John Woodward and Anna Dewey

1. "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681," p. 30 in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to The Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930).
2. Holbrook, Jay Mack, Northampton, MA - Marriages from first record to 1840, by Groom, USGenWeb Archives, http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/hampshire/towns/northampton/vitals/marr0001.txt, retrieved 4 Sep 2016.
3. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. “Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts.” Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
5. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
6. Westfield, MA: Marriage Records. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Abstraction of original records, donated to NEHGS by Harold T. Dougherty. "Westfield Marriage Records as Obtained from the Files at City Hall, Westfield," donated 1937)
7. Davis, Rev. Emerson, A Record of Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield, Massachusetts, Prior to the Year 1700, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. VI, Jul 1852, pgs. 265-71.
8. Devlin, Jane, Register of the Deaths in Northampton [Hampshire Co., MA] from the First Settlement of the Town in 1653 to August 1824, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/northampton_ma_deaths.htm.
9. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
10. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
11. Banks, Charles E., "Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop," The American Genealogist, vol. 23, no. 1, Jul 1946, p. 64.
12. Trumbull, James Hammond & Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1887.
13. Wood, W. Herbert and Jacobus, Donald Lines, "Additions and Corrections to the Culver-Colver Genealogy," The American Genealogist, vol. 31, no. 3, Jul 1955, p. 137 [excerpt from article].
14. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, transcribed by Warren C. Wetmore, 1999.
15. Dewey, Adelbert Milton, Life of George Dewey, rear admiral, U.S.N.; and Dewey family history, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Co., 1898, p. 717.
16. Janes, Frederic, The Janes family: A genealogy and brief history of the descendants of William Janes the emigrant ancestor of 1637, New York: J. H. Dingman, 1868.
17. Gravestones of John and Anna Woodward, Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

Records related to the Woodward family but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

1. Entry for Thomas Dewey in Ancestry.com. New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England

Vol. 3
LEE
STEPHEN, Westfield, s. of Walter, m. 23 Dec. 1691, Elizabeth Woodward, d. of John, had Thomas, b. 5 Nov. 1692; and Samuel, 9 May 1695. He rem. to Lebanon.

Vol. 4
WOODWARD

HENRY, Dorchester 1639, came, says Clapp, in his careful Hist. of Dorchester, p. 141, in the James, Capt. Taylor, in the summer of 1635, with Richard Mather, and he calls him a physician. He had there, Experience; Freedom, bapt. 1642; Thankful; and John; rem. 1659 to Northampton, with those ch. and the mo. Elizabeth there was one of the founders of the first ch. and had been an early mem. at D. He was k. by accid. at the grist-mill, 7 Apr. 1685; and next mo. the wid. made her will, tho. she d. not bef. 13 Aug. 1690. Of her s. she says "has been a dutif. and well carriaged s. to me all my life." Experience m. 21 Nov. 1661, Medad Pomeroy; Freedom m. 18 Nov. 1662, Jedediah Strong; and Thankful m. 18 Dec. 1662, John Taylor; all of Northampton.

JOHN, Northampton, only s. of Henry of the same, freem. 1680, m. 18 May 1671, Ann, d. of Thomas Dewey of Windsor, had Elizabeth b. 17 Mar. 1672; John, 2 Apr. 1674; Samuel, 20 Mar. 1676, d. at 7 mos.; Henry, 18 Mar. 1680; Thomas, 22 Apr. 1682; and Israel, 6 Feb. 1685; rem. to Westfield, and in few yrs. more to Lebanon, Conn. Much distinct. in the science of med. has been attain. by descend.

Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, transcribed by Warren C. Wetmore, 1999.

Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; and Dewey Family History

BRANCH OF ANNA.
ANNA DEWEY, dau. of Thomas, ist, baptized Oct. 15, 1643, at Windsor, Conn. ; d. at Lebanon, Conn., and a stone in the old cemetery there reads as follows: "HERE LYES | Y" BODY OF MRS. I ANNA FIRST | WIFE TO MR. JOHN | WOODWARD DECE I SED WHO DIED | JANUARY Y" 14TH | 1707 & IN Y^' 63 | YEAR OF HER AGE." M. May 18, 1671, at Northampton Mass., JOHN WOODWARD, son of Henry and Elizabeth, b. , 1647, at Dorchester, Mass.; d. Oct. 5, 1724, in 77th year, at Lebanon, Conn.; a farmer at Northampton and Westfield, Mass.; moved to Lebanon, Conn., about 1696. Henry Woodward came to Dorchester, Mass., in the summer of 1635, in ship "James," Capt. Taylor; was a physician; moved to Northampton, Mass., about 1658, and was there accidentally killed by a mill wheel, April 7, 1683.

THIRD GENERATION — Born at Northampton.
1. Elizabeth, b. March 17, 1672; m. Dec. 23, 1691, at Westfield, Stephen Lee, son of Walter and Mary, b.- March 5, 1662, at Northampton; they had at Westfield, Thomas, b. Nov. 5, 1692, who settled at Sheffield, Mass.; Samuel, b. May 9, 1695; m. Rachel Loomis, dau. of Samuel, 3d, of Westfield and Sheffield, Mass.
2. John, 2d, bapt. April 2, 1674; m.
3. Samuel, b. March 20; d. Oct. 30, 1676.
4. Henry, b. March 18, 1680.
5. Thomas, b. April 22, 1682.
6. Israel, b. Feb. 6, 1685.

JOHN WOODWARD, 2d, son of John, ist, bapt. April 2, 1674, at Northampton, Mass.; d. Sept. 9, 1743, at Lebanon, Conn.; m. June 2, 1703, at Lebanon, Conn., EXPERIENCE BALDWIN, dau. of John (2d), and Experience (Abell, dau. of Robert), b. about 1681; d. April 9, 1741, ag. about 60, at Lebanon Conn.
FOURTH GENERATION — Born at Lebanon, Conn.
7. Experience, b. Aug. 10, 1704; m. Nov. 30, 1726, John Dewey (No. 1214); shed. Feb. 21, 1801.
8. Israel, b. June 5, 1707.
9. John, b. March 28, 1719; d. Sept. 8, 1741.

Source: Dewey, Adelbert Milton, Life of George Dewey, rear admiral, U.S.N.; and Dewey family history, Westfield, Massachusetts: Dewey Publishing Co., 1898, p. 717.

Westfield, MA: Baptisms Performed in the Church of Christ

Thomas Dewey marred francf clark . march . 22 . 38
his fonn Thomas was Born . febury . 16 . 1639 .
his fonn Jofia was Baptifed . ocobr . 10 . 1641 .
his Daughtr Anna was Baptifed . octo . 15 . 1643 .
his fonn Ifrell was Borne . feptm r . 25 . 1645 . Ded 1
his fonn Jededia was Borne . defem r . 15 . 1647 .
thire father Dyed . Aprell . 27 . 1648 .

Source: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681," p. 30 in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to The Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930).
Notes: The letter s was transcribed as f in this book. The original probably used a medial s, which looks somewhat like an f. (See Wikipedia, long s.)
Elizabeth's mother, Frances (francs clark above), was most likely a widow when she married Thomas Dewey. Her maiden name is not known.

Northampton, MA - Marriages

Woodward, John Dewey, Hannah 5/18/1671

Source: Holbrook, Jay Mack, Northampton, MA - Marriages from first record to 1840, by Groom, USGenWeb Archives, http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/hampshire/towns/northampton/vitals/marr0001.txt, retrieved 4 Sep 2016.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    John Woodward
Event Type:    Marriage
Marriage Date:    18 May 1671
Marriage Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    Hannah Dewey

Name:    Elizabeth Woodward
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    17 Mar 1671
Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Woodward
Mother Name:    Hannah Woodward

Name:    Samuel Woodward
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    20 Mar 1675
Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Woodward
Mother Name:    Mary Woodward

Name:    Henry Woodward
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    18 Mar 1679
Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Woodward
Mother Name:    Hannah Woodward

Name:    Thomas Woodward
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    22 Apr 1682
Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Woodward
Mother Name:    Hannah Woodward

Name:    Israel Woodward
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    6 Feb 1685
Birth Place:    Northampton, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Woodward
Mother Name:    Anna Woodward

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts (Corbin Collection)

Last Name     Given Name    Parents                    Date         Year
Woodward    Elizabeth          d. John & Hanah    Mar. 17    1672[/3]

Source: “Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts.” Corbin Collection Volume 1: Records of Hampshire County, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)

The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records

Lebanon

LEE
Elizabeth, d. Jan. 18, 1744/5 in the 73d y. of her age         1        181

Source: Schott, Nancy E. (comp.), The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records Vital Records, Lebanon, vol. 1 & 2, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999.

Name:    John Woodward
Marriage Date:    2 Jun 1703
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Experience Baldwin

Name:    Thomas Woodward
Marriage Date:    20 Mar 1712
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Hannah Loomise

Name:    John Woodward
Death Date:    5 Oct 1723
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA

Name:    Experience Woodward
Death Date:    9 Apr 1741
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    John
 
Source: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Westfield, MA: Marriage Records

Lee,
Stephen of W. and Elizabeth Woodward of W; m. Dec. 23, 1691

Source: Westfield, MA: Marriage Records. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003), (Abstraction of original records, donated to NEHGS by Harold T. Dougherty. "Westfield Marriage Records as Obtained from the Files at City Hall, Westfield," donated 1937)

A Record of Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield, Massachusetts, Prior to the Year 1700

Stephen LEE, m. Elizabeth Woodward, Dec. 23, 1691     
Chn.     Thomas, b. Nov. 5, 1692                    
              Samuel, b. May 9, 1695

Source: Davis, Rev. Emerson, A Record of Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield, Massachusetts, Prior to the Year 1700, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. VI, Jul 1852, pgs. 265-71.

Register of the Deaths in Northampton

30 Oct 1676, Son of John WOODWARD

Source: Devlin, Jane, Register of the Deaths in Northampton [Hampshire Co., MA] from the First Settlement of the Town in 1653 to August 1824, retrieved Oct 2012 from http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/northampton_ma_deaths.htm.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index

Name:    John Woodward
Death Date:    17 Oct 1724
Death Place:    Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3230

Name:    Anna Woodward
Death Date:    14 Jan 1707
Death Place:    Connecticut
Gender:    Female
FHL Film Number:    3230

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices

Name:    John Woodward
Birth Date:    abt 1648
Death Date:    17 Oct 1724
Age at Death:    76
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Anna Woodward
Birth Date:    abt 1645
Death Date:    14 Jan 1707
Age at Death:    62
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

The will of Hannah Burrows, widow, dated in 1731, proved 28 June 1733. named sons Samuel, Robert, Jeremiah and Isaac, and Isaac's children John and Elizabeth, and her three daughters Mary Tuttle, Margret Duey, and Hannah Woodward; two sons-in-law Nathaniel Duey and Henry Woodward were named as executors. [Ibid., File 842.]
 
Source: Excerpt from Wood, W. Herbert and Jacobus, Donald Lines, "Additions and Corrections to the Culver-Colver Genealogy," The American Genealogist, vol. 31, no. 3, Jul 1955, p. 137.

DEWEY.
p. 273. Anna "Due", ae. 14, dau. of George Phelps his wife. Winsor, 1657.

Source: Banks, Charles E., "Genealogical Items from the Medical Journal of John Winthrop," The American Genealogist, vol. 23, no. 1, Jul 1946, p. 64.

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Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

From the Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut

And this Assembly for themselves and their successors have given and granted and doe hereby give grant and confirme unto the said purchasers and proprietors of the said tract of land hereafter named that is to say to the heirs of… John Woodward junr…John Woodward senr…Stephen Lee…in their actuall full and peaceable seizin and possession being and to their heirs and assignes forever all that the said tract of land of five miles square aforementioned be the same more or lesse butted and bounded as followeth that is to say On the north or northerly with a line drawne and running from a certain great white oak tree standing or that is supposed to stand two miles from the river called Willamantick alias Showtuckett and in the line that is the western boundary of a parcell of land called Masons and Fitches mile west north west five miles to a great 485 chestnutt tree marked standing about halfe a mile westward from the first branch of the ten mile brook and on the west or westerly with a line drawn and running from the said chestnut tree southwest or southwesterly through a pond called the north pond to two litle black oak trees growing out of one root standing about three quarters of a mile from the southwest corner of the said pond and on the east or easterly with the said western boundary of the said parcell of land called Masons and Fitches mile and on the south or southerly with a line to be drawn and run from the said two litle black oak trees to the said line that is the western boundary of Masons and Fitches mile so as to intersect the same western boundary at the distance of five miles on the point south southwest from the first mentioned great white oak tree at the north east corner And also all and singular the rights priviledges hereditaments and apurtennances of the same in such proportions divisions and distinct proprieties as they the said grantees and proprietors their heirs or assignes or any and every of them have right in and doe lawfully hold and are possessed of the same and that the said tract of land of five miles square hereby granted as aforesaid and every part thereof with the appurtenances shall forever hereafter be unto the heirs of the said…John Woodward…John Woodward…Stephen Lee…and to their heirs and assignes a good sure perfect absolute and indefeizable estate of inheritance in fee simple And this Assembly doth order appoint and impower the surveyor of the Conntie of Newlondo with Deacon John Plumh at the proper cost and charge of the said grantees to survey settle and fixe the lines that are to be the south or southerly and east or easterly boundaries of the said tract of land hereinbefore granted as is before expressed and to erect and make sufficient monuments and boundmarks therein and to make their report to this Court in October next Alway provided that this act shall not preiudice the right or interest of any other persons then those abovenamed in the land herein mentioned but the same shall be saved to them this act notwithstanding

Source: Trumbull, James Hammond & Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1887.

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Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut