Elizabeth Shewfelt and Benjamin Woodward
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| Elizabeth was the twelfth and youngest child of Peter
and
Mary Shewfelt. She was born on the 10th October 1827 at Brock
township, Ontario County, Ontario, Canada. She was married at age twenty to Benjamin Woodward on the 13th April 1848. The witnesses to the marriage were Charlott Woodward and David Rickie Benjamin was born in Lincolnshire, England on the 18th Mar 1824 and was in Canada by the 10th March 1846 when he purchased land in Brock township (E1/2 Lot 9, Concession 12) from John and Margaret Graham for 75 pounds. A William Woodward purchased E1/2 Lot 8 Concession 12 a month previous. Were they brothers? On the 30th January 1856 Ben received the patent for Lot 2 Concession 9 (100 acres) also in Brock Township. Elizabeth and Benjamin had six boys born in Brock Township - Thomas (1849), William (1851), James (1854), Peter (1856), Benjamin (1858) and John (1859). On the 2 March 1861 Ben. sold Lot 2 Concession 9 to John Umphrey. On the same day Benjamin Woodward and John Umprey made an agreement for Ben to buy the N1/2 of Lot 3 Concession 6 in Mariposa Township, Victoria County. for $4,500 dollars. The family was still in Brock Township at the time of the 1861 Census. They were listed as : Benjamin Woodard age 37, Betsey Woodard age 34, Thos. Woodred age 12, Wm. Woodred age 10, James Woodred age 7, Peter Woodred age 5, Benjamin Woodred age 3, John Woodred age 2. In the same household or next door were Thos Woored age 80 and Sarah Woodred age 80, and Sarah Woodred age 23. Are these Benjamin's parents? Is Sarah his sister? She was born about 1838 in Ontario. The Woodwards then settled in Mariposa county and three more sons and a daughter were born there - Daniel (1862), George Henry (1864), Hesikiah (1866) and Charlotte (1870). Charlotte, their only daughter was born 7th November 1870 at Mariposa. She lived only four months and died 3rd March 1871. Unfortunately her death was registered as Charles rather than Charlotte. On page 21 of the 1871 census for Mariposa, Victoria, Ontario Benjamin Woodard along with Elizabeth and their nine boys are listed. Thomas has had a line drawn through his information. Benjamin Woodward died of cancer on the 1st February 1877 at age 52. The 1881 census for Victoria South, Mariposa lists Elizabeth Woodward with Peter, Bnjeman, John, Daniel, George H. and Hiseciah. On the 19th December 1885 Elizabeth died of pneumonia. Benjamin, Elizabeth and Charlotte are buried in Salem Cemetery, Lot 5, Concession 6, Mariposa Township, Victoria County. Children
of Elizabeth Shewfelt and Benjamin Woodward
Thomas Woodward William Woodward James Woodward Peter Woodward Benjamin Woodward John Woodward Daniel Woodward George Henry Woodward Hezikiah Woodward Charlotte Woodward |