Martha (Drake) Woods (bef. 1700 - aft. 1758)

Born before 1700 in Blair Park, Ulster, Meath, Ireland

Wife of William Woods — married 1716 in Blair Park, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died after 1758 after age 58 in Augusta, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Martha was born before 1700, in Blair Park, Ulster, Meath, Ireland, where she married her husband, William Woods, born 1686, in Blair Park. Before 1730, Martha and William immigrated with their first three children, born in Ireland, to Pennsylvania and then to Virginia. Children of Martha and William include:

• Mary Woods, born 1715, in Ireland, married John S. Strain, born 1731, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania

• John Woods, born 1720, in Ireland, married Anne Louey Mebane, born 1730, in Lancaster county, Pennsylania

• William Woods, born 1722, in Ireland, died in Washington county, Virginia

• Elizabeth Woods, born 1730, in Pennsylvania, died in Orange county, North Carolina, married David Mitchell, born 1708, in Caswell county, North Carolina

• Magdalena Woods, born 1744, in Wythe county, Virginia, died 1821, in Bryantsville, Garrard county, Kentucky, married Reverend James Smith, born 1740, in Powhatan county, Virginia DAR Ancestor: https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A105697

Martha and William were living in Fort Upper Tract, in Augusta County, Virginia, when the Fort was attacked on April 27, 1758 by a group of French and Indians, who captured and burned the fort and killed 22 people, including Martha's husband. (From History of Pendleton County, W.Va. by O.F. Morton including the list of the settlers killed in the attack). William Woods is buried in the Fort Upper Tract Massacre Gravesite, which is in Pendleton County, and became part of West Virginia, in 1863, at the onset of the American Civil War. ^[1]

Augusta county was the parent county for 21 counties of Virginia, most of the counties of West Virginia and all of Kentucky including Pendleton. Pendleton was formed in 1788 from Hardy and Rockingham counties, Hardy having formed from Hampshire county in 1786 and Rockingham in 1778 from Augusta county. Pendleton county was named in honor of Edmund Pendleton, a member of the House of Burgesses from 1752-1775. In 1821, Pocahontas County was formed from Bath and Pendleton counties and in 1847, Highland county was formed from the northern part of Bath county and the southern part of Pendleton.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #190816664 William Woods

• History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris,Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown, Miller, William Harris, Wood Family, by W. H. Miller, Richmond, Kentucky, 1907, Part 2, Chapter 2, page 183 Available on FamilySearch.Org here: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/368478-history-and-genealogies-of-the-families-of-miller-woods-harris-wallace-maupin-oldham-kavanaugh-and-brown-with-interspersions-of-notes-of-the-families-of-dadney-reid-martin-broaddus-gentry-jarman-jameson-ballard-mullins-michie?offset=13

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Drake-1832 created through the import of STITES (Rbt Sept-9-2011).ged on Sep 11, 2011 by Robert Stites.
• Thank you to Steve Woods for creating WikiTree profile Drake-2510 through the import of Woods Beedle Wiki.GED on Mar 1, 2013.