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It was not originally our intent to include the RobertWoodwardFamilyinthese Web Pages. However, we foundseveralWoodwardresearchers(ourselves included) occasionally confusedbetweenthedescendants ofRobert and Richard Woodward since they carriedmany ofthesame givennames. We are therefore including our research ontheRobertWoodwardFamily to try to mitigate some of the confusion.Wecertainlyhave notresearched this family to the depth that we haveourownancestor,Richard Woodward. We would appreciate anything anyonecanaddto thesepages. {email} We will also happily entertain anyquestionsastosources of information and will try to help clear upanyconfusionthatstill exists. We are using a different backgroundcolorfordescendantsof this family, so as you page through the siteyoucandifferentiatebetween the families.
Robert and Richard Woodward were thought to be brothers.Theywereprobablyborn in Acton Parish, Cheshire, England, and wereprobablysonsof EdwardWoodward. (See map of England for location.)Theyarebelieved to haveimmigrated to America with sisterandbrother-in-lawThomas and ElizabethWoodward Eavenson. The principalpointof confusionin the Robert andRichard Woodward families is thatbothRobert andRichard had sons namedRichard, who were both bornabout1673.Fortunately, the two families livedin slightly differentareasofChester County which helps sort them out.Robert and hissonsoriginallylived on Crum Creek in Providence Township,while Richardandhis sonslived on Chester Creek in Thornbury Township.Later Richard,sonofRobert, lived in East Bradford and Richard, son ofRichard, livedinWestBradford (see Chester County maps).
J. Gary Woodward, in The Woodward Family ofChesterCounty,Pennsylvania,gives us the names of children of RobertWoodward assonRichard anddaughter Ann. He also considers anotherdaughter Hannah,whowas buried25 November 1686 in Acton Parish and was adaughterof'RobertiWoodward,' although it is not certain it is thisRobertWoodward.Landrecords of Chester County, Pennsylvania, give us twomorenames. On8March 1696 Robert Woodward granted to John Powell land onCrumCreek.Thedeed is witnessed by Thomas Woodward. Another deed onJune11,1696,mentions land on Crum Creek bounded by George Woodward.ItappearsthatThomas and George Woodward were sons ofRobertWoodward.Robert'soccupation is given as yeoman in his deed. We donotknow thename ofRobert's wife. She did not sign the deeds, but atthatvery earlydateit was not necessarily customary for the wife to sign.Shemay havebeendeceased. Robert's son Richard is well documented inQuakerrecordsandin Nayle wills in Chester County.
To summarize - Probable Children of Robert Woodward:
Richard Woodward, born 12/17/1673, Acton Parish,Cheshire,England;marriedMary Nayle, daughter of Henry and Deborah Nayle.
Hannah Woodward died 11/1686, Acton Parish, Cheshire, England.
Ann Woodward married George James 7/27/1698,SpringfieldTownship,ChesterCo, PA. Ann died 1720.
George Woodward owned land on Crum Creek inProvidenceTownship,ChesterCounty.
Thomas Woodward witnessed deed when Robert Woodward sold landonCrumCreekin Providence Township, Chester County.
Another deed on 20 March 1711 tells us that Nathaniel Ring sold150acresofland to Richard Woodward late of Thornbury, yeoman, sonofRobertWoodwardof Birmingham, Tailor. Henry and Deborah Naylewerewitnesses tothis deed(father and mother-in-law of Richard). Thistellsus that thisRichard alsolived in Thornbury at some period in time.
We have no further information on either George orThomasWoodward.Anotherindication that Thomas was a son of Robert isthatRichard nameda sonThomas, apparently for this brother.
There is a Web Site, Woodward-Mattson Family, containinginformationonadescendant of Robert Woodward's son Richard, andaconciseWoodwardFamily History.
'The names of Robert and Richard Woodward occur together, twice,asjurors,at a court held September 11th, 1688, and Robert Woodward was also ajurorOctober 2d, 1688. March 5th, 1689-90: 'Robert Woodward being called tothebarre for speaking abusively against the majestretes,espetialyagainstJohnSimcockes, soe he submitted himselfe. Ordered that he shoudlfindesurityesfor his good behavior.' June 3d, 1690: 'Robert Woodward being called toseave his recognience, weh accordingly he appered. Ordred he should bedischarged, paying his charges.' June 9th, 1696:: Robert Woodward ismentioned as of Lower Providence Township. September 8th, 1696: JamesSwaffer of Chester township, in giving evidence respecting thetheftofsomearticles from his house, mentioned that Robert Woodward's twosonswere'attplow att his house' about that time, 'and after some time his son Richardcame to me & would have me to meet him at a wise man's house, & there Ishould here of my goods, &c.' Perhaps from lack of faith in the wisemanhedeclined to go. December 3d, 1696: Robert Woodward of thecountyofChester,yeoman, conveys to John Powell of the same county, yeojman, 77acresoflandin Nether Providence, by Crum Creek for 60 Pounds. After this RobertWoodward is mentioned as of the manor of Rocklands, a part of Brandywinehundred, in the County of New Castle, as will be noticedhereafter.Thenameof his wife has not been ascertained, neither the exact number o fhischildren, though he had at least two sons and one daughter.'
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