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Families covered: Wood of Alberbury, Wood of Sheinwood (Shinewood), Wood of White Abbey
Lawrence Wood of Holyn Hall (Holly or Helby Hall?), Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
m. Johanna Yonge (dau of Sir Philip Yonge of Caynton) | |||||||||||||||
1. | Alexander Wood of Sheinwood, Salop (d before 02.07.1546, 3rd son) the first named by Visitation | ||||||||||||||
m. Joan Haydock (dau of Richard Haydock) | |||||||||||||||
A. | Peter Wood of Sheinwood | ||||||||||||||
Visitation identifies Peter as 'of Shinwood' (in Shenton, Salop) but also spells the place Shynewood and Shynwood whilst the Harleian editor uses 'Shinewood' in the title. It appears to be known nowadays as 'Sheinwood'. | |||||||||||||||
m. Felicia Warham (dau of Henry Warham of Cheshire) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Alexander Wood of Sheinwood | ||||||||||||||
Visitation shows just one marriage for Alexander, to Elizabeh Jennins (or Jermyns), showing her as mother of Peter, Basil, Richard, William, Cecilia, Felicia & Milburgo. We follow MF (and various web sties) in showing that he first married ... | |||||||||||||||
m1. Elizabeth Onslow (dau of Edward Onslow of Onslow by Joanna, dau of Roger Fowler) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Mary Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Heylin of Salop | |||||||||||||||
b.+ | other issue - Anne, Joanna | ||||||||||||||
m2. Elizabeth Jennings (dau of Thomas Jennings of Walleybourne by Katherine, dau of William Oteley of Pitchford) | |||||||||||||||
d. | Peter Wood of Sheinwood & Alberbury (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
Visitation ends by showing Peter's marriage to Judith Heath, naming their children, and showing the childrens' ages at the time of the Visitation. | |||||||||||||||
m1. Judith Heath (a 1623, dau of John Heath of Overton by Eleanor Morecock) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Alexander Wood of White Abbey, Alberbury (b c1615, d 1672) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Margaret Astley (dau of Walter Astley of Patshull by Grace Trentham) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Basil Wood of White Abbey, Alberbury (bpt 29.04.1658, bur 10.08.1714, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. (05.08.1680) Abigail Leighton (dau of Robert Leighton of Wattlesborough (by Gertrude, dau of Thomas Baldwyn of Diddebury), sister of Sir Edward, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Peter Wood (bpt 1685, d 1731, cleric, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
m. Judith Webster (dau/heir of John Webster of Southwark) | |||||||||||||||
(a) | John Webster Wood | ||||||||||||||
(ii) | Basil Wood (bpt 02.05.1688) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
(a) | Basil Wood (bpt 17.06.1715) had issue? | ||||||||||||||
(b) | Leighton Wood (bpt 18.11.1716) | ||||||||||||||
((1))+ | issue - Basil (a 1801, prebendary of Bristol), Mansfield Blackgray | ||||||||||||||
(iii) | Thomas Wood, Mayor of Worcester (bpt 1696, a 1746, 6th son?) | ||||||||||||||
m. Anne Rogers (dau of Thomas Rogers of Worcester) | |||||||||||||||
(iv) | Anne Wood (bpt 09.09.1690, d 08.09.1772) | ||||||||||||||
m. James Burnley of Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
(v) | Abigail Wood (bpt 11.06.1697) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1715) Robert Adams of Longden | |||||||||||||||
(vi)+ | other issue - Alexander (bpt 19.07.1683, bur 06.02.1683-4), Leighton (bpt 23.08.1689, bur 24.07.1707), Edward (bpt 1692), Lawrence (bpt 1696), Gertrude (bpt 13.04.1682), Margery (bpt 06.10.1684), Abigail (bpt 18.12.1686, bur 31.01.1689-90), Dorothy (bpt 15.09.1691), Frances (bpt 1694), Judith (bpt 05.03.1698-9, bur 16.03.1698-9), Elinor (bpt 1700, bur 06.08.1707) | ||||||||||||||
(B)+ | other issue - Peter (bpt 10.03.1648-9), Peter (bpt 16.12.1653, bur 28.05.1672), Francis, Alexander, Grace (bpt 13.03.1647-8), Judith, Mary, Anne, Dorothy, Eleanor | ||||||||||||||
m2. (05.09.1666) Frances Adams (dau of William Adams of Longden by Frances Giffard) | |||||||||||||||
(L) | Charles Wood of London (bpt 08.09.1667, bur 19.03.1716) | ||||||||||||||
m. (c05.1711) Sarah Barnham (dau of William Barnham by Rebecca, dau of Simon Myddelton of Hurst Hill, sister of Sir Hugh Myddelton, Bart of Hackney) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Alexander Wood of London (bpt 14.04.1714) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Rebecca Wollaston (b 1718, d 26.04.1746, dau/heir of Benjamin Wollaston of London by Rebecca, dau/heir of William Barnham by Rebecca, dau of Edward Beacon) | |||||||||||||||
(a)+ | issue - Alexander, Charles, Benjamin, Rebecca, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
m2. (16.07.1747) Elizabeth Seager (dau of Thomas Seager of Greenwich) | |||||||||||||||
(ii) | Sarah Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. (13.10.1742) Luke Bird | |||||||||||||||
(M) | Elizabeth Wood (bpt 02.09.1669) | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Henry Wood (bpt 30.06.1619) | ||||||||||||||
m. Alice Gerard of Cheshire | |||||||||||||||
(3) | Mary Wood (b c1608) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Richard Yonge of Moore | |||||||||||||||
m2. John Poole of Criggion | |||||||||||||||
(4) | Eleanor Wood (b c1610) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Thomas Briscoe of Great Bretchell (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Edward Kempson of Bilston | |||||||||||||||
(5) | Dorothy Wood (b c1611) | ||||||||||||||
m. John Gregory of Dodington | |||||||||||||||
(6) | Anne Wood (bpt 28.04.1615) | ||||||||||||||
m. Cadwaladr Griffiths of Bulthey | |||||||||||||||
(7) | Elizabeth Wood (bpt 13.05.1621) | ||||||||||||||
m. Griffith Griffiths of Welshpool | |||||||||||||||
(8)+ | other issue - Priscilla (b c1617), Teresa (b c1622) | ||||||||||||||
m2. Frances Astley (dau of Thomas Astley of Patshull by Margery, dau of Sir Walter Aston of Tixall) | |||||||||||||||
(10)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 15.07.1628), Walter, Basil, Peter, Edward, Mary, Catherine, Milburga, Anna | ||||||||||||||
e. | Basil Wood or Woodd | ||||||||||||||
m1. Eleanor Denham (dau of John Denham of Borstal) | |||||||||||||||
m2. Eleanor Keate (dau of Hugh Keate of Hagbourne) | |||||||||||||||
f. | Cecilia (Cicely) Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Persehouse | |||||||||||||||
g. | Felicia Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. Edmund Gittings of Aston Rogers | |||||||||||||||
h. | Milburga Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. John Reynolds of Dagenham | |||||||||||||||
i.+ | other issue (dsp) - Richard, William | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Henry Wood of West Coppice | ||||||||||||||
m1. _ Evetts | |||||||||||||||
a. | Evetta Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. Richard Botevile of Botevile | |||||||||||||||
b. | Maria Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. Edward Mason of Stretton | |||||||||||||||
m2. Eleanor Morecock (widow of John Heath) | |||||||||||||||
iii.+ | other issue (dsp) - William, Edward, Thomas, Richard, Joan (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
B. | Ellyn Wood | ||||||||||||||
m. John Persehouse of Sedgeley Hall | |||||||||||||||
C.+ | other issue - William, John, John, Rowland | ||||||||||||||
2.+ | other issue - son (dvpsp?), George | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): schedule kindly provided by a contributor (MF, 27.11.10) largely supported by (plus a little input from) various web sites (eg here), with some support from Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Wood of Shinewood)
[This family is covered by 'Pedigrees of the County Families of England' (vol 2, Yorkshire - West Riding, 'Pedigree of Woodd of Conyngham Hall, Knaresborough') by Joseph Foster (1874). We have yet to check the above against that source but intend to do so in due course.]
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