Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the
Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding
of a Nation. Volume 1 

(III) John , son of George Woodward , was born at Watertown , March 28, 1649
. He married (first) Rebecca Robbins , of Cambridge, Massachusetts ;
(second) July 7, 1686 , Sarah Bancroft , of Reading . She died September 22,
1723 . They lived at Newton, Massachusetts . Children of first wife: John ,
born September 7 , died September 22, 1674 ; John , mentioned below; Richard
, December 26, 1677 ; Rebecca , October 29, 1679 , died young; Daniel ,
September 22, 1681 ; Rebecca , February 2, 1682-83 ; Mary , October 6, 1684
; Jonathan , September 25, 1685 . Children of second wife: Joseph , November
26, 1688 ; Ebenezer , March 12, 1690-91 ; Abigail , May 25, 1695 .

---Submitted by Tina Hursh