Bryan Woodrove & Bridgett Elton
Bryan Woodrove (b. 1298) married Bridgett Elton and thus
might be the possible beginings of what we know now to be
our long family line. This first page will be a simple and
possible straight line down the family. It will be followed
by many other pages having the stories of those we have
come to know more closely, including those of their wives'
families.
Edward Woodrove (b. 1318) married Lucy Bigod and had a son
named James.
James Woodrove (b.1338) married Elenor Bruce and had a son
Oliver.
Oliver Woodrove (no date given) married Christian St. Quintin
and they had a son, Richard.
Richard Woodrove (b. before 1378) married Mabel Pudsy and
they had a son, John.
John Woodrove (b. 1416) married Mary Langfield and they
had a son, Christopher.
Christopher Woodrove (no date given) married Alice Marfield
(Alice was buried in Normanton, per her son, John's will.)
John Woodrove (no b-date given; per will in 1397 wished to
be buried in Normanton near his mother) married Elizabeth
Hammerton (daughter of Laurence Hammerton).
Richard Woodroffe (no b-date given; note change in name
spelling) married Beatrix Fitz Williams.
James Woodroffe (no b-date given) married Katherine Wombell.
John Woodroffe (no b-date given; no wife name given)
At this point we come down to the named spelled as ours,
Woodruff.
David Woodruff (b. circa 1536; d. 1572; Buried Undershaft,
London, England) married Elizabeth Hill (b. circa 1540;
daughter of John Hill). My sister added an interesting note
here showing that David was the Sheriff of London in 1554,
21 years after Sir Thomas Kytson/Kittson was Sheriff of
London. Sir Thomas was possibly a distant relative of our
mother, Rosa Kittson Woodruff, wife of our father, Floyd Woodruff.
Robert Woodruff is the next one shown (b. 1562 London, England)
married Donysia Calthorp. The circa date shown of 1637 is not
certain if this was a marriage or death date. Robert's brother,
Nicholas Woodruff, is listed as "Lord Major" [sic] of London
(probably means Lord Mayor.)
David Woodruff (b. 1587 in Poyle, England; died after 1612) married
in 1611 to Lettice Duncombe (b. 1586; daughter of George Duncombe
& Judith Carell)
Matthew Woodruff I (b. 1612 in England; d. 9/6/1682 in
Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.) married circa 1642 in Farmington
Hartford Co., Conn. to Hannah Baldwin (b. 2/28/1623 or '24 in
England)
Matthew Woodruff II (b. 1646 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.)
married 11/24/1648 in Milford, New Haven Co., Conn. to Mary Plumb
(b. Feb. 1644/45 Milford, New Haven Co., Conn.; daughter
of Robert Plumb & Mary Baldwin)
Joseph Woodruff (b. 5/18/1689 in Milford, New Haven Co., Conn.;
d. 1/23/1737 or '38 in Farmington, Hartford Co. Conn.) married
10/14/1717 to Esther Brown (daughter of Thomas Brown & Mary
Freeman)One of Joseph & Esther's daughters, Sarah, married John Hosford.
Thomas Woodruff (b. 6/6/1725 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.;
d. 11/14/1800 in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn.) married 6/26/1748
in Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn. to
Rebecca Loomis (b. 6/4/1726
in East Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn.; daughter of Moses
Loomis & Rebecca ?; d. 12/6/1790 in Avon, Hartford Co., Conn.)
Rebecca Loomis Woodruff & John Brown, of pre Civil War Harper's
Ferry raid fame, were both descendants of Joseph Loomis and
Mary White , who were married in Shalford, Essex, England on
June 30, 1614. Joseph Loomis died in Windsor, Hartford Co, Conn.
on Nov. 25, 1658, age 68, and Mary White Loomis died in
Windsor, Conn., on August 23, 1652, one day before her 62nd
birthday. Rebecca Loomis Woodruff was their great-great-grand-
daughter. John Brown was their great-great-great-great-
grandson.
This now brings us to:
David Brown Woodruff (b. 6/4/1765 in Farmington, Hartford Co, Conn)
who married on 6/30/1791 at the West Avon, Congregational Church
in Farmington, Conn. to Ruth Leete (b. ? in Conn.) Until this past
year 2002 the farthest back we could go on the family line was their
son Nelson Woodruff who married Junie Warner. Their history and that
of their descendants will follow on the next few pages. One of Nelson's brothers was Moses Woodruff who married Elethea Randall who's history is mentioned in Katie Bond's pages.
Move on to Nelson & Junie Warner Woodruff's story click
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about Ellen Colegrove or
about their son Melvin A. Woodruff and his
descendants.
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