Mary (Lewis) Woody (1741 - 1785)

Wife of Robert Woody Sr. — married 1757 in Orange CO NC

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 44 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Mary was a Friend (Quaker)

Robert's father, John Woody, is interred in the Spring Meeting Place in Orange {now Alamance { CO NC. When I visited there was no marker for Robert or his wife there; however there were several unmarked graves. The Quakers buried many soldiers of the Civil war in unmarked graves in this cemetery.

Mary Lindley Lewis Woody was born about 1741. Her parents are unknown, but the Lindley family is very closely connected to the Woody's.

She married Robert Woody, Sr. about 1757.

Robert and Mary had Ruth, Mary, Elizabeth, Robert, Jr., Lewis, Joseph, and William.

She died about 1785.

Sources

• BARNES, Robert W. "Baltimore Co. Families,

1659-1759.

• [1]HOLCOMB, Brent. Orange County, North Carolina Marriages, 1779-1868, p 341

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• [3]Johnson Family Homepage

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REIERSON Art, "The Woody Family", Reprinted by:Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass.,

• [5]SCHWARTZ, Sal. Family of Richard Woody. [6]

WHITTEDS, Hugh. Letter sent to Mary Dell Wallace, published in her May 1991."A Woody Family Tree" #9, May 1991, p. 1 and #7, May 1 1, p.5.

The Twelve Tribes of Robert Woody, Jr. compiled by Drucilla Hamrick Woody and Mark Elbert Woody - published 1999. Bible Records of Willis R. Woody compiled in the above book.