Hannah Woodward

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Woodward was born on 1 February 1767, in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, her father, Eleazer Woodward, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Putnam, was 23. She died on 15 July 1788, in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eleazer Woodward
1738–1815
Hannah Putnam
1743–1811
Huldah Woodward
1765–1853
Hannah Woodward
1767–1788
Ephraim Woodward Sr
1769–1859
Eleazer Woodward
1771–1855
Israel Woodward
1773–1858
Ward Woodward
1776–1850
Sarah Woodward
1779–1806
Elizabeth Woodward
1781–1879
Daughter Woodward
1784–1784
Miss Woodward
1784–
David Woodward
1787–1852

Sources (5)

  • Hannah Woodward, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Hannah Woodward, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Hannah Woodward, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"

World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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