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Woodruff, Matthew

Male Abt 1646 - 1691  (45 years)


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  • Name Woodruff, Matthew  
    Born Abt 1646  of Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 16 May 1658  1st Cong'l Church,Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died (inv) 18 Nov 1691  Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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).

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I5522  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Woodruff, Matthew,   b. Abt 1614, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (wp) 14 Dec 1682, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Hannah,   b. Abt 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 6 Sep 1682, Farmington,Hartford,CT(?) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 62 years) 
    Family ID F2390  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 North, Sarah,   c. 18 Dec 1653, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (inv) 2 Feb 1691/2, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Woodruff, Nathaniel,   b. 16 May 1687, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1758, Litchfield,Litchfield,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Woodruff, Samuel,   c. 18 May 1689, 1st Cong'l Church,Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1736/1737, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Family ID F2389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Plumbe, Mary,   c. Feb 1644/1645, Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1686  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 16 Jun 1668  Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Woodruff, Matthew,   b. 1 Feb 1668, Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1751, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Woodruff, Mary,   b. 27 Dec 1670, Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1713, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     3. Woodruff, John,   b. 1 Feb 1672/1673, Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1726, Milford,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     4. Woodruff, Sarah,   b. Abt 1674, of Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Woodruff, Samuel,   b. Abt 1677, of Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1732, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    +6. Woodruff, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1679, of Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Oct 1731, Westfield,Hampden,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
     7. Woodruff, Hannah,   b. Abt 1681, Farmington,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F1848  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart