Brief Life History of Frederic
When Frederic Woodward was born on 6 December 1793, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Gideon Woodward, was 34 and his mother, Zerviah Tyler, was 34. He married Lucy Lincoln Fay on 19 December 1833, in Reading, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 December 1861, in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Plainfield, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Frederic Woodard, "United States Census, 1860"
- Fredrick Woodward, "Find A Grave Index"
- Frederick Woodward in entry for Miss Lucia E Woodward, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
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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