Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Woodward was christened in 1695, in St Mary in the Marsh, Kent, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of William Woodward and Anne Hogbin. She married Nicholas Wraight on 13 November 1720, in Minster, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She was buried in Minster, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Woodward - Church record: birth-name: Elizabeth Woodward
- Elizabeth Wraight, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Eliz. in entry for William Wraight, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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English: occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian, protector’).
History: Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born c. 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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