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- From FindaGrave:
Note: No burial record has been found for John, but his wife, who was the mother of all of his children, is buried here with an extant gravestone, and he is most likely buried here as well. John is assumed to be the Deacon John Woodward who died in Canterbury in 1767, this being where his wife died.
John was a twin, and the son of John Woodward and Rebecca Robbins of Newton, Mass. He m. Newton 11 April 1698 (VR) Hannah HYDE, b. Cambridge, Mass. 1 Feb 1676 [/7?], d. Canterbury, CT 13 Dec 1731, the daughter of Jonathan Hyde, Jr. and Dorothy Kidder. They had five children, born 1699 to 1713. Hannah has an extant grave marker in this cemetery, but John does not.
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From FamilySearch:
John and Hannah Hyde Woodward lived at Newton for a few years until they migrated to Canterbury, CT. in 1710.
John resided in Newton for a few years before removing to Canterbury in 1710.
In Feb 1702, John and Hannah Woodward witnessed a deed whereby Jonathon Hyde gave land for the use and benefit of the school in the southerly part of the town of Newtown. John Woodward and Jonathon Hyde sold a house and 120 acres in Newton in 1703 for 90 pounds to Robert Murdock of Roxbury.
Canterbury was incorporated as a town in Oct 1703.
By 1705 John Woodward was a resident of Plainfield/Canterbury, CT and by 1706 had settled south of Allen and North of Canterbury line. The church of Canterbury was constituted 13 Jun 1711 at which time John Woodward was covenant and was recognized as one of the "seven Pillars" or constituent members of the church.
In Oct 1714 the tract of land between Plainfield and Canterbury was annexed with John Woodward being added to the inhabitants of Canterbury.
In 1714 The lands of Richard Adams, John Woodward, Edward Spalding and Daniel Cady were added to Canterbury from Plainfield.
At the first reported town meeting 10 Dec 1717, (ten years after formation) John Woodward was chosen moderator and was elected as one of the two grand-jurors.
John Woodward was elected first deacon of the first church of Brooklyn, Connecticut, in the second quarter of the 18th century, and was chosen moderator of the town meeting in Canterbury, on 10 Dec 1717 and John Woodward and Solomon Terry were elected grand jurors.
In May 1721 he signed a petition to have own church between Pomfret and Canterbury, and in Oct 1728, he signed a petition for a new town.
John Woodward the first of that name to come to Windham Co., CT bought a rectangle of land in Canterbury covering 187 acres . On this property he built a house. The greater part of this property remained in the family until 1880.
12 Mar 1722/3 Richard Adams of Norwich sold John Woodward of Canterbury a tract of 3,000 acres of land.
11 May 1723 John Woodward gave his son, John, 50 acres and 50 acres to his son-in-law, Henry Bacon of Pomfret.
15 Apr 1743 John signed his will in which he named Abigail as his wife. It was proved 5 May 1767. It stated that marriage contract with his wife was to be fulfilled, mentions 3 sons: John, Ephraim and Deliverance. Daughters: Mary Cleveland and 4 children of daughter, Hannah Bacon, deceased: Hannah Hyde, Henry, Benjamin and Ephraim Bacon.
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1675 - 1767 (91 years)
