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- Richad Woodward, the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Johnson R. Woodward,ofOxford, Massachusetts, was born in England in 1590. He sailed in theship"Elizabeth" of Ipswich, England, April 30, 1635, with his wifeRose, agedfifty, and children George and John, aged thirteen years. Hesettled atWatertown, Massachusetts, and was admitted a freemanSeptember 2, 1635.He was a miller; bought a wind-mill located inBoston and mortgaged orsold it in 1648. His wife Rose died October 6,1666, aged eighty years,and he married (second) (settlement datedApril 18, 1663) Ann Gates, born1603, widow of Stephen Gates, ofCambridge. In 1642 he had a homestall oftwelve acres, bounded by landof John Spring, Martin Underwood, and thehighway, John Wincoll andJohn Knight. He had another homestall boundedby land of Edward How,Richard Benjamin and Edmund Blois. He had in allthree hundred and tenacres. He bought, September 8, 1648, of EdwardHolbrook and wife Anne,a mill in Boston and sold it again, December,1648, to WilliamAspinwall. He died February 16, 1664-65. The inventoryof his estatewas filed April 4, 1665. His widow died in Stow, February5, 1682-83.
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1586 - 1665 (79 years)
