WOODSUM, Joseph
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Name WOODSUM, Joseph [1, 2] Birth 1 Feb 1681 Leeds, Yorkshire, England Gender Male Residence Maine, USA [1]
Death 10 Sep 1771 Kittery, York, Maine, USA Patriarch & Matriarch WOODSUM, David, b. 1660, Leeds, Yorkshire, Englandd. 1700, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
(Age 40 years) (Father)
Person ID I9088 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father WOODSUM, David, b. 1660, Leeds, Yorkshire, England d. 1700, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
(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 15 Jul 2024
Family 2 ABBOTT, Abigail, b. 30 Oct 1694, Berwick, York, Maine, USA d. Berwick, York, Maine, USA
Marriage 12 Feb 1723/24 Berwick, York, Maine, USA [2]
Children 1. WOODSUM, John, b. 16 Apr 1732, Kittery, York, Maine, USA d. 19 Dec 1803, Berwick, York, Maine, USA
(Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
▻ BRACKETT, Mary m. 8 Nov 17472. 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 d. 27 Sep 1814, Buxton, York, Maine, USA
(Age 89 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Photos The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Family ID F6947 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Birth - 1 Feb 1681 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Residence - - Maine, USA Marriage - 12 Feb 1723/24 - Berwick, York, Maine, USA Death - 10 Sep 1771 - Kittery, York, Maine, USA = Link to Google Earth
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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.
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Sources - [S1540] Ancestry.com, Maine Court Records, 1696-1854, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).
- [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
- [S1540] Ancestry.com, Maine Court Records, 1696-1854, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).