garrison houses on 10 Nov 1657 in Dover, Stafford, NH. "This house was burnt in 1896. The hearthstone from this house is in front of the Oyster River Middle School in Durham and has a plaque reading: 'Hearthstone of Woodman Garrison, 1658-1896.'" (Rob Roy) He took the oath of freeman in 1666. He served as representative in 1684.(13182) He had an estate probated on 4 Feb 1706/7 in Exeter, Rockingham, NH. ( He died on 17 Sep 1706 in Dover, Stafford, NH. He was buried in Woodman Cemetery, Durham, NH.

He was married to Mary Field on 15 Jul 1656 in Newbury, Essex, MA. Children were: Mary Woodman, Martha Woodman, John Woodman, Mary Woodman, Sarah Woodman, Jonathan Woodman , Hannah Woodman.

He was married to Sarah Burnham on 17 Oct 1700 in Dover, Stafford, NH.

1. ↑ Woodman, John A. Genealogy and history of the descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at "Ould Newbury" Province of Massachusetts Bay. (Ocala, Florida: J.A. Woodman], c1995)
   pp 10, 15.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Morse, Theoda Mears, and Charles W. White. A genealogical history of the families of Morrill, Maine. (Morrill, Maine: Morrill Historical Society, 1957)
   p 442.
3. ↑ Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. (Providence, RI, 1897-1919)
   p 366.
4. ↑ Woodman, J. H. (Jabez Howard). A list of the descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1973)
   p 7.
5. ↑ Canney, Robert S. (Robert Sayward). The early marriages of Strafford County, New Hampshire, 1630-1850. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, c1991)
   p 1080.
6.   Descendants and Ancestors of Lt. Edward Woodman
   pp 10-11.
7. ↑ Felt, Joseph B. History of Ipswich, Essex, and Hamilton. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Printed by C. Folsom, 1834)
   "First Settlers".
8. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   4:641.

   JOHN, Newbury, s. of Edward the first, had been perhaps
   at Ipswich 1648, but at N. m. 15 July 1656, Mary Field, and
   next yr. was establ. at Dover, freem. 1666, had John, Mary, and
   Sarah, wh. all outliv. him, and perhaps others; was capt. rep.
   1684, and d. a. 1707. (Savage 4:641)

9. ↑ Extracts from Dover Town Records
   p 247.
10. ↑ Quint, Reverend Alonzo H. Genealogical Items Relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, N.H. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1851; Jan, Jul, Oct 1852; Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1853; Jan, Apr, Jul 1854; Jan 1855)
    p 145.