Husband of Susannah WALLACE, who is a daughter of Peter Wallace & Elizabeth WOODS Walace. They married Oct. 1, 1735 in Augusta County, Virginia. Minister, Lt.Col. during the Rev. War. Was also a minister of the gospel. Father of Rev. Pennywell Peter Woods, Michael Woods, Sgt. Adam Woods and William Wallace Woods, Archibald Woods, Andrew Woods.∼My 6th Great-Grandfather was born in Ireland to Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. He was a neighbor to president Thomas Jefferson's family. He succeeded his father as owner of the old Woods Family estate,"Mountain Plains", soon after he sold the plantation to Chief Justice Blair of the US Supreme Court. The estate was thereafter called Blair Park. The official records of the Colony in show that he had been a Lieutenant of the Albemarle Militia during the colonial wars.
Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 202, we read that on September 14, 1758,
William met with the first General Assembly held at the Capitol — Williamsburg, Virginia.
Listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Militia, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p. 202, 1988.
He died at his home in Fincastle County, Virginia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773, he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co., VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA: Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA.
WILLIAM WOODS
Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods
He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.
WILLIAM WOODS' WILL
Dated April 12, 1775
Recorded, Will Bk. I, p-4
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Woods of Fincastle County,
Farmer, being low and sick in body but of sound mind and calling to
mind the mortality of the body; knowing that it is appointed once for
all men to die — therefore, I recommend my body to the earth and my
soul to God who gave it and desiring my body to have a decent burial
and as for the worldly substance that God hath blessed me with, I
do bequeath and dispose of in the following manner.
Imprimus, that is to say, that first of all my debts be paid. Item— I
do hereby bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna my bed and furni-
ture with her choice of one milk cow out of the whole also her choice
of one horse or mare out of that part of my Estate also my old negro
Fanny over and above a child's part during her life or until she is
married and then to be divided among my younger children hereafter
named also that she shall have her maintenance and clothing about
the house during her life or widowhood as when I was alive.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest son Peter my planta-
tion I now live on also that the executors shall give him one years
schooling also that my Albemarle lands shall be sold to pay my just
debts.
Item — I do require that my sons Michael, William, Adam, Archi-
bald, and daughter Mary shall have no share of my stock or house-
hold furniture, but of the negroes and outlying debts only, also Hanna
that lives with daughter Mary shall be sold or divided with the rest
of the negroes at the direction of the Executors.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest children that is
John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, and Peter all my stock of
horses, cows, hogs, and household furniture to be equally divided
amongst them besides an equal share of the negroes and the outlying
debts also that they shall have their maintenance and clothing about
the house during life or until they are married also I desire that my
still shall not be sold but that my children shall have an equal right to
her and set her up for the use of the whole family upon this place,
also, I do hereby revoke and disallow of all other wills and testaments
by me before made and do establish this to be my last will and testa-
ment for the use within mentioned as witness my hand and seal this
the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-five.
Willm Woods (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of us: Adam Clendinen
James Williams, Philemon Cavanaugh
His
George X Swore
mark
Note: William Woods has been recognized as a Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, however, I have not seen any official documentation that supports this rank. There is historical documentation that he served as a Lieutenant during the Colonial Wars serving under Peter Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson's father.
Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 202, we read that on September 14, 1758,
William met with the first General Assembly held at the Capitol — Williamsburg, Virginia.
Listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Militia, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p. 202, 1988.
He died at his home in Fincastle County, Virginia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773, he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co., VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA: Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA.
WILLIAM WOODS
Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods
He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.
WILLIAM WOODS' WILL
Dated April 12, 1775
Recorded, Will Bk. I, p-4
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Woods of Fincastle County,
Farmer, being low and sick in body but of sound mind and calling to
mind the mortality of the body; knowing that it is appointed once for
all men to die — therefore, I recommend my body to the earth and my
soul to God who gave it and desiring my body to have a decent burial
and as for the worldly substance that God hath blessed me with, I
do bequeath and dispose of in the following manner.
Imprimus, that is to say, that first of all my debts be paid. Item— I
do hereby bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna my bed and furni-
ture with her choice of one milk cow out of the whole also her choice
of one horse or mare out of that part of my Estate also my old negro
Fanny over and above a child's part during her life or until she is
married and then to be divided among my younger children hereafter
named also that she shall have her maintenance and clothing about
the house during her life or widowhood as when I was alive.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest son Peter my planta-
tion I now live on also that the executors shall give him one years
schooling also that my Albemarle lands shall be sold to pay my just
debts.
Item — I do require that my sons Michael, William, Adam, Archi-
bald, and daughter Mary shall have no share of my stock or house-
hold furniture, but of the negroes and outlying debts only, also Hanna
that lives with daughter Mary shall be sold or divided with the rest
of the negroes at the direction of the Executors.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest children that is
John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, and Peter all my stock of
horses, cows, hogs, and household furniture to be equally divided
amongst them besides an equal share of the negroes and the outlying
debts also that they shall have their maintenance and clothing about
the house during life or until they are married also I desire that my
still shall not be sold but that my children shall have an equal right to
her and set her up for the use of the whole family upon this place,
also, I do hereby revoke and disallow of all other wills and testaments
by me before made and do establish this to be my last will and testa-
ment for the use within mentioned as witness my hand and seal this
the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-five.
Willm Woods (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of us: Adam Clendinen
James Williams, Philemon Cavanaugh
His
George X Swore
mark
Note: William Woods has been recognized as a Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, however, I have not seen any official documentation that supports this rank. There is historical documentation that he served as a Lieutenant during the Colonial Wars serving under Peter Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson's father.
Husband of Susannah WALLACE, who is a daughter of Peter Wallace & Elizabeth WOODS Walace. They married Oct. 1, 1735 in Augusta County, Virginia. Minister, Lt.Col. during the Rev. War. Was also a minister of the gospel. Father of Rev. Pennywell Peter Woods, Michael Woods, Sgt. Adam Woods and William Wallace Woods, Archibald Woods, Andrew Woods.∼My 6th Great-Grandfather was born in Ireland to Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. He was a neighbor to president Thomas Jefferson's family. He succeeded his father as owner of the old Woods Family estate,"Mountain Plains", soon after he sold the plantation to Chief Justice Blair of the US Supreme Court. The estate was thereafter called Blair Park. The official records of the Colony in show that he had been a Lieutenant of the Albemarle Militia during the colonial wars.
Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 202, we read that on September 14, 1758,
William met with the first General Assembly held at the Capitol — Williamsburg, Virginia.
Listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Militia, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p. 202, 1988.
He died at his home in Fincastle County, Virginia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773, he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co., VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA: Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA.
WILLIAM WOODS
Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods
He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.
WILLIAM WOODS' WILL
Dated April 12, 1775
Recorded, Will Bk. I, p-4
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Woods of Fincastle County,
Farmer, being low and sick in body but of sound mind and calling to
mind the mortality of the body; knowing that it is appointed once for
all men to die — therefore, I recommend my body to the earth and my
soul to God who gave it and desiring my body to have a decent burial
and as for the worldly substance that God hath blessed me with, I
do bequeath and dispose of in the following manner.
Imprimus, that is to say, that first of all my debts be paid. Item— I
do hereby bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna my bed and furni-
ture with her choice of one milk cow out of the whole also her choice
of one horse or mare out of that part of my Estate also my old negro
Fanny over and above a child's part during her life or until she is
married and then to be divided among my younger children hereafter
named also that she shall have her maintenance and clothing about
the house during her life or widowhood as when I was alive.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest son Peter my planta-
tion I now live on also that the executors shall give him one years
schooling also that my Albemarle lands shall be sold to pay my just
debts.
Item — I do require that my sons Michael, William, Adam, Archi-
bald, and daughter Mary shall have no share of my stock or house-
hold furniture, but of the negroes and outlying debts only, also Hanna
that lives with daughter Mary shall be sold or divided with the rest
of the negroes at the direction of the Executors.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest children that is
John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, and Peter all my stock of
horses, cows, hogs, and household furniture to be equally divided
amongst them besides an equal share of the negroes and the outlying
debts also that they shall have their maintenance and clothing about
the house during life or until they are married also I desire that my
still shall not be sold but that my children shall have an equal right to
her and set her up for the use of the whole family upon this place,
also, I do hereby revoke and disallow of all other wills and testaments
by me before made and do establish this to be my last will and testa-
ment for the use within mentioned as witness my hand and seal this
the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-five.
Willm Woods (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of us: Adam Clendinen
James Williams, Philemon Cavanaugh
His
George X Swore
mark
Note: William Woods has been recognized as a Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, however, I have not seen any official documentation that supports this rank. There is historical documentation that he served as a Lieutenant during the Colonial Wars serving under Peter Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson's father.
Hening's Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 202, we read that on September 14, 1758,
William met with the first General Assembly held at the Capitol — Williamsburg, Virginia.
Listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Militia, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers
Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p. 202, 1988.
He died at his home in Fincastle County, Virginia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773, he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co., VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA: Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA.
WILLIAM WOODS
Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods
He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.
WILLIAM WOODS' WILL
Dated April 12, 1775
Recorded, Will Bk. I, p-4
In the name of God, Amen. I, William Woods of Fincastle County,
Farmer, being low and sick in body but of sound mind and calling to
mind the mortality of the body; knowing that it is appointed once for
all men to die — therefore, I recommend my body to the earth and my
soul to God who gave it and desiring my body to have a decent burial
and as for the worldly substance that God hath blessed me with, I
do bequeath and dispose of in the following manner.
Imprimus, that is to say, that first of all my debts be paid. Item— I
do hereby bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna my bed and furni-
ture with her choice of one milk cow out of the whole also her choice
of one horse or mare out of that part of my Estate also my old negro
Fanny over and above a child's part during her life or until she is
married and then to be divided among my younger children hereafter
named also that she shall have her maintenance and clothing about
the house during her life or widowhood as when I was alive.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest son Peter my planta-
tion I now live on also that the executors shall give him one years
schooling also that my Albemarle lands shall be sold to pay my just
debts.
Item — I do require that my sons Michael, William, Adam, Archi-
bald, and daughter Mary shall have no share of my stock or house-
hold furniture, but of the negroes and outlying debts only, also Hanna
that lives with daughter Mary shall be sold or divided with the rest
of the negroes at the direction of the Executors.
Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest children that is
John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, and Peter all my stock of
horses, cows, hogs, and household furniture to be equally divided
amongst them besides an equal share of the negroes and the outlying
debts also that they shall have their maintenance and clothing about
the house during life or until they are married also I desire that my
still shall not be sold but that my children shall have an equal right to
her and set her up for the use of the whole family upon this place,
also, I do hereby revoke and disallow of all other wills and testaments
by me before made and do establish this to be my last will and testa-
ment for the use within mentioned as witness my hand and seal this
the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-five.
Willm Woods (Seal)
Signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of us: Adam Clendinen
James Williams, Philemon Cavanaugh
His
George X Swore
mark
Note: William Woods has been recognized as a Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, however, I have not seen any official documentation that supports this rank. There is historical documentation that he served as a Lieutenant during the Colonial Wars serving under Peter Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson's father.
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