1589: Richard Woodward was born.
"New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 839; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS) (Randall Research Library)

1634: Richard Woodward, 1590-1665, came to New England on the "Elizabeth" and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts, with wife Rose and sons George and John, both age 13. He was a miller and owned a windmill in Boston. [Research of Bonnie Hamilton]
"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of the Farmer's Register"; by James Savage; 4:644; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1981 (929.274 S264 LAPL) (NE Sec. SR) (974.0 NEa/Gen SCGS)

1590: Richard Woodward, the immigrant ancestor of Dr. Johnson R. Woodward, of Oxford, Massachusetts, was born in England.
1635, April 30: He sailed in the ship "Elizabeth" from Ipswich, England with his wife Rose, aged fifty, and children George and John, aged thirteen years. He settled at Watertown, Massachusetts.
1635, September 2: He was admitted a freeman at Watertown. He was a miller; bought a wind-mill located in Boston.
1648: He mortgaged or sold it.
1642: He had a homestall of twelve acres, bounded by land of John Spring, Martin Underwood, and the highway, John Wincoll and John Knight. He had another homestall bounded by land of Edward How, Richard Benjamin and Edmund Blois. He had in all three hundred and ten acres.
1648, September 8: He bought of Edward Holbrook and wife Anne, a mill in Boston.
1648, December: He sold it again to William Aspinwall. [Research of Cal Ingram, WorldConnect)

1663 Richard Woodward died.
"New England Marriages Prior to 1700" compiled by Clarence Almon Torrey; p. 840; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1985 (974.0 NEa/Marriage SCGS) (Randall Research Library)

1665, February 16: He died.
1665, April 4: The inventory of his estate was filed. [Research of Cal Ingram, WorldConnect)

"Stephen Gates of Hingham" by Clarence Almon Torrey from the "NEHGS Register" Jane Fletcher Fiske, editor; New England Historic Genealogical Society Register; Boston, Massachusetts; July 1966 (974.0 NEa SCGS) (F74 P41 CSL) (974.48 S41 NYSL)