Person:Aaron Woodward (9)

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Rev. Aaron Woodward
b.15 Oct 1760 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
d.25 Feb 1840 Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 25 Oct 1758
  1. Dorcas Woodward1759 -
  2. Rev. Aaron Woodward1760 - 1840
  3. Eunice Woodward1762 -
  4. Eleanor Woodward1764 -
  5. Elisha Woodward1768 -
  6. Dorcas Woodward1771 -
  7. Roswell Woodward1773 -
  8. Anne Woodward1776 - 1795
  9. John Harris Woodward1778 -
  10. Electa Woodward1780 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Jan 1794
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Aaron Woodward
Gender Male
Alt Birth[1][3] 14 Oct 1760 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Birth[2] 15 Oct 1760 Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Degree[1] 1789 Yale College.
Residence[1] 1794 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ordination[1] 8 Jan 1794 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesMinister at Wilton.
Marriage 20 Jan 1794 North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United StatesAlso recorded at Norwalk.
to Martha Trumbull
Occupation[1] Bet 1794 and 1800 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesMinister at Wilton.
Residence[1] 1801 Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 25 Feb 1840 Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[4] Adams Cemetery, Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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Aaron Woodward, Yale, 1789

"Aaron Woodward, the eldest son of Aaron Woodward, of (North) Coventry, Connecticut, and grandson of Nathaniel and Dorcas (Gardner) Woodward, of Brookline, Massachusetts, and Coventry, was born on October 14, 1760. His mother was Eleanor Benton, of Tolland, Connecticut. The family removed later to Wilbraham, Massachusetts.

He enlisted in 1776, and belonged to that portion of the Connecticut troops which occupied Fort Griswold, in Groton. His health was impaired by his military service, and this led eventually to his preparation for College, under the Rev. Dr. Nathan Williams, of Tolland, and the Rev. Dr. Charles Backus, of Somers.

After graduation he studied theology with the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Trumbull (Yale 1759), of North Haven, and was licensed to preach by the New Haven West Association of Ministers, on May 25, 1790.

After he had declined several other calls, Wilton Society, then included in Norwalk, Connecticut, invited him, on November 18, 1793, to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, on a yearly salary of one hundred pounds; and he was ordained there on January 8, 1794.

The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Trumbull, and was afterwards printed.

Twelve days later the new minister was married by Dr. Trumbull, in North Haven, to his eldest daughter, Martha.

Ill health compelled Mr. Woodward to relinquish his pastoral charge in 1800; and in 1801 he removed to Wilbraham, Massachusetts, where he was for many years a Deacon in the Congregational church, and where he died of paralysis on February 25, 1840, in his 80th year.

His widow died on December 10, 1851, aged 88 years.

Their children were five daughters, all of whom grew to womanhood."[1]

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