When Colonel John Woodward was born on 19 February 1681, in British Colonial America, his father, Dr. Henry Woodward, was 34 and his mother, Mary Godfrey, was 31. He married Elizabeth Stanyarne on 11 May 1702, in Charleston, Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. In 1717, at the age of 36, his occupation is listed as member, commons house of assembly. He died on 7 January 1726, in Charleston, South Carolina, British Colonial America, at the age of 44, and was buried in Saint Helenas Episcopal Churchyard, Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.