Rev. Rev. William Woodhull

1741 - 1814  (72 years)

• Name	Rev. William Woodhull
  Title	Rev.
  Birth	3 Dec 1741	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Birth	3 Dec 1741	Miller's Place, Long Island, New York
  Death	8 Aug 1814	Chester, Morris, New Jersey, United States
  Death	8 Aug 1814	Chester, N J   [1]
  	Cause: CAUS: Age: 72
  Person ID	I20900	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Hon. John W. Woodhull, Sr,   b. 15 Jan 1719, Miller Place, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 5 Jan 1794, Millers Place, L I (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Smith,   b. 12 Nov 1718, St George's Manor, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 20 Dec 1761, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1740	New York, United States
  Family ID	F3635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hedges,   b. 22 Mar 1749, Easthampton, Long Island, New York, United States d. 13 Sep 1825 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	3 May 1767  [2]
  Children	1. William Woodhull, Jr,   b. 3 Jun 1768, Miller's Place Long Island, New York, USA d. 6 Sep 1845 (Age 77 years)   2. Jeremiah Woodhull,   b. 22 Jan 1770, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 30 Oct 1824 (Age 54 years)   3. Elizabeth Hedges Woodhull,   b. 22 Feb 1772, d. 10 Apr 1845 (Age 73 years)   4. John Woodhull,   b. 1774   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Hannah Smith Woodhull,   b. 22 Apr 1776, Chester Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States d. 28 Apr 1803 (Age 27 years)   6. Henry Hedges Woodhull,   b. 11 Jul 1779   d. 14 Feb 1813 (Age 33 years)   7. Temperance Woodhull,   b. 22 Jan 1782, d. 14 May 1874, New Jersey, United States (Age 92 years)   8. Mary Sophia Woodhull,   b. 24 Sep 1784, Chester Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States d. 11 Feb 1843 (Age 58 years)   9. Mehetable Woodhull,   b. 26 Jun 1787, d. 5 Nov 1832 (Age 45 years)   10. Caleb Gilbert Woodhull,   b. 30 Oct 1792, Chester Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States d. 8 Aug 1814 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F7637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XI. WILLIAM WOODHULL, (Rev.), fifth generation from Richard Wodhull I., Patentee of Brookhaven, Long Island, was the eldest son of the Hon. John Woodhull and Elizabeth Smith, of Miller's Place, Long Island. He was born December 3, 1741; was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1764, and studied theology with that eminent divine, the Rev. Samuel Buell of East Hampton, Long Island. He was a signer of the "Associator's Oath" in 1775; and a Chairman of the "Joint Committee of Safety" at Brookhaven, in 1776. He filled the pulpit at Brookhaven, Long Island, and in September, 1768, accepted a call from the Black River (now Chester, Morris County, New Jersey) congregation. He travelled from Long Island to Chester on horseback, his wife and child riding on the horse behind him. His pastorate was a brief one, for in the course of a few years, he was forced to give up preaching owing to a weakness of the throat. He however continued to be of service to the community in which he lived, and occupied more than one position of honor and importance. He became a Judge of the Circuit Court of New Jersey, and taught a classical school until the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. He was renowned for his patriotism having "preached it from the pulpit," as well as "repeatedly representing his people in the Provincial Congress." In 1783 the Presbytery of New York reported that they had left out the name of the Rev. William Woodhull from their list of members, because on account of feeble health he had relinquished his ministerial duties. The Synod, however, deeming this to be an insufficient reason, directed his name to be restored to the roll. One who has read his extant sermons declares them to be ably and agreeably written. He was a man who did much to mold the sentiment and thought of the community in which he lived. Page 310 In 1787 he was a member of the Convention which framed the first Constitution of New Jersey. He married, May 3, 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of William Hedges, of Easthampton, Long Island. He died October 24, 1824, and was buried on Pleasant Hill. He had ten children, five sons and five daughters, all but one of whom married. (See Genealogy, No. 45.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S560] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016)., Book Title: The Honeyman Family (Honeyman, Honyman, Hunneman, Etc ) in Scotland and America 1548-1908. [S58] Ruth Tangier Smith, M.D. and Henry Bainbridge Hoff, The Tangier Smith Family: Descendents of Colonel William Smith of The Manor of St. George, Long Island, New York (The Order of colonial Lords of Manors in America. Publication No. 34. 1978.), p. 16.