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The road trip of Bill and Virginia Woodworth, and of
Marvin "Woody" and Betty Woodworth, began when we all
joined up at Newport, RI.
First thing we did was drive
up over the border to Massachusetts for a nice visit with Barbara and Fred
Fluck. Barbara's Woodworth ancestors were in Nova Scotia.
You can view her line on the
Woodworth
Descendancy Lines page
L to R: Marvin ("Woody"), Bill, Virginia,
Barbara, & Fred.
Marvin's wife Betty took the picture.
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The next day we went to Colombia, CT. We thought we could
find material here at Yeoman's Hall, but it just had the
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The people at Yeoman's Hall were very helpful, and allowed
us to see view the deed indexes which dated around the
1700s. The deed index for Columbia, CT, contained many references to
Woodworths. They
told us that the actual deeds were at city hall.
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While at Yeoman's Hall, I took 16 digital pictures of the deed index. Here
are the other 15. You can double click on each one
for an enlarged view. The detail is pretty good for the low
light and close up with a digital camera.
These pics can save you a trip to Yeoman's Hall.
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We stopped by Columbia's oldest cemetery, The Old Yard, which has
been full for some time. There are many
Woodworths buried here, but the stones are becoming illegible.
Couldn't stay long because we had lot of territory to cover that
day.
I'd like to come back on a day when the light is just right
and take pictures of all of the Woodworth stones with my digital
camera. That may be a while.
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One tombstone in the Old Yard that could be read easily was Sarah Woodworth,
daughter of Eliphalat and Priscilla. Eliphalat is #107 in
the Behan book. The inscription reads
Sarah
daughter of Eliphalat &
Priscilla Woodworth
died March 18, 1796
in the 3 year
of her age
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Here is a stone for another of Eliphalet's children,
Zerviah Woodworth. It is too illegible to
make out some words. However, the date of death is clear,
and according to legible areas and the the date provided in the
Jeanette Behan book, this has to be Zerviah's stone. It
reads:
In memory of ...
...... Woodworth
daughter
of Mr
Eliphalet
and Mrs
Priscilla
Woodworth
...
departed this life
Jan 18, 1810
in the 25th year
of
her age
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From The Old Yard in Columbia, we went to Lebanon's
City Hall. Didn't really
find anything due to time constraints, but did take pictures of some more books with
Woodworth names in them. I forget what the books were about
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From Lebanon's City Hall, we went to Lebanon's
library. In front of the library is this commemorative sign.
Nearby is Trumbull's house and barn. |
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The Lebanon library and historical center. |
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Bill and Woody donated a copy of Jeanette Behan's "Walter
Woodworth ..." book to the Lebanon library and historical
center.
Walter's son Benjamin is buried in this locale somewhere, but
there's no progress in finding his burial site.
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Lebanon's Trumbull Cemetery on the northeast side of
Lebanon. Didn't have time to search for Woodworth
headstones. We had to find "The Woodworth
Headstone By the Side of the Road" west of Lebanon. |
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Bill took us to the "Woodworth Headstone By the
Side of the Road" south of Columbia and west of Lebanon in the countryside.
He had discovered it several years earlier on another trip.
This has quite a story behind it. The area around the
stone, until a about ten years ago, had returned to a forested
state with no roads. A narrow road was cut through, and
houses began appearing gradually. The new homeowner, in
preparing a driveway, struck a flat rock and began digging.
They discovered this headstone in pristine condition, and placed
it caringly next to the road beside their driveway. The
stone is that of Constant Woodworth, who died of smallpox on Apr
13, 1777 at the age of 49.
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