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1. Joseph Woodruff #03
b. 1676 at Southampton, LI, NY
d. 2 February 1741 at Westfield, NJ; # 290 FPCW

Father: John Woodruff #02
b. 1650 at Southampton, LI, NY
d. 1703 at Southampton, LI, NY
Mother: Hannah Newton

* # 290 FPCW
* migrated in 1701 to Cranford, “Westfields,” Essex Co., NJ
* From Hattfield's History of Elizabeth, NJ p 307-8; "James Emott had obtained, April, 1686, of the Proprietors, a Patent for 300 acres of land on the West side of the Rahway river, within the town bounds, and claimed by the Associates as part of their lands in common. In the division of 1699 -1700, Lot 148, (actually "Number 149 for Joseph Woodrufe,") containing 100 acres, surveyed by John Harriman, Jr., and the Town Committee, was assigned to Joseph Woodruff. It covered a part of the land that had been surveyed, March 20, 1685, by John Reid (Surveyor for the Proprietors,) for John Emott. At the decease of Emott, this claim came into the possession of his widow, Mary Lawrence, the step-daughter of first of Gov. Carteret, and then of Col. Townley; and so into the hamds of the Rev. Edward Vaughan, the Episcopal Minister of this Tow, by her marriage to him in 1714. Whereupon, in the November Term of the Supreme Court of NJ, 1714, Mr Vaughan brought an Action of Ejectment against Joseph Woodruff. The Cause came to trial, in May 1716, the judges being, as was alleged, in the Proprietary interest. A special verdict was found; and, for several Terms, the case was argued at length on both sides, resulting, May 1718, in a judgement by the Court in favor of Vaughan. Thereupon, writ of Error, Woodruff carried the Cause befor the Governor and Council, intending, if judgement were given against him there, to appeal it to the King in Council; but "the Governor and Council would never be prevailed upon to give a Judgement in the said Cause; but after about ten or twelve years delay, and a vast expense in the cause, the said Case dropt without being decided."
* "Joseph Woodruff's will, Essex Co., NJ proved 10 Feb 1741 and witnessed by Goerge Ross, George Ross Jr., and Charles Hol, begins as follows: "In the name of God, Amen: The ffifteenth Day of January In the year of our Lord Christ, One Thousand Seven hundred fforty one alias Two I Joseph Woodruff Junr
* CNW II part II
* First Families of Westfield website; the Greaves Papers
* From the manuscript of Barton C Woodruff by Lewis D Cook:
"The will of Joseph Woodruff Junr, of the Borough of Elizabeth, dated 15 Jan 1741/2 and proved Feb 1741/2: "devises to his sons John, Jonathan, William, Samuel and to daughter Abigail Gould; 5 shillings each. To sons Thomas and Hezekiah Woodruff: "all my Homestead Plantation which I now live on, situate lying and being adjoining to the west side of the Rahway River, within the limits of the Borough aforesaid, and two pieces of salt meadow at the bottom of Trembly's Neck, all to be divided equally between them and they to pay to my son Benjamin Woodruff L40 at 8 shillings per pound when he is 16 years of age. To son Joseph Woodruff; that house and lands which I purchased of Daniel Talmage by deed of release dated 11 Dec 1741. To son Nathaniel Woodruff; my house and plantation bought of Joseph Bird, of said borough, lately deceased, he to pay to my son Isaac Woodruff, L30. To said son Isaac Woodruff, a piece of salt meadow, by Marsh's Creek, to son Benjamin Woodruff, my negro boy. To my two daughters Sarah and Joanna Woodruff, L16, each. To my wife Hannah; the best room in my now dwelling house and one third of the improvement of my lands, one third of my movable estate as my widow. Executors appointed said wife Hannah and friend William Miller and my son Thomas Woodruff. (NJA XXX p 545)

Note: Regarding Joseph Woodruff Sr. #6 and his cousin Joseph Woodruff Sr. #03 of Westfield. After reading CNW's accounts of the two men and Hatfield's History of Elizabeth, NJ, it is difficult to distinguish the separate identities of these two contemporaries. It appears that Joseph Woodruff #6 was involved in the dispute of town boundaries with Elizabeth and Newark, NJ and Joseph Woodruff #03 was involved in the dispute over land ownership with the Associators and the Proprietors.
From Hatfield's history of Elizabeth, NJ, p 311-12
On Nov 18, 1729, "The names of the Associates present are attached, with their seals, to a paper, previously recorded, of the same date in which are recited briefly the Nature of their Title-Deeds, the names of the Original Associates, and those of 1699 additional, together with a statement of the Loss of the Town Books, and an Agreement to allow the new Book to be regarded as a Lawful Record of Surveys and Conveyances." The Woodruff signatures were John Woodruff, Joseph Woodroff, Joseph Woodruffe, Ben Woodruff, Timothy Woodruff, Thomas Woodruff, Caleb Woodruff, and Samuel Woodruff. Trustees were appointed or "Committe Men," as they were called for "the disposal of the common lands of the town, and for the systematic and organized defence of the people's title to their inferitance, of which they or their faters had now been in possession more than fifty years." Named to the Committe in 1729 was Benjamin Bond, Joseph Woodruff, and John Harriman. Joseph Woodruff Sr. #6 more than likely served on the Committe above representing the Woodruff interest in the original associators.

Note the differences in spelling of the Joseph Woodruffs. Joseph Woodruff #6 had inherited property, (shared with his brothers,) Lot Number 67, from his father John in 1691. It is likely that Joseph Woodruff Jr. #675 next inherited his land since he willed land "belonging to his father." Note Joseph Sr.'s sons, Ben and Samuel Woodruff's signatures, perhaps they already owned land in 1729. Joseph Woodruff Sr. #03 does not appear in New Jersey until 1699/1700. Joseph Woodruff Sr. #6's land would not be in dispute since the "Elizabethtown" Woodruffs were in possession of the property since 1664. It is probable that Joseph Woodruff Sr. #03 was involved in the property dispute between the associators and proprietors that is well documented.

Spouse: Hannah ? #5
b. 1684
d. 14 August 1742 at Westfield, NJ; #291 FPCW

* born either in 1684 or in 1690, depending upon how accurate the records were kept; 1684 seems more plausible since John was b in 1704

Children:

1 2. Deacon John Woodruff #04
b. 1704 at Westfield, NJ
m. Eleanor Donnington,
d. 24 September 1768 at Westfield, NJ
PAGE 1

2 66. Jonathan Woodruff #054
b. 15 March 1706 at Westfield, NJ
m. Jannet Megie,
d. 15 July 1777 at Westfield, NJ
PAGE 2, 3, AND 4

3 226. William Woodruff #0176
b. 1708 at Westfield, NJ
m. Phebe Williams #1 b. 1702
dau of Joseph Williams 1678 - 21 February 1737; of Wethersfield, CT
NO MORE INFORMATION

4 227. "Deacon” Samuel Woodruff #0177
b. 1710 at Westfield, NJ
m. Abigail Megie at Westfield, NJ
d. 30 August 1754 at Westfield, NJ
PAGE 5

5 245. Abigail Woodruff #0194
b. 12 September 1712 at Westfield, NJ
m. John Gould III
PAGE 5

6 251. Isaac Woodruff Sr. #0195
b. 1715 at Westfield, NJ, m. Mary ? #8
PAGE 5

7 291. Joanna Woodruff #0237
b. aft. 1715 at Westfield, NJ
* m to Joseph Crane???
no other info

8 292. Joseph Woodruff Jr. #0236
b. aft. 1715 at Westfield, NJ, m. Ann Scudder
* referred to in father's will, no issue
m Ann Scudder; b. 1734 at Westfield, NJ, d. 28 June 1757
dau of Capt. John Scudder, b. 1700 at Westfield, NJ, d. 1777
* CNW II p 183; no other info

9 293. Nathaniel Woodruff #0238
b. 14 October 1719 at Westfield, NJ
d. ca 1780/90 at Spartanburg Co., SC
* lived at Ashswamp, NJ; named in his father's will of 1742; no issue
* CNW II p 183; no other info from Woodruff Chronicles, believed to be the Nathaniel Woodruff who settled in Spartanburg County, SC
see pages on Nathaniel Woodruff SC

10 294. Capt. Thomas Woodruff #0239
b. 1722 at Westfield, NJ
m. Mary ? #9,
m. Anna Scudder, 6 December 1753
m. Rebecca Merry , 31 January 1763
d. 2 April 1801 at Westfield, NJ
PAGE 6

11 336. Hezekiah Woodruff #0260
b. 1724 at Westfield, NJ
m. Mary Stites, 1746,
d. 22 October 1776 at Westfield, NJ
PAGE 7

12 416. Sarah Woodruff #030
b. 1725 at Westfield, NJ
m. Capt. Enos Baldwin, aft. 1755
d. 4 November 1797 at Livingston, NJ
PAGE 8

13 420. Lieutenant Benjamin Woodruff #0325
b. 1726 at Westfield, NJ
d. 1786
PAGE 8

2. Deacon John Woodruff #04
b. 1704 at Westfield, NJ,
d. 24 September 1768 at Westfield, NJ; #265 FPCW

Father: 1. Joseph Woodruff #03
Mother: Hannah ? #5

* CNW I p174

Spouse: Eleanor ?
* named as an "heir" in the will of Thomas Donington who states "if my wife and children should die without issue, then my estate is to go to Eleanor, the wife of John Woodruff." Eleanor may have been a close relative of Thomas or his wife Thankful.
Source: an email from Doug Corbin

Children:

1 3. Cornelius Woodruff Sr. #044
b. at Westfield, NJ
m. Mary Osborn, 7 February 1762

2 13. John Woodruff #05
b. at Westfield, NJ
m. Sarah Miller #2
d. 1778 at Springfield, NJ

3 52. Moses Woodruff #030
b. 12 September 1734 at Westfield, NJ
m. Phebe Marsh,
d. 28 October 1817 at Surry Co., NC
no other info in Woodruff chronicles, believed to be the Moses Woodruff who settled in the Yadkin River Basin of Surry County, NC
see Moses Woodruff of NC

3. Cornelius Woodruff Sr. #044
b. at Westfield, NJ

Father: 2. Deacon John Woodruff #04
Mother: Eleanor Donnington

* Revolutionary War soldier,
*1st 3 children babtised at FPCW
* 2nd 3 children , in Morristown, NJ
* settled in Fayette Co., PA
* CNW II p190

Spouse: Mary Osborn

Married 7 February 1762.

Children:

1 4. Cornelius Woodruff Jr. #045
b. 8 May 1763 at Westfield, NJ; babtised at FPCW
* 1800 Fayette Co., PA Census; Cornelius Sr., Cornelius Jr.

2 5. Hannah Woodruff #046
b. 3 February 1765 at Westfield, NJ; babtised at FPCW
* m John W Rardin of Westmoreland, PA

3 6. William Woodruff #047
b. 21 September 1766 at Westfield, NJ; babtised at FPCW

4 7. John Woodruff #048
b. 11 September 1768 at Morristown, NJ
* babtised at Morristown, p265, Combined Registers

5 8. Joab Woodruff #049
b. 11 November 1770 at Morristown, NJ
* babtised at Morristown, p265, Combined Registers

6 9. Moses Woodruff #050
b. 29 April 1773 at Morristown, NJ
* babtised at Morristown, p265, Combined Registers

7 10. Betty Woodruff #053
b. aft. 1773

8 11. Mary Woodruff #051
b. aft. 1773

9 12. Sarah Woodruff #052
b. aft. 1773

13. John Woodruff #05
b. at Westfield, NJ, d. 1778 at Springfield, NJ

Father: 2. Deacon John Woodruff #04
b. 1704 at Westfield, NJ
d. 24 September 1768 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Eleanor Donnington

* CNW II p174 -175, 192

Spouse: Sarah Miller #2
* dau of Nathaniel Miller

Children:

1 14. Abigail Woodruff #06
b. 7 September 1760 at Westfield, NJ
* "Nabby"

2 15. Eleanor Woodruff #028
b. at Springfield, NJ, m. Daniel Connett

3 24. Phebe Woodruff #07
b. at Springfield, N, m ? Fordice

4 25. Rhoda Woodruff #029
b. at Springfield, NJ, m. Col. Abraham Wooley

5 30. Samuel Woodruff #027
b. b. 1763 at Springfield, NJ
* brothers Abner and Stephen, cousin Cornelius, all settled in PA before moving onward; is this the Samuel who also settled in Green Co., PA???
* Private Samuel Woodruff; Rev. War, NJ militia; placed on pension in Green Co., PA on 28 June 1833, age 70; USGenweb

6 31. Sarah Woodruff #08
b. at Springfield, NJ
* m ? Smith

7 32. Simeon Woodruff #017
b. at Springfield, NJ

8 33. Stephen Woodruff Sr. #09
b. at Springfield, NJ, m. Sarah Crane #4
d. 1769 at CT Farms, NJ

9 42. Abner Woodruff #018
b. 31 January 1765 at Springfield, NJ
m. Catherine “Caty” Roll, 1786, d. 30 November 1835

15. Eleanor Woodruff #028
b. at Springfield, NJ

Father: 13. John Woodruff #05
Mother: Sarah Miller #2

* children were all babtised at FPCW
* CNW II p 175, 196 -197
* Westfield babtism records

Spouse: Daniel Connett

Father: Henry Connett
b. 1698, d. 10 July 1761

Children:

1 16. Phebe Connett
b. 5 May 1771 at Westfield, NJ

2 17. Isaac Connett
b. 7 June 1772 at Westfield, NJ

3 18. Abigail Connett
b. 2 January 1774 at Westfield, NJ

4 19. Moses Connett
b. 28 May 1780 at Westfield, NJ

5 20. Abner Connett
b. 12 May 1782 at Westfield, NJ

6 21. Eleanor Connett
b. 20 June 1784 at Westfield, NJ

7 22. Gardner Connett
b. 25 June 1786 at Westfield, NJ

8 23. Abraham Connett
b. 30 October 1791 at Westfield, NJ

25. Rhoda Woodruff #029
b. at Springfield, NJ

Father: 13. John Woodruff #05
Mother: Sarah Miller #2

* CNW II p 174 -175, 194 -195

Spouse: Col. Abraham Wooley
b. 1756 at Long Hill, NJ, d. 1812

Father: John Wooley
* descendent of Robert Wooley 1639 of Fairfield, MA, then Southampton, LI, NY, son of Robert Wooley and Teckla Pemberton of England and his wife Anne Woodruff, sister of John..... their son Robert, became an Elizabethtown Ass., settled in Westfield, NJ
Mother: Mary Roll
b. 1737 at Springfield, NJ

Children:

1 26. Col. Abraham Roll Wooley
b. 1782, d. 1857

* served in the US Army
* CNW II p 194 -195
* Norris Family Website

Spouse: Eliza Denman
b. aft. 1770 at Springfield, NJ

Father: Mathias Denman
b. 13 February 1751 at Springfield, NJ
d. 24 January 1841 at Springfield, NJ
* served as a minute man in the Revolutionary War, was a private in the Light Horse under Capt. Christopher Marsh
* purchased sections of OH that is now Cincinnati OH
Father: Philip Denman Sr., b. 1704 at Westfield, NJ, d. 15 September 1780 at Springfield, NJ
Mother: Sarah Crane #1, b. 1718 at Elizabethtown, NJ, d. 1780 at Springfield, NJ

Mother: Phebe Baldwin #2
b. 1752 at Newark, NJ, d. 14 January 1833
Father: Capt. Enos Baldwin, b. 1723 at Newark, NJ, d. 2 December 1807 at Livingston, NJ
Mother: Phebe Williams #2

Married 12 June 1808.

Children:

1 27. Henry Baldwin Wooley
b. 1820 at Council Bluffs, IO

2 28. Mary Wooley
b. aft. 1820 at Council Bluffs, IO
* m David C Baldwin, son of Sarah Camp and Capt Thomas Baldwin 1746 -1821
1. Abraham W Baldwin m Sarah Jefferys, dau of Julia Thompson Jefferys of Conn Farms
2. Laetitia Badwin

3 29. Charles Woodruff Wooley,
b. 1823 at Council Bluffs, IO
d. 5 April 1907 at Buffalo, NY
* settled in Buffalo, NY
* served in the US Navy as a midshipman in the Mexican War
* m Catawba Sandford of Covington, KY
1. William W Wooley 1849 -1906 m Hattie E Bradford
2. Sue Dana Wooley 4 Jan 1851
3. Charles Woodruff Wooley Jr. 28 May 1854
4. Dana Sandford Wooley 8 May 1857 m Clarissa Eliza Battey
5. Kate Sandford Wooley 12 Oct 1860 -4 Jun 1911, m William Prendergast Bemus
* Norris Family Website
* First Families of Westfield, Greaves Papers

33. 2. Stephen Woodruff Sr. #09
b. ca. 1720/30 at Westfield, NJ
d. 1769 at CT Farms, NJ
* Stephen Albert Woodruff believes he is a descendent of Nathaniel Woodruff and Abigail Leek of Easthampton whose sons Nathaniel and Isaac went to NJ. However, N Woodruff’s desendants settled near Cumberland Co., NJ, much farther south.
* CNW believes he is a son of John Woodruff #05 and Sarah Miller, but the dates don't match with this generation. Suppose he was the son of Deacon John Woodruff #04 ???;

Father: 1. Deacon John Woodruff #04
b. 1704 at Westfield, NJ
d. 24 September 1768 at Westfield, NJ
Mother: Eleanor Donnington

* a weaver, settled in CT Farms, advertised for sale this Farm 60-70 acres on 24 June 1764 ; died prior to his father's will
* joined Scotch Plains Babtist Church
* dates don't match with the generation suggested by CNW (as the son of John Woodruff and Sarah Miller), suppose he was the son of Deacon John Woodruff #04 ???; CNW has him as the son of John Woodruff #05 and Sarah Miller #2
* CNW and SAW state Hannah m 2nd William Terry while Stephen was still alive, but it appears it was the other way around
* possibly Hannah was deceased before Stephen Woodruff Sr. #09, since Stephen Woodruff Jr. #010 was ward of Daniel Pierson by probate in 1769 (his father's death)
* where is Hannah's grave?

* CNW II p174, 191, 192
* Crane Genealogy p 473 for b date and ancestry
* A Branch of Woodruff Family by Stephen Albert Woodruff
* CNW II p175, 191; CNW states her name was Sarah
* First Families of Westfield website

Spouse: Hannah Crane #3
b. 24 July 1728 at Westfield, NJ
m. 1st William Terry, bef. 1746

Father: Jonathan Crane #3
b. 1705 at Elizabethtown, NJ
d. 6 January 1766 at Westfield, NJ

* possibly Hannah was deceased before Stephen Woodruff Sr. #09, since Stephen Woodruff Jr. #010 was ward of Daniel Pierson by probate in 1769 (his father's death)

Married bef. 1755.

Children:

1 3. Stephen Woodruff Jr. #010
b. 30 August 1755 at CT Farms, NJ
m. Rachel Stites, ca. 1777
m. Catherine Lyons, 1795 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA, d. 16 April 1828 at Hamilton, OH

2 43. Sarah Woodruff #009, b. aft. 1755 at CT Farms, NJ

3. Stephen Woodruff Jr. #010
b. 30 August 1755 at CT Farms, NJ
d. 16 April 1828 at Hamilton, OH

Father: 2. Stephen Woodruff Sr. #09
Mother: Hannah Crane #3

* declared ward of Daniel Pierson by probate in 1769 (his father's death)
* m 1st Rachel (Stites?) , m 2nd Catherine (Lyons?)
* settled in Morgan Twp, Green Co., PA then moved on to Springfield Twp, Hamilton Co.,OH
* CNW I p 328; tax lists of Morgan Twp, Green Co., PA shows in 1788 - 1809 a Samuel Woodruff, single man and Stephen Woodruff; could Samuel be a cousin?
* 30 Apr 1798, purchased 125 acres on Clough Creek in Anderson Twshp, part of 2000 acres given to Gen. George Washington

* CNW II p191 -192
* A Branch of Woodruff Family by Stephen Albert Woodruff
* LDS website; ancestrial file; IGI record
* First Families of Westfield; Woodruff

Spouse: Rachel Stites
b. 15 September 1754
d. 1 August 1794 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA

* LDS says dau of John Stites, however her father more likely maybe Captain Benjamin Stites b. 9 Feb 1724 of Springfield, NJ; d 31 May 1805 in Scotch Plains, NJ and his wife Rachel. Siblings recorded were Hezekiah Stites (1749 -1788) and Benjamin Stites Jr. (1746 -1804) who Stephen Woodruff traveled with on his migration to Ohio; note the name Hezekiah is passed down. Stephen settled on their first stop in Redstone Fort, PA and later moved on to Ohio

* LDS website; ancestrial file
* First Families of Westfield; Woodruff

Married ca. 1777.

Children:

1 4. Hezekiah Stites Woodruff
b. 1778 at Scotch Plains, NJ
* d before 1792 since another Hezekiah was b to this family
* not in A Branch of Woodruff Family by Stephen Albert Woodruff

2 5. Stephen Stites Woodruff
b. 17 May 1780 at Scotch Plains, NJ

3 6. Sallie "Sofhe" Woodruff
b. 10 June 1783 at Scotch Plains, NJ
m. Johann Peter Kern

4 7. Polly Woodruff
b. 16 January 1785 at Scotch Plains, NJ

5 8. Hannah Woodruff
b. 5 November 1788 at Scotch Plains, NJ

6 9. Rachel Woodruff
b. 28 March 1791 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA

7 10. Hezekiah Woodruff
b. 25 April 1792 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA,
m. Elizabeth Gerard, 2 April 1811
d. 31 March 1832 at Hamilton Co., OH

8 18. Betsey Woodruff
b. 24 April 1794 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA

Spouse: Catherine Lyons
b. 5 July 1776, d. 12 July 1800

Married 1795 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA.

Children:

1 19. Rebecca Woodruff
b. 15 September 1795 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA

2 20. Samuel Woodruff #011
b. 23 April 1797 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA
d. 1834

3 22. Stephen Lyons Woodruff #012
b. 1799 at Jefferson, Morgan Twp. Greene Co., PA
d. 1864 at Hamilton, OH

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