'Wood13'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wood of Hoathly, Wood of Newton, Wood of Singleton Lodge, Wood of West Godly

                               
Berry identifies the arms of the following family as "Sa. a fesse cottised betw. three lions' heads, erased, ar. ducally crowned or".
John Wood of Clayton
m. _ Bolton of Apledore
1. Thomas Wood
  m. _ Weekes
  A. Dorothy Wood
  m. John Godley
2. Walter Wood
  m1. Ann Raymond (coheir)
A. Thomas Wood 'of Hadleigh (West Hoathly)'
  m. Jane Abrooke
  i. Richard Wood of West Godly & Hoathly, Sussex
  m. Ann Peirce (dau of Thomas Peirce of Westfield)
  a. Richard Wood of West Godly & Hoathly
  m. Eliza Betisworth (dau of Peter Betisworth of Chithurst)
  (1) Thomas Wood (b c1632, a 1634)
  ii. Barbara Wood probably of this generation
  m. Richard Bettsworth of Chithurst (d 01.10.1613)
  iii. Ann Wood probably of this generation
  m. Christopher Bettsworth or Bettesworth of Fitz Hall (d before 07.07.1617)
  m2. (sps) Thomsen Okenden

 

 

BLG1894 identifies the arms of the following family, quartered with those of Moreton, as "or, on a pile az., three martlets of the field, a chief of the second".
Isaac Wood of Winsford, later of Newton Hall, Cheshire (b 1700, d 08.1782)
m. (21.04.1766) Jane Moreton (dau of James Moreton of Church hill, niece/heir of Rev. Robert Moreton of Newton Hall)
1. Isaac Wood of Newton Hall (b 07.1768, d 11.1796)
  m. (08.1792) Annabella Wilson (d c1843, dau of Andrew Wilson of Newcastle-on-Tyne)
  A. Isaac Wood of Newton Hall (b 11.05.1795, d 07.06.1865, Archdeacon of Chester, Vicar of Middlewich) had issue
  m. (24.05.1824) Mary Nugent (dau of John Nugent of Clay Hill, niece of Jane Mary Nugent (wife of Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke))
2. Robert Moreton Wood (b 04.1773, dsp 01.1813)
  m. ??
3. Sarah Wood (dsp 11.05.1828)
  m. (22.03.18002) David Edwards of Edmonton, Middlesex
4.+ other issue (d unm) - Mary (d 1836), Jane (d 16.06.1828), Phoebe (d 12.1808), Martha (d 03.1779)

 

 

BLG1894 identifies the arms of the following family as "Arg., on a chief sa. an open Bible ppr. clasped or, between two mill-rinds, of the first".
Benjamin Wood of Northampton (b 16.03.1718, d 09.1783)
m. (21.05.1744) Elizabeth Wingreave (d 08.12.1748, dau of Robert Wingreave of Collingtree)
1. William Wood of Leeds (b 29.05.1745, d 01.04.1808, minister of Mill Hill Chapel)
  The following is supported by FMG (vol 1, MS116/117, 'Oates-Wood', p267).
  m. (29.09.1780) Louisa Anne Oates (d 24.09.1806, dau of George Oates of Newton Hall)
  A. George William Wood of Singleton Lodge, Lancashire (b 21.07.1781, d 03.10.1843, MP, DL) had issue
  m. (22.11.1810) Sarah Oates (d 27.07.1864, dau of Joseph Oates of Westwood Hall by Elizabeth, dau of Joshua Rayner of Leeds)
  B. Louisa Anne Wood
  m. (26.11.1823) Samuel Crawford of Leeds (minister)
  C.+ other issue (d unm) - William (b 04.08.1782, d 04.1811), Frederick(b 03.06.1784, d 22.06.1796)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : CountyGen (Sussex, Berry, p189)
(2) For middle section : BLG1894 ('Wood of Newton')
(3) For lower section : BLG1894 ('Wood of Singleton Lodge')
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