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Facts and Events
Name |
Robert Wood |
Gender |
Male |
Other[2] |
8 Sep 1746 |
Virginia, United StatesNOT named in Will of James Wood, father |
Birth[1][4] |
27 Jul 1747 |
Prob. Frederick County, Virginia |
Alt Birth[5] |
1749 |
[per headstone] |
Marriage |
2 Apr 1774 |
Virginia, United Statesto Comfort Welsh |
Other[3] |
20 Sep 1790 |
Frederick, Virginia, United Statesnamed in Will of Mary Wood, mother |
Death[4][5] |
1801 |
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Burial[5] |
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Wood Family Cemetery, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia |
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References
- ↑ Family Recorded, in Cartmell, Thomas Kemp, 1838-1920. Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants: a history of Frederick County, Virginia. (Berryville, Virginia: Chesapeake Book, 1909, 1963).
- ↑ Will Transcript of James Wood, in Greene, Katherine Glass. Winchester, Virginia, and its beginnings, 1743-1814: from its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of his son, Brigadier-General and Governor James Wood, with the publication for the first time of valuable manuscripts, relics of their long tenure of public offices. (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, c1926).
[cos1776 Note: Contains a full transcript of the Will of James Wood (p 340). The Abstract and Notes below are mine.
JAMES WOOD. County: not specified. Will: 8 Sep 1746. Rec: not specified.
Wife: Mary
Children: (minors) James Wood, John Wood, Elizabeth Wood, Mary Wood
Exe: wife Mary
Wit: James Porten, Thos. Wood
Notes: appoints wife Mary as guardian of his children and leaves all real and personal Estate to her, on condition that she pay to each named child 20 pounds current money of Virginia when they come of age.] ----- [Note: Robert Wood is NOT named in his father's will because he had not been born yet.]
- ↑ Will Transcript of Mary Wood, in Greene, Katherine Glass. Winchester, Virginia, and its beginnings, 1743-1814: from its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of his son, Brigadier-General and Governor James Wood, with the publication for the first time of valuable manuscripts, relics of their long tenure of public offices. (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, c1926).
[cos1776 Note: Contains a full transcript of the Will of Mary Wood (p 353). The Abstract and Notes below are mine.
MARY WOOD. Frederick county. Will: 20 Sep 1790. Rec: 2 Jul 1798.
Husband: James Wood, dec'd.
Sons: Robert Wood ; James Wood
Grandsons: James Wood and Robert Welsh Wood (sons of Robert)
Granddaughters: Mary Dorcas Wood ; Mary Ann Harrison ; Elizabeth Harrison ; Mary Harrison
Executors: sons James Wood ; Robert Wood
Wit: Alex. White ; Thos. White
Notes: Will was proved 2 Jul 1798, by oath of Alexander White. On 5 Feb 1811, the negro Sarah appeared in court to claim her freedom which was granted by Mary Wood's Will. The court refused, the same being opposed by Peter Lauck, who claimed said Sarah as a slave. During this trial, Obed. Waite appeared as one of the heirs of said Mary Wood.] ----- [Identifies Robert Wood as a child of Mary Wood.]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Family Recorded, in Greene, Katherine Glass. Winchester, Virginia, and its beginnings, 1743-1814: from its founding by Colonel James Wood to the close of the life of his son, Brigadier-General and Governor James Wood, with the publication for the first time of valuable manuscripts, relics of their long tenure of public offices. (Strasburg, Virginia: Shenandoah Publishing House, c1926)
p 363.
... Robert, born JUly 27, 1747. (Died in 1801 ; married on April 2, 1774, Comfort Welsh, born 1751, died 1840, thus attaining the great age of eighty-nine.) ...
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.
[Includes headstone photo. Inscription: ROBERT WOOD. 1749-1801.]
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