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Families covered: Wood of Beeston, Wood of Fulbourne, Wood of Hackney, Wood of Hampton, Wood of Littleton

                               
Alexander Wood of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire (d 05.12.1479)
m. Alice (d before 02.07.1520)
1. John Wood of Fulbourne (b c1460, d 02/10.07.1520, bancher of Lincoln's Inn, 2nd son)
  m. (c01.1488/9) Elizabeth (d 14.03.1526/7, widow of Nicholas Hylton of Cambridge)
  A. Nicholas Wood of London & Fulbourne (d 14.03.1528/9, 3rd son)
  m. Elizabeth Clopton (dau of Edward Clopton of Dunsunhall/Glemsford, m2. John Skargill of Fulbourn)
  i. Edward Wood of Fulbourne (b c07.1526, d 10.06.1599)
  m. Elizabeth Chicheley (bur 27.03.1608, dau of Thomas Chicheley of Wimple)
  a. Sir John Wood of Fulbourn & Beeston (Yorkshire) (bpt 23.06.1563, d 04.02.1633/4, Clerk of the Council, 2nd son)
  m. (c10.1589) Susan Prettyman (bur 28.04.1631, dau of William Prettyman of Bacton, sister of Sir John)
  (1) Thomas Wood of Beeston (bur 01.06.1649, 4th son)
  m1. Susan Pigott (bur 04.12.1634)
  (A) Isabel Wood
m1. (09.06.1655) William Breary of Bishophill, York
  m2. John Taylor
  (B) Elizabeth Wood (bur 13.09.1651)
  m. Leonard Scott of Beeston (bur 25.01.1679/80, m2. Alice)
  (C)+ other issue - Rosamond (bpt 18.06.1631)Susan (bur 22.03.1632/3)
  m2. (16.02.1635/6) Jane Garwin of Stivers (a 03.1656/7, relict of Geore Etherington of Farnley)
  (2) Elizabeth Wood (d before 09.02.162/7)
m. Thomas Worsley of Beeston
  (3) Mary Wood (bpt 01.02.1600/1, a 05.1649)
  m. Henry Sykes of Hunslet Hall, Leeds (bpt 25.03.1601, d before 09.02.1654/5)
  (4) Susan Wood
  m. Thomas Butler
  (5)+ other issue - Edward (a 05.1649), John of Beeston (b c1594, d before 09.1638), William (dsp), Henry (bur 20.121614)
  b. Nicholas Wood of Sneterly / Blakeney (bpt 20.01.1565/6, bur 31.03.1646/7)
m. (08.10.1601) Anne Ferrour (bur 18.10.1648, dau of John Ferrour of Gressenhall)
  (1) Edward Wood (b 21.02.1604, d 23.02.1666, Alderman of London, grocer, 2nd son)
  m. Susanna Harvey (d before 14.01.1658/9)
  (A) Thomas Wood of Littleton (bpt 04.03.1641/2. bur 14.06.1723, ranger of Hampton Court)
  m. (03.047.1666) Dorothy Dicer (bur 17.11.1704, dau of Sir Robert Dicer, Bart of Hackney)
  (i) Edward Wood of Littleton & Hampton-upon-Thames (b 03.01.1670/1, bur 22.07.1743)
m. (c1695) Elizabeth Bridger (b 1679-80, d 11.05.1755, dau/heir of Henry Bridger of Guildford/Bramley)
  (a) Thomas Wood of Littleton (b 25.09.1708, d 25.06.1790, Treasurer of the Inner Temple, 7th son)
  m. (02.10.1743) Anne Jones (bpt 08.03.1712/3, d 15.03.1797, dau of Richard Jones)
  ((1)) Thomas Wood of Littleton (b c1748, d 07.05.1835)
  m. (12.06.1776) Mary Williams (bpt 23.03.1752, d 18.07.1820, dau of Sir Edward Williams, 5th Bart of Elham & Gwernyfed)
  ((A)) Thomas Wood of Littleton & Gwernyfed (b 21.04.1777, d 26.01.1860, Colonel, ADC to Queen Victoria, MP) had issue
  m. (23.12.1801) Caroline Stewart (b 19.02.1781, d 10.08.1865, dau of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry)
  ((B)) Henry Wood of Woodhill (b 11.08.1782, d 13.01.1871, 5th son) had issue
m. (07.10.1809) Margaret Elizabeth Templeton (b 27.11.1789, d 18.09.1879, dau of Thomas Templeton)
  ((C)) Peter Scrymsher Wood (b 26.10.1785, d 04.021856, rector of Littleton, 7th son) had issue
  m. (12.07.1810) Frances Penrice (dau of Edward Penrice of Droitwich)
  ((D)) Sir Charles Wood of Carlton Lodge (b 04.12.1790,d 13.12.18577, Colonel, MP, youngest son) had issue
  m. Susan Watkins (dau of Rev. T. Watkins)
  ((E)) Dorothy Wood (b 28.11.1795)
  m. (18.01.1835) George Gustavus Tuite (Colonel)
((F))+ other issue - Edward (b 10.06.1778, dsp, Chief Secretary of Madras), Robert Richard of Fulham (b 13.02.1780, dsp 01.11.1857), Frederick (b 28.09.1783, dsp bur 16.11.1865), William Leheup (b 22.02.1787), Mary (b 11.02.1781, d 16.03.1837), Frances Rachel (b 23.03.1788, bur 06.03.1830), Decima Magdalena (b 20.08.1789, bur 17.11.1829), Henrietta (b 14.08.1794, bur 24.12.1851), Florentia (b 14.08.1794)
  ((2)) Elizabeth Wood (a 1792)
  m. (26.04.1768) Richard Tayler of Sudbury (d 07.09.21792)
  ((3))+ other issue - Robert (bur 23.07.1786), Dorothy (a 1792), Anne (bur 30.06.1776)
  (b) Elizabeth Wood (b 18.08.1699, d 19.07.1748)
  m.(17.02.1734/5) Sir Edmund Isham of Lamport, Bart (b 18.12.1690, m2. Philippa Gee, MP)
  (c) Mary Wood (b 01.10.1710 d 22.01.1784)
  m1. John Chambers of London & Hampton (b c1709, d 04.09.1751)
  m2. Winthrop Baldwin of Bath (a 05.1784)
  (d)+ other issue - Thomas (bur 04.10.1696), Edward (bur 29.10.1697), Thomas (bur 29.06.1700), Robert of Littleton (b 28.11.1700, d 17.11.1748), Edward (b 09.08.1704, d 20.01.1724/5), Thomas (bur 05.12.1707), Dorothy (bur 11.01.1705/6), Dorothy of Sunbury (b 29.09.1712, bur 24.05.1765)
  (ii) Robert Wood of London (b 13.06.1672, d 08.09.1738, Director of the South Sea Company)
  m. (after 03.05.1720) Jane Heaton (bur 06.07.1767, dau of Samuoel Heaton of London)
  (a) Sarah Wood (b 22.02.1725/6, a 1767)
  m. John Baker of Richmond
  (b)+ other issue - Robert (bur 22.02.1728/9), Jane (b 04.05.1721, bur 31.08.1787), Elizabeth (b 02.06.1722, bur 17.04.1738), Mary (b 12.11.1723, a 1765), Katherine (b 08.01.1724/5, a 01.1746/7), Anne (bur 21.06.1733)
  (iii) Dorothy Wood (b 09.08.1667, bur 14.04.1711)
  m. (05.09.1693) Richard Morgan of Surbiton (a 1711)
  (iv) Mary Wood (bpt 04.06.1676, d 23.05.1749)
  m. (c1726) Robert Gavell of Cobham Court & Hampton (d 1745-6)
  (v) Ann Wood (bpt 12.12.1677, bur 22.07.1724)
  m. (22.09.1713) Humphrey Henchamn of Londoiin (b 1668-9, d 15.08.1739, Admiralty Judge, Chancellor of the Diocese of London)
  (vi)+ other issue - John (bpt 08.05.1673, bur 02.06.1701), Thomas (bpt 04.03.1674/5, d 14.08.1678), Thomas (b 1680-1, bur 05.12.1707), Susannah (bpt 04.08.1668, bur 29.01.1691/2), Elizabeth of London (bpt 13.11.1673, d 16.10.1726), Mary (bpt 18.06.1675, d infant),
  (2) Nicholas Wood of London (b 19.06.1610, d before 14.01.1658/9)
  m. Martha (a 01.1658/9)
  (3) Catherine Wood (b 01.08.1618, a 01.1658/9)
  m. _ Smith (d before 14.01.1658/9)
  (4)+ other issue - Audley (b 03.02.1602/3), William of London (b 17.03.1621/2, a 03.1637/8), Elizabeth (b 01.01.1603/4, a 01.1658/9), Anne (b 08.01.1606/7, a 01.1658/9), Frances (b 02.05.1609)
  c. Elizabeth Wood (bpt 14.03.1551/2)
  m. John Smith or Smyth of Clare
  d. Mary Wood (bpt 07.07.1555, d before 21.11.1594)
  m. Thomas Wood of Ipswich ("Doctor of Phissick")
  e.+ other issue - Peter (bpt 20.07.1558, bur 27.10.1576), Nicholas (bpt 26.04.1568, d infant), Anne (bpt 13.02.1552/3), aArtha (bur 13.10.1567)
  ii. John Wood (a 11.1527) had issue
  m1/2. Elizabeth (bur 01.08.1562?)
  m2/1. Mary (bur 01.04.1567)
  iii.+ other issue (a 11.1527) - Elizabeth, Ellen
  B. Philippa Wood
  m. John Frohok
  C.+ other issue - John of Fulbourn (b 1491-2, d 08.04.1521), Robert (b c1496, Vicar of Arrington), Elizabeth
2. Joyce Wood (a 03.1509/10)
  m. Henry Skinner
3.+ other issue - William (d before 04.10.1472, parson of Bocking), Edward (d before 06.03.1509/10), William (a 1472), Elizabeth (a 1472), Anne (a 01.1509/10)

 

 

?? Wood
1. Henry Wood of Hacklington, Lincolnshire
  A.+ issue (dsp) - Edward, Francis
2. Thomas Wood of Hackney (b 1564-5, d 05.1649, "Sergeant of the Pastry") the first mentioned by TCB
  m. Susanna Cranmer of London (b c1570, bur 17.10.1650)
  A. Sir Henry Wood of Hackney, later of Loudham Park in Suffolk, Bart (d 25.05.1671)
  m1. (c1630) Anne Webb (dsps bur 09.06.1648, presumed sister of Anthony Webb)
  i.+ 2 children (d infant)
  m2. (11.1651) Mary Gardiner (bpt 26.02.1626/7, d 17.03.1665, dau of Sir Thomas Gardiner of Cuddesdon (Solicitor General) by Rebecca Childe of London)
  iii. Mary Wood (b c1653, dsp 15.11.1680)
  m. Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Southampton
  B. Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield (3rd son)
  C. Mary Wood (d before 02.10.1676)
  m. Samuel Cranmer of London
  m2. (sp) Henry Chester of Litlington
  D. Elizabeth Wood
  m. Anthony Webb
  Their surviving sons assumed the name Wood.
  E.+ other issue - John of London (dsp?), William (dp before 1671?), Joan/Johanna, Dorothy (dsp)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 03.04.06, reviewed & expanded 02.11.24 using Crisp's Visitation) : Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Wod', p86+), BLG1952 ('Wood (now Hore Ruthven) of Gwernyfed') with a little input/support from Visitation (Cambridgeshire, 1575+1619, 'Wood')
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded to Temporary page on 27.05.10, moved here then expanded on 21.11.20, reviewed 29.08.23 using Gage) : Le Neve's 'Pedigrees of the Knights' (1696, edited by George Marshall 1873, p272), TCB (vol 3, 'Wood of Hackney', p18), 'History and Antiquities of Suffolk: Thingoe Hundred' (John Gage, 1938, p391)
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