Thomas WOODWARD

Birth:
2 Apr 1773
Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts
Death:
1860
Marriage:
5 Jan 1805
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources:
Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Massachusetts, including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North
1998 Ancestral File - nil
2000 Ordinance Index
Notes:
                   Thomas Woodward occupied the larger portion of the house now owned by his son, Ralph E. Woodward; he was son of James and Rebecca Woodward; was born in Lynnfield, in 1773; was a very ingenious mechanic and nice workman; was the original manufacturer of the celebrated "Woodward's Awls," and other improved shoe-tools.  The original invention or suggestion of "Emerson's Elastic Razor Straps," has been credited to Mr. Woodward.  He was an honest, industrious, and kind-hearted man, but possessed some peculiarities of character; he had an inquiring and rather credulous mind; any new idea, either in physic, physics, or ethics, he was ever ready to adopt, and if he thought it valuable, he was disposed to pursue it with great sincerity and pertinacity of purpose; hence we find him ever trying some new experiment in manufacturing, using some newly invented pills or cordial, making a "Tincure," that becomes and still continues a popular medicine, becoming an anti-Mason and abolitionist of the most approved patterns, and an honest and sincere believer in Millerism.  He was, however, a very useful citizen.  He lived to be aged, and his body outlived his mind.  He died 1860, age 87 1/2 years.
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Children
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1
Elilza Priest WOODWARD
Birth:
15 Mar 1806
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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2
Rebecca J. WOODWARD
Birth:
1 Jul 1807
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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3
Angelina C. WOODWARD
Birth:
6 Sep 1808
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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4
Sabrina WOODWARD
Birth:
2 Jun 1810
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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5
Edwin WOODWARD
Birth:
27 Jun 1811
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
1866
Selina SWEETSER 
Marr:
16 Apr 1833
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachu 
6
Ellemandia WOODWARD
Birth:
27 Jun 1811
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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7
Orella WOODWARD
Birth:
17 Nov 1812
Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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8
Ralph Erskine WOODWARD
Birth:
4 Mar 1814
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
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9
Sarah WOODWARD
Birth:
Abt 1816
of Middlesex, Massachusetts
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10
Eliza WOODWARD
Birth:
Abt 1818
of Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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11
Mary WOODWARD
Birth:
Abt 1820
of Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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12
Ann WOODWARD
Birth:
Abt 1822
of Middlesex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
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Thomas Woodward - Blocked

Thomas Woodward was born at Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts 2 Apr 1773. His parents were James Woodward and Rebecca Chamberlain.

He married Blocked 5 Jan 1805 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts .

They were the parents of 12 children:
Elilza Priest Woodward born 15 Mar 1806.
Rebecca J. Woodward born 1 Jul 1807.
Angelina C. Woodward born 6 Sep 1808.
Sabrina Woodward born 2 Jun 1810.
Edwin Woodward born 27 Jun 1811.
Ellemandia Woodward born 27 Jun 1811.
Orella Woodward born 17 Nov 1812.
Ralph Erskine Woodward born 4 Mar 1814.
Sarah Woodward born Abt 1816.
Eliza Woodward born Abt 1818.
Mary Woodward born Abt 1820.
Ann Woodward born Abt 1822.

Thomas Woodward died 1860 .