Brief Life History of Jemima
When Jemima Woodward was born in 1785, in Vermont, United States, her father, Ebenezer Woodward Jr., was 34 and her mother, Patience Orms, was 42. She lived in Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1850. She died on 3 March 1876, in South Royalton, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in North Royalton, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Jemimah Woodward in household of Joseph Moxley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jemima Woodward, "Find A Grave Index"
- General alphabetical card index to case files, 1783-1970
Parents and Siblings
1751–1836 Male
1743–1808 Female
Siblings (6)
1771–1807 Male
1776–1836 Male
1778–1791 Female
1780–1843 Female
1782–1796 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 1
1791 · Vermont Becomes 14th State
Age 6
1812
Age 27
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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