Career
Walter settled in the, coming from Kent, England in 1633. He first appeared in the tax records of the in 1633. Woodworth settled in 1635 amongst the "Men of Kent" in Scituate, Massachusetts, which included Nathaniel Tilden, Edward Foster, Humphrey Turner, Isaac Chittenden, and William Hatch, who were influential in the building the settlement.
Walter took up residence at the third lot on Kent Street along the oceanfront at the corner of Meeting House Lane, where he built a home.
He would acquire more property throughout his life in including a tract on the Herring Brook, a tract on Walnut Tree Hill, which in colonial times was referred to as Walter Woodworth Hill, and 60 acres (240,000 m2) in Weymouth. He would serve as surveyor of highways (1645–1646, 1656) and arbiter (1645, 1662–1663).
