Michael Woodsum1 
b. 16 April 1732
Michael Woodsum|b. 16 Apr 1732|p7925.htm|Joseph Woodsum|b. 1680/81\nd. b 4 Jun 1776|p7927.htm|Abigail Abbot|b. 3 Oct 1694\nd. 4 Jun 1776|p7928.htm|||||||John Abbot||p7976.htm|Abigail Nason||p8158.htm|
3rd great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
5th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Michael Woodsum was born circa 1725/26.1 He was baptized on 16 April 1732 in First Church, Berwick, York County, Maine.2 He was the son of Joseph Woodsum and Abigail Abbot.2 He of Berwick married Elizabeth Dyer of Biddeford, daughter of William Dyer and Lucretia Emery, on 24 August 1749 in First Congregational Church, Biddeford, York County, Maine.3,1
Michael Woodsum was of Berwick and moved to Saco or Biddeford when a young man.1 He moved to the wilderness of Narragansett, No. 1, now Buxton, in 1756 or 1757.1 He purchased lot 22, of range D, in the second division, on 18 September 1758, and probably settled there.1 At a proprietors' meeting held 16 November 1761, he was chosen on a committee to "open, clear, and exchange roads."1 In 1768, he drew lot No. 6, in range R. His farm was about one mile below Salmon Falls, on what was then known as "Woodsum's hill."1
Michael Woodsum was of Berwick and moved to Saco or Biddeford when a young man.1 He moved to the wilderness of Narragansett, No. 1, now Buxton, in 1756 or 1757.1 He purchased lot 22, of range D, in the second division, on 18 September 1758, and probably settled there.1 At a proprietors' meeting held 16 November 1761, he was chosen on a committee to "open, clear, and exchange roads."1 In 1768, he drew lot No. 6, in range R. His farm was about one mile below Salmon Falls, on what was then known as "Woodsum's hill."1
Children of Michael Woodsum and Elizabeth Dyer
- Mary Woodsum+ 1
- Elizabeth Woodsum4
- Joseph Woodsum4
- Abiathar Woodsum1 b. 7 Oct 1753
- Abigail Woodsum1 b. 24 May 1755, d. 26 Dec 1838
- Deacon Samuel Woodsum4 b. c 1757, d. 30 Jun 1841
- John Woodsum4 b. c 1759
- Lucretia Woodsum4 b. 16 May 1762
- Abner Woodsum4 b. 11 Mar 1771
Citations
- [S746] G.T. Ridlon Sr., Saco Valley Settlements and Families (Portland, Maine: the author, 1895), 1209.
- [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 82:91.
- [S720] A.K.P. Meserve M.D., "Records of First Congregational Church in Biddeford", Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder 6:1 (1889): 294.
- [S746] G.T. Ridlon Sr., Ridlon, 1210.
