Mary Woodman

1696 - 1787  (91 years)

• Name	Mary Woodman
  Birth	26 Feb 1695/96	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3, 6, 9, 10]
  Spouses Will	24 Nov 1758 (62 years)	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)   [7]
  In her husband, Jacob's will, he left her one cow and all household stuff and her maintenance as long as she shall remain my widow.
  History	4 Jul 1776 (80 years)	United States become Independent
  Death	13 Mar 1787	North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [4, 5]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 3 sisters
  > 1. Mary Woodman,   b. 26 Feb 1695/96, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 13 Mar 1787, North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 91 years) ▻ Jacob Brown,  m. 25 Sep 1717 > 2. Edward Woodman,   b. 12 May 1698, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 1 Nov 1762, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 64 years) ▻ Mary Saunders,  m. 18 Dec 1729 > 3. Archelaus Woodman,   b. 15 May 1700, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Sarah Badger,  m. 22 Jun 1723 > 4. Hannah Woodman,   b. 6 May 1703, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 6 May 1782, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) ▻ Joshua Hale,  m. 13 Oct 1726 > 5. Judith Woodman,   b. 21 Sep 1705, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Richard Clifford,  m. 1 Jan 1742 + 6. Joshua Woodman,   b. 6 Jun 1708, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 Apr 1791, Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years) ▻ Eunice Sawyer,  m. Mar 1735/36 > 7. John Woodman,   b. 20 Jun 1710, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Abigail Tarr,  m. 11 Nov 1741 > 8. Elizabeth Woodman,   b. 7 Jun 1712, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Before 1762  (Age 49 years) ▻ John Goodridge, Jr.,  m. 05 Jan 1737/38 > 9. Joseph Woodman,   b. 4 May 1714, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Nov 1807, Wheelock, Caledonian County, Vermont, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years) ▻ Bridget Willey,  m. Abt 1760 > 10. Benjamin Woodman,   b. 3 Dec 1716, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Lydia Phillips,  m. 7 Oct 1746
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Woodman,   b. Abt 1545, Corsham, Wiltshire, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  unknown wife  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14083
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Deacon Archelaus Woodman,   b. 9 Jun 1672, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Mar 1766, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Hannah Swett,   b. 15 Jun 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 Apr 1749, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jacob Brown,   b. 2 Jun 1693, Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 6 Dec 1758, North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1717	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 6, 8, 9, 10]
  	Marriage Record of Jacob Brown and Mary Woodman
  Age at Marriage	She : 21 years and 7 months - He : 24 years and 3 months.
  Children	1729 to 1754  [4, 7]
  1. Merriam Brown (1718-____) 2. Jacob Brown (1720-1789) 3. Archelaus Brown (1722-1735) 4. Joseph Brown (1724-1746) 5. Moses Brown (1726-____) 6. Simeon Brown (1730-1737) 7. John Brown (1732-____) 8. Daniel Brown (1734-1737) 9. Mary Brown (1736-1737) 10. William Brown (1739-1810) 11. Miriam Brown (1740-1765)
  Family ID	F2157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Mary Woodman(26 Feb 1695/96 – 1787) 2Deacon Archelaus Woodman(1672 – 1766) 4Edward Woodman(1628 – 1694) 8Lt. Edward Woodman(1606 – 1692) 16Edward Woodman(1574 – 1654) 17Collet Mallet(1579 – 1611) 9Joanna Salway(Abt 1614 – Aft Feb 1687/88) 18Aurthur Salway(Abt 1580 – ) 19Mary Searle(Abt 1585 – ) 5Mary Goodridge(1634 – 1684) 10William Goodrich(1605 – 21 Mar 1646/47) 20Richard Goodrich(Abt 1575 – ) 21Muriel Evans(Abt 1580 – ) 11Margaret Butterfield(Abt 1605 – 3 Feb 1682/83) 22 23 3Hannah Swett(1674 – 1749) 6John Swett(1648 – 17 Mar 1717/18) 12Stephen Swett(1620 – 1693) 24John Swett(1580 – 1651) 25Sarah( – 1650) 13Hannah Merrill(1622 – 1662) 26John Merrill(1599 – 1673) 27Elizabeth( – 1682) 7Mary Plummer(08 Feb 1649/50 – ) 14Samuel Plummer(Abt 1619 – 1702) 28Francis Plummer( – 1673) 29Ruth( – 1647) 15Mary Bitfield(Abt 1626 – ) 30Samuel Bitfield(21 Feb 1601/02 – 1660) 31unknown wife

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Feb 1695/96 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 25 Sep 1717 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Spouses Will - 24 Nov 1758 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Death - 13 Mar 1787 - North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S638] Coffin, Joshua, A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1845). [S641] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume II, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S640] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume I, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S2609] FamilySearch - Person Page, (OnLine: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Mary Woodman LHRB-82V. [S1924] GeneaNET Web Site, (https://gw.geneanet.org). [S621] Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton volume I, (Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897). [S510] Maine, Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Will of Jacob Brown. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Jacob Brown and Mary Woodman. [S396] Woodman, J. H., A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736, (Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856). [S398] Woodman, John A., Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635, (Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995).