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Facts and Events
Advisory on Mary Wood, daughter of Col. James Wood
There are claims that Mary Wood, daughter of Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford, married Tobias Miller in NC in 1758/59, but the following record in Augusta County shows that daughter Mary had married Matthew Harrison and was deceased prior to 1769 (which was roughly in the middle of Tobias Miller's children's birthdates):
- Page 152.--22d May, 1769. Mary Wood, of Frederick, to Mathew Harrison, £__, marriage heretofore celebrated between Mathew and Mary's daughter, Mary, deceased, on North River of Shanandoah, part of a tract called the Great Plain, patented to James Wood, deceased, 12th January, 1746, 210 acres; also one tract adjoining Fairfax's line and the lands of Michael Nees, 270 acres, patented to Mary Wood, 27th June, 1764. Teste: Robt. Wood, William Campbell, Alexander White, Jno. Magill. Delivered: William McDowell, August, 1780. [Source needed]
Tobias Miller may have married a Mary Wood, but she clearly was not the daughter of Col. James Wood and Mary Rutherford.
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).
[states Mary (b. 23 Sept 1742), the daughter of James and Mary Rutherford Wood of Winchester VA, married COL Matthew Harrison ]
- ↑ 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.]
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[Identifies Mary Wood as a (minor) child of James Wood.]
- ↑ 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.]
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[Mary is NOT named in her mother's will, but her daughters are.]
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