Gershom Wordell(Wodell)

1642 - 1683  (40 years)

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• Name	Gershom Wordell(Wodell)
  Born	14 Jul 1642	Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  	Wodell-19
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	8577
  Died	5 Mar 1683	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  Person ID	I8577	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Tripp,   b. 1646,   d. 1716  (Age 70 years)
  Married	13 Jul 1662  [1]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F2570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 14 Jul 1642 - Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Died - 5 Mar 1683 - Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wodell-19 Gershom Wodell, son of William Wodell and Mary Lawton, members of the Society of Friends, was born 14 July 1642 at Tiverton, Rhode Island.[1][2] Gershom was baptized in 1642 by the Society of Friends at Newport, Rhode Island.[3] Gershom died 5 March 1683/1684 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. On 13 July 1662 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where they resided, Gershom married Mary Tripp, daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine.[1][4][5] “Mary, daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine, m. 1st, Gershom Wodell; 8 children; m. 2nd, March 5, 1683, Jonathan Gatchell; 2 daughter”[5] Children of Gershom Wodell and Mary Tripp William born about 1663; died January 6, 1699; married Ruth Lawton on February 10, 1681[6] Mary born ___; died January 14, 1732; married Robert Lawton (brother of Ruth) on February 16, 1681[6] Elizabeth born ___; died in 1697; married Stephen Manchester, as his first wife on September 13, 1684[6] Richard[6] Return[6] Gershom[6] Sarah born ___; married John Humery[6] (sic) Hoomery Innocent[6] (not mentioned in her grandfather's ill) 1667, December 24 : Gershom Wodell took Henry Straight as an apprentice for six years[6] 1672, June 21 : Gershom took a receipt from Richard Cornell of Cow Bay, New York For all demands[6] 1716, November 22 : Mary Gatchell gave receipt to her daughter-in-law Ruth Wodell for £12, being all that was due her from will of son William Wodell up to 13th of December next on account of legacy from said son[6] The Will of William Wodell is dated 8 September 1692 at Pocasset (Little Compton), Newport, Rhode Island and proved 2 May 1693 at Pocasset.[7] It mentions, among others, the following grandchildren: granddaughter Sarah Wodell grandsons William, Gershom, Richard, and Return Wodell granddaughters Priscilla and Isabel Gatchel grand son-in-law Robert Lawton Widow Mary Wodell, executrix with son Gershom, as administrators (p. 328-9)[8] - Gershom Wodell (William’s grandson) and Mary Wodell his mother (William’s daughter) John Tripp names his granddaughter Elizabeth Wodell in his Will. The Will of John Tripp is dated 6 December 1677, and proved in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on 28 October 1678, his wife Mary, executrix.[9] To granddaughter Elizabeth Wodell, L10. On 15 January 1685, Stephen Manchester and his wife Elizabeth gave receipt for L10, legacy from will of John Tripp to his granddaughter Elizabeth Wodell, who Stephen had married; the said John Tripp's widow and executrix Mary, having married second Benjamin Engell; these two last named having delivered the L10, to Peleg Tripp, uncle to Elizabeth, for her use. Receipt was now given for same by Elizabeth, to both her uncle Peleg and Benjamin Engell and Mary. [10][11] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 Great Migration 1634-1635, G-H. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003. ↑ Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : First Series : Births, Marriages and Deaths : A Family Register for the People, Vol. VII: by James N. Arnold, Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1895 ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4GHY-M6ZM : 22 January 2020), Gersham Woddol. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985. Wodell, pg. 832 ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record - Vol XXII, 1944 John Tripp, Portsmouth, Rhode Island : citing Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John 0. Austin. See also Bartlett, John R., Rhode Island Colony Records, I, pp. 70, 90. 210, 281, 300, 304, 309, 311, 316, 345, 437, 447, 482, 492, 501, etc. ; II, pp. 22, 150, 200, 236, 241, 302, 306, 329, 333, etc. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1887. Wodell, pg. 434 ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register - Bristol County Probate Records, vol 63, p. 328-329 ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. LXIII, NEHGS, Boston, MA, 1909 ↑ Charlou Dolan, “John Tripp & Isabel Moyses,” GenForum posting, 10 May 2002; http://genforum.genealogy.com/tripp/messages/1475.html, citing Portsmouth, RI, Land Evidence "2nd Book No. 1," page 160: Will of John Tripp dated 6 December 1677; proved 28 October 1678. ↑ Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690. Clearfield. Albany, New York. 1887. Tripp, pg. 208 ↑ Portsmouth Vital Records, Book 1, page 4: Benjamin Engell, and Mary Tripp, (widow); m. by John Albro, Asst., April 4, 1682. Notes and Errata, The American Genealogist (1949) Vol. 25, Page 168: His daughter Sarah m. John Hoomery Gershom Wordell, I on Find A Grave: Memorial #176619184 retrieved 10:45, 15 September 2017 (EDT) Rhode Island Vital Records www.genealogyofnewengland.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S348] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Tripp or Trippe Family.