Person:Thomas Woodmansee (1)

Parents

Parentage established through a 1707 deed in which Thomas, mariner of Shrewsbury, NJ, quitclaimed all interest in the estate of his father Gabriel, late of New London, to his brother John, for £10. In 1720, Joseph Woodmansee, of Groton, quitclaimed for £8 his interest and that of his brother Thomas in their father Gabriel's estate to their brother Gabriel.

Spouses

His first wife was Hannah ____, whose identity is revealed only by lists of witnesses at Quaker meetings at Shewsbury. Thomas and Hannah Woodmansee appear from 1699 to 1706, and Thomas continues to appear until 1710.

His first son Thomas was probably by his first wife. Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, Margaret, and John are ambiguous, but as they were not married until the 1730s, they were likely born after 1706. Accordingly, Garman argues that they are likely the children of Mary, because Hannah likely passed away when she disappeared from church records. David, born 1719, and the other children are likely children of his second wife Mary.

On the other hand, while the Parkers agree that the last paper trace of Hannah was in 1706, but they suggest that she lived on for years after that. As evidence, her father John Williams named a daughter Hannah in his will dated 21 March, 1719, suggesting she was alive then. The book suggests that the death of Hannah and marriage to Mary Ware occur in the large gap between childern Lydia, born 1721, and Gabriel, born 1727.

Estate

Thomas’ will directs that his plantation in Shrewsbury be sold, and also that his interest in his father’s land in New London be sold. His son Thomas sold the New London land on 22 Jan 1733/4. Thomas got 5 shillings, John, David, Gabriel and James, £5, Sarah, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Margaret £4, son-in-law Epheraim Potter and daughters Leadea, Abigail and Ann, £4. Wife Mary got the rest. The will was proven 18 Jan 1737.

1. ↑ New London Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Garman, Leo, “Early Woodmansees in America”, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   Jan 1993, vol 147, pp. 35-48.
3. ↑ Parker, Janet J., and J. Carlyle Parker. Descendants of Gabriel Woodmancy/Woodmansee of New London, Connecticut: Thirteen Generations from 1665. (Turlock, California, 2009)
   2009.
4. ↑ Son acted on his will.