When Captain John Woodman died in 1706, his estate except for a few pounds, passed undivided to Jonathan as the only surviving son. So at the age of forty one, Jonathan received all the land, John's part of the Mill on Oyster River and moved into the garrison house. Jonathan, as were all the able-bodied men, were required to be a member of his town Militia. but except to sign the petition against Governor Cranfield in 1685 and to serve as a town selectman in 1705, Jonathan unlike his father, seems to have spent little time engaged in public affairs. He did, however, participate in his church. In the Oyster River Church records is the following: 14 February 1719/20, "Jonathan Woodman and Elizabeth, his wife, with John, Jonathan and Joshua, their adult sons; Edward, Downing, and Archelaus, sons in nonage; Mary adult; Alice, in nonage." Jonathan's careful handling of his land must have been appreciated by his children for at the time of his death all five sons were established on farms he owned. He also provided unusually well for his spinster daughter Mary, at a time when social custom might not have required him to do so.
When Captain John Woodman died in 1706, his estate except for a few pounds, passed undivided to Jonathan as the only surviving son. So at the age of forty one, Jonathan received all the land, John's part of the Mill on Oyster River and moved into the garrison house. Jonathan, as were all the able-bodied men, were required to be a member of his town Militia. but except to sign the petition against Governor Cranfield in 1685 and to serve as a town selectman in 1705, Jonathan unlike his father, seems to have spent little time engaged in public affairs. He did, however, participate in his church. In the Oyster River Church records is the following: 14 February 1719/20, "Jonathan Woodman and Elizabeth, his wife, with John, Jonathan and Joshua, their adult sons; Edward, Downing, and Archelaus, sons in nonage; Mary adult; Alice, in nonage." Jonathan's careful handling of his land must have been appreciated by his children for at the time of his death all five sons were established on farms he owned. He also provided unusually well for his spinster daughter Mary, at a time when social custom might not have required him to do so.
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