Matilida Wikoff Woodhull

Matilida Wikoff Woodhull

Female 1813 - 1864  (50 years)


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  • Name Matilida Wikoff Woodhull 
    Birth 3 Nov 1813 
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 May 1864 
    Person ID I18476  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2023 

    Father M.D. John Tennent Woodhull,   b. 24 Aug 1786, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1869, Camden, Camden, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Ann Wikoff,   b. 5 Jul 1793   d. 3 Feb 1852 (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 22 Jan 1812 
    Family ID F3907  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Combs,   b. 1813   d. 5 Jan 1876 (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 21 Sep 1836 
    Children 
     1. Ann Amelia Combs,   b. Abt 1837   d. 9 Nov 1842 (Age 5 years)
     2. John Woodhull Combs,   b. 16 Jan 1840   d. 28 Dec 1842 (Age 2 years)
     3. William Sutphen Combs,   b. 15 Feb 1842   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Julia Woodhull Combs,   b. 26 Aug 1847   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. George Woodhull Combs,   b. 23 Mar 1853   d. 31 Dec 1854 (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F7844  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2025 

  • Notes 
    • 311. MATILDA WIKOFF WOODHULL, 7th generation, born November 3, 1813, was the eldest daughter and second child of John Woodhull, M. D., and Ann Wikoff.

      She married, September 21, 1836, Joseph Combs, son of Elijah Combs, of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

      He was born September 21, 1836, and was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), in 1833. Was a Counsellor-at-Law, and in 1860 was appointed Judge of the Court of Errors.

      She died May 24, 1864.

      He died January 5, 1876.

      Children (Five):
      (1.) Ann Amelia Combs, born June 27, 1837, and died November
      9, 1842.
      (2.) John Woodhull Combs, born January 16, 1840, and died
      December 28, 1842.
      (3.) William Sutphen Combs, (M. D.), born February 15, 1842;
      was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now
      Princeton University), in 1860; married, July 5, 1871,
      Virginia, daughter of Dr. John R. Conover and Drusilla
      Torrence Simmons. They had four children:
      Joseph Combs, born April 11, 1872.
      Julia Combs, born April 15, 1878.
      Vienna Young Combs, born February 16, 1881.
      William Sutphen Combs, Jr., born August 16, 1883.
      (4.) Julia Woodhull Combs, born August 26, 1847; married,
      December 4, 1873, Charles Ridgway (a New York Lawyer),
      son of Richard Lot Ridgway and Elizabeth H.
      Conover. They had five children:


      Richard Lot Ridgway, born October 19, 1874.
      William Combs Ridgway, born April 4, 1877; married,
      December 12, 1903, Jean Cameron McBride.
      Charles Dallas Ridgway, born November 12, 1882.
      Gilbert Combs Ridgway, born December 1, 1884.
      Marion Ridgway, born September 1, 1887.
      (5.) George Woodhull Combs, born March 23, 1853, and died
      December 31, 1854.