1Henry Ernest Woods, The Woods Family of Groton, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 64, p. 34 (Jan. 1910).
"1. SAMUEL sup>1 WOODS, whose parentage and ancestry are unknown, was a member of the train-band at Watertown, Mass., in 1653 (Middlesex Co. Court files, 1653), and later lived in Cambridge, Mass., where he married, 28 Sept. 1659, ALICE RUSHTON, whose parentage and ancestry are also unknown. In 1662 he moved to Groton, Mass., where he was an original proprietor owning an eleven-acre right, and there resided until the destruction of the town in King Philip's War, Mar. 1675-6, when he returned to Watertown. In 1677 he signed the agreement, made at Concord, Mass., to resettle Groton, and the following year went back to Groton, where he died about Jan. 1717-18, as appears in a court petition (see REGISTER, vol. 51, p. 396 note), and where his wife died 17 Apr. 1712.
Both he and his wife were born about 1636, according to their depositions made in 1676 (Butler's History of Groton, p. 84).
Children:
2. i. SAMUEL,2 b. at Cambridge 3 Jan. 1660-1.
3. ii. THOMAS, b. at Groton 9 Mar. 1663.
iii. ELIZABETH, b. at Groton 17 Sept. 1665; m. 1 Dec. 1686, THOMAS TARBELL; d. 24 Jan. 1717.
4. iv. NATHANIEL, b. at Groton 25 Mar. 1667-8.
v. MARY, b. at Groton 2 Aug. 1670; m. (1) ELEAZER PARKER; m. (2) 3 Jan. 1706-7, as his second wife, JOHN NUTTING, JR.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. at Groton 19 Aug. 1672; m. (1) DANIEL PIERCE; m. (2) SAMUEL BARRON.
vii. HANNAH, b. b. at Groton 18 Sept. 1674; d. unm. 29 Sept. 1703.
viii. JOHN, b. at watertown 4 Mar. 1676-7; d. young.".
Lieutenant Stephen Osgood III+
1Notes, The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 6, p. 186 (1902).
"Dorcas Ballard married Stephen Osgood March 4, 1731.
Andover town records.".
1Jonathan F. Worcester, The Worcester Family or the Descendants of Rev. William Worcester, p. 16 (1856).
"(54) ELDAD WORCESTER, 3d son of MOSES, (23) was born in Bradford in 1732; removed with his father to Tewksbury, about 1747, whom he succeeded in possession of the homestead; d. in Tewksbury, Feb. 1, 1779. Himself and his wife admitted to the church, Nov. 8, 1761; he was subsequently chosen a deacon. Md., Feb. 26, 1761, Rebecca Osgood.
Nine children.
133 ELDAD.6
134 REBECCA. 6 b. March 28, 1764, d. Jan. 23, 1773.
135 RHODA, 6 b. March 19, 1766; m. Josiah Rogers.
136 LYDIA, 6 b. Feb. 19, 1768; m. Joseph Bradley.
137 SAMUEL, 6 b. Feb. 10, 1770, d. at sea; unmarried.
138 OSGOOD. 6
139 JOHN, 6 b. April 5, 1774; m. and lived in Albany, N. Y.
140 REBECCA, 6 b. March 12, 1776.
141 PHILIP, 6 b. June 27, 1778, d. at sea, 1807, unmarried.".