John Woodman

1710 -

• Name	John Woodman
  Birth	20 Jun 1710	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 4, 6, 7]
  Living	1762 (51 years)  [4]
  History	4 Jul 1776 (66 years)	United States become Independent
  Probate/Proved	26 Nov 1787 (77 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 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	I14089
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: The published Vital Records of Newbury give the date as 20 July 1710. [1]

  
  

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	Abigail Tarr,   b. 3 Dec 1719, Gloucester, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Marriage	11 Nov 1741	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
	Marriage Record of John Woodman Jr and Abigail Tarr
Age at Marriage	He : 31 years and 5 months - She : 21 years and 11 months.
Children	1743 to 1750  [1, 6, 7]
1. Abigail Woodman (1743-____) 2. James Woodman (1745-____) 3. Joseph Woodman (1747-____) 4. Jonathan Woodman (1750-____)
Family ID	F7414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Aug 2026




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Woodman(1710 – ) 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 - 20 Jun 1710 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 11 Nov 1741 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Probate/Proved - 26 Nov 1787 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = 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

  [S640] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume I, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S641] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume II, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S1852] Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997). [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). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of John Woodman Jr and Abigail Tarr. [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).