Person:Joseph Woodruff (16)

Watchers
Sergeant Joseph Woodruff
b.Cal 1679 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d.Bef 24 Mar 1731/32 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1667
  1. Mary WoodruffCal 1667 - Aft 1709/10
  2. John WoodruffCal 1669 - Bet 1726/27 & 1727
  3. Hannah WoodruffCal 1671 - 1713
  4. Phebe WoodruffCal 1676 - 1711/12
  5. Sergeant Joseph WoodruffCal 1679 - Bef 1731/32
  6. Margaret Woodruff1682 - 1710
  7. Abigail Woodruff1683/84 - 1710
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Joseph WoodruffCal 1679 - Bef 1731/32
  • W.  Hannah Clark1680 - Bet 1706 & 1707
m. Bef 1704
  1. Hannah Woodruff1704 - 1781
  2. Josiah Woodruff1706 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Sergeant Joseph WoodruffCal 1679 - Bef 1731/32
  • W.  Elizabeth Curtis1679 - Aft 1732
m. 15 Apr 1708
  1. Lydia Woodruff1710 - 1750
  2. Phebe Woodruff1712 - 1737
  3. Jonathan Woodruff1714 -
  4. Joseph Woodruff1716 - 1799
  5. Zebulon Woodruff1717/18 -
  6. Abigail Woodruff1719/20 - 1754
  7. Judah Woodruff1722 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][4] Sergeant Joseph Woodruff
Gender Male
Birth[2] Cal 1679 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Marriage Bef 1704 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Hannah Clark
Marriage 15 Apr 1708 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto Elizabeth Curtis
Will[1][3] 16 Jan 1729/30 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[3] Bef 24 Mar 1731/32 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][3] 24 Mar 1731/32 £1002-09-07. Taken by Joseph Hawley, Daniel Judd and John Merrells.
Probate[3] 2 Apr 1732 Will exhibited.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 6 Joseph Woodruff, in Abbott, Susan Woodruff. Woodruff Genealogy : Descendants of Mathew Woodruff of Farmington, Connecticut. (Milford, Connecticut: The Compiler, 1963)
    15-16.

    "6 Joseph Woodruff (John 2) b 1679 Farmington, Conn. d ca 1732 Farmington m(1) ca 1703 Farmington Hannah Clark bpt 4 Apr. 1680 d ca 1707 dau John Clark; (2) 15 Apr. 1708 Elizabeth Curtis b 13 Nov. 1681 at Wethersfield, Conn. dau John and Lydia Curtis.

    When his father's estate was inventoried 1692 he was said to have been 13 years old. Later he was referred to as Sergeant. His will is dated 16 Jan. 1729/30 (inventory taken 24 Mar. 1732, amounting to 1002-09-07), in which he mentioned his wife Elizabeth and the … children."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 12. Joseph Woodruff, in Timlow, Heman Rowlee. Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Connecticut. (Hartford, Conn. : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1875)
    cclxi.

    "Joseph Woodruff, son of John, b. 1679, in Farmington; …"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Woodruff, Sergt. Joseph, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:135-36.


    "Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 183.

    Woodruff, Sergt. Joseph, Farmington (son to John Woodruff). Invt. £1002-09-07. Taken 24 March, 1732, by Joseph Hawley, Daniel Judd and John Merrells. Will dated 16 January, 1729-30.

    I, Joseph Woodruff of Farmingtown, son of John Woodruff, do make this my last will and testament: Unto my wife Elizabeth Woodruff, to her, her heirs and assigns forever, I give one certain parcel of land in Farmingtown containing 10 acres more or less, and also 1-3 part of all my personal estate. And further, I give her the use, improvement and profit of my homestead where I now live, with all the buildings thereon standing, and all other of my lands lying on the east side of the river in sd. Farmingtown. This during her widowhood and bearing of my name. Unto my son Josiah Woodruff I give the 1-2 part of my team and team tackling. Unto my five sons, viz., Josiah Woodruff, Jonathan Woodruff, Joseph Woodruff, Zebulon Woodruff and Judah Woodruff, to them and their heirs forever, in equal proportions between them, I give all my real estate of houseing and lands, whatsoever and wheresoever it may be found, they not to injoy that part thereof willed to their mother for her use until the term therein set be expired, and the 10 acres given her for her own is excepted. Unto my daughter Hannah Clark, besides what I have already given her, I give her 30 shillings. Unto my three daughters, viz., Lydia Woodruff, Phebe Woodruff and Abigail Woodruff, I give to each of them of my personal estate to the value of £30 as current money. And all the residue and remainder of my personal estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, not before disposed of, I give unto my three youngest daughters in equal proportions between them. I appoint my wife Elizabeth Woodruff and Josiah Woodruff executors.

    JOSEPH WOODRUFF, LS.

    Witness: John Hooker, Sen., Joseph Hooker, Roger Hooker.

    Court Record, Page 66—2 April, 1732: Will exhibited by Elizabeth Woodruff and Josiah Woodruff, executors named in the will. Josiah Woodruff refused the trust. Jonathan, Joseph and Zebulon Woodruff, minor children of Joseph Woodruff, chose their mother Elizabeth Woodruff to be their guardian, and she was also appointed guardian to Abigail and Judah, all children of the sd. decd. Recog., £300."

  4. ↑ Rev. Timlow gives Joseph a third wife, another Hannah Clark, this one daughter of Samuel, married 17 December 1722. However, the language of Joseph's probate record says that his wife/widow was Elizabeth, and very strongly implies that she was the mother of his five minor children.
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