Individual Details
Benjamina Woodbridge
(Mar 1772 - 6 May 1851)
Archelaus Rea was also the husband of one of the daughters of Benjamina's brother Thomas March Woodbridge.
Events
| Birth | Mar 1772 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Baptism | 1 Mar 1772 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 1 Dec 1803 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - General Nathaniel Lovejoy | |||
| Will | 19 Feb 1840 | Essex County, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Probate | 6 Apr 1847 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Death | 6 May 1851 | Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts | | ||
| Probate | 20 May 1851 | Essex, Massachusetts | | ||
| Probate | Essex, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | General Nathaniel Lovejoy (1744 - 1812) |
| Father | Dudley Woodbridge (1732 - 1799) |
| Mother | Dorcas March (1746 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Dudley Woodbridge (1764 - 1771) |
| Sibling | Thomas March Woodbridge (1765 - 1841) |
| Sibling | John Woodbridge (1767 - 1784) |
| Sibling | Mary Gilman Woodbridge (1769 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Dorcas Woodbridge (1774 - 1803) |
| Sibling | Dudley Woodbridge (1776 - 1795) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Grafton Woodbridge (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | William Woodbridge (1780 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Joseph Jackson Woodbridge (1782 - 1863) |
Notes
Will
In her will written 19 February 1840, Benjamina Lovejoy made the following bequests. To William and Dudley Woodbridge of Andover, the sons of her uncle Benjamin, she left her wearing apparel; to Elizabeth Robenson wife of Dr. Dean Robenson of Newbury, $50; the Mrs. Eliza Storer daughter of Elizabeth Robenson, $25; to Louisa Fennoe daughter of sister Mary Gilman Fennoe, $100; to Mary Cloutman granddaughter of sister Mary, $100; to Mary Parker daughter of Isaac Parker, $50; to Maria Rea wife of Archlaus Rea, $100; to surviving sons of brother William Woodbridge, $100 each; to Dr. William LeBaron of Andover, $50; to Bailey Loring of Andover, $100; to the Religious Society of North Andover under the pastoral care of Loring Bailey, $100 to procure a clock for the front gallery of the meeting house; to Archelaus Rea, $1000 which is to be used as a trust for brother Joseph Jackson Woodbridge and after Joseph's death the residue to go to brother Thomas March Woodbridge; and all the residue of the estate to brother Thomas March Woodbridge. Loring Bailey was named executor. Her personal estate at inventory in 1851 was $3,620.00.Probate
Case number 45618Those signing the bond for the inventory/probate of the estate related to the insanity case were Archelaus Rea, Stephen C. Phillips, and Bailey Loring. Archelaus Rea was appointed guardian.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.
3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.
4. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911.
5. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Massachusetts, Essex County, Probate Records; Author: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.
6. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Records and Indexes 1638-1916; Author: Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County); Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts.