Mary Woodburn

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Woodburn was born in 1788, in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, David Woodburn, was 43 and her mother, Margaret Clark, was 29. She married Zaccheus Greeley II in 1807, in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 25 July 1856, in Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Clymer, Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Zaccheus Greeley II
1782–1868
Mary Woodburn
1788–1856
Marriage: 1807
Mary Ann Greeley
1807–
Sarah Greeley
1807–
Horace Greeley
1811–1872
Nathan Barnes Greeley
1812–1894
Arminda Greeley
1814–1890
Esther Center Greeley Cleveland
1817–1890
Margaret Woodburn Greeley
1822–1906

Sources (2)

  • Mary Greely in household of Zaccheus Greely, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mary Woodburn in entry for Horas Or Horace Greeley, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"

World Events (7)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1800

Historical Boundaries 1800: Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from Woodburn in Corsenside (Northumberland), Woodburn (Ayrshire, Kincardineshire, Midlothian), or Woodburn in Oakford (Devon). The placenames all derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + burna ‘spring, stream’, i.e. a stream flowing through a wood.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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