The Woods Family are of Anglo-Scotch-Irish extraction. John Woods was the son of an English Trooper who was in the army of invasion of Oliver Cromwell in 1649. John was the a son of John Woods I and Isabella Bruce. John 1st and Isabella had 5 sons - John Andrew; Thomas; Andrew; William and James. John was born Jun 12, 1654 in Ireland and was married in Meath, Ireland about 1681 to Elizabeth Woods, a daughter of Thomas Woods and Elizabeth Parsons, his wife. John and Elizabeth had 5 children - 4 sons and 1 daughter - all born in Ireland. Their children were: Michael, Sr. (1682-1762,); Elizabeth (1684-1747) (married Peter Wallace, Sr.); William (1686-1785); James (1688-before 1770); Andrew (1690-before 1770).
The 5 children of John Woods and Elizabeth nee' Woods Woods - 4 brothers and 1 widowed sister and their families, near the close of the first quarter of the 18th century emigrated from the north of Ireland to America and settled in the Colony of PA, some of them a little later on moving to the Colony of VA and locating themselves near the base of the Blue Ridge.
The Woodses were very prolific, hardy, adventurous and resourceful, they not only aided in the settlement and development of VA, but in that of KY and MO, and were conspicuous figures and took action in the great Revolutionary struggle for American independence.
John died Mar 9, 1723 in Rosmead, Meath, Ireland at the age of 68. John is my 7th Great Grandfather.
Information from the book, "History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown by W. H. Miller
Richmond, KY 1907".
(Except as modified to reflect correct spouse for John Woods, Sr. per results of later research - see highlighted page attached)
The 5 children of John Woods and Elizabeth nee' Woods Woods - 4 brothers and 1 widowed sister and their families, near the close of the first quarter of the 18th century emigrated from the north of Ireland to America and settled in the Colony of PA, some of them a little later on moving to the Colony of VA and locating themselves near the base of the Blue Ridge.
The Woodses were very prolific, hardy, adventurous and resourceful, they not only aided in the settlement and development of VA, but in that of KY and MO, and were conspicuous figures and took action in the great Revolutionary struggle for American independence.
John died Mar 9, 1723 in Rosmead, Meath, Ireland at the age of 68. John is my 7th Great Grandfather.
Information from the book, "History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown by W. H. Miller
Richmond, KY 1907".
(Except as modified to reflect correct spouse for John Woods, Sr. per results of later research - see highlighted page attached)
The Woods Family are of Anglo-Scotch-Irish extraction. John Woods was the son of an English Trooper who was in the army of invasion of Oliver Cromwell in 1649. John was the a son of John Woods I and Isabella Bruce. John 1st and Isabella had 5 sons - John Andrew; Thomas; Andrew; William and James. John was born Jun 12, 1654 in Ireland and was married in Meath, Ireland about 1681 to Elizabeth Woods, a daughter of Thomas Woods and Elizabeth Parsons, his wife. John and Elizabeth had 5 children - 4 sons and 1 daughter - all born in Ireland. Their children were: Michael, Sr. (1682-1762,); Elizabeth (1684-1747) (married Peter Wallace, Sr.); William (1686-1785); James (1688-before 1770); Andrew (1690-before 1770).
The 5 children of John Woods and Elizabeth nee' Woods Woods - 4 brothers and 1 widowed sister and their families, near the close of the first quarter of the 18th century emigrated from the north of Ireland to America and settled in the Colony of PA, some of them a little later on moving to the Colony of VA and locating themselves near the base of the Blue Ridge.
The Woodses were very prolific, hardy, adventurous and resourceful, they not only aided in the settlement and development of VA, but in that of KY and MO, and were conspicuous figures and took action in the great Revolutionary struggle for American independence.
John died Mar 9, 1723 in Rosmead, Meath, Ireland at the age of 68. John is my 7th Great Grandfather.
Information from the book, "History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown by W. H. Miller
Richmond, KY 1907".
(Except as modified to reflect correct spouse for John Woods, Sr. per results of later research - see highlighted page attached)
The 5 children of John Woods and Elizabeth nee' Woods Woods - 4 brothers and 1 widowed sister and their families, near the close of the first quarter of the 18th century emigrated from the north of Ireland to America and settled in the Colony of PA, some of them a little later on moving to the Colony of VA and locating themselves near the base of the Blue Ridge.
The Woodses were very prolific, hardy, adventurous and resourceful, they not only aided in the settlement and development of VA, but in that of KY and MO, and were conspicuous figures and took action in the great Revolutionary struggle for American independence.
John died Mar 9, 1723 in Rosmead, Meath, Ireland at the age of 68. John is my 7th Great Grandfather.
Information from the book, "History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and Brown by W. H. Miller
Richmond, KY 1907".
(Except as modified to reflect correct spouse for John Woods, Sr. per results of later research - see highlighted page attached)
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