Gabriel Woodmancy/Woodmansee is thought to have been born between 1640 and

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Gabriel Woodmancy/Woodmansee is thought to have been born between 1640 and
1645, very likely in England rather than America. Although several other early American
colonists by the name of Woodmancy or Woodmansee have been researched, no
connection has been proven between them and Gabriel.

One of the many stories about Gabriel's possible origin was that he followed the sea and eventually arrived in America. Perhaps. The earliest American on record believed to be that of our Gabriel is in St. Marys County, Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay . There a person named Gabriel witnessed a will on 2 November 1663, his name
apearing as "Gabriel Woodmarsone."

The next known record--the first verifiable record of our Gabriel--was two years later the seaport town of New london, Connecticut, where he purchased a homestead in November 1665 and apparently settled down to family life. Gabriel's wife was Sara h (-? -I, whom he probably married about 1665. Some sources erroneously give her maiden name as Ricks, but Ricks was her second husband's surname.

In 1671 Gabriel was fined for selling liquor to the Indians. He died in 1688 probably in late September. His inventory recorded that Sarah was left with several young children and another child expected.

Sarah then married Mr Ricks in New London County (County established in 1666)' Connecticut. Eventually they deeded the home lot
that had been left to Sarah by Gabriel, to "our son Gabriel who takes care of us in our old
age.- Mr. Ricks died about 1 November 1717, and Gabriel died in 1720, leaving his
mother as the sole legatee. She died on 30 September 1729.

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