Brief Life History of Clarissa
When Clarissa Woodward was born on 7 September 1786, in Andover, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Henry Woodward, was 41 and her mother, Anne Pease, was 33. She married Moses Clough Jr on 16 October 1806. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1847, in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States.
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- Clarisse Woodard, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Clarissa Woodward, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Clarissa Woodward en el registro de Cordelia Rogers, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
Spouse and Children
1782–1829 Male
1786–1847 Female
Children (10)
1807– Female
1809– Female
1811–1896 Male
1813– Female
1815–1891 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1745–1821 Male
1752–1841 Female
Siblings (7)
1774–1849 Male
1776–1839 Male
1778–1779 Female
1780–1862 Female
1782–1865 Male
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World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 1
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
Age 2
1803
Age 17
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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