Person:Walter Woodworth (1)

Great Migration notes: Unknown origin. Migration 1633 to Plymouth, removes Scituate. Propounded as a freeman on 1 December 1640 and admitted 2 March 1640/1 [PCR 2:3, 8].

Signed his will by mark and had "purse & apparel & books" valued at £5 10s in his inventory.

Minor offices in Scituate 1645-1665.

In his will, dated 26 November 1685 and proved 2 March 1685/6, "Walter Woodward of Sittuate" bequeathed to "Thomas Woodward my eldest son a parcel of upland containing five acres" in Scituate; to "my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward ten acres of marshland" in Scituate to be equally divided; to "the said Thomas my son one-third part of all my lands at Seconet which is purchased, & the other two-thirds I give unto my son two sons Beniamin & Isaak Woodward" to be equally divided, "excepting twenty & five acres which I do give unto my son Joseph ... & ten acres the which I do give unto my daughter Martha"; "all the rest of my land at Seconett which is yet to be purchased I give unto my two sons Thomas & Joseph Woodward" to be equally divided; to "Beniamin my son aforesaid my dwelling house with my barn & other outhousing with all my land both upland and marshland thereunto belonging, that is to say twenty acres of upland ... & six acres of marsh~land ... upon condition that my son Beniamin aforesaid do pay & allow the sum of seventy pounds unto my son Joseph & my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile," £10 apiece, and permit "my two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile" to live in the house as long as they are unmarried; to "my said two daughters Mehetable & Abigaile my feather bed with the furniture thereunto belonging & all the rest of my household goods I give unto my six daughters Sarah, Elyzabeth, Mary, Martha, Mehetabel & Abigaile" to be divided equally; residue of estate to "all my children"; "my son Beniamin" to be sole executor and "my two sons Thomas & Joseph" to be overseers [ PCLR 5:382-83]. The inventory of the estate of Walter Woodworth was taken 25 February 1685/6 and totalled £355 10s., of which £310 was real estate: "one dwelling house & barn & upland & meadow land adjoining thereto with common privileges," £140; "ten acres of salt meadow land," £50; "five acres of upland," £20; and "one whole share of land at Saconet," £100 [ PCLR 5:383-84].

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   BIRTH: By about 1612 based on taxation in 1633. DEATH: Scituate between 26 November 1685 (date of will) and 25 February 1685/6 (date of inventory). MARRIAGE: By about 1641 _____ _____; she died after about 1664.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Woodworth, William Atwater. Descendants of Walter Woodworth of Scituate, Mass. (White Plains, N.Y.: unknown, 1898).

   This author states that this colony was settled by men of Kent, England. The assumption is that Walter Woodworth is one of these men of Kent. The Woodworth family lived on Kent Street in Scituate.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Lowell, Daniel Ozro Smith. A Munsey-Hopkins genealogy: being the ancestry of Andrew Chancey Munsey and Mary Jane Merritt Hopkins, the parents of Frank A. Munsey, his brother and sisters. (Boston, MA: (Privately published), 1920)
   180.