Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v4p638

Samuel, 11 Sept. 1656; and Sarah, 21 May 1661; was a soapboiler, in
1666 made saltpetre, was ens. 1674.

    WOODEN, WOODING, WOODIN or WOODDEN, JEREMIAH, New
Haven, s. of William of the same, a propr. 1685. in his own right,
beside being heir of his f. But no more is told of him. JOHN, Portsmouth
perhaps in 1635, Hampton 1643, Haverhill, 1646, had gr. of 150
acres from the governm. of Mass. 1667, on his petitn. stating that he
had been 32 yrs. an inhab. in the ld. and had many ch. yet dates of
birth and names of all are unkn. prob. by reason of his migrat. habits.
JOHN, Ipswich, perhaps s. of the preced. took o. of fidel. 1678. NATHANIEL,
New Haven, s. of William of the same, m. Dec. 1687, Martha,
d. of John Sacket. WILLIAM, New Haven 1643, m. 25 Oct. 1650,
Sarah Ollard, had William, b. 16 Nov. 1651; Jeremiah, 17 Feb. 1653;
Sarah, 13 Sept. 1654; Susan, 5 Nov. 1655, d. young; Joseph, 16 Jan.
1657; Benjamin; Mary; Nathaniel; and Abigail; and d. Dec. 1684,
when eight of the ch. were liv. His wid. d. 1693. Sarah, m. 1682,
Samuel Merwin; Mary m. a Sacket; and Abigail m. as his sec. w.
Ebenezer Hill. Joseph was blind, and prob. infirm in mind. d. bef.
1701, as did Sarah. WILLIAM, New Haven, s. of the preced d. Sept.
1711, leav. wid. and five ds. of none, however, can I see the names.

    WOODFIELD, JOHN, Scituate 1646, had w. Esther, and d. June 1669;
but neither from his will of 4th of that mo. nor hers of 27 May 1672,
can be learn. that they had ch. tho. from her nam. sixteen legatees, we
indeed may well judge, that none was alive.

    WOODFORD, JOSEPH, Farmington, suppos. by some to be s. of Thomas
of Hartford, without any evid. to sustain the conject. and against the
presumpt. to be deriv. from the will of T. Perhaps he was b. in Eng.
propound. for freem. 1663, and his name stands in the list; m. Rebecca,
d. of Thomas Navell of the same, had Mary, wh. m. 1693, Thomas
Bird; Rebecca, m. 2 Jan. 1696, John Porter; Esther, m. the same day,
Samuel Bird; Sarah, m. Nathaniel Bird; Hannah m. 14 Dec. 1699,
Thomas North; Joseph, b. 1676; Eliz. m. 11 June 1707, Nathaniel
Cole; Susanna, bapt. 3 Dec. 1682, m. 26 June 1707, Anthony Judd;
and Abigail, bapt. 27 Dec. 1685, m. 26 Aug. 1710, Caleb Cowles; and
he d. 1701. JOSEPH, Farmington, only s. of the preced. m. 23 Jan.
1700, Lydia, d. of Joseph Smith, had Lydia, b. 22 Sept. 1702; Mary,
26 June 1704, d. soon; Joseph, 22 Aug. 1705; Eliz. 22 July 1707;
Mary, 2 Mar. 1709; Rebecca, 22 Apr. 1711, d. soon; Samuel, 30 Mar.
1712; Sarah, 4 June 1714; Rebecca, again, 20 May 1716; John, 2
June 1718; Susanna; and William, 1722; and d. 7 Feb. 1760. But
he had m. 1745, sec. w. wh. d. 1797, aged 100 yrs. THOMAS, Roxbury
1632, came from London in the William and Francis, emb. 7 Mar. arr. 5