John Wood1

M, #1542, b. circa 1643, d. 30 October 1706
  • Name Variation: John Woods
  • Marriage*: his 1st; Spouse: Alice (?)2
  • Birth*: circa 1643; Calculated from age at death
  • Marriage*: after 1693; John's will names wife Sarah. Presumably he remarried after death of Alice.; Spouse: Sarah (?)3
  • Death*: 30 October 1706; Woodbury Creek, Gloucester Co., New Jersey; <30th day 8th mo 1706>
    "Aged about 63 years 6 months 25 days"4
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2012

Parents:

Father: Henry Wood1 b. c 1603, d. 19 Oct 1686

Family 1:

Alice (?) b. 1645, d. 3 Oct 1693

Children:

Henry Wood3
Alice Wood3
Sarah Wood+ 3 d. 30 May 1702
Jeremiah Wood6 b. c Jan 1671/72, d. 2 Nov 1694
Constantine Wood3 b. 24 Sep 1683
John Wood3 b. 24 Mar 1687, d. 1744

Family 2:

Sarah (?)
  • Marriage*: after 1693; John's will names wife Sarah. Presumably he remarried after death of Alice.; Spouse: Sarah (?)3

Notes

  • Immigration*: 1682; New Jersey
  • Note*: Newton NJ meeting records: Certificate from Chester [?] meeting in co. of Lankeshire [England] for Henry Wood and John Wood his son with their families, 20 d 2nd mo 1682. (Also see note under son John's wife Alice.)1
  • Note: In April 1683 100 acres each were deeded to 1) John Wood, 2) Henry Wood senior, & 3) Constanty, Jeremiah & Henry Wood junior. All were of Bury, in Lanchester Co. In November 1683 300 acres were surveyed for John Wood "at the lower side of the mouth of Redbanck alias Woodbury Creek, along the river (Delaware) (Gloucester Co.)."5
  • Note: Will: "1705-6 March 18. Wood, John, of Woodbury Creek, Gloucester Co.; will of. Wife Sarah. Sons - Henry, John and Constantine, daughters Alse and Sarah, wife of Joshua Lord, by whom she had Ealizabeth, James, Alice and Joshua. Three hundred and fifty acres on Delaware River, along South side of Woodbury Creek, adjoining Henry Tredway and Thomas Gardiner. Personal estate. Executors - sons Constantine and John. ...Proved April 9, 1707."3

Citations

  1. [S436] Society of Friends, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, N.J. , filmed at Dept of Friends Records, 302 Arch St, Phila. FHL microfilm 20,463. Original records. III Marriage Certificates 1681-1741, p. 9 1/2, certif of Henry & John.
  2. [S52] "Catalouge of Eighty-Seven Public Friends yt have Died in Pennsylvania since ye First Settlement of Friends there Read at y Yearly Meeting, 1709". No author named. Reprinted in book Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol 1, p. 37-44. Originally publ. The Penn. Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 31 (1979), 114-121 p.44, Alice Wood death notice.   Catalog-of-Friends.pdf
  3. [S132] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 23:518.
  4. [S436] Society of Friends, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, N.J. , filmed at Dept of Friends Records, 302 Arch St, Phila. FHL microfilm 20,463. Original records., III Marriage Certificates 1681-1741, p. 90-C, death of John.
  5. [S132] New Jersey Archives, 21:648, 355.
  6. [S436] Society of Friends, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, N.J. , filmed at Dept of Friends Records, 302 Arch St, Phila. FHL microfilm 20,463. Original records., III Marriage Certificates 1681-1741, p. 90-C, Jeremiah's death.