Joshua Woodman

M, (6 June 1708 - 4 April 1791)
Father-Biological*Deacon Archelaus Woodman b. 9 Jun 1672, d. 17 Mar 1766
Mother-Biological*Hannah Swett b. 15 Jun 1674, d. 25 Apr 1749
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Last Edited=1 Jan 2024
Gravestone of Joshua Woodman
     Joshua Woodman was born on 6 June 1708 at Newbury, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4,5,6 He was the son of Deacon Archelaus Woodman and Hannah Swett. Joshua Woodman and Eunice Sawyer filed marriage intentions on 21 February 1736 at Newburyport, Massachusetts.7

Joshua Woodman, age 27, married Eunice Sawyer, age 21 , daughter of John Sawyer and Sarah Wells, in March 1735/36.1,8,3,4,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,6,16 Joshua and Eunice lived after December 1736 at Kingston, New Hampshire.3,17 Joshua was a blacksmith.4 In 1776, Joshua Woodman signed the Association Test.2 Joshua wrote his will on 27 January 1789 at Kingston, New Hampshire.18,4 Joshua, appeared on the US Census of 1790 at Kingston, New Hampshire. The enumeration reads:

1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over      
1 - Free White Persons - Females
2 - Number of Household Members.19


He died on 4 April 1791 at Kingston, New Hampshire, at age 82.2,3,4,8,20,9,10,6,21,22,16 He was buried at Plains Cemetery, Kingston, New Hampshire. Joshua's epitaph reads:

In Memory of
Joshua Woodman
who died
April 31 1791
in 83rd year
of his Age.4,11,6


His estate was probated on 18 April 1791 at Rockingham County, New Hampshire.18

Children of Joshua Woodman and Eunice Sawyer

Citations

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  2. Hosier, Kathleen. Kingston, New Hampshire Early Families Patriots & Soldiers. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 the author, 1995.
  5. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume I Births. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
  6. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  7. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  8. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. volume III. Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1916.
  9. Appleton, William S. Some Descendants of William Sawyer of Newbury, Mass.. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1891.
  10. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume II Marriages and Deaths. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
  11. DAR. Gravestone Inscriptions in Oldest Cemetery, Kingston, N.H.. Kingston, New Hampshire: Daughters of the American Revolution, 1929.
  12. Sawyer, Fred E. Genealogical Index of the Sawyer Families of New England Prior to 1900. Blackfoot, Idaho: Neves Printing Co, 1983.
  13. Appleton, William S. Family of William Sawyer of Newbury. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1874.
  14. Sawyer, Eleanor Grace. Sawyer Families of New England 1636-1900. Amden, Maine: Penobscot Press, 1995.
  15. Emery, Rufus. Genealogical Records of Descendants of John and Anthony Emery. Salem, Massachusetts: Emery Cleaves, 1890.
  16. Sawyier, Nathaniel and Walker, Joseph Burbeen. A Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of William Sawyer, of Newbury, Mass., Embracing Ten Generations and One Hundred and Seven Families. Manchester, New Hampshire: Wiliam E. Moore, 1889.
  17. Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. New York: ewis Historical Publishing Co, 1909.
  18. New Hampshire. Probate Court. New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982. Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2015.
  19. Census Bureau. 1790 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  20. Arseneault, Judith Lane. The Vital Records of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, 2002.
  21. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
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  23. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records, 1631-1920. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2021.
  24. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.