From THE WOODWORTH FAMILY OF AMERICA, DESCENDANTS OF WALTER WOODWORTH of 1630 THROUGH SIX GENERATIONS
VOLUME I, JEANETTE WOODWORTH BEHAN
page 142: James Woodworth...buried with Eunice in Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville....James lived in Tolland until 8 years of age. his mother died April 26, 1770 when he was about 4 and he then lived 4 years with his grandfather Terryl. He was bound out to live with Jonathan Bliss of Wilbraham, Mass., and lived with him 8 years. At 16 years he went to learn the mason trade with Asa Ayres of Wilbraham. After his marriage to Lucretia Catlin, they lived in South Hadley on a 19-acre farm near the center of town until the year 1803. Asa Ayres is listed in the 1790 Census at South Hadley; the only Asa Ayres listed in Mass. It is probable that while James was serving his apprenticeship, Asa moved from Wilbraham to South Hadley, only a few miles away, James going with him.
James is not listed in the 1790 Census, but his father-in-law, Samuel Catlin is. There is one extra male over 16 listed in the household. Could this be James Woodworth?
James is listed in South Hadley, Hampshire Co., Mass., in the 1800 Census, the family consisting of himself and wife and 8 children: 2 males under 10; 1 male 10-16; four females under 10; and one female 10-16.
Ensign of the 4th Company or train band in the 12th Regiment of the State of Connecticut.
On 3 February 1803, he moved to Bolton, Washington Co., New York, which is on the west side of Lake George. After the Revolution, men came to the wild wooded area; the majority settling on the hilltops overlooking the lake, the main artery of the area, and the balance of the narrow lake plain. Farming and lumbering was the main source of income (Brown, p. 1261).
In the Bolton Census of 1810, James is listed with his wife and 10 children; 4 sons to 10; 1 son 10-16; one daughter to 10; 1 daughter 10-16; and 3 daughters 16-26.
James bought land in Bolton but the deed has not been found either in Washington Co. (the original county) or Warren Co. He disposed of this land in a deed recorded in the County Clerk's office at Lake George (Book 1, p. 2461). On 1 June 1812, James Woodworth and Lucretia Woodworth his wife granted to Reuben Armstrong 57 acres of land in Bolton, part of the land patent to Lena Hitchcock and Philip, for a consideration of $1200. The deed was not acknowledged until 9 February 1815 and was recorded the next day.
The notes of Harvey Woodworth, state that his father James remained at Bolton until 5 January 1820. Obit of Harvey Woodworth in "Painesville Telegraph" 15 May 1884 says his father came to Unionville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in Jan 1820. James is listed at Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co. in 1820. In the 1820 Census near the listing of James are the families of Ezekiel and Daniel Woodworth, probably James' brothers. James is listed again in the census for Harpersfield in 1830 and E. Woodworth is next to him. The family of James is given as: 2 males under 5; 3 males 20-30; 1 male 60-70 and 1 female 15-20; 1 female 20-30 and 1 female 50-60.
James moved to Painesville in April, 1839 to live with Harvey. James had a remarkable memory and was a fine mathematician. A surveyor by profession.