Seth Woodruff was born July 22, 1742 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, to Timothy Woodruff (1715-1798) and Elizabeth Parsons (1712-1776). Timothy Woodruff was the great grandson of John Woodruff (1637-1691), founder of Elizabethtown and progenitor of the city's prominent Woodruff family. Seth Woodruff, a weaver and stonemason by trade, married Phebe Haines (1742-1823) and had the following children: Parsons (1764-1805), Sophia (1766-1844), Obediah (1768-1847), Stephen (1770-1850), Flavel (1772-1819), Phebe (fl. 1774-1792), Seth (1776-1852), Jerusha (1778-1779), Jemima (1780-1781), Jochibed (1781-1782), Elizabeth (1783-1858), Elias (1785-1862). Seth Woodruff died on October 9, 1815 at the age of seventy-two after falling from the roof of a house.
From the description of Seth Woodruff account book, 1761-1812. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 53039810
