James Wood (1685 - 1750)

Born 1685 in Nassau, Livingston, New York

Ancestors

Died 1750 at about age 65 in North Castle, Westchester, New York

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Biography

On August 24, 1736, at Saint Georges Church in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, James Wood married Mary Barns. ^[1] Children of James and Mary include:

• Grace Wood, who married Richard Powell (see researchers notes)

• Nehemiah Wood 1718-1822, whose bio is contained in Yorkshire to Westchester: A chronicle of the Wood Family, by Herbert Barber Howe Nehemiah with his first wife Anne and their children and spouse found on page 47 and 48. His second wife Sarah Ganung. His burial place was Old Gilead Cemetery near Carmel New York. ^[2]

• Samuel Wood 1725-1816: The son of James Wood (b. 1665) and Mary, Samuel Wood married Amy Brundage about 1750 in Westchester County, NY. Together they had 14 children. A Loyalist in the American Revolutionary War, he was forced to flee America about 1785 after being imprisoned and after the loss of his Westchester County, NY, home, workshop and farm. His son Peter also fled to Nova Scotia and after a 6 month search the father and son reconnected. A few years later, in 1789, Samuel returned to Westchester to bring the family he had to leave behind to his new home. His wife, Amy, refused to accompany him, but his daughter Rachel Wood, widow of Stephen Sands with her 2 children Mary and Amy did join him on his return to Nova Scotia. Later, in Nova Scotia, Rachel married a Clark. Samuel and Amy’s son John fled to Upper Canada where, in 1793, he married Rebecca Roblin. Amy Wood Bedford rejoined her husband Jonathan Bedford in Hope Township, Upper Canada in 1798. Compensated for his loss of property by the British, he and his son Peter built a home on the Maccan River. The land awarded to Samuel was never claimed by him. Samuel died about 1816, by all accounts a broken man. His son Peter is buried with him the Harrison burying ground. There is no marker and the Harrison burial ground is now a farmer's field ^[3]

• Robert Wood, born 1727 ^[4]

• Stephen Wood 1734-1776, married Anne Brundage, a daughter of John Brundage and Elizabeth Greene ^[5]

James Wood died circa 1750, in North Castle, Westchester county, New York.

Researchers Notes

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/grace-powell-24-3mm7brf

According to Ancestry.com, a daughter of James Wood and Mary Barns is Grace Wood, born 1680, in St Paul's Parish, Stafford, King George's county, Virginia on 1680. Grace married Richard Powell and they had at least two children:

• Grace Powell 1696-1757

• Jemima Powell 1708-1734

Grace (Wood) Powell died October 29, 1734

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L61S-HMQ
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/572116
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/27DB-31T
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M9RY-GLH
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M9RY-GGR

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=60443264&pid=967