Rev. Hezekiah Woodward

Hezekiah Woodward was an English nonconformist minister and educator, who was involved in the pamphlet wars of the 1640s. He was a Comenian in educational theory, and an associate of Samuel Hartlib. He was one of those articulating the Puritan argument against the celebration of Christmas.

Parlament of England. December (end) – English Puritan controversialist Hezekiah Woodward is questioned for two days about "scandalous" pamphlets.

His daughter Frances married John Oxenbridge.[14][15] His daughter Sarah married Daniel Henchman (c.1627-1685), a founder of Worcester, Massachusetts.[16]

References

1. Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., (2004). Section: Immigrant Descendants of High Medieval Kings. Page 385. < Ancestry.com >; (document attached.) "Descent from Alfonso IX, king of Leon and Galicia & Berenguela I la Grande, reina de Castilla." Hannah Hall, daughter of Sarah Henchman & Capt. Daniel Henchman, married Deacon William Sumner, III, and was the ancestor (via American heiress, his mother) of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
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   2. 15. "Savage New England Register, Volume 3, Osland - Page".
   3. 16. "Oxenbridge".
2. George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip's War (2004), p. 59.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1644_in_literature
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Hezekiah_Woodward_%281%29