When James Jewell Woodward was born on 31 August 1788, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, David Woodward, was 38 and his mother, Tabathy Hill, was 37. He married Polly Kingsbury on 13 November 1814, in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 1 September 1845, in Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
Historical Boundaries 1802: St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
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).
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