Person:Elizabeth Woodward (40)

Elizabeth Woodward's origins have yet to be established. Her first confirmed sighting is on 9th September 1708 when she married Samuel Dingley at Cropthorne in Worcestershire. They went on to have four children baptised at Cropthorne between 1709 and 1717, although it seems likely that their eldest son Samuel died young, and their second son, also Samuel, died as a young man of about 23 years old in 1734.

It is not clear when Elizabeth died. There are two equally plausible burials of people called Elizabeth Dingley at Cropthorne in 1753 or 1761, either or neither of which may be her. Samuel died in 1757, aged 75.

1.   England. National Burial Index.

   bur. 3 Apr 1753, Cropthorne, Worcestershire: Elizabeth Dinley

2.   England. Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com).

   bur. 7 May 1761, Cropthorne, Worcestershire: Elizabeth Dingley

3.   Needs to be confirmed at Worcestershire Archives to see if either burial record has further information to help identify which, if either, of these Elizabeth Dingleys was the wife of Samuel.