Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Woodbury was born on 20 April 1654, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Andrew Woodbury, was 31 and her mother, Mary Cockerell, was 27. She married Francis Moore in August 1666, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 26 May 1708, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Woodbury - Government record: birth: 20 April 1654; Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Elizabeth Woodberye, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Elizabeth Woodberye in entry for Frances Moore, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1692 · Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, the Salem Witch Trials began when Betty Parris fell sick with an unknown illness. Her cousin Abigail William claimed that she was being made sick because of witchcraft. As other strange events began to happen more of the young ladies in the town started accussing more people. These people mainly consisted of people the young ladies did not like. By the time the hysteria ended over 200 people were accussed of being witches. Nineteen men and women were found guilty and hung.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset and Devon): habitational name from Woodbury in Devon, named from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + byrig, dative of burg ‘fortress’, or from either of two places called Woodborough, in Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire. The Nottinghamshire placename has the same origin as Woodbury in Devon. Woodborough in Wiltshire is named with the same first element + Old English beorg ‘hill’.
History: John Woodbury emigrated from Somerset, England, to Gloucester, MA, in 1623.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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