Display Patriot - P-324165 - Josiah WOODRUFF Sr

Josiah WOODRUFF Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-324165

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: NJ      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A128699

Birth: 1724 / / CT
Death: 21 Jul 1790 Elizabeth Twp / Essex / NJ

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. SUFFERED DEPREDATION BY THE BRITISH;
  2. PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1780
  3. Revolutionary War service as a Private in the Inf. and light horse artillery raised for (Westfield) Union County (NJ);

Additional References:
  1. NJ ARCH, INVENTORIES OF DAMAGES BY BR & AM IN NJ, 1776-1782, ESSEX CO, CONNECTICUT FARMS CLAIM #4;
  2. GEN MAG OF NJ, Volume 43, #2, MAY 1968, pg 78, 79, 86
  3. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  4. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Rev War, William Stryker, Wm. T. Nicholson & Co, 1872, pg 828;

Spouse: Patience Wade
Children: Robert; Noah; Josiah; Daniel
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2010-05-20 PA 39043 David Warren Saxe (177120) Robert   
Burial:
Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church Cemetery (C-0373127)
Location:
Union / Union / NJ / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1676272
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
8868905
Marker Type:
Tombstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Josiah Woodruff Sr., (1724-90) and Jr's family settled the area (1750s) at Westfield Twp., formed during 1794, then part of the Elizabethtown Tract. Westfield was formed from portions of Elizabeth Twp., while the area was still part of Essex County, NJ. The family cemetery is located at the Connecticut Farms Presbyt. Church Cem., 888 Stuyvesant Ave., Union Co., NJ , tel. 1-908/ 688-3164



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