1. Benjamin Woodruff #11
b. 1684 at Elizabethtown, NJ
Father: John Woodruff Jr. #2
b. 1637 at Sturry, Kent, England
d. 27 April 1691 at Elizabethtown, NJ
Mother: Sarah Ogden
b. 1643 at Stamford, CT
d. aft. 1684 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* CNW I p 51
* CNW I p 39, 215 -217
Spouse: Susannah ?
b. 1686, d. 1727
Married 1705.
Children:
1 2. Susannah Woodruff #537
b. 25 October 1706 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. bef. 1712 at Elizabethtown, NJ
2 3. Benjamin Woodruff #538
b. 22 October 1708 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. June 1732 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* died of small pox
3 4. Charles Woodruff #539
b. 1 March 1710 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 29 November1750 at Newark, NJ
* m Hannah Pierson, settled in Newark, NJ
* no record of children
* CNW I p224-225
4 5. James Woodruff #540
b. 28 September 1712 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 1765/70 at East Hanover, NJ
5 99. Ichobod Woodruff #541
b. 1714 at Elizabethtown, NJ
6 100. Susannah Woodruff #542
b. 1716 at Elizabethtown, NJ
7 101. Sarah Woodruff #543
b. 1718 at Elizabethtown, NJ
* m ? Blackledge
5. James Woodruff #540
b. 28 September 1712 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 1765/70 at East Hanover, NJ
Father: 1. Benjamin Woodruff #11
Mother: Susannah ?
* settled in East Hanover, NJ
* CNW I p 225-226
Spouse: Joanna ? #2
b. 13 November 1722
d. 23 July 1812 at East Hanover, NJ
* Joanna remarried 20 Nov 1771 to Herrick Benjamin 1719- 18 Aug 1789;
Morristown Church register
* CNW I p 225-226, 228
Married 1743.
Children:
1 6. Benjamin Woodruff Sr. #544
b. 26 November 1744 at Hanover Township, NJ,
d. 18 October 1837 at Pittsfield, MI
2 91. Charles Woodruff #545
b. 10 July 1746 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 24 October 1748 at Hanover Township, NJ
3 92. Susanna Woodruff #546
b. 12 February 1747 at Hanover Township, NJ
4 93. Sarah Woodruff #547
b. 23 May 1750 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. bef. 1756
5 94. Joanna Woodruff #548
b. 1752 at Hanover Township, NJ
* m 26 Dec 1773 Samuel Morris
* marriage recorded in Morristown Church registrar
6 95. Dorcas Woodruff #549
b. 5 June 1754 at Hanover Township, NJ
7 96. Sarah Woodruff #550
b. 21 June 1756 at Hanover Township, NJ
* m 24 Jul 1775 Silas Gildersleeve
1. Phebe Gildersleeve 22 Oct 1776
2. John Gildersleeve 16 Aug 1781
3. Sarah Gildersleeve 5 May 1785
* Morristown Church registrar
8 97. Mary Woodruff #551
b. 31 May 1758 at Hanover Township, NJ
9 98. Rhoda Woodruff #552
b. 5 December 1765 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 24 September 1775 at Hanover Township, NJ
6. Benjamin Woodruff Sr. #544
b. 26 November 1744 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 18 October 1837 at Pittsfield, MI
Father: 5. James Woodruff #540
Mother: Joanna ? #2
* served over one year as drummer in Capt. Kean's Co., Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., NJ and sergeant in Capt. Jonas Ward's Co., Eastern Battalion, Morris Co., NJ , and Capts Bailey's Co., same battalion also served under Capt. Timothy Tuttle, Capt James Kean,
Capt John Deboe, Capt Benjamin Minard, Capt Jacob Gard
* moved to Seneca Falls, NY, died in Pittsfield, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
* Morristown First Church Combined Registers, p 265
* CNW I p 231 -235
Spouse: Phebe Pierson
b. 1741 at Morristown, NJ, d. 18 January 1777
Father: Timothy Pierson
b. 1710 at Morristown, NJ, d. 11 July 1777
Mother: Mary ? #5
b. 1712, d. 26 August 1788
Married 12 March 1771.
Children:
1 7. James Woodruff Sr. #553
b. 30 January 1772 at Hanover Township, NJ,
d. 1821 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
2 22. Charles Pierson Woodruff #565
b. 18 January 1774 at Hanover Township, NJ,
d. 1 December 1839 at Seneca Falls, NY
Spouse: Patience Lum
b. 8 September 1751 at Morristown, NJ
Father: Obadiah Lum
d. 1783 at Morristown, NJ
Married 8 July 1778.
Children:
1 44. Hannah Woodruff #586
b. 17 May 1779 at Hanover Township, NJ
2 45. Elizabeth Woodruff #587
b. 3 March 1781 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 28 August 1784 at Hanover Township, NJ
3 46. Benjamin Woodruff Jr. #588
b. 31 July 1783 at Hanover Township, NJ,
d. 16 February 1874 at Ann Arbor, MI
4 88. Obadiah Lum Woodruff #589
b. 1 November 1785 at Hanover Township, NJ
5 89. John C Woodruff #590
b. 19 October 1788 at Hanover Township, NJ
* settled in Seneca Falls, NY, then in Ann Arbor, MI
m 1831 Sallie Clark, NY State to Ann Arbor, Michigan
6 90. Timothy Woodruff #592
b. 10 March 1789 at Hanover Township, NJ
7. James Woodruff Sr. #553
b. 30 January 1772 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 1821 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
Father: 6. Benjamin Woodruff Sr. #544
Mother: Phebe Pierson
* died "of excessive intoxication" states Palladium of Liberty, #646
* Morristown First Church Combined Registers, p 265
* CNW II p 229 -232
Spouse: Hannah Huff
d. 1828 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
Married.
Children:
1 8. Clarise Woodruff #555
b. at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
* settled in Meadville PA
2 9. Lewis Woodruff #556
b. at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
3 10. Milo Woodruff #557
b. 1799 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
d. 10 February 1887 at Bridgewater, MI
* m Polly ? 1802 -7 Apr 1888
* settled in Bridgewater, MI
* children: Levi, Ellen, Sarah, Mary and Corwin
4 11. Phineas Lymon Woodruff #554
b. 5 October 1804 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY,
d. 1887 at Shortville NY
* m Adelia C. ?
1. Sophronia Woodruff 12 Jul 1829 m Francis Gilbert
2. Emeline Woodruff m ? Longstreet
3. Holman Woodruff m Sarah Knapp, dau of Leonard Knapp of Canandagua, NY
a. Lena Woodruff m. Miles Kinsley of Penn Yan, NY
b. Gertrude Woodruff m Clarence Bently of Penn Yan, NY
* CNW II p 229
5 12. Phebe Pierson Woodruff #558
b. 1816 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
d. 26 October 1891 at Ann Arbor, MI
6 16. James Woodruff Jr. #559
b. 7 May 1818 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY,
d. 28 December 1904 at Penn Yan, NY
12. Phebe Pierson Woodruff #558
b. 1816 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
d. 26 October 1891 at Ann Arbor, MI
Father: 7. James Woodruff Sr. #553
Mother: Hannah Huff
* died of heart failure
* CNW II p 230, 273
Spouse: 85. Peter Day Woodruff #668
b. 5 October 1818 at Seneca Falls, NY, d. 1894
Father: 46. Benjamin Woodruff Jr. #588
b. 31 July 1783 at Hanover Township, NJ,
d. 16 February 1874 at Ann Arbor, MI
Mother: Freelove Sanford
b. 1783, d. 20 November 1867 at Ann Arbor, MI
* settled at Carpenters Corners, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
* builder, contractor of homes and buisnesses in Ann Arbor, MI
* alderman, city treasurer
* CNW I p 272 -274
Children:
1 13. Dr. Frank Woodruff #669
b. at Ann Arbor, MI
* of East Saginaw, Michigan
1. Ruth Woodruff 1892
2. Helen Woodruff 1895
3. Bernice Woodruff 1893
* CNW I p 291
2 14. Jessie Woodruff #670
b. at Ann Arbor, MI
3 15. Endora Woodruff
b. 1850 at Ann Arbor, MI
* DAR # 44451
* m 17 Oct 1873 William Merrill
1. Edith Merrill DAR # 77537 m Bruce Hudson
2. Elizabeth Merrill m ? Gage
3. Alice E. Merrill DAR # 56397 m ? Wessborg
16. James Woodruff Jr. #559
b. 7 May 1818 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
d. 28 December 1904 at Penn Yan, NY
Father: 7. James Woodruff Sr. #553
Mother: Hannah Huff
* CNW II p 230
Spouse: Elizabeth King
b. 22 December 1822
* dau of George King and Lucia Dewey
Married 25 November 1840.
Children:
1 17. Laura Woodruff #560
b. 1843 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
* m 1845 Franklin Halsey Goldsmith of Dunkirk, NY
2 18. Charles Woodruff #561
b. 18 August 1844 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY,
d. 29 October 1916 at Boston, MA
see listing below
3 19. Lewis Dewey Woodruff #562
b. 1848 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
* served in Civil War
4 20. George Harrison Woodruff #563
b. 1853 at Romulus, NY
d. 26 July 1934 at New Haven, CT
* m 1st 23 Jun 1875 Ella Francis Tuell ? -10 Apr 1881...Warren, RI
1. Sarah Woodruff 9 Sep 1876 m ? Ambrose
* m 2nd 23 Oct 1882 Lottie Clark Davis..Bangor, ME..died NH, CT
2. Charlotte King Woodruff 11 Jul 1885
* CNW II p 230, 231
5 21. John Woodruff #564
b. aft. 1853 at Romulus, NY
* lived in Waterloo, NY, then Chicago IL
18. Charles Woodruff #561
b. 18 August 1844 at Fayette, Seneca Co., NY
d. 29 October 1916 at Boston, MA
Father: 16. James Woodruff Jr. #559
Mother: Elizabeth King
* settled in Boston, Mass, buried in Waterloo, NY
* CNW II p 230
Spouse: Louisa C Sweet
b. 1844, d. 1925
* dau of Caroline Heroy and Stephen Sweet who served in Co. M, 15th Engineers as a Private 1864/65
Married 1867 at Waterloo, NY.
22. Charles Pierson Woodruff #565
b. 18 January 1774 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 1 December 1839 at Seneca Falls, NY
Father: 6. Benjamin Woodruff Sr. #544
b. 26 November 1744 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 18 October 1837 at Pittsfield, MI
Mother: Phebe Pierson
b. 1741 at Morristown, NJ, d. 18 January 1777
* settled in Seneca Falls, NY...1st settlers in1804
* Morristown First Church Combined Registers, p 265
* CNW II p 233, 239
Spouse: Sarah Bartley
b. 25 March 1779, d. 26 April 1868 at Seneca Falls, NY
Married 17 December 1797 at Morristown, NJ.
Children:
1 23. Rachel Woodruff #566
b. 23 December 1798 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 20 February 1816 at Seneca Falls, NY
2 24. Harriet Woodruff #567
b. 4 May 1801 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 1877 at Seneca Falls, NY
* m 20 Nov 1823 Julius Bull
3 25. Sally Woodruff #568
b. 26 November 1803 at Hanover Township, NJ
d. 8 December 1839 at Seneca Falls, NY
4 26. Susan Woodruff #570
b. 7 January 1806 at Seneca Falls, NY
* m 18 Sep 1828 Jacob Peterson
1. Sarah Peterson DAR # 46070 m William H. Beach
* CNW II p 239
* DAR records
5 27. George Bartly Woodruff #569
b. 12 April 1808 at Seneca Falls, NY
d. 10 September 1837 at Seneca Falls, NY
6 28. Charles Pierson Woodruff Jr. #571
b. 4 December 1810 at Seneca Falls, NY,
d. 21 December 1901
7 42. Caroline Woodruff #572
b. 1 May 1813 at Seneca Falls, NY
d. 1816 at Seneca Falls, NY
8 43. Maria Woodruff #573
b. 13 January 1817 at Seneca Falls, NY
d. 9 April 1847 at Seneca Falls, NY
* m 1837 George Bockoven ? -11 Jun 1814
28. Charles Pierson Woodruff Jr. #571
b. 4 December 1810 at Seneca Falls, NY
d. 21 December 1901
Father: 22. Charles Pierson Woodruff #565
Mother: Sarah Bartley
* settled in Monroe, Michigan, then Detroit
* CNW II p 235, 239 -242
Spouse: Marriette Boyd
b. 10 March 1819 at Otsego, NY, d. 19 May 1909
* dau of Ruth and William A Boyd
Married 13 September 1843.
Children:
1 29. Alice Woodruff #574
b. 27 July 1845 at Monroe, MI
d. 27 December 1907
* m 15 Jul 1874 to Arthur Caleb King of Oxford, MA
1. Isabel King 12 Aug 1875 -25 Oct 1895
2. Arthur King 13 Sep 1877 m 20 Jul 1909 Margaret Andrews of Dulu, MN
* CNW II p 235
2 30. Cora Woodruf #575
b. 19 April 1848 at Detroit, MI, d. 3 May 1902
3 31. Charles Boyd Woodruff #576
b. 8 October 1850 at Detroit, MI
d. 14 December 1936 at Tyron, NC
4 32. Eva Woodruff #577
b. 25 November 1852 at Detroit, MI
d. November 1930 at Tyron, NC
5 33. Fremont Woodruff #578
b. 14 February 1857 at Detroit, MI
d. 28 January 1930 at St Petersburg, FL
6 39. Russell Coe Woodruff #583
b. 4 April 1859 at Detroit, MI
33. Fremont Woodruff #578
b. 14 February 1857 at Detroit, MI
d. 28 January 1930 at St Petersburg, FL
Father: 28. Charles Pierson Woodruff Jr. #571
Mother: Marriette Boyd
* CNW II p 236
Spouse: Annie Stevens
d. 28 January 1930 at St Petersburg, FL
* dau of the Leadville, CO, Silver Magnate
Married 24 November 1890 at Detroit, MI.
Children:
1 34. Stevens Woodruff #579
b. 26 September 1892 at Detroit, MI
* m 12 Apr 1919 Dora Lee Heaton in VA
1. Martha Woodruff
1. Stevens Woodruff II
2. Nathalie Woodruff
3. William Heaton Woodruff
* CNW II p 236
2 35. Ruth Woodruff #580
b. 2 April 1895 at Detroit, MI
* m 2 Oct 1921 Charles Beecher Crouse, Utica NY
1. Charles Beecher Crouse
2. Ann Seymore Crouse
3. Woodruff Boyd Crouse
* CNW II p 236
3 36. Mary Woodruff #581
b. 15 October 1899 at Detroit, MI
* lives in Grosse Point Farms, MI
4 37. Alice Woodruff #582
b. aft. 1900 at Detroit, MI
* m 24 Nov 1925 John Owen
5 38. Annie Woodruff #582
b. 14 February 1904 at Detroit, MI
* m 9 Apr 1927 George M Black Jr.
* CNW II p 236
39. Russell Coe Woodruff #583
b. 4 April 1859 at Detroit, MI
Father: 28. Charles Pierson Woodruff Jr. #571
b. 4 December 1810 at Seneca Falls, NY
d. 21 December 1901
Mother: Marriette Boyd
b. 10 March 1819 at Otsego, NY
d. 19 May 1909
* m 27 Apr 1892 Florence Kimball at Salt Lake City, UT
dau of John Burham Kimball and Julia Ann Adelaide Lawrence
* CNW II p 234
Children:
1 40. Adelaide Woodruff #585
b. at Detroit, MI
* m 1918 George W. Brodie Jr.
2 41. Russell Kimball Woodruff #584
b. 6 October 1893 at Detroit, MI
* m 17 Feb 1917 Margaret McIntyre 11 Aug 1894
* children:
1. Margaret Woodruff 1 Apr 1921 m Phillip Albers Baender
2. Janet Woodruff 13 Jan 1923 m Ernest Frederick Hinkle
3. Susan Woodruff 13 Jan 1923 m ? Osborn
4. Russell Kimball Woodruff II 13 Sep 1928 m Lillian Zbinden
5. Adelade Woodruff m George 15 Nov 1932 m Gaylor Booth Jr.
* CNW II p 237
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