Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Peter Elias’ Family History (Continued)
Twelfth Generation
3336. John WOODRUFF 2d, son of 6672. John WOODRUFFE & 6673. Ann *WOODRUFFE. Born in 1637 in ENG. Christened in 1637 in Sturry, Kent, ENG. John died in Elizabethtown, NJ, on 27 Apr 1691; he was 54.
Originally from Southampton Colony in LI, he was a man of distinction and held offices including Ensign and High Sheriff of Essex County in Elizabethtown, NJ.
He was an original Associate in Elizabethtown and took the oath of allegiance there 19 Feb 1665. In 1675 the deeds show he owned 292 acres, a tract known as late as the early 1900s as “Woodruff’s Farms.”
He was on the jury when Capt. Wm. Hackett of the sloop “Endeavor” from Salisbury, Co. Norfolk, ENG was charged and tried for illegal trading in the province.
John married Sarah (Mary) OGDEN.
They had the following children:
i.
Sarah (1665-ca1670)
1668ii.
John (1665-)
iii.
Jonathan (-1691)
iv.
Benjamin (-1726)
v.
Joseph (1675-1746)
vi.
David (-<1732)
vii.
Daniel (1678-1741)
viii.
Elizabeth
ix.
Sarah
x.
Hannah
xi.
Unknown
3337. Sarah (Mary) OGDEN, daughter of 1680. John OGDEN & 1681. Jane BOND. Born ca 1643. Sarah (Mary) died in Elizabethtown, NJ.
3338. Timothy COOPER, son of 6676. Lt. Thomas COOPER & 6677. Sarah ?SLYE. Born on 26 Apr 1646. Timothy died in Sep 1679; he was 33.
Viewer of fences in 1668 and surveyor of highways in 1671.
“Nath Ely & Laur Bliss Testyfied that they saw Timothy Coop & Jonath Ashley gallop & Run theire Horses in ye streete last Lecture day in ye forenoon and yt as fast as they could Run” and they, along with John Hitchcock and Samuel Bliss, Jr “it being expressly agt ye Towne order” were fined 2s. 4d. apiece. [History of Springfield, Henry M. Burt (1898) 1:363, 375; 2:100]
On 19 Oct 1664 when Timothy was 18, he married Elizabeth MUNSON.
3339. Elizabeth MUNSON, daughter of 6678. Thomas MUNSON & 6679. Joanna *MUNSON. Elizabeth died on 18 Dec 1706.
On 20 Jun 1643 when Thomas was 24, he married Alice DAYTON.
They had one child:
1670i.
Nathaniel (1655-1738)
3341. Alice DAYTON, daughter of 6682. Ralph DAYTON & 6683. Alice GOLDHATCH. Born in 1620. Alice died 4 Feb 1705/06; she was 85.
3342. Jacob SCHELLINGER, son of 6684. Laudesser De SCHELLINKS. Born ca 1626. Jacob died on 17 Jun 1693; he was 67.
On 7 Apr 1653 when Jacob was 27, he married Cornelia (Loper) MELYN.
They had one child:
1671i.
Catherine (-1722)
3343. Cornelia (Loper) MELYN, daughter of 6686. Cornelis MELYN & 6687. Jannetje ADRYIAENS. Born in NLD. Christened 27 Feb 1627/28 in Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. Cornelia (Loper) died in East Hampton, LI, NY 25 Feb 1716/17.
Came to New Netherland with her parents in Den Eyckenboom (The Oak Tree) sailing from Holland about 17 May 1641 and arriving New Amsterdam around 15 August 1641.
In 1592 when Richard was 27, he married Elizabeth HUNTINGTON.
They had one child:
1680i.
John (1609-1682)
Child:
1686i.
Capt. Samuel (-<1685)
Stephen married Joyce TRAFFORD.
They had one child:
1687i.
Johannah (ca1625-)
3456. Richard JAQUES, son of 6912. John JAQUES. Born ca 1590 in Rodborne, North Wiltshire, ENG. Christened on 22 Jan 1597 in St. Christopher Le Stock. Richard died in Griddle, Wiltshire, England, in 1653; he was 63.
Matriculated at age 18 at Magdelena Hall, Oxford, England in 1587 or 1588.
Richard married Grace UNKNOWN.
3458. Deacon Richard KNIGHT, son of 6916. William KNIGHT. Born ca 1602. Christened on 14 Jan 1603 in Romsey, England. Richard died in Newbury, Essex County, MA, on 4 Aug 1683; he was 81.
Came to America probably in the 1640s with his wife and daughter (or possibly 2 daughters - possibly a second daughter Sarah?)
Richard married Agnes (Ann) COFFLEY.
They had one child:
1729i.
Ann (ca1631-1704)
3464. John BLOOMFIELD, son of 6928. John BLOOMFIELD. Born in 1589 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. John died in Newbury, Essex County, MA, in 1639; he was 50.
John married Elizabeth UNKNOWN.
They had one child:
1732i.
Colonel Thomas (1617-1684)