Family:Walter Woodworth and Unknown (2)

Great Migration lists children as Thomas, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary, Benjamin, Isaac, Martha, Mehitable, Abigail, with estimated births between 1641 and 1664. It also notes: : Savage, following Deane, says that the immigrant had a son Walter Woodworth who had children "Mary, b. 1658; Mehitable, 1662; and Ebenezer, 1664" [ Savage 4:648]. There is only evidence of one Walter Woodworth in early New England, as no record refers to Walter Sr. or Jr. The immigrant had daughters named Mary and Mehitable; no record for an Ebenezer is seen. Paul W. Prindle and Robert S. Wakefield have commented briefly on some errors in secondary sources regarding marriages in this family [ TAG 32:203, 61:140]. In arranging the children of Walter Woodworth, the assumption has been made that in his will he named his sons in birth order and his daughters in birth order. This permits a birth sequence for the children which is consistent with other known dates.

There is speculation online that Walter's wife was Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of the Mayflower pilgrim Thomas Rogers. While she would have been roughly the right age, there appears to be no affirmative evidene for this theory, and Great Migration considers her name unknown.

1.   Scituate Historical Society. Scituate Historical Society Website.

   http://www.scituatehistoricalsociety.org/families/WoodworthWalter.htm contains genealogy of Walther Woodsworth derived from:
   * "History of Scituate" by Samuel Deane
   * NEHG Vol. 60 July 1906
   * NEHG Vol. 140 October 1946
   * "The Woodworth Family of America" by Jeanette Woodworth Behan

2.   Woodworth, William Atwater. Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass. (White Plains, N.Y.: unknown, 1898)
   iv + v.