Person:Samuel Woods (33)

Watchers
Samuel Woods
d.Bef 5 Feb 1781 Amherst County, Virginia
  • HSamuel Woods1727 - Bef 1781
  • WMary Woods1728 - 1779
m. 5 Sep 1761
  1. James WoodsAbt 1761 - 1797
  2. William Woods1762 -
  3. Mary 'Polly' Woods1767 - 1844
  4. Margaret Woods1768 - 1841
  5. Barbara 'Barbary' Woods1769 -
  6. Elizabeth Woods1769 -
  7. Jane Woods1779 -
  • HSamuel Woods1727 - Bef 1781
  • W.  Sarah (add)
m. Bef 1781
Facts and Events
Name Samuel Woods
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1727 Dunsanglin Castle, Meath, Ireland
Marriage 5 Sep 1761 Amherst County, Virginiato Mary Woods
Marriage Bef 1781 to Sarah (add)
Death? Bef 5 Feb 1781 Amherst County, Virginia
Burial[1] 1781 Rockfish Presbyterian Church, Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia

Records of Samuel Woods in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • Vol. 1 - DECEMBER, 1790. - Copy of the will of Samuel Woods, dated 8th January, 1781. I, Samuel Woods, of the County of Amherst, Rockfish Settlement. To wife, Sarah, land purchased of Thomas Patton. To eldest son, James, 350 acres in Albemarle, joining Henry Kerr and Alexander Fretwell. To son, William (infant), two tracts in Amherst, joining Rockfish Meeting House, formerly the property of William Patton and William Crow; and mill property, formerly belonging to Robert and Edward Stephenson, David Black (Clack, Clark?), William Clark, and Langsdon Depriest. To three youngest daughters, to be schooled. To five daughters. Executors, Gabriel Penn, Francis Merriweather, James Brooks, James Woods, Jr., and William Woods. Leaves Jane, Hannah, Elizabeth, and William Dunon (Drenon), to his wife. Test: James Brooks, Alexander Reid, Jr., William Small, John Davis, Joseph Smith. Proved in Amherst, 5th February, 1781.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    Samuel Woods
    Birth: 1727
    Death: 1781


    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Mary Woods (1728 - 1779)

    Children:
    Margaret Woods Netherland (1768 - 1841)

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18406153

  2.   Seaman, Catherine Hawes Coleman. Tuckahoes and Cohees: the settlers and cultures of Amherst and Nelson counties 1607-1807. (Sweet Brier, Virginia: Sweet Briar College Printing Press, c1992)
    pg. 91.

    Woods, Samuel (d. 1784) daughters Barbara m. George Martin; Margaret m. Richard Netherland, to Tenn; Mary m. Benjamin Harris; Jane m. Joseph Montgomery; Elizabeth m. William B. (Baptist?) Harris.