Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L5K5-BDQ
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 7104138
• Group: Halls of Groton - DNA Family 019

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Ebenezer was the son of John Woodward and Rebecca Robbins of Newton, Mass., and married in Newton 25 Jan 1716 Mindwell STONE, the daughter of Ebenezer Stone and Margaret Trowbridge of Newton. Children, all births recorded in Newton:

* Mindwell, b. 1717, d. 1794, m. (1) Nathaniel SHEPARD; m. (2) Jeremiah EVERETT. She is buried in the Old Main Street Cemetery in New London, NH.

* Eleanor, b. 20 June 1720, d. Sturbridge, Mass. 9 April 1807, aged 86, m. Newton 22 June 1758, as his fourth wife, Nathaniel JONES.

* John, b. 4 Feb 1724/5, d. Newton 11 May 1801, m. Newton 21 May 1747 Hannah GREENWOOD, b. Newton 21 May 1729, d. there 1810, the daughter of Thomas Greenwood and Hannah. A modern, flat, memorial marker has been installed for John and Hannah in the East Parish Burying Ground in Newton. The marker has become so buried, that photos in Find-a-grave do not adequately display the inscription.

* Samuel, b. 1 Feb 1726/7, d. Weston, Mass. 5 Oct 1782, m. Weston 11 Jan 1753 Abigail WILLIAMS. Samuel and Abigail both have grave markers in the Farmers Burial Ground in Weston.

* Mary, b. 28 Feb 1732/3, d. Schuyler, Herkimer Co., NY 31 Dec 1823, m. Newton 31 Oct 1751 Jonathan RICHARDSON. Mary is buried in the Indian Opening Cemetery in Madison, NY, where she likely went to live with one of her children.

Inscription

Here lyes Buried
the Body of Mr.
EBENEZER WOODWARD
Who departed this Life
Jan'ry the 1st 1770 in ye
79th Year of his Age

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5K5-BDQ

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7104138

Group:
Descendants of Christopher Hall of Groton, Massachusetts

Ebenezer married Mindwell Stone on 25 Jan 1716/17 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Mindwell was born on 26 Jun 1696 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Feb 1774 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried after 26 Feb 1774 in East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L228-2XP
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46582664
• Group: Halls of Groton - DNA Family 019

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Mary was the youngest of five known children born to Ebenezer Woodward and Mindwell Stone of Newton, Mass. She was married in Newton 31 Oct 1751 to Jonathan RICHARDSON, b. Newton 1 July 1727, d. Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass. 28 Feb 1794, son of David Richardson and Remember Ward.

Several accounts credit Jonathan with Revolutionary War service, and this may well be true. A Jonathan Richardson served in Capt Samuel Low's company, Col Benjamin Simond's (Berkshire Co.) regiment from 9 July to 14 Aug 1777, with 36 days' service at St. Croix. He served again as a Sergeant in the same company in Sep 1777, and again as a private in the same company in Sep and Oct 1780.

Mary and Jonathan had 13 children, born 1752 to 1777, of whom the first seven or eight were born in Newton, and the remainder were born elsewhere, probably mostly in Cheshire, Mass. The death date for Jonathan comes from an online account and could not be confirmed. Mary is buried in the Indian Opening Cemetery in Madison, NY, where she may have gone to live with one of her children.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L228-2XP

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46582664

Group:
Descendants of Christopher Hall of Groton, Massachusetts

Mary married Jonathan Richardson on 31 Oct 1751 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Jonathan (son of David Richardson and Remember Ward) was born on 1 Jul 1727 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1794 in Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]