Susanna (Anderson) Woods (1725 - aft. 1791)

Born 4 Oct 1725 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York

Ancestors

Wife of John De Fiennes Woods — married 1742 in Albermarle, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1791 after age 65 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Susannah Anderson was born around 1725/6, the daughter of James Anderson and Sudt Garland. ^[1]

Susannah Anderson married John Woods.^[2][3] They had at least two children.

• NOTE: US and International Marriage Records are rarely sourced. These are taken from LDS files of Family Group Sheets sent in by researchers before computers. They are not a viable source. Use as a guideline.

Note N181"Col. John Woods married Susannah Anderson, whom he had known in childhood; he went back to Virginia (Pennsylvania) and married her, perhaps when he was sent to the Presbytery of Donegal to beg for that scarce article, a preacher. Susannah was a preacher's daughter, her father, the Rev. James Anderson; her mother, Margaret M'Dowell" From Kith and kin by John Russell Sampson, page 97. ^[4]

Marriage

Name: Susannah Anderson

Gender: Female

Spouse Name: John Woods

Spouse Birth Place: Ir

Spouse Birth Year: 1712

Marriage Year: 1742

Marriage State: VA^[3]

children: 1) Col James Woods ( 1743-1822) m Mary Rice Garland

2) Mary Woods (1746- 1828) m John Reid

3) Michael Woods (1748-1826) m Hester/Esther Caruthers

4) Suity Woods (1752 - )

5) Sarah Woods (1757-1770)

4) Anna Woods (1760-1805 m1- Jonathan Reid m2- William Wallace Woods

5) John Woods Jr (1763-1764)

6) Susannah Woods (1768-1832) m Daniel Miller

Will of John Woods dated 12 Sep 1791 Proved Dec Court 1791 Albemarle Co VA Will bk 3 pp 147-149 names the following legatees: wife, Susannah; sons: James, Michael; daus Susannah, Mary, Suit, Anna. "Lastly I apoint my wife Susannah Woods an Executrix and my two sons James Woods and Michael Woods my Executors of this my last will & Testament."

Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughers of Pilgrims Rev James Anderson (1678-1740) m 1712/13 Suit Garland (1694-1736), John Woods (1712-1791) m 1742 Susannah Anderson (1725-) thier son James Woods (1748-1822) m 1779 Mary Garland (1760-1833) and line down

From a mutilated leaf in the Rev. James Anderson's Bible, (Imprint "Edinburgh, A.D.1676,") on which was recorded the family registry, is copied the following imperfect list of births and deaths. In his will he names only James, Susannah and Thomas, but refers to all his children. https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/anderson/anderson.htm

in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

Name: Susannah Anderson

Birth Date: 4 Oct 1725

Death Date: 1791

SAR Membership: 49291

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 20 Jan 1930

Spouse: John Wood

Children: James Woods

Source Citation ---Volume: 247

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

Notes

• The boundary between Virginia and Pennsylvania was uncertain for many years. Sources can sometimes be located in one or the other during that time period near the border areas.^[5]

Name

Name: /Martha/

Couldn't find any valid first name.

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Genealogies: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
   Book Title: Pennsylvania Genealogies : Index of Surnames
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #1017061 (accessed 18 December 2021)
   Name: Susannah Anderson; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 4 Oct 1726; Birth Place: New York; Father: James Anderson; Mother: Suit Garland.
2. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
   Source number: 64.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HEF
   Ancestry Record 7836 #24671 (accessed 18 December 2021)
   Name: Susannah Anderson; Gender: Female; Birth Place: NY; Birth Year: 1725; Spouse Name: John Woods; Spouse Birth Place: Ir; Spouse Birth Year: 1712; Number Pages: 1.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
   Source number: 12032.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
   Ancestry Record 7836 #24677 (accessed 18 December 2021)
   Name: Susannah Anderson; Gender: Female; Spouse Name: John Woods; Spouse Birth Place: Ir; Spouse Birth Year: 1712; Marriage Year: 1742; Marriage State: VA; Number Pages: 1.
4. ↑ John Woods and Susannah Anderson Family History https://archive.org/details/maxwellhistoryge00hous/page/245/mode/1up?view=theater Maxwell History and Gennealogy p 245-246
5. ↑ Virginia-Pennsylvania Boundary 1681 to 1863. virginiaplaces.org/boundaries.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261446204/susannah-woods
• Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. II https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-SonsDaughtersPilgrimsII&h=430160&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• Histories and Genealogies families of . . . by Wm H Miller pp 213-214
• The Anderson Branch Rev James Anderson Bible https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/anderson/anderson.htm
• Source: S-2126624214 Repository: #R-2145910970 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4247297&pid=524

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Martha-135 created through the import of Alexander Family Tree.ged on Jul 16, 2012 by Rod Alexander.

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