John Woodruff

1637 - 1691  (53 years)

• Name	John Woodruff
  Birth	16 Apr 1637	Sturry, Kent, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	Between 1639 and 1640	Lynn, MA   [2]
  	From England
  Misc Fact	1664	Lynn, MA   [2]
  	Father-in-law John Ogden gave him a house, homestead lot and additional land
  Moved	Between 1664 and 1665  [2]
  	to Elizabethtown, NJ
  _MILT	1668	Elizabethtown, NJ   [2]
  	Commissioned as Ensign of the Elizabethtown militia
  _MILT	Between 1673 and 1674	Elizabethtown, NJ   [2]
  	Swore oath of allegiance to the Dutch
  Appointment	1674	Elizabethtown, NJ   [2]
  	Constable
  _MILT	1683	Elizabethtown, NJ   [2]
  	During Dutch occupation, was one of only three re-commissioned by Council of War of New Netherlands
  Appointment	1684	Essex Co, NJ   [2]
  	High sheriff of Essex Co, NJ
  Death	1691  [2]
  Will	27 Apr 1691	Elizabethtown, NJ   [3]
  Person ID	I2766	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Woodruff,   b. 01 Jan 1604, Canterbury, City of Canterbury, Kent, England d. 09 May 1670, Southampton, Suffolk Co, Long Island, NY (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anne Gosmer   d. Aft 04 May 1670
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1637
  Family ID	F533	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Ogden-xx,   b. 1643, Stamford Co, CT d. Aft 1684, Elizabethtown, NJ (Age > 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1659
  Notes	Children: dau Sarah Woodruff 1/4/1660 NY - bef 1665 NY son John Woodruff 1665 - 1722 - on 10/25/1683 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY married Sarah Cooper 3/17/1666 MA - 6/3/1727 NJ - dau of Timothy Cooper 1644 - 1679 and Elizabeth Munson - ** See her findagrave.com page later ** - **** See her record in this database **** son Timothy Woodruff 1683 - 11/15/1766 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - married Mary Baker - dau of Nathaniel Baker 1655 - 1738 and Catherine Schelling 1656 - 1708 son Elias Woodruff 1684 son John Woodruff 1687 - 1751 son David Woodruff 2/27/1688 - 7/2/1749 son Thomas Woodruff 1689 - 3/25/1752 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** dau Hannah Woodruff 1665 - married Capt Benjamin Ogden - son of John Ogden and Jane Bond son Jonathan Woodruff 1667 - 11/7/1691 - ** see his will documents ** dau Elizabeth Woodruff 1670 - married John Miles 1668 - 1708 - son of Capt. John Miles and Elizabeth Harriman dau Sarah Woodruff 1670 son Joseph Woodruff 1675 - 9/25/1746 - married Mary ??? son David Woodruff 1677 - 1731 son Daniel Woodruff 1678 - 1740 - married Anne Price - dau of John Price son Benjamin Woodruff 1680 - married Susannah ??? 1686 - 1727 son James Woodruff 1712 - 1765 - married Joanna Mason 1722 - 1812 son Benjamin Woodruff 1744 - 1837 - REV WAR vet - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - on 3/2/1771 in Morris, NJ married Phebe Pierson 1741 - 1777 - on 7/8/1778 in Morris, NJ married Patience Lum 1751 - 1843 son Benjamin Woodruff Jr 1783 - 1874 - on 9/7/1807 in Seneca, NY married Freelove Sanford 1783 - 1867 son Benjamin Franklin Woodruff 1808 - 1894 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at findagrave.com on 4/6/2021 Sarah Cooper Woodruff Birth: 17 Mar 1666 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 3 Jun 1727 (aged 61) Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Burial: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Memorial #: 6079238 Bio: Born Sarah Cooper in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666--the same year that diarist Samuel Pepys wrote of the Great Fire of London--Mrs. Woodruff died in her 62nd year in Elizabethtown (present day Elizabeth) New Jersey. She was the wife of John Woodruff. Her brown sandstone stele was carved by a craftsman known as "The Old Elizabethtown Soul Carver I". Active during the 1720's-30's, his work is distinguished by highly detailed mortality imagery and the use of skull-with-crossbones soul effigies. Mrs. Woodruff's gravestone typically speaks to the Puritanical emphasis on the brevity and fragility of life on earth, but the combination of the cross bones effigy together with an hourglass flanked by doves is a rarely seen arrangement of symbols. Birds have universally been used to represent spirituality since ancient times, and in colonial America, a bird in vines symbolized the soul partaking of celestial food, with the dove a Christian icon of constancy and devotion. For more information, click on uppermost photo (taken in 1991 by Nikita Barlow, originally uploaded anonymously in January 2002, refreshed in October 2014). Inscription: "Her Lyeth ye Body of Ms Sarah Woodruff, Wife if John Woodruff Who departed this Life the 3, of June 1727 in the 62d Year of her Age" Gravesite Details Sources: maiden name: Findagrave member Mary Olive; birthdate & place: Findagrave member Glen Hockenjos Family Members Parents Timothy Cooper 1644-1679 Siblings Mary Cooper Ward 1667-1736 John Cooper 1668-1736 Children Thomas Woodruf Unknown-1752 Timothy Woodruff 1683-1766 Created by: Nikita Barlow (46508077) Added: 9 Jan 2002 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6079238/sarah-woodruff Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 April 2021), memorial page for Sarah Cooper Woodruff (17 Mar 1666–3 Jun 1727), Find a Grave Memorial no. 6079238, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Nikita Barlow (contributor 46508077) . -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F1887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Parkhurst-xx
  Marriage	Aft 1684
  Family ID	F1888	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Apr 1637 - Sturry, Kent, England Immigration - From England - Between 1639 and 1640 - Lynn, MA Misc Fact - Father-in-law John Ogden gave him a house, homestead lot and additional land - 1664 - Lynn, MA _MILT - Commissioned as Ensign of the Elizabethtown militia - 1668 - Elizabethtown, NJ _MILT - Swore oath of allegiance to the Dutch - Between 1673 and 1674 - Elizabethtown, NJ Appointment - Constable - 1674 - Elizabethtown, NJ _MILT - During Dutch occupation, was one of only three re-commissioned by Council of War of New Netherlands - 1683 - Elizabethtown, NJ Appointment - High sheriff of Essex Co, NJ - 1684 - Essex Co, NJ Will - 27 Apr 1691 - Elizabethtown, NJ  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Woodruff-Sarah-(Cooper)--(John-Woodruff)-1

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1Z6-DLL Name: John Woodroufe Event Type: Christening Event Date: 16 Apr 1637 Event Place: Sturry, Kent, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): Sturry, Kent, England Sex: Male Father's Name: John Woodroufe **** Mother's Name: Ann Woodroufe **** Source Details: item 4 p 26 GS Film Number: 1737093 Digital Folder Number: 007566171 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01418-5 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 186 Citing this Record "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N1Z6-DLL : 18 September 2020), John Woodroufe, 1637. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] See Notes. [S47] See Misc Docs Pics, In Grateful Rememberance. [S43] Military documents.