| Notes |
- ** See marriage notes for list of children **
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son John Woodruff 1665 - 1722
- on 10/25/1683 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY married Sarah Cooper 3/17/1666 MA - 6/3/1727 NJ ********
- dau of Timothy Cooper 1644 - 1679 and Elizabeth Munson
- ** See her findagrave.com page later **
son Timothy Woodruff 1683 - 11/15/1766
- ** See his findagrave.com page **
- married Mary Baker
- dau of Nathaniel Baker 1655 - 1738 and Catherine Schelling 1656 - 1708
son Elias Woodruff 1684
son John Woodruff 1687 - 1751
son David Woodruff 2/27/1688 - 7/2/1749
son Thomas Woodruff 1689 - 3/25/1752
- ** See his findagrave.com page **
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Found at findagrave.com on 3/26/2021
Sarah Cooper Woodruff
Birth: 17 Mar 1666 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: 3 Jun 1727 (aged 61) Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Burial: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Memorial #: 6079238
Bio:
Born Sarah Cooper in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666--the same year that diarist Samuel Pepys wrote of the Great Fire of London--Mrs. Woodruff died in her 62nd year in Elizabethtown (present day Elizabeth) New Jersey. She was the wife of John Woodruff.
Her brown sandstone stele was carved by a craftsman known as "The Old Elizabethtown Soul Carver I". Active during the 1720's-30's, his work is distinguished by highly detailed mortality imagery and the use of skull-with-crossbones soul effigies. Mrs. Woodruff's gravestone typically speaks to the Puritanical emphasis on the brevity and fragility of life on earth, but the combination of the cross bones effigy together with an hourglass flanked by doves is a rarely seen arrangement of symbols. Birds have universally been used to represent spirituality since ancient times, and in colonial America, a bird in vines symbolized the soul partaking of celestial food, with the dove a Christian icon of constancy and devotion. For more information, click on uppermost photo (taken in 1991 by Nikita Barlow, originally uploaded anonymously in January 2002, refreshed in October 2014).
Inscription: "Her Lyeth ye Body
of Ms Sarah Woodruff,
Wife if John Woodruff
Who departed this Life
the 3, of June 1727 in
the 62d Year of her Age"
Gravesite Details Sources: maiden name: Findagrave member Mary Olive; birthdate & place: Findagrave member Glen Hockenjos
Family Members
Parents
Timothy Cooper 1644-1679
Siblings
Mary Cooper Ward 1667-1736
John Cooper 1668-1736
Children
Thomas Woodruf Unknown-1752
Timothy Woodruff 1683-1766
Created by: Nikita Barlow (46508077)
Added: 9 Jan 2002
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6079238/sarah-woodruff
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for Sarah Cooper Woodruff (17 Mar 16663 Jun 1727), Find a Grave Memorial no. 6079238, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Nikita Barlow (contributor 46508077) .
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