Matthew WOODRUFF

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28 July 1616 , Cambridge, England

Died

6 September 1682 , Farmington, Connecticut Colony

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Born: 28 July 1616 in Cambridge, England

Father: Unknown

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Matthew married Hannah UNKNOWN abt. 1642 . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Hannah UNKNOWN was born abt. 1620 in England (United Kingdom). Hannah died September 1682 in Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville).

Matthew WOODRUFF died 6 September 1682 in Farmington, Connecticut Colony .
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Hannah UNKNOWN
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Matthew WOODRUFF

Born: 16 May 1646, Farmington, New Haven Colony
Died: 11 November 1691, Milford, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary PLUMB 16 June 1668 Place: Milford, Connecticut, USA

Hannah WOODRUFF

Born: 16 October 1648, Farmington, New Haven Colony
Died: 16 September 1712, Farmington, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Richard SEYMOUR 1675

Samuel WOODRUFF

Born: 26 August 1661, Farmington, New Haven Colony
Died: 8 January 1742, Southington, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Rebeckah CLARK February 1686 Place: Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville)

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Birth — 1616
28 July 1616
Cambridge, England

1646 Birth of Child
Matthew WOODRUFF was born 16 May 1646, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville)

Matthew was 29 years old.

1648 Birth of Child
Hannah WOODRUFF was born 16 October 1648, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville)

Matthew was 32 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1661 Birth of Child
Samuel WOODRUFF was born 26 August 1661, Farmington, Connecticut, USA (Unionville)

Matthew was 45 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1668 Marriage of Child
Matthew WOODRUFF married 16 June 1668, Milford, Connecticut, USA to Mary PLUMB

Will
Will dated 6 Sept. 1682 and probated 13 Dec. 1682.

The last Will & Testament of Mathew Woodroofe Senior:

I Mathew Woodrofe being at this prewent very weak & sick yet by the good hand of God upon me have my perfect understanding now I doe thinke meet to set that litle estate God hath lent me at some stay my will is as followeth.

Item my will is that all my lawful debts be discharged & my will is that my Son Samuel Woodrofe shall have three acres & a halfe of my ploweing land which lyeth in the great meadow next to my Sonn John Woodrofes land my minde is that
for it he shall discharge all my just debts. Item I give & bequeath to my son Samuel Woodrofe my house & my homestead & my meadow land in the little meadow & one acre & halfe of plowing land be it more or less which lyeth next the river in the litle meadow & my horse & one oxe & one young Bullock & five young catle & my cart & plow & plow Iornes of my plow & chains & Harrow & all my Tackling belonging to my Teame & all my ...Read full story