LDS Ancestral file:

Josiah Woods - born 1797 (bapt 23 July) Leominster, Mass
son of
Samuel Woods - born 2 Jan 1759 of Lancaster, Mass mar 5 Jan 1785 - Lancaster
Betty Woods - b.12June 1764, Leominster, dau Levi Woods and Tamar Houghton
Samuel Woods is son of
Joseph Woods, Jr

Elizabeth Woods is the daughter of
Levi Woods who is the son of
Joseph Woods and Hannah White
Joseph Woods is son of
Samuel Woods b. 1/3/1660 Cambridge, Mass and
Hannah Farwell b. 1/20/1667 Chelmsford, Mass, dau Joseph + Hannah Learnard
Samuel Woods is son of
Samuel Woods b. 1636 orig settler of Groton, Mass and Alice Rushton

Joseph Farwell b. 2/20/1642 Concord, Mass is son of
Henry Farwell and Olive Welby

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Descendants of Samuel Woods

Generation No. 1


1. Samuel1 Woods was born Abt. 16361, and died Abt. January 17181. He married Alice Rushton September 28, 1659 in Cambridge, Massachusetts1. She was born Abt. 16361, and died April 12, 17121.

Notes for Samuel Woods:
One of the original proprietors of Groton MA, owning an 11 acre right. Groton was destoyed in King Philip's War in March 1675/76. He went back to Watertown, Massachusetts, where in 1677 he signed an agreement made at Concord, Massachusetts to resettle Groton, and he moved back there the following year.

From Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts by Samuel A. Green, M.D., p. 259:
"Samuel Woods was an original proprietor of Groton, and owned an eleven-acre right. He is the ancestor of most of the families in this neighborhood, bearing the name. Two of his grandchildren, Thomas Woods and Daniel Woods, were with Captain John Lovewell, in his famous fight with the Indians, May 8, 1725, and both were killed. Henry Woods, a great-grandson, was in an expedition up the Kennebec River, in the summer of 1755. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he was a Major under Colonel William Prescott, and subsequently promoted to a colonelcy; after the war he was a general of the militia."

More About Samuel Woods:
Residence: 1653, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts2

More About Samuel Woods and Alice Rushton:
Marriage: September 28, 1659, Cambridge, Massachusetts3

Generation No. 2


2. Samuel2 Woods (Samuel1) was born Bet. January 03, 1660 - 1661 in Cambridge, Massachusetts12, and died March 19, 1712 in Groton, Massachusetts13. He married Hannah Farwell December 30, 1685 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts13, daughter of Joseph Farwell and Hannah Learned. She was born January 20, 1667 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts13, and died August 14, 1739 in Lancaster, Massachusetts13.

More About Samuel Woods and Hannah Farwell:
Marriage: December 30, 1685, Chelmsford, Massachusetts13

Generation No. 3

18. Joseph3 Woods (Samuel2, Samuel1) was born June 21, 1707 in Groton, Massachusetts38, and died 1745 in Lancaster, Massachusetts38. He married Hannah White May 15, 1729 in Lancaster, Massachusetts38, daughter of Josiah White and Abigail Whitcomb. She was born March 14, 1710 in Lancaster, Massachusetts38, and died June 24, 1786 in Lancaster, Massachusetts38.

More About Joseph Woods and Hannah White:
Marriage: May 15, 1729, Lancaster, Massachusetts38

Generation No. 4

47. Joseph4 Woods (Joseph3, Samuel2, Samuel1) was born April 01, 1731 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66, and died Unknown. He married Lucy Butler November 30, 1757 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66, daughter of William Butler and Lucy Story. She was born June 25, 1738 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts66, and died Unknown.

More About Joseph Woods and Lucy Butler:
Marriage: November 30, 1757, Lancaster, Massachusetts66

Children of Joseph Woods and Lucy Butler are:
150 i. Samuel5 Woods, born January 02, 1759 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66; died Unknown. He married Elizabeth Woods January 05, 178566; born June 12, 1764 in Leominster, Massachusetts66; died Unknown.
More About Samuel Woods and Elizabeth Woods:
Marriage: January 05, 178566


49. Levi4 Woods (Joseph3, Samuel2, Samuel1) was born March 31, 1735 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66, and died May 20, 1779 in Leominster, Massachusetts66. He married Tamar Houghton April 20, 1763 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66, daughter of Gershom Houghton and Elizabeth Rugg. She was born December 05, 1733 in Lancaster, Massachusetts66, and died December 14, 1809 in Leominster, Massachusetts66.

More About Levi Woods:
Residence: 1762, Petersham, Massachusetts

More About Levi Woods and Tamar Houghton:
Marriage: April 20, 1763, Lancaster, Massachusetts66





Endnotes


1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
2. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 3, page 1348.
3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
4. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
6. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
7. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, 263.
8. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
9. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
10. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
11. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
12. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
13. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
14. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
15. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
16. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
17. Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com, web page http://www.erols.com/rlward1/whitney/john/john01.html.
18. Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com.
19. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
20. Robert L. Ward rlward1@erols.com.
21. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
22. History of the Town of Shirley, Massachussetts From it's Early Settlement to A. D. 1882, 690.
23. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 34.
24. Epitaph From the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts, 10.
25. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
26. Epitaph From the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts, 2, Here Lyes Ye Body of Mrs. Alice Woods Wife to Mr. Nathaniel Woods; Who Decd January Ye 10th, 1717/18 in Ye 45th Year of Her Age.
27. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 35.
28. Epitaphs From the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts.
29. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
30. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 35.
31. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
32. Epitaph From the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachusetts, by Samuel A. Green, M.D., p. 2.
33. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
34. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
35. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
36. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
37. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
38. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
39. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
40. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
41. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
42. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 3, page 1349.
43. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3. page 1349.
44. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3, page 1349.
45. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. 3, page 1349.
46. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol 3. page 1349.
47. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
48. History of the Town of Shirley, Massachussetts From it's Early Settlement to A. D. 1882, 690.
49. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
50. Vital Records of Pepperell Massachusetts to the Year 1850, 319.
51. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 38.
52. History of the Town of Shirley, Massachussetts From it's Early Settlement to A. D. 1882, 690.
53. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
54. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV, 38.
55. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
56. History of the Town of Shirley, Massachussetts From it's Early Settlement to A. D. 1882, 690.
57. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
58. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 447.
59. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
60. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
61. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, 264.
62. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
63. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
64. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.
65. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, 446.
66. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1910 Vol. LXIV.

July 2000 checked:

1850 Vermont Census town of Orange, Orange county, shows a Josiah Woods, farmer, age 53, b. Mass and wife Hannah age 42, b. NH with children:
Jerusha 19, Elizabeth 16, Samuel 14, Almira 12, Wesley ? 10, Maria 8, Harriet 6, Ellen 2



following per Genealogy Library.Com:


GENEALOGY. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITE.
1638 - 1900.
VOLUME II.
page 9

Josiah Woods baptised Jult, 23 1797 Leominster, Mass son of Samuel and his cousin Betty Woods

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1820 Vermont Census shows a Samuel Woods on page 297 Fairlee, Orange County, Vermont; but no Josiah?? Wonder where he was in 1820 at age 23??

2002 - found the "proof" for this lineage see note for father Samuel taken from" Woods Family of Groton"

• Married: 14 JAN 1830 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont ²

1. Jerusha Woods b: ABT 1831 in VT
2. (Alice?) Elizabeth* Woods b: JUN 1833 in Fairlee, Vt.
3. Samuel Woods b: ABT 1836 in Vt
4. Almira Woods b: ABT 1838 in Vt
5. Wesley Woods b: ABT 1840 in Vt
6. Maria Woods b: ABT 1842 in Vt
7. Harriet Woods b: ABT 1844 in VT
8. Ellen Woods b: ABT 1848 in Vt

1. web-site: Houghton Family Project - Charles J. Vella, PhD.
2. Title: LDS-Website
   Note: also Shown as parent of Lizzie on her death cert