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Joseph Woodworth (Woodward)

Joseph was born in May 1783 in Little Neston and his baptism took place on May 25th, 1783 in Neston.¹

Birth Notes
- Name    Joseph Woodworth
  Sex    Male
  Christening Date    25 May 1783
  Christening Place    Neston, Cheshire, England
  Father's Name    Joseph Woodworth
  Mother's Name    Alice
  Event Type    Christening
  Record Number    227
  
  Joseph son of Jos Woodworth of L Neston, lab by Alice his wife.

Joseph's father was Joseph Woodworth and his mother was Alice Dobb. He had five brothers and a sister, named John, John, William, Thomas, James and Mary. He was the fourth oldest of the seven children. He died at the age of 26 on January 1st, 1810 in West Indies.²

Death Notes
- St Thomas, West Indies

General Notes
- 1873, Joseph son of Joseph Woodworth a labourer of Little Neston was born and baptised at Neston.
  
  11 Nov 1805, when Joseph Woodward (also known as Woodworth) married he was a Cooper in Liverpool. Joseph married Elizabeth Tomkins after his first son James was born in Liverpool in 1804. Elizabeth was the daughter of Samuel Tomkins, labourer of Old Dock Quay.
  
  3 Sep 1806, Joseph and Elizabeth had a son John Woodward while still living at Dockside, Liverpool. Also when son James was baptised and on his marriage record he is recorded as a Cooper, living at the Dock Side, Liverpool.
  
  Sometime after 1806, Joseph joined the Navy where he continued his trade of coopering in the Navy.
  
  Joseph served on HMS Snap and was in service there when he died. "Joseph Woodward, cooper, husband of Elizabeth Woodward of Liverpool. Discharged Dead 1 Jan 1810 at St Thomas". Joseph "Departed this life Joseph Woodward. Employed as necessary to commit the remains of the deceased to the deep".

Occupation Details
- From before 1804 Joseph's occupation was Cooper in Liverpool.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Cooper on marriage and Cooper at Dock Side on his boys baptisms

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Joseph and William Henry Alexander Woodward worked with each other.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Porrible nephew (not son) as both Coopers in Liverpool

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Joseph Woodworth
  - b.10 Sep 1750 d.May 1830 in Little Neston
  
  Joseph Woodworth (Woodward)
  - b.May 1783 in Little Neston d.01 Jan 1810 in West Indies
  
  Alice Dobb
  - b.1747 in Neston d.Nov 1829 in Neston

Personal Timeline

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¹ Cheshire Parish Records (1538-2000)
² Ancestry Family Trees