Woodward Family Ancestry Research Project

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John Woodward Family

John Woodward (1699-1746)

Married - 1729

Esther Martin (1704- ?)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of Henry and Sally:

  1. Captain Henry (1730-1790) – m/1759 – Sarah “Sally” Shelton (1738-1775)
    1. Go to Shelton Family Research Page
  2. Ann (1738- ?) – m/?
  3. Elizabeth (1740- ?) – m/?

Captain Henry Woodward Family

Captain Henry Woodward (1730-1790)

Married - 1759

Sarah "Sally" Shelton (1738-1775)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of Henry and Sally:

  1. James Abraham (1761-1836) – m/1797 – Jane “Jennie” Hyden (1763-1856)
    1. Go to Hyden Family Research Page
  2. Jesse (1764-1836) – m/?
  3. John (1768-1837) – m/?
  4. William Presley (1776-1848) – m/?

James Abraham Woodward Family

James Abraham Woodward (1761-1836)

Married - 1797

Jane "Jennie" Hyden (1763-1856)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of James and Jennie:

  1. Henry Hyden  (1798-1848) – m/1817 – Elizabeth ? (? – ?)
    1. Henry’s Letter to His Children
  2. Lemuel (1799-1874) – m/ ?
  3. Lydia (1800-1836) – m/?
  4. Mary “Polly” (1801-1865) – m/?
  5. Lucy (1803-1856) – m / ?
  6. John A (1805-1836) – m / ?
  7. Nancy Maria (1807-1878) – m/?
  8. Emily (1809-1836) – m/?
  9. Jane (1810-1836) – m/?
  10. Isaac Jesse (1811-1867) – m/?
  11. Mary Jane (1812-1870 – m/?
  12. James William (1813-1901) – m/?
  13. Rev. David Thompson (1817-1906) –
    1. m. 1st/ 1838/ widowed: Elizabeth Dodson (1820-1847)
      1. Go to Dodson Family Research Page
    2. m. 2nd/ 1847/ widowed: Sarah Frances Britton (1822-1869)
    3. m. 3rd/ 1869/ Matilda Jane Yates DeWitt (1832-1913)

Rev. David Thompson Woodward Family

Rev. David Thompson Woodward (1817-1906)

Married 1st/1838 - widowed

Elizabeth Dodson (1820-1847)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of David and Elizabeth:

  1. Infant Daughter (1839-1840)
  2. Susan Minerva (1840-1889) – m/?
  3. Mary Jane  (1845-1928) – m/1862 – Obediah Hadeh Anderson (1835-1893)
    1. Go to Obediah Hadeh Anderson’s Family Section
    2. Go to Anderson Family Research Page

Rev. David Thompson Woodward (1817-1906)

Married 2nd/1847 - widowed

Sarah Frances Britton (1822-1869)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of David and Sarah:

  1. George William (1852-1887) – m/1876 – Maggie A Bullock (1858-1918)
  2. James Rucker “Ruck” (1854-1931) – m/1876 – Martha E Baum (abt 1857- ?)
  3. Alice S (1857-1865) – died young
  4. Charles Edward (1858-1948) – m/ – Sarah Alice ? (1859-1914)
  5. Ezra Geary (1858-1938) – m/1885 – Lotta Lou Petefish (1861-1929)
  6. Laura Ella (1861-1941) – m/?
  7. Frances L (1864-1959) –
    1. m/1st/1883- widowed – Charles Wesley Surber (1859-1898)
    2. m/2nd/1903- widowed – Ivo C McKinzie (1862-1938)

Rev. David Thompson Woodward (1817-1906)

Married 3rd/1869

Matilda Jane Yates DeWitt (1832-1913)

Family Worksheets and Papers

  • Census Worksheet
  • Family Sheet

Children of David and Matilda:

  1. Ucela (1870- ?) – m/?
  2. Elizabeth Mary (1871-1898) – m/1888 – David H Warner (1862- ?)
  3. Abel B (1873-1919) – m/?
  4. Minnie Garnette (1875-1951) – m/1898 – Charles W Swallow (1876- ?)
  5. Valentine Randolph (1877-1946) -m/?