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 Abt 1628 - 1694 (~ 66 years)
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| Name |
Edward Woodman |
| Birth |
Abt 1628 |
Malford, Wiltshire, England  [1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
11 Sep 1694 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [11, 12] |
| Person ID |
I5510 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
7 Oct 2019 |
| Father |
Lt. Edward Woodman, b. Dec 1606, Corsham, Wiltshire, England d. Between Aug 1688 and 3 Jul 1692, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Mother |
Joanna Salway, b. Abt 1614, Malford, Wiltshire, England d. Aft 1687, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 74 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1628 [3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14] |
| Family ID |
F1761 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Goodridge, b. 8 Jan 1633/4, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England [1, 6, 9, 15] |
| Marriage |
20 Dec 1653 |
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America [1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Woodman, b. 29 Sep 1654, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 13 Sep 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 68 years) |
| | 2. Sarah Woodman, b. 18 Jul 1665, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| | 3. Margaret Woodman, b. 31 Aug 1676, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. 6 Apr 1718, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age 41 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2907 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Apr 2020 |
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| Notes |
- The settlers of Newbury were much like those of much of what is
now northern Essex county. They were not religious enthusiasts or
pilgrims who fled from religious persecution in England. They were
substantial, law abiding, loyal English tradesmen, of that staunch
middle class that was the backbone of England.
Those that settled Newbury came at different times and on
different ships, between the end of April, 1634 and July, 1635. In one
of the first ships arriving in 1635, came Thomas Parker a minister
along with a small company of settlers. They went first to Agawam
(Ipswich) and later along with their countrymen, who came from
Wiltshire, England, to Newbury.
On May 6, 1635, before the settlers had moved from Ipswich to
Newbury, the House of Deputies passed a resolution that Quascacunquen
was to be established as a plantation and its name was to be changed
to Newbury. So Newbury was named before the first settlers arrived,
interestingly Thomas Parker had taught school in Newbury, Berkshire,
England before coming to America.
The first settlers came by water from Ipswich, through Plum
Island Sound, and up the Quascacunquen River, which was later renamed
the Parker River. There had been a few fisherman occupying the banks
of the Merrimack and Parker rivers before this, but they were not
permanent settlers. These settlers came to Newbury in May or June of
1635. Ships from England began to arrive almost immediately with
cattle and more settlers. Governor Winthrop, in his history of New
England under the date of June 3, 1635, records the arrival of two
ships with Dutch cattle along with the ship "James", from Southampton
bringing more settlers.
Newbury was, therefore, begun as a stock raising enterprise and
the settlers came to engage in that business and to establish homes
for themselves. In total fifteen ships came in June and one each in
August, November and December bringing still more families to the
settlement.
There is no record of how many families arrived in the first
year. Houses were erected on both sides of the Parker River. The
principal settlement was around the meeting house on the lower green.
The first church in Newbury could not have been formed before June, as
some of those recorded at its formation are not recorded as having
arrived until June.
In the division of land the first settlers recognized the
scripture rule, "to him that hath shall be given," and the wealth of
each grantee can be estimated by the number of acres given him.
The reason for establishing Newbury, as stated above, was not in
fleeing from religious persecution but to utilize vacant lands and to
establish a profitable business for the members of a stock-raising
company.
When they arrived in Massachusetts, the settlers found that the
state had established the Congregational form of religion. Everyone
was taxed to support the Congregational Society and was commanded to
attend worship at the meeting house. The Reverend Thomas Parker was a
member of the stock raising company and was also the minister of the
settlers.
The outlying settlers had a long journey to the meeting house.
The congregations were in danger of attacks from Indians and wild
beasts on their way to and from worship. There was a constant dread of
attack during the time of services and all able bodied inhabitants
were required to bring their weapons to church. Sentinels were posted
at the doors.
In spite of the hardship and danger, the population steadily
increased in number and gradually improved its worldly condition.
Being cramped for room, the settlers moved up to the upper or training
green. This was in order to get tillable land and engage in commercial
pursuits. This movement began in 1642. Each had been allotted half an
acre for a building lot on the lower green, on the upper green each
was to have four acres for a house lot. Also on the upper green a new
pond was artificially formed for watering cattle.
The new town gradually extended along the Merrimack River to the
mouth of the Artichoke River. It appears that all desirable land in
this region was apportioned among the freeholders by October 1646. The
land beyond was ordered to lie perpetually common. This tract of
common land was a part of Newbury and what is now West Newbury. The
Indian threat had disappeared as most of the Indians in the region had
been exterminated by an epidemic. The first record of an Indian living
in Newbury is in January 1644, when a lot was granted to "John
Indian."
Over the following years some notable, though not earth shaking
events occurred in Newbury. In 1639, Edward Rawson began the
manufacture of gun powder in what was probably America's first powder
mill.
Newbury had a trial for witchcraft thirteen years before the
trials in Salem. In 1679, Elizabeth Morse was accused. She was
condemned three times to die, but was reprieved and spent her last
years in her home, at what is now Market square in Newburyport.
The first American born silversmith was Jeremiah Dummer of
Newbury who apprenticed to John Hull, an Englishman. He practiced his
trade in what is now Newburyport. Jeremiah was the father of Governor
William Dummer the founder of Gov. Dummer Academy. Jeremiah's
brother-in-law, John Coney, engraved the plates for the first paper
money made in America.
In 1686, when the upper Commons (West Newbury) were divided among
the freeholders of the town of Newbury, Pipestave Hill was covered
with a dense forest of oak and birch. These trees were cut and used to
make staves for wine casks and molasses hogsheads. For many years,
this industry, the first of its kind in America, flourished and the
place is still called Pipestave Hill.
Limestone was discovered in Newbury in 1697. Previous to this all
the lime used for building was obtained from oyster and clam shells.
Mortar made from this lime was very durable and came, in time, to be
almost as hard as granite. This business prospered for many years
until a superior quality of lime was discovered elsewhere.
The first toll bridge and shipyard in America were also in
Newbury. The latter giving rise to the ship building industry which
was to determine the prosperity of Newburyport in the coming
centuries.
(source; NEWBURY - A Brief History
[http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4028/history.htm])
"In February, 1633-34 the Council for New England, assembled at
Whitehall, England, adopted an order placing certain restrictions on
the transportation of passengers and merchandise to the colony of
Massachusetts Bay; and before the ship "Mary and John" and eight other
vessels, then lying in the river Thames, were allowed to sail,
instructions were issued expressly providing
that the captains in command of these vessels "shall cause the Prayers
contained in the Book of Common Prayers, established in the Church
of England, to be said daily at the usual hours of Morning and Evening
Prayers, and that they cause all persons on board said ships to be
present at the same."
In the ship "Mary and John" cam Thomas Parker, James Noyes, John
Spencer, Henry Short,Henry Lunt, John Bartlett, and many others, who
ultimately settled in Newbury. Upon their arrival in New England most
of these passengers went to Agawam, now Ipswich, Mass., where they
remained until the spring of 1635.
Meanwhile Sir Richard Saltonstall, Henry Sewall, Richard and
Stephen Dummer, with others from Wiltshire, England had organized a
company for the purpose of stock-raising at a time when the prices for
cattle, horses, and sheep were at their highest. They added to their
own domestic herds some imported Flemish stock, and persuaded John
Spencer, Henry Short, Richard Kent,Thomas Parker, and others to join
them in the enterprise, and establish a settlement on the river
Quascacunquen, now Parker River.
Sept. 3, 1633, the General Court granted "John Winthrop, junior,
and his assignes" permission to set up a trading house on the
Merrimack River; and under date of May 6, 1635, the House of Deputies
passed the following order:-
Quascacunquen is allowed by the court to be a plantation, and it is
referred to Mr. (John) Humphrey, Mr. (John) Endicott, Captain
(Nathaniel) Turner, and Captain (William) Trask, or any three of them,
to set out the bounds of Ipswich and Quascacunquen, or so much thereof
as they can; and the name of said plantation shall be changed, and
shall hereafter be called Newberry.
Further, it is ordered that it shall be in the power of the court
to take order that the said plantation shall receive a sufficient
company to make a competent towne.
Previous to this date, undoubtedly, a few venturesome fishermen
had built temporary residences on the banks of the Merrimack and
Quascacunquen rivers; but they were looked upon as trespassers and
intruders, for the General Court had forbidden all persons from
settling within their jurisdiction without leave.
Rev. Thomas Parker and those associated with him, having obtained
permission to begin a plantation "to be called Newberry", made
preparations to remove from Ipswich early in the spring. There were no
roads through the trackless forest, and the transportation of women
and children and household goods overland was impracticable. Tradition
asserts that they came by the way of Plum Island Sound, in open boats,
and landed, in the month of May or June, 1635, on the north shore of
what is now the river Parker, in a little cover about one hundred rods
below the bridge; Nicholas Noyes, the brother of Rev. James Noyes,
being the first to leap ashore.
Near this secluded spot a number of summer cottages have recently
been erected, giving to the place a pleasant, home-like look; but two
centuries and a half ago the prospect was less agreeable and inviting.
"...Eastward, cold, wide marshes stretched away,
Dull, dreary flats without a bush or tree,
O'ercrossed by winding creeks, where twice a day
Gurgled the waters of the moon-struck sea;
And faint with distance came the stifled roar,
The melancholy lapse of waves on the low shore."
Inland hills rising above hills stood like sentinels over the
almost unbroken wilderness. Centuries before this memorable landing
Indians had hunted in these forests and fished in the placid stream
that ebbs and flows to the falls of Newbury; but only a few of that
race remained to resist the encroachments of the white-faced
strangers. Dismal and gloomy must have been the outlook as these brave
pioneers gathered together at the close of the first day, and
contemplated the prospect before them. They knew that wild beasts were
roaming through the forests, and whether the red men would welcome
them as friends or foes was as yet uncertain.
"Their descendants can have but a faint idea of the difficulties
they encountered, and of the dangers that continually hung over their
heads, threatening every moment to overwhelm them like a torrent, and
sweep the, with those who they dearly loved, to the silent tomb."
Undismayed by these difficulties and dangers, the new settlers
instinctively turned their attention to the cultivation of the soil
and the development of the resources of nature. Here and there along
the winding river they appropriated the few clear spots where the
natives had formerly planted corn, and promptly took possession of the
neighboring marshes where the growing crop of salt grass promised an
abundant harvest. There was no lack of work; no room for idle
dreamers. Houses had to be built, land ploughed and tilled, and sheds
erected for the protection of cattle before winter set in. House lots,
planting lots, and meadow lots were laid out and granted to individual
members of the community, and the original entries, giving names and
dates, can still be seen on the old records of the town; but how many
houses were erected or how many families settled in Newbury during the
first year of its existence it is impossible to state with exactness.
Governor Winthrop, in his History of New England, under date of
June 3, 1635, records the arrival of two ships with Dutch cattle; and
the same day the ship "James" arrived from Southampton, bringing,
among other passengers, John Pike, father of the famous Robert Pike,
of Salisbury, and one Thomas Coleman, who had been employed b the
projectors of the stock-raising company to provide food for the cattle
and take care of them for a specified term of
years.
In the Massachusetts Colony Records, under date of July 8, 1635:-
It is ordered that there shall be a convenient quantity of land set
out by Mr. Dumer and Mr. Bartholemewe, within the bounds of Newbury,
for the keeping of the sheepe and cattell that came over in the Dutch
shipps this yeare, and to belong to the owners of said cattel.
Evidently, those who were engaged in this new enterprise intended
to utilize the vacant lands and at the same time establish a safe and
profitable business for themselves; but Coleman, becoming
dissatisfied, declined to carry out his part of the contract, and the
General Court finally ordered a division of the grain that had been
imported, and instructed each owner to take care of his own cattle.
(source: The Landing at Parker River (Newbury)
[http://engc.bu.edu/~dcm/pr_history/newbhist.htm] From: "Ould
Newbury": Historical and Biographical Sketches by John J. Currier
(1896),
Damrell and Upham, Boston.)
EDWARD, Newbury, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 20 Dec. 1653, Mary
Goodridge, d. prob. of William of the same, had Mary, b. 29 Sept.
1654; Eliz. 11 July 1656, d. young; Edward, 1658, d. young; [p.641]
Rebecca, 17 Sept. 1661, d. soon; Rebecca, again, 20 July 1663; Sarah,
18 July 1665; Judith, 18 Nov. 1667; Edward, again, 20 Mar. 1670;
Archelaus, 9 June 1672; and Margaret, 31 Aug. 1676. He with his f. was
long involv. in the gr. relig. quarrel of wh. large reports are giv.
in the very valua. Hist. of N. by Coffin. (Savage 4:640)
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| Sources |
- 1. [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 365, 00466.
- 2. [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 513, 00540.
- 3. [S160] Lowells of America, 14, 00337.
- 4. [S229] Descendants of Edward Woodman - 1999, 6, 00130.
- 5. [S243] Descendants of Edward Woodman - 1855, 6, 00129.
- 6. [S134] Descendants of John Emery, 3, 00137.
- 7. [S236] New England Families: Vol. 4 (pdf), 2354, 00394.
- 8. [S661] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, 963, 00661.
- 9. [S576] TGMSP, Edward Woodman, 00516.
- 10. [S259] NEHGS Register, 97:286, 00390.
- 11. [S378] Seven Hundred Ancestors, 91, 00474.
- 12. [S229] Descendants of Edward Woodman - 1999, 7, 00130.
- 13. [S229] Descendants of Edward Woodman - 1999, 3, 00130.
- 14. [S482] Torrey 1st, 838, 00395.
- 15. [S209] Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 1, 556, 00598.
- 16. [S210] Vital Records of Newbury, MA, Vol. 2, 196, 00599.
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