Dr. John Tennent Woodhull

1786 - 1869  (83 years)

• Name	John Tennent Woodhull
  Prefix	Dr.
  Birth	24 Aug 1786	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1869	Camden, New Jersey   [1]
  Burial	Tennent, Monmouth, New Jersey
  Person ID	I1393	Scudder
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2007

  
  

  Marriage	28 May 1772
  Family ID	F5658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Wikoff,   b. 5 Jul 1793, New Jersey d. 3 Feb 1852 (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	22 Jan 1812	New Jersey   [1]
  Children	1. William Wikoff Woodhull,   b. 1812   d. 16 Jun 1813 (Age 1 year)   2. Matilda Wikoff Woodhull,   b. 3 Nov 1813, New Jersey d. 24 May 1864, New Jersey (Age 50 years)   3. Judge George Spofford Woodhull,   b. 25 Dec 1814, Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 4 Mar 1881, New Jersey (Age 66 years)   4. Julia Woodhull,   b. 25 Mar 1816, New Jersey d. 16 Dec 1840 (Age 24 years)   5. Dr. William Wickoff Woodhull,   b. 28 Jul 1817, Princeton, Middlesex, New Jersey d. May 1886 (Age 68 years)   6. John Woodhull,   b. 13 Mar 1819, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 13 Sep 1822, New Jersey (Age 3 years)   7. Maria Scudder Woodhull,   b. 20 Mar 1820, New Jersey d. 2 Jun 1873 (Age 53 years)   8. Charles Frederick Woodhull,   b. 4 Aug 1821, New Jersey d. 27 Feb 1890, Lincoln University, Ohio (Age 68 years)   9. John Woodhull,   b. 5 Apr 1825, New Jersey d. Aft 1900 (Age > 76 years)   10. Hannah Wikoff Woodhull,   b. 24 Jan 1826   d. 10 May 1891 (Age 65 years)   11. Reverend Gilbert Tennent Woodhull,   b. 18 Feb 1827, Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 11 Feb 1898, Lincoln University, Chester, Pennsylvania (Age 70 years)   12. Ann Amelia Woodhull,   b. 7 Oct 1829   d. 16 Jan 1831 (Age 1 year)   13. Sarah Wikoff Woodhull,   b. 1 Apr 1830, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 16 Jan 1831, New Jersey (Age 0 years)   14. Dr. Addison Waddell Woodhull,   b. 13 Aug 1831, Manalapan, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 14 May 1876, Newark, Essex, New Jersey (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  John received his degree of M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1809, and practiced medicine in Freehold. His father was one of the signers of the petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1777. From 1821 to 1827, John was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly. He was also a State Senator in 1825, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. For many years he was an elder of the Old Tennent Church, where his father had preached for many years.

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, vol. 8, p. 15. [S798] Woodhull genealogy : the Woodhull family in England and America, p. 321.