Deacon Archelaus Woodman

1672 - 1766  (93 years)

• Name	Archelaus Woodman
  Birth	9 Jun 1672	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16]
  Religion	1696 (23 years)  [15, 16]
  He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church and was devoted to the Cause of Vital Piety.
  Miscellaneous	14 Mar 1715 (42 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  He granted permission along with John Emery, Stephen Emery and Benjamin Sawyer to set up a fence across Turkey Hill to keep their sheep from running away.
  Will	4 Nov 1762 (90 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [8, 16]
  He mentions his children: Joshua, Mary, Archelaus, Hannah, Judith, Joseph, and Benjamin. His wife, Mary, is in the will.
  Death	17 Mar 1766	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 5, 6, 9, 15, 16]
  	Death Record of Deacon Archelaus Woodman
  Burial	Aft 17 Mar 1766	Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Sawyer Hill Burying Ground,  Newburyport, Massachusetts   [6, 16]
  	Gravestone of Deacon Archelaus Woodman Here is interred Dcn Archelaus Woodman who departed this life March ye 17th 1766 in the 95th year of his age
  Probate/Proved	25 Mar 1766 (93 years)	Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3, 8, 10]
  Inventory	23 Apr 1766 (93 years)	Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [16]
  The inventory included "four books of piety."
  Siblings	2 brothers, 8 sisters and 1 person of an unknown gender
  > 1. Mary Woodman,   b. 29 Sep 1654, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 Sep 1723, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 68 years) ▻ Jonathan Emery,  m. 29 Nov 1676   2. Elizabeth Woodman,   b. 11 Jul 1656, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 27 Dec 1659, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 3 years)   3. Edward Woodman,   b. 18 Oct 1658, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 29 Dec 1659, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 1 year)   4. infant Woodman,   b. 31 Jul 1660, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 31 Jul 1660, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years) > 5. Elizabeth Woodman,   b. 17 Sep 1661, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1694, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine)  (Age 32 years) ▻ Josiah Wallis,  m. 1690 > 6. Rebekah Woodman,   b. 29 Jul 1663, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 9 Mar 1727, Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 63 years) ▻ Ezekiel Leighton,  m. 23 Mar 1686 > 7. Sarah Woodman,   b. 18 Jul 1665, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 6 Jul 1738, Haverhill, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 72 years) ▻ Nathaniel Merrill,  m. 1662 > 8. Judith Woodman,   b. 18 Nov 1667, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 5 Feb 1700/01, Malden, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 33 years) ▻ Joseph Townsend,  m. 9 Aug 1694 > 9. Edward Woodman,   b. 20 Mar 1669/70, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 02 Feb 1718/19, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 48 years) ▻ Mary Sawyer,  m. 29 Jun 1702 + 10. Deacon Archelaus Woodman,   b. 9 Jun 1672, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Mar 1766, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 93 years) ▻ Hannah Swett,  m. 1695   11. infant girl Woodman,   b. 8 Nov 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 24 Nov 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 0 years) > 12. Margaret Woodman,   b. 31 Aug 1676, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 6 Apr 1718, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 41 years) ▻ Captain Richard Bartlett,  m. 12 Apr 1699
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Woodman,   b. Abt 1545, Corsham, Wiltshire, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret Butterfield,   b. Abt 1605, England d. 3 Feb 1682/83, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I674	Roy Line
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Edward Woodman,   b. 14 Mar 1628, Christian Malford, Wiltshire, England d. 11 Sep 1694, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Mary Goodridge,   c. 21 Aug 1634, Woolverstone, Suffolk, England d. 18 May 1684, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age ~ 49 years)
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Hannah Swett,   b. 15 Jun 1674, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 25 Apr 1749, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1695	Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [2, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 22 years and 6 months - She : ~ 20 years and 6 months.
  Children	6 sons and 4 daughters
  1. Mary Woodman,   b. 26 Feb 1695/96, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 13 Mar 1787, North Yarmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 91 years) ▻ Jacob Brown  m. 25 Sep 1717     2. Edward Woodman,   b. 12 May 1698, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 1 Nov 1762, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 64 years) ▻ Mary Saunders  m. 18 Dec 1729     3. Archelaus Woodman,   b. 15 May 1700, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Sarah Badger  m. 22 Jun 1723 >   4. Hannah Woodman,   b. 6 May 1703, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 6 May 1782, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 79 years) ▻ Joshua Hale  m. 13 Oct 1726     5. Judith Woodman,   b. 21 Sep 1705, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Richard Clifford  m. 1 Jan 1742 +   6. Joshua Woodman,   b. 6 Jun 1708, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 Apr 1791, Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (Age 82 years) ▻ Eunice Sawyer  m. Mar 1735/36     7. John Woodman,   b. 20 Jun 1710, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Abigail Tarr  m. 11 Nov 1741     8. Elizabeth Woodman,   b. 7 Jun 1712, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Before 1762 (Age 49 years) ▻ John Goodridge, Jr.  m. 05 Jan 1737/38     9. Joseph Woodman,   b. 4 May 1714, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. Nov 1807, Wheelock, Caledonian County, Vermont, U.S.A. (Age 93 years) ▻ Bridget Willey  m. Abt 1760   10. Benjamin Woodman,   b. 3 Dec 1716, Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Lydia Phillips  m. 7 Oct 1746
  Family ID	F648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Deacon Archelaus Woodman(1672 – 1766) 2Edward Woodman(1628 – 1694) 4Lt. Edward Woodman(1606 – 1692) 8Edward Woodman(1574 – 1654) 16Thomas Woodman(Abt 1545 – ) 17Elizabeth Pryor(Abt 1553 – ) 9Collet Mallet(1579 – 1611) 18 19 5Joanna Salway(Abt 1614 – Aft Feb 1687/88) 10Aurthur Salway(Abt 1580 – ) 20Thomas Salway(Abt 1547 – ) 21Margery Porter(Abt 1551 – ) 11Mary Searle(Abt 1585 – ) 22Thomas Searle(Abt 1550 – ) 23 3Mary Goodridge(1634 – 1684) 6William Goodrich(1605 – 21 Mar 1646/47) 12Richard Goodrich(Abt 1575 – ) 24Richard Goodrich(Abt 1510 – 1581) 25Clare Norton(Abt 1528 – ) 13Muriel Evans(Abt 1580 – ) 26William Evans(Abt 1550 – ) 27 7Margaret Butterfield(Abt 1605 – 3 Feb 1682/83) 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 9 Jun 1672 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 1695 - Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Miscellaneous - 14 Mar 1715 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Will - 4 Nov 1762 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 17 Mar 1766 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 17 Mar 1766 - Sawyer Hill Burying Ground, Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Probate/Proved - 25 Mar 1766 - Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Inventory - 23 Apr 1766 - Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

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