Woodruff, Sarah

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Sarah is identified as a 17-year-old dau in the inv of estate of her father, Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 18 Nov 1691, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:526-27 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Her place of birth is unclear. The family was in Milford as late as 1673 when Sarah's brother John was born. Matthew and wife joined the Congregational Church at Farmington on 1 Mar 1678/80 (Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:101 [FHL #004241]).
MAR: No mar rec found. Henry Summer and wife Sarah deeded their inheritance from "uncle" Robert Plum to John Woodruff, 14 Mar 1703/4 (See Milford, Conn. Deeds, 3:331 [FHL #004918]). The will of Robert Plume of Milford, 3 Dec 1703, proved 7 Feb 1703/4, calls John Woodruff "cousin" and gives to "my sister's children" (New Haven District Probate, 3:8 [FHL #005295]). Robert Plume's only sister was Mary, wife of Matthew Woodruff. Hence, Sarah, wife of Henry Summer, is a dau of Matthew and Mary (Plumbe) Woodruff.

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Family/Spouse: Summer, Henry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Year of birth is calculated from age 12 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 the 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 #1: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 177 (FHL #002974).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Children Nathaniel and Joseph Woodruff are referred to in the inv of estate of Sarah Woodruff of Farmington, 2 Feb 1691/2, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:527 (FHL #974.6 P2m). The same two children are identified as children of his 2nd wife in the distribution of the estate of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 3 Dec 1691, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:526-27. Sarah Woodruff is identified in the inv of the estate of her father John North [of Farmington?], 12 Feb 1691/2; and distribution of estate, 3 Mar 1691/2, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:491-92.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 18 Nov 1691, adm and distribution 3 Dec 1691 (Ibid, 1:526-27).

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Matthew married Plumbe, Mary on 16 Jun 1668 in Milford,New Haven,CT. Mary (daughter of Plumbe, Robert and Baldwin, Mary) was christened in Feb 1644/1645 in Milford,New Haven,CT; died before 1686. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:3 (FHL #004936).
MAR: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 177 (FHL #002974).
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary must have been dead by 1686, by which time Matthew Woodruff was married to Sarah North.

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. "Hanny Wodrup," wife of Matthew, joined the church at Farmington with daughters "Hanny" and Elizabeth on 2 Apr 1654 (Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:40 [FHL #004241]).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the nuncupative will of Matthew Woodruffof Farmington, 6 Sep 1682, proved 14 Dec 1682, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:390 (FHL #974.6 P2m).Nuncupative wills were usually made on or near the day of death.
OCC: Constable

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Matthew married Hannah. Hannah was born about 1620 in England; died after 6 Sep 1682 in Farmington,Hartford,CT(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. "Hanny Wodrup", wife of Matthew, joined the church at Farmington with daughters "Hanny" and Elizabeth on 2 Apr 1654 (Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:40 [FHL #004241]).
DEATH: No death rec found. Hannah is mentioned in the will of her husband, Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 6 Sep 1682, proved 14 Dec 1682, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGESTOF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:390 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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CHR: Ridgewell par reg (FHL #1472667 item 10).
MAR: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:2 (FHL #004936). Mar rec is undated. Date of mar is given in H. B. Plumb, THE PLUMBS: 1635-1800 (Perly, PA, 1893), 17 (FHL #929.273 P731ph). Authority for date is unknown.
DEATH: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002974). Duplicate entry gives death date of "13 Jul" 1655. However, the birth of Robert's last son, Joseph, on 10 Jul 1655 shows that he was by then deceased (Ibid, 129). Also see the probate of the will of Robert Plumb of Milford, 17 Dec 1655 (Charles J. Hoadly, ed, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OR PLANTATION OF NEW HAVEN, 2 vols. [Hartford, 1857-58], 1:158 [FHL #974.6 N2n]). The text of this will is apparently lost.

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Robert married Baldwin, Mary on 9 Jan 1642 in Milford,New Haven,CT. Mary (daughter of Baldwin, Sylvester and (Bryan?), Sarah) was christened on 19 Feb 1625/1626 in Aston Clinton,Bucks,Eng; died on 1 Feb 1707/1708 in Milford,New Haven,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: Aston Clinton par reg (FHL #1967035).
MAR #1: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:2 (FHL #004936). Mar rec is undated. Date of mar is found in H. B. Plumb, THE PLUMBS: 1635-1800 (Perly, PA, 1893), 17 (FHL #929.273 P731ph). Authority for date is unknown.
MAR #2: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002974).
DEATH: No death rec found. Death date is from Plumb, THE PLUMBS, 18. Also see the inv of estate of Mary East of Milford, 1 Apr 1708, New Haven District Probate, 3:149 (FHL #005295).

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CHR: Great Yeldham par reg (FHL #857068). Also see the 1634 Herald's Visitation of Essex, which shows that John Plumme of Ridgewell is son of Robert of Gt. Yeldham (Walter C. Metcalfe, ed, THE VISITATIONS OF ESSEX, Publications of the Harleian Society, Visitation Series, vol. 13 [London, 1878], 470-71 [FHL #942 B4h]).
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of John Plumb and wife Dorothy were baptized at Ridgewell. She is sometimes called Dorothy "Wood" in secondary sources, but the authority is unknown.
DEATH: No death rec found. See presentation of the inv of the estate of John "Plume," of Totoket [Branford], 1 Aug 1648 (Charles J. Hoadly, ed, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OR PLANTATION OF NEW HAVEN, 2 vols. [Hartford, 1857-58], 1:397 [FHL #944116]). The inv was rejected because appraisers were not under oath. Inv was resubmitted on 5 Sep 1648 (Ibid, 1:401).
OCC: Merchant, Indian trader, ship owner.

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John married Dorothy. Dorothy died in 1659/1660 in Milford,New Haven,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Children of John Plumbe and wife Dorothy were baptized at Ridgewell. She is sometime called Dorothy "Wood" in secondary sources, but the authority is unknown.
DEATH: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002974). "Wid Plumb."

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BIRTH: Sylvester is identified in the will of his grandmother, Alice Baldwin of Aston Clinton, 4 Jun 1622, proved 14 Dec 1626, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham, orig wills, 1626 (FHL #088556); also in the will of his uncle Richard Baldwin, of Aston Clinton, 18 Feb 1632, proved 29 Nov 1636, Archdeaconry Court of Buckingham, reg will, 36:65 (FHL #088503); also in the will of his brother Henry Baldwin, of Guildford, Surrey, 11 Sep 1661, proved 20 Mar 1661/2, P.C.C., 34 Laud (FHL #092273). Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Wife Sarah is identified in probate recs of Sylvester Baldwin, below. She is sometimes identified as Sarah Bryan or Bryant, but no evidence has been found. For discussion see Charles C. Baldwin, THE BALDWIN GENEALOGY (Cleveland, 1881), 41 (FHL #547101).
DEATH: Sylvester died at sea enroute to New England with his family on the ship "Martin" in 1638. His nuncupative will, 21 Jun 1638-13 Jul 1638 is now lost, but notes and quotations from the document are found in James Savage, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, 4 vols. (Boston, 1860-62; repr Baltimore, 1981), 1:105 (FHL #974 D2s). Mention of the will is also found in a deed from Sarah Baldwin "otherwise Astwood," widow of Sylvester, to Edward Baldwin, 1 Oct 1666, transcribed into New Haven Co., Conn. Court recs, 1:3, and copied verbatim in Charles C. Baldwin, THE BALDWIN GENEALOGY (Cleveland, 1881), 84 (FHL #547101). Also see presentation of the will to the General Court, 4 Sep 1638, wherein widow Sarah and son Richard were allowed executors (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed, RECORDS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 5 vols. [Boston, 1853-54], 1:235 [FHL #974.4 N2s]).

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Sylvester married (Bryan?), Sarah. Sarah was born about 1599; died on 13 Nov 1669 in Milford,New Haven,CT; was buried on 13 Nov 1669 in Milford,New Haven,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date of birth is an approximation. The surname Bryan is traditional. No proof has been found. For further discussion, see Charles C. Baldwin, THE BALDWIN GENEALOGY (Cleveland, 1881), 41 (FHL #547101).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Sarah, widow of Sylvester Baldwin, was granted executorship of his estate with son Richard (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed, RECORDS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, 5 vols. [Boston, 1853-54], 1:235 [FHL #974.4 N2s]).
MAR: #2: No mar rec found. See the will of Sarah Astwood of Milford, 9 Nov 1669, proved 20 Nov 1669, which names her children by first husband Sylvester Baldwin (New Haven District Probate, 1:2:33-34 [FHL #005294]). Also see deed from Sarah Astwood, "otherwise Baldwin," to Edward Baldwin, 1 Oct 1666, which states she was formerly the wife of Sylvester Baldwin and later the wife of John Astwood. The document is quoted verbatim in Baldwin, BALDWIN GENEALOGY, 84; original deed is found in New Haven Co. Court recs, 1:3.
DEATH: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 5 (FHL #002974).
BUR: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:1 (FHL #004936).

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