Zachariah Woodbury Family from History of Acworth, New Hampshire From: tumbleweed@lisco.net - Sharon Franklin Surname: WOODBURY Source: History of Acworth with the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records and Register of Farms by Rev. J. L. Merrill, Town of Acworth, 1869, Page 286 ZACHARIAH WOODBURY came to Acworth from Salem, 1790. His sister HANNAH, who was then widow Raymond, came in 1795. His ancestors for three generations bore the name of WILLIAM; the first William, his great grandfather, came from Wales to Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1628; the second William was pilot on board the fleet in the expedition against Port Royal, 1704; the third William - married Martha Woodbury - died aged 93. ZACHARIAH - married Hannah Corning (aunt of Warren Corning) - died aged 85 - children, I. William - served three years in the Revolutionary war- married Hannah Kelly and settled in Acworth, 1789 - children, 1. Samuel - graduated at Dartmouth College in 1810, studied divinity, was settled at North Yarmouth - married Mary Lawrence, sister of Abbott Lawrence of Groton, Massachusetts - children, (1) Sarah E. - married Reverend David Fosdick of Groton, Massachusetts - children, [1] Samuel [2] Mary [3] George [4] Charles [5] Frederic [6] David - died young. [7] Rose [8] Lucy [9] Sarah W. 2. Martha - married Thomas Montgomery (see Montgomery family). 3. Ruth - married Henry Silsby (see Silsby family). 4. Polly - married Robert McClure (see McClure family). 5. Ira - married Betsey Reed - removed to Ohio - 1816 - children, (1) Samuel R. - married Margaret B. Horton - children, [1] Edith [2] George [3] Amy (2) Maria L. - married first John E. Johnson - children, [1] Stephen H. [2] Maria Maria L. - married second Peter Martlett - children, [1] Ira A. [2] James H. [3] Louisa L. [4] Samuel P. [5] Richard [6] Frances M. [7] Reginald G. [8] Harriet M. [9] Andrew J. (3) Saturnia A. - died young. (4) Phebe L. - married Lyman B. Stilson - children, [1] Betsey L. [2] Theresa L. -died young [3] Cordelia J. [4] Mary M. [5] Elmina [6] Sylvester [7] Henrietta [8] Eveline [9] Eliza [10] Lucina (5) Theresa L. - married first Russell H. Spicer - children, [1] Mercey [2] Asher [3] Frank [4] Mary [5] Ella [6] Phebe (6) Cordelia J. - married John Hymes - children, [1] Mary [2] Harriet [3] Henry [4] James [5] Nicholas [6] Anthony [7] William [8] Cordelia [9] Louisa [10] Frank (7) Corinda A. - married A. D. Pinkerton - children, [1] Cornelia W. [2] Charles W. [3] Carrie [4] Frederic [5] Kate (8) Cornelia R. - married John Field - children, [1] Frank [2] Flora [3] Charles [4] Carrie [5] Lillian [6] Eva (9) Sarah M. - married Alexander R. Eckert - children, [1] Sarah A. 6. Amos - married First Mary F. Carlton (see Oliver Carlton family) - residence Claremont - children, (1) William O. C. - married Polly A. Spencer (2) Mary L. - married John W. Spencer - children, [1] Sarah A. - died young. [2] Mary J. [3] George W. [4] Edward D. - died young. [5] Nellie E. [6] Ada L. [7] Charles A. [8] Hattie A. - died young. [9] Albert R. - died young (3) Hannah K. - married Samuel H. Raymington - children, [1] Isabella J. [2] Angie E. [3] Jane E. [4] William H. [5] Louis M. (4) Eliza C. - died unmarried. (5) Amos O. - married first Eliza Clark - children, [1] George W. Amos O. - married second Deborah Wilcox - children, [2] Hattie G. (6) Amelia J. - married E. G. Cummings (see Cummings family). (7) Angeline H. - married First Philander Dickey (see Dickey family) - married Second Samuel W. Jones of New York City. (8) Sarah Amos - married second Louisa Chandler - children, (9) James C. - died young (10) Samuel I. 7. Lydia 8. Judith - Horace Howe (see Howe family). II. Lois - married Hezekiah Smith (see Smith family). III. Zachariah - married Hannah Vinnen - settled in Acworth in 1789 - removed to Ashtabula County Ohio in 1810 - children, 1. Wheeler - married Maria Pease 2. Nehemiah - married Esther Beckwith, daughter of Jason B. 3. William - married Polly Hall 4. Lois - married Edmund Blood 5. Sally - married Nathan Blood (see Blood family). 6. Betsey 7. Abigail 8. Hannah 9. Susanna 10. Daniel IV. Andrew built the first mill where G. F. Nichols now lives on Cold River, also a nail factory where O. R. Kemp lives. He married first Ruth Raymond. Andrews -married second Polly Carleton (see Carleton family), removed to Ohio in 1815 - children, 1. Zachariah 2. Ruth 3. Hiram 4. Harriet 5. Abigail 6. Caroline V. Hannah - married Enoch Stevens (see Stevens family). VI. Rebecca - married William Grout (see Grout family). VII. Martha - died young. VIII. Judith - married Stephen Yeomans - children, 1. Joseph 2. Timothy 3. Andrew 4. 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