Elizabeth Woodman

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Woodman was born on 7 June 1712, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Deacon Archelaus Woodman, was 39 and her mother, Hannah Swett, was 37. She married John Goodridge on 5 January 1737, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1762, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

John Goodridge
1708–
Elizabeth Woodman
1712–1762
Marriage: 5 January 1737
Nicholas Goodrich
1737–1826
John Goodridge
1739–
Elizabeth Goodridge
1741–

Sources (18)

  • Elizebeth Woodman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Elizabeth Woodman, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Elizabeth Woodman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Name Meaning

English:

occupational name for a woodcutter or a forester (compare Woodward ), from Middle English wodeman ‘woodman’. In some instances this may be a variant of Wadman .

from the Middle English personal name Wudemann (Old English Wuduman, from wudu ‘wood’ + mann ‘man’).

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

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