Robert Wood (1687 - 1721)

Born 1687 in Bohemia Manor, Cecil, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Rumsey) Wood — married 1708 in Cecil Maryland

Descendants

Died Jul 1721 at about age 34 in Probated Elkton, Cecil, Maryland

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Biography

Robert Wood was a Maryland colonist.

This profile is part of the Wood Name Study.

Robert Wood was the son of Joseph Wood and Francina Herman. He was born circa 1687 at Cecil County, Maryland. Many birth records cite "Bohemia Manor" as his birthplace. Bohemia Manor was the large estate of his maternal grandfather, Augustine Herman. Robert Wood's mother, Francina, inherited a small farm when Augustine Herman died in 1686, just one year before Robert Wood's estimated birth.

Robert Wood was married to Catherine Rumsey, circa 1708. The couple had several children before his death in July of 1721. ^[1] Here is a copy of Robert Wood's will:

Will of Robert Wood

Robert Wood predeceased his father by five months. The children of Robert and Catherine Wood are not provided for in the December of 1721 will of Joseph Wood.

The small farm called "Fortune" that Robert and Catherine Wood had been living on at the time of his death in 1721 had been leased from a cousin, Ephraim Augustine Herman, the Lord of their grandfather's huge estate.^[2] So, although the will of Robert Wood provided for his family with this land, it was not really his to bequeath. Catherine Wood pleaded with Ephraim Augustine Herman to allow her and the children to continue living there after the death of Robert Wood. He did agree to lease the land to his deceased cousin's widow and their children. Here is a copy of the Cecil County Maryland Land Record:

Cecil County Land Record After Death of Robert Wood

Here is the second page of the Cecil County Maryland Land Record:

Cecil County Land Record

Children of Robert Wood and Catherine Rumsey

The children as named in the will of Robert Wood were:

Sarah Ellrode

Joseph Wood

Robert Wood

John Wood^[3]

Nicholas Wood^[4]

Margaret Allman

There is a 1715 baptismal record for a daughter named Kathrin Wood, who is not named in the will of Robert Wood.^[5] It is unknown whether she survived him.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYZC-Y7C?cc=1803986&wc=SNY8-RMW%3A146535501%2C147039001 : 20 May 2014), Cecil > Wills 1675-1745 vol 1 > image 73 of 224; Hall of Records, Annapolis.
2. ↑ Cecil Co. MD Land Records, Book 3, pp. 509-510. Lease of "Fortune," 11 July 1722: Back Creek, Cecil Co., MD
3. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-LXT : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for John Wood, 29 Nov 1713; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.
4. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-YXF : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for Nicholas Wood, 31 Aug 1718; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.
5. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-6LG : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for Kethrin Wood, 11 Mar 1715; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.

• "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-LXT : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for John Wood, 29 Nov 1713; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.

• "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-6LG : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for Kethrin Wood, 11 Mar 1715; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.

• "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z1-YXF : 11 February 2018), Robert Wood in entry for Nicholas Wood, 31 Aug 1718; citing SAINT STEPHENS PARISH,CECIL,MARYLAND; FHL microfilm 13,887.

• "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYZC-Y7C?cc=1803986&wc=SNY8-RMW%3A146535501%2C147039001 : 20 May 2014), Cecil > Wills 1675-1745 vol 1 > image 73 of 224; Hall of Records, Annapolis.

• Cecil Co. MD Land Records, Book 3, pp. 509-510. Lease of "Fortune," 11 Jul 1722: Back Creek, Cecil Co., MD