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Woods, Henry Ernest, "The Woods Family of Groton, Mass.," NEHGR, vol. LXIV (1910), pp. 34-43, 144-154, 205-210.

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3. THOMAS2 WOODS (Samuel1), [son of Samuel1 and Alice (Rushton) Woods,] born at Groton 9 Mar. 1663, died there 28 Aug. 1738. In 1735 he was "bereft of reason" (Middlesex Co. Probate).
He married four times: first ELIZABETH -----, who died 21 Apr. 1688; secondly HANNAH WHITNEY, who died before Apr. 1713, daughter of Joshua and Lydia; thirdly HANNAH -----, who was living in 1721; and fourthly at Groton, 30 Apr. 1723., MRS. ABIGAIL (NUTTING) CHAMBERLAIN, who died before Oct. 1740, widow of Thomas of Groton.
Child by first wife:
  1. JOHN3, d. 1 May 1688.
Children by second wife:
  1. ABIGAIL, m. 13 Oct. 1713, JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, known as "Paugus John."
  2. ESTHER, b. at Groton 26 July 1697; d. 31 July 1704.
  3. 7. JOSIAH, b. at Groton 15 Sept. 1701.
  4. ELIZABETH, b. at Groton 9 Nov 1702; m. 2 Nov. 1732, DANIEL FARMER of Lunenburg, Mass.
  5. THOMAS, b. at Groton 25 Nov. 1705; killed in Lovewell's Fight at Pigwacket (Fryeburg, Me.) 8 May 1725.
  6. 8. AMOS, b. about 1709.
4. NATHANIEL2 WOODS (Samuel1), [son of Samuel1 and Alice (Rushton) Woods,] born at Groton 25 Mar. 1667-8, died there 20 June 1738.
He married four times: first ELIZABETH -----; secondly ALICE -----, born about 1673-4, died 10 Jan. 1717-18 in her 45th year; thirdly, 3 July 1721, SARAH BROWN, born at Sudbury, Mass., 20 May 1680, died at Groton 3 Mar. 1724-5, daughter of Jabez and Deborah (Haines) of Sudbury and Stow, Mass.; and fourthly, 14 Sept. 1725, Mrs. MARY (BLANCHARD) DERBYSHIRE, who survived him, daughter of John of Dunstable, and widow of John of Groton.
Children, all born at Groton:
  1. 9. (Sergt.) NATHANIEL3, b. 19 Oct. 1694, d. at Pepperell, Mass., -- July 1766; m.(1) ALICE FRENCH; m.(2) RUTH -----; m.(3) 2 Dec. 1762, MRS. MARY (-----) ERWIN.
  2. DANIEL, b. 10 Aug. 1696; killed in Lovewell's Fight at Pigwacket (Fryeburg, Me.) 8 May 1725.
  3. 10. (Lieut.) JOHN, b. 3 Mar. 1697-8, d. at Groton 7 May 1782; m.(1) at Groton, 3 June 1725, SARAH LONGLEY; m.(2) DEBORAH -----.
  4. 11. ISAAC, b. 20 Feb. 1699-1700.
  5. BATHSHEBA, b. 5 Apr. 1702; m. (1) 2 May 1722, COLLINS MOORE of Oxford, Mass.; m. (2) 11 Aug. 1743, SAMUEL TOWN of Oxford; m. (3) 20 Dec. 1760, JOSEPH PHILLIPS of Oxford; d. at Charlton, Mass., in 1773.
  6. HANNAH, b. 16 Mar. 1704; m. 27 Apr. 1725, JOHN FARMER of Billerica, Mass.; d. before 1738.
  7. PHEBE, b. 13 Jan. or Feb. 1705-6; d. young.
  8. 12. AARON, b. 26 May 1707.
  9. 13. MOSES, b. 6 Jul 1709.
  10. 14. REUBEN, b. 11 Apr 1711.
Children by second wife:
  1. PHEBE, b. 6 May 1713; m. 25 Oct 1733, JAMES TUFTS of Medford, Mass.; living in 1770.
  2. 15. JONATHAN, b. 4 June 1715, d. at Pepperell, Mass., 30 Dec. 1755; m. MRS. MARY (PAGE) BOYDEN.

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7. JOSIAH3 WOODS (Thomas2, Thomas1), born at Groton 15 Sept. 1701, died in Pennsylvania 30 Sept. 1738. The name of his wife, and place and date of their marriage, have not been found. In 1734 he was living at Cheltenham, Philadelphia County, Pa. (Middlesex Co. Deeds, vol. 38, p. 454.) In 1757 the children named below joined in court proceedings concerning property (Middlesex Co. Superior Court files, Mar. 1758).
Children:
  1. ISAAC4, of White Marsh, Philadelphia Co., Pa.
  2. SAMUEL, of White Marsh.
  3. RACHEL, of White Marsh.
  4. HANNAH, m. JOHN COX of Abington, Philadelphia Co.
  5. THOMAS, of Abington.
  6. JOSIAH, of Norriton, Philadelphia Co.
  7. ELIZABETH, m. JOHN BURKE of Upper Dublin, Philadelphia Co.

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8. AMOS3 WOODS (Thomas2, Thomas1), was born about 1709. The records of his birth and death, and the death of his wife, have not been found.
He married at Groton, 5 July 1733, HANNAH NUTTING, born at Groton 28 May 1714, daughter of David and Hannah of Groton.
Children, all born at Groton:
  1. HANNAH4, b. 4 Mar. 1734. Perhaps she m. 16 Mar. 1758, JONATHAN HOLDEN.
  2. ESTHER, b. 12 June 1735. Perhaps she m. 26 June 1760, WILLIAM FARWELL.
  3. MARY, b. 21 Feb. 1737-8; m. 2 Aug 1777, SAMUEL MANNING of Cambridge, Mass.; d. 15 Oct. 1788.
  4. SIBYL, b. 6 Feb. 1740.
  5. LYDIA, b. 23 Jan. 1745; m. 20 Nov. 1770, BENJAMIN HAZEN.
  6. 24. AMOS, b. 17 Dec 1748.

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14. REUBEN3 WOODS (Nathaniel2, Thomas1), born at Groton 11 Apr. 1711, died there 17 Oct. 1774.
He married at Groton, 11 June 1741, MRS. SUBMIT (PARKER) WHITNEY, born at Groton 10 Sept. 1715, living in 1791, daughter of James and Abigail (Prescott), and widow of Timothy of Groton.
Children, all born at Groton:
  1. REUBEN4, b. 30 Mar. 1742; d. at Crown Point, N. Y., 24 Oct. 1760.
  2. ABEL, b. 2 Jan. 1743-4.
  3. BETTY, b. 18 Sept. 1745; m. 6 Oct. 17468, THOMAS FARRINGTON; d. at Kennebec, Me., 5 May 1775.
  4. TIMOTHY, b. 3 May 1747.
  5. SUBMIT, b. 18 Feb. 1748-9; m. 26 June 1764, DAVID FARWELL.
  6. DANIEL, b. 27 Jan. 1750-1.
  7. ANNA, b. 16 Apr. 1753; m. 7 May 1772, WILLIAM BEALS of Westford, Mass.
  8. JONATHAN, b. 26 Apr. 1755.
  9. ABIGAIL, b. 20 Mar. 1757. Perhaps she m. 19 May 1781, WINSLOW PARKER.
  10. OLIVER, b. 17 Sept. 1758; served in the Revolution; living in 1780.
  11. REUBEN, b. 7 Dec. 1760; served in the Revolution; d. unm. before 19 Apr. 1780.

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24. AMOS4 WOODS (Amos3, Thomas2, Thomas1), born at Groton 17 Dec. 1748, was living with his wife at Dunstable, Mass., in 1809. Their death records have not been found. He served in the Revolution.
He married at Groton, 7 July 1778, BETTY TARBELL, baptized at Billerica, Mass., 30 Jan. 1757, daughter of David and Hannah (Fitch) of Billerica, and Nottingham West (now Hudson), N. H.
Children, all born at Groton except the last:
  1. AMOS5, b 5 Mar. 1779; of Dunstable; m. at Groton, 2 Aug. 1807, ELIZABETH JOHNSON PARKER; no further record obtained.
  2. BETTY, b. 25 Nov 1780. Perhaps she d. unm. at Dunstable 17 Jan. 1801.
  3. 57. WILLIAM, b. 17 Aug 1782.
  4. MARY, b. 12 Apr. 1784.
  5. ESTHER, b. 16 Feb. 1786. Perhaps she m. (int. rec. at Dunstable 30 Oct. 1809) ROBERT REED of Groton.
  6. MOSES, b. 10 Feb. 1788.
  7. 58. JESSE.
  8. 59. DAVID, b. at Dunstable 28 Oct. 1797.

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MARY[5 WOODS, daughter of Capt. Isaac4 and Mary 4 (Woods) Woods], b. 1 Dec. 1764; m. 14 June 1780, JOSEPH WHITNEY, JR., of Pepperell, and Acworth, N. H.; d. in 1841.

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HANNAH[5 WOODS, daughter of Lemuel4 and Sarah (Holden) Woods], b. at Pepperell 6 Oct. 1770; m. ELIJAH WHITNEY of Putney, Vt.; d. at Worcester, Vt.

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39. ABEL4 WOODS (Reuben3, Nathaniel2, Thomas1), born at Groton 2 Jan. 1743-4, was living there in 1790. The records of his marriage and of his and his wife's death have not been found.
He married ANNA -----, whose parentage is not known.
Children, all born at Groton:
  1. ABEL5, b. 17 Feb. 1768.
  2. BENJAMIN, b. 10 Mar. 1770; d. at Richmond, Va., 29 Jan. 1822.
  3. ACHSAH, bapt. 5 May 1770.
  4. ANNA, b. 15 July 1772. Perhaps she m. (int. rec. at Pepperell, Mass., 2 Sept. 1809), LIEUT. BENJAMIN WHITNEY of Pepperell.
  5. PHILIP, b. 16 Aug. 1774; m. (int. rec. 30 June 1798) PHEBE SAWTELL; said to have been associated with the Boston (Mass.) Museum; d. at Williamsport, Pa., 5 Jan. 1828; no further record obtained.
  6. BETTY (church rec.), or PATTY (town rec.), b. 16 Sept. 1776. Perhaps she m. at Boston, Mass., 3 July 1799, DANIEL COLE.
  7. NABBY (church rec.), or ELIZABETH (town rec.), b. 27 May 1779.
  8. JACOB, b. 21 Jan. 1782; d. at New Orleans, La., 13 Sept. 1809.

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43. LEVI4 WOODS (Jonathan3, Nathaniel2, Samuel1), born at Groton 10 May 1753, died at Pepperell, Mass., in 1826. He served in the Revolution.
He married, intention recorded at Pepperell 16 Nov. 1776, SIBEL GILSON, born at Groton 18 Jan. 1757, who survived him, daughter of Peter and Sybil (Whitney) of Groton.
Children, all born at Pepperell:
  1. SIBEL5, b. 23 Apr. 1777; m. 13 Mar. 1798, TIMOTHY BLOOD.
  2. ANNA, b. 29 Mar. 1779; m. 19 Oct. 1803, JOSHUA ADAMS of Westford, Mass.
  3. 94. LEVI, b. 20 Dec. 1781.
  4. POLLY, or MARY, b. 17 Apr. 1784; m. at Groton, 10 Mar. 1803, JEPTHA SHATTUCK of Pepperell; d. 30 Sept. 1865.
  5. LYDIA, b. 8 Feb. 1786; m. 6 Oct. 1806, WILLIAM ROOT.
  6. LUCINDA, b. 18 Feb. 1788; d. -- Mar. 1794.
  7. BETSEY, b. 9 Mar. 1790.
  8. SALLY, b. 4 Aug 1792; d. -- Mar. 1793.
  9. JOHN, b. 17 Jan.1794.
  10. WALTON, b. 8 Apr 1797; living in 1828.
  11. HENRY, b. 5 Mar. 1799.
  12. DAVID, b. 11 June 1801.

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57. WILLIAM5 WOODS (Amos4, Amos3, Thomas2, Samuel1), born at Groton 17Aug 1782, died at Lowell, Mass., 12 Mar. 1859.
He married first at Dunstable (now Nashua, N.H.), 29 Nov. 1808, BETSEY SPRAKE or SPRAGUE, born about 1787, died at Nashua 20 Nov. 1852, aged 65, whose parentage is not known; and secondly at Nashua, 2 Mar. 1854, SALLY FLETCHER, born at Alstead, N.H., 3 Feb. 1792, died at Nashua 1 Jan. 1868, daughter of Peter ans Sally (Piper) of Alstead.
Children by first wife, all but the fourth born at Dunstable (Nashua):
  1. WILLIAM6, b. 6 Oct. 1809.
  2. LOUISA, b. 13 Aug. 1811; d. unm. 10 Aug. 1832.
  3. SAMUEL, b. 2 Mar. 1813.
  4. DAVID, b. at Derry, Vt., 2 Nov. 1814.
  5. FILINDIA, b. 27 Dec. 1819; m. at Tyngsborough, Mass., 26 Aug. 1841, CHARLES STEVENS of Lowell, Mass.
  6. MARY WELD, b. 27 May 1821.
  7. JULIA ANN, b. 6 Aug. 1823.
  8. AMOS, b. 29 Sept. 1825.
  9. ELVINA, b. 10 June 1828.
  10. SARAH ANN, b. 8 Feb., d. 20 Aug., 1832.
58. JESSE5 WOODS (Amos4, Amos3, Thomas2, Samuel1), said to have been born at Groton, died at Bennington, N.H., but the dates are not recorded. He also resided at New Boston and Hancock, N.H.
He married, date and place not found, ESTHER BURTT, born at Andover, Mass., 11 Oct. 1808, died at Bennington, 20 Dec 1876, daughter of Warren and Esther (Burtt) of Andover and Hancock.
Children, all born at Hancock:
  1. WALTER DANA6, b. 11 Dec. 1829; m. 15 Apr. 1856, JOSEPHINE SYLVIA WHITTEMORE; d. 16 Apr. 1905.
  2. ANN JANE, b. 19 May 1832; m. 21 Oct. 1851, WILLIAM CUMMINS WOOD of Bennington, and Ayer, Mass.; d. 12 Feb. 1863.
  3. EBEN FRANCIS, b. 14 Oct. 1834; m. in 1855, MARY FRANK BULLARD of Antrim, N.H.; d. 22 June 1907.

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59. DEA. DAVID5 WOODS (Amos4, Amos3, Thomas2, Samuel1), born at Dunstable, Mass., 28 Oct. 1797, died at Gardner, Mass., 21 June 1875. He resided at Hancock, N.H., Lowell, Mass., and Concord, Minn., and is buried at Concord.
He married at Hancock, 31 Jan. 1828, MARY BROOKS, born there 10 Feb. 1802, died at Concord 7 Oct. 1867, daughter of Lieut. John and Betsey (Woods, 32, iii) of Hollis and Hancock.
Children, all born at Hancock:
  1. DAVID LANGDON6, b. 31 Mar. 1829; m. 17 June 1855, SARAH B. LITTLE, of Castine, Me.; living at Concord, Minn.
  2. ADDISON BROOKS, b. 27 Nov. 1830; m. 22 Aug. 1857, LOUISA M. STEARNS; living at Wasioja, Minn.
  3. WILLIAM SHERMAN, b. 9 Oct. 1837; d. unm. in Minn. -- May 1861.
  4. CHARLES COLCORD, b. 25 Mar. 1843; d. unm. in Minn. -- Nov. 1867.

Dickinson, Marquis Fayette, "George Sumner Mann," NEHGR, vol. LXIV (1910), pp. 103-105.

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... Ensign4 Mann, Jr., [(Ensign3, Thomas2, Richard1),] born on Mann Hill [in Scituate, Mass.] in 1740, removed with his father to Boston early in life, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1764. The College hall and library were burned during his collegiate course, and he lost many books in the fire. He removed to Lancaster, where he was a teacher for three years, and finally went to Petersham, where he also followed the profession of teaching. He took a prominent part in the controversies preceding the American Revolution, was an ardent patriot, and one of the Sons of Liberty. In 1773 he married Alice Whitney, daughter of Rev. Aaron Whitney, the minister of Petersham, and later in life bought a farm ...

"Memoirs," NEHGR, vol. LXIV (1910), pp. A-lvii - A-lix.

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WILLIAM HENRY WHITNEY of Cambridge, Mass., a resident member, elected in 1897, died in Cambridge May 4, 1909. Captain Whitney, born January 3, 1843, was the son of Charles Whitney, born in Waltham, Mass., February 12, 1812, and Caroline Fuller Stimson, born in Needham, August 20, 1816, daughter of Jeremiah Stimson and Elizabeth Fuller. From a pedigree submitted with his letter of acceptance are gleaned the following particulars concerning his ancestry: John1 Whitney and Elinor; John2 Whitney and Ruth Reynolds; Benjamin3 Whitney and Abigail Hagar; John4 Whitney and Susan; Abraham5 Whitney, who married first Elizabeth, and secondly Mary Mead; Amos6 Whitney and Martha Priest. Captain Whitney married, February 18, 1868, Emma Sargent, daughter of John Nathaniel Barbour (spelled Barber before 1835) and wife Susan Sargent. Children: Clara Mabel, born February 22, 1871; Chester, born June 19, 1874; Charles Fuller, born January 22, 1879; and Alice Emma, born August 4, 1880.
He was educated at the Cambridge High School, and for a part of one year at the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University. He enlisted July 14, 1862, and was sworn into the United States ...

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