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Benjamin Wodell

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  1. 1.  Benjamin Wodell was born Jun 1783.

    Notes:

    See notes for son Eli, who describes his father as a very bad man. (source: "Genealgy of a Part of the Wodell Family, from 1640 to 1880 . . ." by Eli Wodell; Google Books)

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Soule 3 Feb 1805. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel SOULE and Rebecca GIFFORD) was born Abt Mar 1787, Westport, MA; died 11 Dec 1881, New Bedford, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Eli Wodell  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jul 1805, Westport, MA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eli Wodell Descendancy chart to this point (1.Benjamin1) was born 12 Jul 1805, Westport, MA.

    Notes:

    According to Eli's biography, his father was "a very bad man," a "sad miserable drunkard" who gambled and abused his family. He characterizes his mother as a good woman and a good mother who endured her abusive husband for 45 years.

    He and his wife separated/divorced and he later remarried and his second wife hanged herself. Eli was accused of murder but eventually was acquitted. He was a declared atheist and a very mixed-up man, admitting to his propensity for women that got him in trouble, according to his memoirs in the book he wrote on the Wodell family.

    Eli — Lydia Tripp. Lydia died Feb 1861. [Group Sheet]