Archelaus Woodman

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Archelaus Woodman (bef. 1614 - abt. 1702)

Archelaus Woodman

Born before 23 Jan 1614 in Corsham, Wiltshire, England

Son of Edward Woodman and Edith (UNKNOWN) Woodman

Brother of Mary Woodman [half], Elizabeth Woodman [half], Rebecca Woodman [half], Walter Woodman [half], Jonathan Woodman [half], Anne Woodman [half] and David Woodman [half]

Husband of Elizabeth (UNKNOWN) Woodman — married about 1637 in Massachusetts

Husband of Dorothy (Swan) Woodman — married 13 Nov 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Sarah (Woodman) Adams

Died about 7 Oct 1702 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

08:24: Beryl Meehan edited the data for Archelaus Woodman (bef.1614-abt.1702). (Merged Woodman-626 into Woodman-189: Clear duplicate.) [Thank Beryl for this | 1 thank-you received]

Archelaus Woodman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Archelaus Woodman was baptized 23 Jan 1613/4 at Corsham, Wiltshire, a son of Edward and his second wife (not named). [1] [2]

Archelaus moved from Corsham to neighboring parish of Christian Malford where he was a mercer. On or about April 5, 1635, he embarked on the "James" at Southhampton, England for New England. He arrived 3 June 1635, his name is listed as Hercules. [3] [1]

He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts where he was admitted as freeman on May 17, 1637. He was a freeholder in that town in 1642 and in 1645 he was granted another lot in the town. [1]

He is mentioned in the will of John Pemberton of Lawford, Essexshire on September 9, 1653 as "Hercules Woodman of Newbury". [1] [4]

He was constable at Newbury on April 27, 1648; Selectman in 1661; commissioner at Newbury in 1670-71 to try small cases; was made lieutenant of the Newbury company on May 31, 1670 and served until he was discharged on June 4, 1685; served as deputy to General Court in 1674/75; was "Prudential Man" at Newbury on March 6, 1674/75; tythingman in 1679. In 1679, he took oath of allegiance. [1]

His son-in-law John Brocklebank named Archelaus Woodman, as executor of his estate in John's will written on November 30, 1665. [5]

He married first, Elizabeth (___) who died on December 16, 1677. [6] [1]

He married second widow Dorothy (Swan) (Abbott) Chapman on November 13, 1678 at Newbury. [4] [1] [6] [7]

He was taxed at Newbury in August 1688 and deposed on November 9, 1695 when he was aged 80 years. [1]

He died at Newbury on October 7 or 17, 1702. [6]

His widow Dorothy died at Rowley on October 21, 1710. [8]

Child

Sarah born about 1637; married first John Brocklebank on September 26, 1657 at Rowley, Massachusetts [8] ; married second, John Adams [1]; she died at Ipswich, Massachusetts on May 31, 1676. [9] [4]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Moriarty,, G. Andrews, Genealogical Research in England: The Woodman Family in: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 97, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1943, p. 281-7 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11579/281/236466279 ↑ Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 1157/1. link for subscriber$ ↑ Hoyt, David Webster. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts: With Some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich and Hampton, Volume 3. Snow & Farnham, printers, 1916 - Amesbury (Mass.). Google Books ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Anderson, Robert C. Archelaus Woodman in :The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massahusetts, 2010, p. 511 - 516 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB496/i/13260/511/24793245 ↑ Case 3383: p. 1-6: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13745/3383-co5/30073096 ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II Marriages an Deaths, he Essex institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 520; 753-4 ↑ MA Vital Records - marriages https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Newbury/aMarriagesW.shtml#WOODMAN ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vital Records of Rowley Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 Publ. By The Essex institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1928, p.256; 536 ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the Year 1850, The Essex Institute Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Pages1 - 2.

From Ancestry of Robert Roy and Related Families:

http://www.theroyfamily.com/p3356.htm

Lt. Archelaus Woodman

• Male, #3356, (23 January 1613/14 - 7 October 1702)

Lt. Archelaus Woodman was christened on 23 January 1613/14 in St. Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England.[1],[3] He was the son of Edward Woodman and Edith unknown.[1],[2] Lt. Archelaus Woodman was also known as Hercules or Harchelas Woodman.

He lived in Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England, before emigrating.[1],[4] He was found on a passenger list of the James out of Southampton. He was listed as a mercer of Christian Malford. The James was a sister ship to the Angel Gabriel which brought the three Burnham brothers in 1635. The Angel Gabriel was considered a bark, or a three-masted ship, weighing 240 tons and carrying 12 guns. On May 23, 1635, she and another ship, the James, plus several other ships left Bristol, England with colonists for America. The Angel Gabriel and James touched at Milford Haven, Pembroke County in South Wales. They then sailed two weeks and became separated and arrived off the English coast nearly at the same time. On June 14, 1635, many went ashore and attended Church services at a place called Nangle. After a 12-day delay there, they left on June 22, 1635. Capt. Taylor of the James and Capt. Robert Andrews of the Angel Gabriel. The James was a faster ship and pulled ahead of the Angel Gabriel on July 4, 1635. During the storm, the James was more fortunate than the Angel Gabriel. The James was at anchor at Isle of shoals, was torn from her anchor, and set to sea where two days later she arrived in Boston and passengers embarked on August 17, 1635. Two passengers aboard the James who would become quite famous were Richard and Cotton Mather on 5 April 1635 in Southampton, England.[1],[4],[3],[5],[6]

Archelaus, married Elizabeth unknown.[7],[8],[1],[9],[3],[10]

Lt. Archelaus Woodman became a freeman on 17 May 1637 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He went on foot from Newbury to Cambridge, along with six others, to take the freemans oath.[7],[8],[1],[11]

He lived in 1642 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, being listed as a freeholder.[1] He was granted a house lot in 1645 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.[1]

• He was appointed on 27 April 1648 as Constable.[1]
• On 9 September 1653 Lt. Archelaus Woodman was mentioned in will of John Pemberton of Lawford, Essex, England as "Hercules Woodman of Newbury."[1]
• He served in 1661 as Selectman of Newbury.[1]
• He was Lieutenant in the Newbury Militia Company on 31 May 1670.[1]
• He served in 1670/71 as Commissioner of Small Causes at Newbury.[1]
• He and Elizabeth unknown joined the church in 1674 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.[7]
• Lt. Archelaus Woodman served on 7 October 1674 as a Deputy to the General Court from Newbury.[1],[7]
• He served on 6 March 1674/75 as a Prudential Man.[1]
• He served on 12 May 1675 as a Deputy to the General Court from Newbury.[1]
• He served on 9 July 1675 as a Deputy to the General Court from Newbury.[1]
• He served in 1677 as Tythingman.[1]
• He took the Oath of Allegiance in 1677, Hoyt (1897) says 1678.[1],[7]

On 13 November 1678 Archelaus, at age 64, married Dorothy Swan, daughter of Richard Swan and Ann unknown, in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.[7],[8],[1],[9],[3],[12],[13],[10]

• Lt. Archelaus Woodman ended military service on 4 June 1685.[1]
• He was in August 1688 taxed at Newbury.[1]
• He deeded land on 6 January 1689 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Archelaus Adams, listing Adams as his grandson.4 He deposed on 9 November 1695 gaving his age as 80 years.[1]

He died on Saturday, 7 October 1702 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, at age 88 years, 8 months and 14 days.[7],[14],[8],[1],[12],[10]

Children of Lt. Archelaus Woodman and Elizabeth unknown

• 1. Elizabeth Woodman+
• 2. Sarah Woodman1,4,7 (a 1638 - )

Citations

• 1. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Genealogical Research in England - The Woodman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVII (1943).
• 2. Mecham, H. L. Family Group Record Archive of Edward Woodman. Salt Lake City, Utah: FGRA, 1948.
• 3. Woodman, John A. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by author, 1995.
• 4. Woodman, Cyrus. The Woodmans of Buxton, Maine. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1874.
• 5. Caroline "Woodman." E-mail message from e-mail address at unknown location. 24 May 1999.
• 6. Merill, Samuel. A Merrill Memorial, An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury, Massachusetts. Cambridge, Massachusetts: by author, 1928.
• 7. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume I (1897). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).
• 8. Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the History of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. 1845. Reprint Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1977.
• 9. International Genealogical Index (IGI).
• 10. Linzee, John William. The History of Peter Parker and Sarah Ruggles. Boston: Privately Published, 1913.
• 11. Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society.
• 12. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911, volume I.
• 13. Chapman, Jacob. A Genealogy of Edward Chapman and His Descendants. Concord, Massachusetts: Republican Press Association, 1893.
• 14. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, with some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton, Three Volumes and Supplement in One Volume. volume III (1916). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982).