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Woodruff, John

Male Abt 1642 - 1692  (50 years)


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  1. 1.  Woodruff, John was born about 1642 in of Farmington,Hartford,CT; was christened on 16 May 1658 in 1st Cong'l Church,Farmington,Hartford,CT; died in (inv) 16 May 1692 in Farmington,Hartford,CT.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth rec found. Date of birth is calculated from age 15 on chr rec, below. Place of birth is unknown, as it is uncertain where the family was residing in 1642. Matthew Woodruff was in the Conn. Colony by 1 Jun 1643 when he was a defendant in a law suit, but town of residence is not stated (J. H. Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds, THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, 15 vols. [Hartford, 1850-90], 1:87-88 [FHL #974.6 N2c]). The family was in Farmington by Feb 1653 when Matthew purchased his homestead (Susan Woodruff Abbott, WOODRUFF GENEALOGY [Milford, CT, 1963], 1 [FHL #929.273 W86a]).
    CHR: Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:54 (FHL #004241).
    MAR: No mar rec found. Medical journal of Gov. John Winthrop, 3 May 1669: "Woodruffe Mary 26 y: daught of G[oodman] Winchell of Windsor. Wife of John of Farmington," cited in Abbott, WOODRUFF GENEALOGY, 5. Original doc is in Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston.
    DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of John Woodruff of Farmington, 18 Apr 1692, proved 23 May 1692, inv 16 May 1692, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:525-26 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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    BEPS: IGI

    Family/Spouse: Winchell, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]