ll known branches of Woodwards in America came from England. The New Jersey family was founded by a native of Derbyshire. He first went to Long Island but settled in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, before 1686. The family of Fauquier County, Virginia, is of this branch. The Woodwards who settled in St. Marys and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, are of a distinct origin. Another branch, though originally not Quakers, identified with that denomination, settling in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. The founder of another branch was a descendant of Major Benjamin Woodward of Biddeford, Devon, England, who married Sarah Venn in 1812. They came with their children to America on the day before Good Friday, 1825, and settled near Hector, New York. Source: Colonial Families of the United States, Volume III, edited by George N. MacKenzie, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. Two settlers in the Boston area in the 1630s were Richard and Nathaniel Woodward and their families.
istorical records indicate that a Woodward Knight came to England in 1066 with William the Conqueror of Normandy and fought in the Battle of Hastings, the name an Anglo-Norman variant of the French "warden of the wood." This link is to photographs of Woodward headstones in an old cemetery in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, compliments of Jeff Hall. Click on the bottom center of a photo to see an enlargement and right click on it to download.
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ll known branches of Woodwards in America came from England. The New Jersey family was founded by a native of Derbyshire. He first went to Long Island but settled in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, before 1686. The family of Fauquier County, Virginia, is of this branch. The Woodwards who settled in St. Marys and Anne Arundel Counties, Maryland, are of a distinct origin. Another branch, though originally not Quakers, identified with that denomination, settling in Philadelphia and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. The founder of another branch was a descendant of Major Benjamin Woodward of Biddeford, Devon, England, who married Sarah Venn in 1812. They came with their children to America on the day before Good Friday, 1825, and settled near Hector, New York. Source: Colonial Families of the United States, Volume III, edited by George N. MacKenzie, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. Two settlers in the Boston area in the 1630s were Richard and Nathaniel Woodward and their families.
istorical records indicate that a Woodward Knight came to England in 1066 with William the Conqueror of Normandy and fought in the Battle of Hastings, the name an Anglo-Norman variant of the French "warden of the wood." This link is to 
roject administrator Rosemary is a volunteer and receives no financial remuneration of any kind from FamilyTreeDNA. She says, "Genealogy is my hobby." The role of group administrator for a DNA project is a fascinating challenge. Each is a volunteer who prepares and maintains the website, recruits and works with new members, and offers assistance to participants keeping costs down. For general information or more detailed information on a lineage and participant contact information, email Rosemary at the address on the bottom of this page.