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WOODSUM, Joseph

WOODSUM, Joseph

Male 1681 - 1771  (90 years)

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  • Name WOODSUM, Joseph  [1, 2] 
    Birth 1 Feb 1681  Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 10 Sep 1771  Kittery, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9088  My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father WOODSUM, David,   b. 1660, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1700, Leeds, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F6964  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 HORNABROOK, Margaret,   b. Abt 1690 
    Marriage Bef 1708 
    Family ID F6946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Family 2 ABBOTT, Abigail,   b. 30 Oct 1694, Berwick, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Berwick, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1723/24  Berwick, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. WOODSUM, John,   b. 16 Apr 1732, Kittery, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1803, Berwick, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. WOODSUM, Hannah,   b. 1723   d. 1781 (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. WOODSUM, Mary,   b. 1725   d. 1781 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. WOODSUM, Joseph,   b. 16 Apr 1732   d. 10 Sep 1771 (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. WOODSUM, Rueben,   b. 1734  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. WOODSUM, MICHAEL,   b. 1725, Berwick, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1814, Buxton, York, Maine, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Photos
    The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011    		The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
    Family ID F6947  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Feb 1681 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Feb 1723/24 - Berwick, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Sep 1771 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
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  • Notes 
    • About Joseph Woodsum
      Joseph Woodsum was born in 1680/81, probably at Leeds, Yorkshire, England.2 He married first Margaret Hornabrook, daughter of John Hornabrook and Mary before 1708.2 He married second Abigail Abbot, daughter of John Abbot and Abigail Nason, on 12 February 1723/24 at Berwick, York County, Maine.3,4,5,6,7 He died before 4 June 1776.

      Joseph Woodsum was the father of eleven children and progenitor of all the American Woodsum (Woodsome/Woodsom) families.2 He settled before 1708 in Berwick, York County, Maine.2 He was a tailor. He and sons Joseph and John appears on a list of Captain John Hill's company, on 22 October 1740 in Berwick.He was living on 19 January 1756.

      Joseph's marriage to Margaret was likely an unhappy one. In August 1708, before they married, Margaret was indiscreet with Francis Shallot at Newcastle. Whether for this offense or a later one, she was acquitted of adultery in Boston in 1714 while Joseph was in England. She then disappears from the records, but was probably still living because Joseph waited some years to marry Abigail with whom he had been having an affair since at least 1717 when the couple was first presented to the court for bastardy.

      Joseph Woodsum and Abigail Abbot were in court charged with bastardy in September 1717 in York County, Maine.
      Joseph Woodsum was in court charged with cursing in March 1719 in York County, Maine.
      Joseph Woodsum and Abigail Abbot were again in court charged with bastardy in March 1722 in York County, Maine.
      Joseph Woodsum was in court charged with profanity in June 1726 in York County, Maine.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1540] Ancestry.com, Maine Court Records, 1696-1854, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).

    2. [S1661] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011      		 The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011



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