Walter Woodworth, son of Thomas Woodward and Elizabeth Tyson. Born between 1600 and 1612 at Kent, England, died Mar 2, 1685/86 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, buried at Men of Kent Cemetery, Scituate, Massachusetts. Occupation: Jun 4, 1645 at Surveyor of highways in Scituate; Alias: According to SCITUATE GENEALOGY (http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/scituate/rr01/rr01_080.html): "Walter Woodworth came from Kent Co., England, to Scituate, Mass., 1635. He was assigned the third lot on Kent St., which runs along the ocean front, at the corner of Meeting House Lane, and there he built a house. In that year he owned other land, a tract on the First Herring Brook not far below Stockbridge Mill, where afterwards stood the residence of the poet Samuel Woodworth, and another trace on Walnut Tree Hill, just west of the present (1901) Greenbush or South Scituate R.R. Station, which was in early times called Walter Woodworth's Hill, and in 1666 he became a purchaser of sixty acres at Weymouth. In 1640 Walter was assessed nine shillings for public use, and March 2, 1641, freeman; and in Jun 4, 1645, he was appointed surveyor of highways in Scituate, and again in 1646 and 1656. His name appears frequently on the town records of Scituate as juror, etc. In 1654 he was a member of the First Church, which ordained Charles Chauncy as their minister." Married 1639 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts (45 or 46 years married) to: Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of Thomas Rogers and UNKNOWN Mary. Born between 1609 and 1620 at Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, died between 1676 and 1685 Children: 1. Thomas WoodworthBorn ± 1641 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died ± 1718, approximately 77 years. Occupation: at Kept a traders shop south of Stockbridge's mill; 3. Joseph WoodworthBorn between 1645 and 1648 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died 1718 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Occupation: at Shopkeeper; 4. Elizabeth WoodworthBorn 1647 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died 1709 at Duxbury, Massachusetts, 61 or 62 years 5. Benjamin WoodworthBorn ± 1656 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died Apr 22, 1728 at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, approximately 72 years Alias: Some sources list his birth in 1647 or 1649 and his death in 1729. 6. Martha WoodworthBorn 1657 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died ± Jun 1721, approximately 64 years Some sources have her married to Zachariah not Zachary Damon (same person?). 7. Isaac WoodworthBorn ± 1658 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died Apr 1, 1714 at Norwich, Connecticut, approximately 56 years 8. Mehitable WoodworthBorn Aug 15, 1662 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts 10. Mary WoodworthBorn /51 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, died Aug 23, 1718 at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts |