Generation 1

WILLIAM SIMONDS (d. 1672) of Woburn

Parents: Unknown

William Simonds died on 7 Jun 1672 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Judith (Phippen) Hayward. [Ref] on 18 Mar 1643 in Woburn. [Ref]

In Jun 1672 administration on William's estate was granted to his widow Judith and his sons Caleb and William.

Children of William Simonds and Judith Phippen:

1. Sarah Simonds was born on 28 Jul 1644 in Woburn. [Ref] She married, as his second wife, John Hayward/Heywood, the father of her brother Benjamin's wife. [Ref]
2. Judith Simonds was born on 13 Mar 1646 in Woburn. [Ref]
3. Mary Simonds was born on 9 Dec 1647 in Woburn. [Ref]
4. Caleb Simonds was born on 16 Aug 1649 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 4 Nov 1712 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Sarah Bacon on 25 Sep 1677 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 11 Apr 1727 in Woburn. [Ref]
5. William Simonds was born on 15 Apr 1651 in Woburn. [Ref]
6. Sgt. Joseph Simonds was born on 18 Oct 1652 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Mary, the daughter of John Tidd [Ref] and the granddaughter of Sgt. John Tidd.
   After his father's death, he chose John Wyman to be his guardian. [Ref]
7. Lieut. Benjamin Simonds was born on 18 Mar 1654 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 21 Sep 1726 in Woburn. [Ref] He married first Rebecca Hayward. [Ref] Rebecca, the daughter of John and Rebecca (Atkinson) Hayward/Heywood, was born on 13 May 1660 in Concord. [Ref] She died in Apr 1713 in Woburn. [Ref] He married second Elizabeth Farrar on 26 Sep 1713. [Ref]
   After his father's death, he chose Francis Kendall to be his guardian. [Ref]
8. Tabitha Simonds was born on 20 Aug 1655 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 20 Aug 1655 in Woburn. [Ref]
9. Joshua Simonds died on 16 Jul 1657 in Woburn. [Ref]
10. James Simonds was born on 1 Nov 1658 in Woburn. [Ref] He died on 15 Sep 1717 in Woburn. [Ref] He married Susanna Blodgett on 29 Dec 1685 in Woburn. [Ref] Susanna was the sister of Samuel Blodgett. [Ref, p. 3]
    After his father's death, he chose Francis Kendall to be his guardian. [Ref]
11. Bethiah Simonds was born on 9 May 1659 in Woburn. [Ref] She married, as his second wife, John, the son of Samuel Walker, on 13 Aug 1696.
12. Huldah Simonds was born on 20 Nov 1660 in Woburn. She married Samuel Blodgett.

Generation 2

HULDAH SIMONDS

Parents: William Simonds

Huldah Simonds was born on 20 Nov 1660 in Woburn. [Ref] She died on 13 Mar 1746 in Woburn. [Ref][Ref] She married Samuel Blodgett on 30 Apr 1683 in Woburn. [Ref]

References

Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages From 1640 to 1873, Woburn, Andrews Cutler & Co., 1890.

Loring, Arthur G. and William R. Cutter, Samuel Walker of Woburn, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1903.

Smith, Roberta Stokes, "Rebecca Heywood, First Wife of Benjamin Simonds of Woburn," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 148, 1994, 239.

Thompson, Bradley Deforest and Franklin Condit Thompson, Blodget-Blodgett Descendants of Thomas of Cambridge, Condord, NH, 1955.