When Joseph Woodford Sr. was born on 16 October 1761, in Avon, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph Woodford, was 30 and his mother, Eunice Hart, was 23. He married Hannah Hatch on 15 December 1785, in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Rensselaerville, Albany, New York, United States in 1790. He died after 24 August 1832, in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + ford ‘ford’, such as Woodford in Cheshire, Cornwall, Essex, Northamptonshire, and Wiltshire. In Scotland, the name is derived from Woodford in Saint Boswells (Roxburghshire).
History: Thomas Woodford emigrated from Lincolnshire, England, to NY in 1690.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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