Person:Mary Wood (26)

   J. William Bardoe, Director of Research, English Genealogical Research, Guildford, Surrey, furnished the entries below, some of which he re-checked for accuracy, and stated that the registers of the adjacent parishes of Abinger and Sheir (Shera) do not contain Hussey entries prior to 5th 12. 1593. Neither do the Richmond Parish Registers reveal anything pertinent to the ancestry of Christopher Hussey. 

Dorking Parish Registers, Co. Surrey, England 1503-178_ MARRIAGES 25th 9. 1569. John Wood Joane Taylor 5th 12. 1593 John Hussey Marie Wood BAPTISMS 28th 6. 1562. John Wood, son of John Wood (senior) and Audrey, his wife 5th 5. 1581 Sara Wood, daughter of John Wood (junior) 9th 7. 1581 Marie Wood, granddaughter of John Wood (senior) 30th 8. 1584 Elias Wood, son of John Wood (junior) 3rd 10. 1588 Martha Wood, daughter of John Wood (junior) 29th 4. 1596 John Hussey, first child of John Hussey and Marie Wood 18th 2. 1598 Christopher Hussey, second child of John Hussey and Marie Wood 31st 1. 1601 Marie Hussey, third child of John Hussey and Marie Wood BURIALS 1581 Marie Wood, daughter of John Wood (senior) 1586 Joane Wood, daughter of John Wood (senior) 8th 11. 1597 John Hussey, son of John Hussey and Marie Wood 18th 2. 1603 Audrey, wife of John Wood (senior) 5th 4. 1612 John Wood (senior) 24th 5. 1632 John Hussey, aged 74

Source: Historic Nantucket, Vol. 27, Oct 1979, No. 2.

Mary Wood Hussey arrived in New England aboard the "William and Francis." The ship with Captain Thomas as master had sailed from London March 9, 1632 and arrived June 5 "with about 60 passengers, having been 88 days on the way," according to "Winthrop's Journal."

Gov. Winthrop recorded the names of 41 of the passengers in his journal. The name of Mary Wood Hussey was recorded as a passenger in the party of her son, Christopher Hussey. Rev. Stephen Bachiler and his party were also named as passengers by Gov. Winthrop.

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