When Eleazer Woodworth was born on 3 November 1768, in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America, his father, Silas Woodworth, was 43 and his mother, Sarah English, was 41. He married Mary Chute on 8 September 1790. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 5 July 1844, in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 75.
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In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
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English (Lancashire): variant of Woodward or Wadworth, the latter being a habitational name from Wadworth in Yorkshire, which is derived from the Old English personal name Wada, Wadda + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
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