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1.1. Michael Hugh COOLEY 1.2. Lonnie Rae COOLEY
2ND GENERATION
2. Allison Claude COOLEY 3. Billie Dell HOGUE
3RD GENERATION
4. McCabe COOLEY 5. Marie Henrietta HENNEQUIN 6. Hugh Wallace HOGUE 7. Birdie Nina MCDOWELL
4TH GENERATION
8. Joseph William COOLEY 9. Araminta D JOHNSON 10. Louis Francois HENNEQUIN 11. Marguerite STEWARD 12. Robert Irwin HOGUE 13. Nancy Joanna FOSTER 14. William Ellis MCDOWELL 15. Euphemia Ruth ASHENHURST
5TH GENERATION
16. Greenbury COOLEY 17. Amelia Mohler PETTIT 18. Wesley Phillip JOHNSON 19. Susan Isabel FISK 20. Louis HENNEQUIN 21. Maria Theresa DRAVIGNEY 22. John Joseph STORDEUR 23. Stephany LAURENT 24. John HOGUE 25. Ann R SIMPSON 26. John A FOSTER 27. Martha Jane STRUTHERS 28. William Erwin MCDOWELL 29. Maria HART 30. Oliver Taylor ASHENHURST 31. Sara Eva SOUTHERN
6TH GENERATION
32. David COOLEY 33. Laurinda AIKEN 34. Joseph PETTET 35. Elizabeth MOHLER 36. Elijah JOHNSON 37. Anna Jane FOSTER 38. Edward Curtis FISK 39. Araminta D WOOD 40. Xavier HANNEQUIN 41. Marie Magdeleine BELOT 42. Pierre Joseph DRAVIGNEY 43. Marie Therese GILBERT 44. Joseph STORDEUR 45. Marie Therese HUENS 46. Jean Baptiste LAURENT 47. Jeaninne VANDERMEULEN 48. James HOGUE 49. Margaret IRWIN 50. Isaac SIMPSON 51. Elizabeth RICHARDSON 52. Samuel FOSTER 53. Nancy ____ 54. James STRUTHERS 55. Elizabeth SAVILLE 56. John MCDOWELL 57. Anna CURRY 58. Joseph HART Sr 59. Susan PICKENS 60. Oliver ASHENHURST 61. Euphemia BISHOP 62. Charles William SOUTHERN 63. Ruth Ruema HOOVER
7TH GENERATION
64. John COOLEY 65. Sela WRIGHT 66. William AKINS 67. Rebecca MCCLINTICK 73. Ruth ____ ? 76. John R FISK 77. Mahala KEMP 78. John WOOD 79. Charity CORSON 80. Claude HENNEQUIN 81. Marie JUILLARD 82. Jean BELOT 83. Jeanne HUOT 85. Jeanne Claude DRAVIGNEY 86. Josph GILBERT 87. Agathe LANGARD 88. Mathieu STORDEUR 89. Marie SNAPS 90. John Joseph HUENS 98. John IRWIN 99. Mary ELLIOTT 102. Matthew RICHARDSON 103. Ann STOCKTON 104. James Couples FOSTER 105. Jane MORROW 108. William STRUTHERS 109. Janet LINDSAY 110. Robert SAVILLE 111. Deborah ____ 112. John MCDOWELL 113. Jane ERWIN 116. Edward HART 117. Nancy Ann STOUT 118. John PICKENS 120. William ASHENHURST 121. Nancy ASHENHURST 122. Peter BISHOP 123. Elizabeth MYERS 124. John SOUTHERN 125. Elizabeth DUNCAN 126. John HOOVER? 127. unknown
8TH GENERATION
128. Edward COOLEY 129. Martha RAPER 130. William WRIGHT 131. Martha MORGAN 132. William EAKIN 133. Mary WALLACE 134. John MCCLINTICK 135. Mary Jane MCDOWELL 152. Richard FISK 154. William KEMP 155. Sukey DAMANT 158. Eli CORSON 159. Christianna THOMPSON 198. Robert ELLIOTT 199. Mary RAINEY 204. Matthew Richardson Sr 206. Richard Witham STOCKTON 207. Mary Ann HATFIELD 210. Samuel ? MORROW ? 218. James LINDSAY 219. Margaret WATSON 220. Samuel SAVILLE 221. Ann BOOTH 224. John MCDOWELL 225. Esther HARRISON 226. William ERWIN 227. Mary ERWIN 228. Dr Robert CURRY 229. Ann CURRY 232. John HART Signer 233. Deborah SCUDDER 234. St Leger Codd STOUT 235. Susannah SIMPSON 244. Peter BISHOP 245. Margaret 246. Christopher MYERS 247. Euphemia LINGO? 248. William SOUTHERN 249. Magdelaine FORD 250. Charles DUNCAN 251. Margaret KIRK 252. Michael Hoover Sr 253. Mary Jones 252->255. unknown
9TH GENERATION
256. John COOLEY 257. poss Sarah MATTHEWS 258. Thomas RAPER 259. Martha HAM 260. Richard WRIGHT Sr 103 261. Ann 262. James MORGAN 263. Mary DAVIS 264. William EAKIN 265. Isabel Morrison 268. William MCCLINTICK 316. Jacob CORSON Jr 317. Charity STILLWELL 318. Benajah TOMSON 319. Prudence ELDREDGE 412. Samuel STOCKTON 413. Rachel STOUT 414. Joseph HATFIELD 415. Phoebe CLARK 442. Robert BOOTH 443. Ann GASTON 452. John ERWIN 453. Jane WILLIAMS 454. Francis ERWIN 455. Jane CURRY 456. William CURRY 457. Sarah YOUNG 458. John YOUNG 459. Elizabeth KINGDOM 464. Capt Edward HART 465. Martha FURMAN 466. Richard Betts SCUDDER Jr 468. James STOUT 469. Mary Ann CODD 496. John SOUTHERN ? 497. Margaret KIDD ? 500. Charles DUNCAN 502. John KIRK Sr 503. Margaret BROOKS 504. Sebastian HOOVER 505. Catherine MEULLER 514. James MATTHEWS Sr ? 520. Philbert WRIGHT 521. Esther BECRAFT 504->517. unknown
10TH GENERATION
518->823. unknown 632. Jacob CORSON Sr 633. Naomi 634. Nicholas STILLWELL 635. Sara HAND 824. Richard STOCKTON 825. Susannah WITHAM 826. Col Joseph STOUT 827. Ruth BRYMSON 828. Abraham HATFIELD 829. Phoebe OGDEN 830. John CLARK 904. Edward ERWIN 905. Frances FRANCIS 908. see 904 909. see 905 910. William CURRY 911. Sally YOUNG 914. John YOUNG 920. See 914 928. John HART 2nd 929. Mary HUNT 930. Josiah FURMAN 2nd 931. Sarah STRICKLAND 932. Richard Betts SCUDDER Sr 933. Hannah REEDER 936. see 826 937. see 827 938. Capt St Leger CODD 939. Mary HANSON 992. John SOUTHERN 993. Catherine BARRON 940->1035. unknown 1042. Peter BECRAFT
11TH GENERATION
1036->1263. unknown 1264. Jan CARSTENSEN 1265. Maria Elias DAAS 1268. John STILLWELL Jr 1270. George HAND 1648. Richard STOCKTON 1649. Abigail ____ 1650. Robert WITHAM 1651. Ann STRAINERIDGE 1652. Jonathan STOUT 1653. Anne BOLLEN 1654. Daniel BRYMSON 1655. Frances GREENLAND 1656. Matthias HATFIELD 1657. Mariken MELYN 1660. Richard CLARK 1856. John HART 1st 1857. Mary ____ 1858. Ralph HUNT 1859. Elizabeth JESSUP 1860. Josiah FURMAN 1st 1862. Edmund STRICKLAND 1863. Hannah ____ 1864. John SCUDDER Jr 1865. Joanna BETTS 1866. John REEDER 2nd 1867. Hannah BURROUGHS 1876. Col St Leger CODD 115 1877. Anna BENNETT 115 1878. Col Hans HANSON 1879. Martha Kelts WOODARD 1984. Capt John SOUTHERN 1986. Andrew BARRON 1988. Thomas KIDD 1989. Jane WILLIS 1990. Robert CHOWNING Jr 1991. Ann POOLE 1880->2071. unknown
12TH GENERATION
2072->2079. unknown 2528. Carsten JANSEN 2529. Barbara 2530. Elias DAAS 2536. John STILLWELL 2537. Elizabeth PERRIN 2540. Thomas HAND 2541. Katherine STUBBS 3304. Richard STOUT 3305. Penelope ____ 3306. Capt James BOLLEN 3308. William BRINSDON 3309. Margaret ____ 3310. Dr Henry GREENLAND 3311. Mary BAREFOOT 3312. Thomas HATFIELD 3313. Anna ____ 3314. Cornelius MELYN 3316. John OGDEN 3317. Jane BOND 3320. Richard CLARK 3321. Elizabeth MOORE 3718. Edward JESSUP 3719. Elizabeth BRIDGES 3720. John FURMAN 3721. Susan BUSH 3728. John SCUDDER Sr 3729. Mary KING 3730. Capt Richard BETTS 3731. Joanna CHAMBERLAYNE 3732. John REEDER 1st 3733. Hannah THORPE 3734. Jeremiah BURROUGHS 3735. Hannah WAY 3752. Col William CODD 115 3753. Lady Mary ST LEGER 115 3754. Gov Richard BENNETT 3755. Mary Ann 113 106 3756. Andrew HANSON 3757. Annika ____ 3972. Robert BARRON 3980. Robert CHOWNING Sr 3981. Joanne HITCHCOCK 3982. Thomas POOLE 3758->4143. unknown
13TH GENERATION
4144->4159. unknown 5072. William STILLWELL 5073. Hannah 5074. Daniel PERRIN 5075. Elizabeth 5080. John HAND 5081. Elizabeth GRANSDEN 6592. John STOCKTON 6593. Eleanor CLAYTON 6608. John STOUT 6609. Elizabeth BEE 6622. Capt Walter BAREFOOT 6632. Richard OGDEN 6633. Elizabeth HUNTINGTON 6640. Richard CLARK 6642. Thomas MOORE 6643. Martha YOUNGS 7456. Thomas SCUDDER 7457. Elizabeth LOWERS 7458. William KING 7459. Dorothy HAYNES 7460. John BETTES 7461. Mary BIGGS 7462. Rev Robert CHAMBERLAYNE 7463. Elizabeth STOUGHTON 7466. William THORPE 7467. Garthered BLITHE 7468. John BURROUGHS 7469. Johanna JESSUP 7470. James WAY 7504. William CODD 7505. Hester LAMPORD 7506. Sir Warham ST LEGER 115 7507. Dame Mary HAYWARD 115 7508. Thomas BENNETT 7509. Anstie Tomson SPICER 7512. John HANSON 7511->8287. unknown
14TH GENERATION
8288->8319. unknown 10144. Nicholas STILLWELL 10145. Ann 10148. Pierre PERRIN 10149. Andrienne JUBRIL 10160. John HAND 10161. Joan SIMMONS 10162. Henry GRANSDEN 13284. Thomas MOORE 13624. Edward OGDEN 13624. Margaret WILSON 14912. Henry SCUDDER 14913. ____ LOWERS 14914. John LOWERS 14920. Alexander BETTES 14921. Joan LARKYN 14926. Rev Thomas STOUGHTON 14927. Katherine 14936. Jeremiah BURROUGHS 14938. John JESSUP 14939. Joanna KERRICH 15012. Sir Anthony ST LEGER 115 15013. Mary SCOTT 115 15014. Sir Rowland HAYWARD 115 15015. Katherine SMYTHE 15016. Robert BENNETT 15017. Elizabeth EDNEY 15024. Col. John HANSON 15025. Frances PRICHARD 15026->16575. unknown
15TH GENERATION
16576->20289. unknown 20298. Jean JUBRIL 20299. Juvine LOMBARD 20326. William GRANSDEN 20327. Ann 26528. William OGDEN 26529. Abigail GOODSALL 26530. Richard WILSON 26531. Margaret 29792. William de STIRKELAUNDE 29840. Robert BETTS 29876. Francis JESSOP 29877. Frances WHITE 30024. Sir Warham ST LEGER 115 30025. Lady Ursula NEVILLE 107 115 30026. Sir Thomas SCOTT 115 30027. Elizabeth BAKER 115 30028. George HAYWARD 30029. Margaret WITHBROKE 30030. Sir Thomas SMYTHE 30031. Alice JUDDE 30032. John BENNETT 30033. Margery 30034. John EDNYE 30048. Thomas HANSON 30049. Janet G GLEDHILL 30050. John PRICHARD 30051->33151. unknown
16TH GENERATION
33152->33279. unknown 53056. Richard OGDEN 53057. Mabel de HOOGAN 53058. Henry GOODSALL 59584. William de STIRKELAUNDE 59752. Richard JESSOP 59753. Ann SWIFT 59754. Alexander WHITE 59755. Eleanor SMITH 60048. Sir Anthony St LEGER 111 60049. Agnes WARHAM 112 60050. George NEVILLE 60051. Lady Mary STAFFORD 60052. Sir Reginald SCOTT 115 60053. Emiline KEMP 115 60054. Sir John BAKER 115 60055. Elizabeth DINLEY 115 60056. John HAYWARD 60060. John SMYTHE 60061. Joan BROUNCKER 60062. Andrew JUDDE 60057. Agnes GLOVER 60096. John HANSON 60097. Agnes SAVILE 60098. John GLEDHILL 60099->66303. unknown
17TH GENERATION
66304->66559. unknown 106112. Robert OGDEN 106113. Joan 106114. Johannes de HOOGAN 119504. William JESSOP 119505. Emotte CHARLESWORTH 119506. Robert SWIFT 119508. Thomas WHITE 119510. William SMITH 119511. Katherine PORTER 120096. Ralph St LEGER 120097. Anne HART 120098. Heughe WARHAM 112 120099. Mary Ann COLLES 120100. George NEVILLE 120101. Margaret FENNE 120102. Edward STAFFORD 120103. Eleanor PERCY 120104. Sir John SCOTT 115 120105. Anne (Amy) PYMPE 115 120106. Sir William KEMP 111 115 120107. Elynor BROWNE 111 115 120108. Richard BAKER 120109. Elizabeth DYNELEY 120110. Thomas DINLEY 115 120112. William HAYWARD 120113. Agnes BALLY 120122. Robert BROUNCKER 120192. John HANSON 120193. Catherine BROOKE 120194. John SAVILE Esq. 120195. Margery GLEDHILL 120196->132607. unknown
18TH GENERATION
132608->132608. unknown 239020. Thomas SMITH 239021. Margaret CLARKE 239022. Augustine PORTER 240192. Ralph ST LEGER 240193. Anne PROPHET 240194. Sir Edward HART 240196. Robert WARHAM 240197. Elizabeth ____ 240198. Geoffrey COLLES 240200->240207. Royal Lineage 107 240202. Hugh FENNE 240208. Sir William SCOTT 115 240209. Sybil LEWKNOR 115 240210. Reginald DE PYMPE 115 240211. Elizabeth PASHLEY 115 240212. Sir Thomas KEMP 111 115 240213. Emelyn CHICHE 111 115 240214. Robert BROWNE 111 240215. Mary MALLETT 115 240218. Thomas DYNELEY 240224. William HAYWARD 240225. Elizabeth BROCKTON 240226. William BALLY 240384. John HANSON 240385. Cicely RAVENSHAW 240386. John BROOKE 240390. John GLEDHILL 240391->265215. unknown
19TH GENERATION
265216->266241. unknown 480384. Ralph ST LEGER 480385. Margaret TYRREL 480404. Thomas FENNE 480400->480415. Royal Lineage 107 480416. Sir John SCOTT 480417. Agnes BEAUFITZ 480418. John LEWKNOR 115 480420. Sir William DE PYMPE 115 480421. Elizabeth WHETEHILL 480422. Sir John PASHELY 115 480423. Lowys GOWER 115 480424. Thomas KEMP 111 480425. Beathris LEUKENER 111 480426. Sir Valentine CHICHE 480427. Philippa CHICHELEY 480428. Sir Thomas BROWNE 111 115 480429. Alianor DE ARUNDEL 115 480430. William MALLETT 115 480448. William HAYWARD 480449. Jane WILCOCKES 480450. William BROCKTON 480768. John HANSON 480769. Cicely DE WINDEBANKE 480770. John RAVENSHAW 480826. Vincent CHICHELE 115 480827->530431. unknown
20TH GENERATION
516808. Hugh FENNE 530432->960767. unknown 960768. John ST LEGER 960769. Margery DONNETT 960824->960829. Royal Lineage 107 960830. Sir Walter D'EVEREAUX 107 960831. Elizabeth MERBURY 107 960832. William SCOTT 960833. Isabella HERBERT 960834. William DE BEAUFITZ 960842. Sir Richard WHETEHILL 960844. Sir John PASHLEY 115 960845. Elizabeth WYDVILLE 115 960846. Sir Thomas GOWER 115 960848. Sir John KEMP 111 960850. Sir Thomas LEUKENER 111 960851. ____ HOO 111 960854. Robert CHICHELEY 960858. Sir Thomas DE ARUNDEL 115 960859. Joan MOYNE 115 960896. John HAYWARD 960897. Margery WEVER 961536. John HANSON 961537. Alice WOODHOUSE 961538->1060863. unknown
21TH GENERATION
1060864->1921537. unknown 1921538. James DONNETT 1921648->1921661. Royal Lineage 107 1921662. John MERBURY 107 1921666. Vincent HERBERT 115 1921688. Sir Robert PASHELY 115 1921689. Philippa CERGEAUX 115 1921690. Sir Richard WYDVILLE 115 1921691. Elizabeth LYONS 1921696. Raulf KEMP 111 1921702. Sir Thomas HOO 111 1921716. John DE ARUNDEL 1921717. Elizabeth DESPENSER 115 107 1921792. James HAYWARD 1923072. Henry DE RASTRICK 1923074. Henry DE WOODHOUSE 1923075->2121727. unknown
22ND GENERATION
2121728->3843075. unknown 3843076->3843327. Royal Lineage 107 3843328->3843375. unknown 3813382. Sir Thomas TUNSTALL 3843376. Robert PASHLEY 115 3843377. Anne HOWARD 115 3843378. Sir Richard CERGEAUX 115 3843379. Philippa FITZALAN 115 3843382. Sir John LYONS 3843432. John FITZALAN 3843433. Isabella MORTIMER 3843436->3846143. unknown 3846144. John DE RASTRICK 3846148. Alexander DE WOODHOUSE 3846149. Beatrice TOOTHILL 3846150->4243455. unknown
23RD GENERATION
4243456->7686151. unknown 7686152->7686655. Royal Lineage 107 7637760. Sir William PARR 7637761. Elizabeth de ROS 7686754. John HOWARD 115 7686756. Richard CERGEAUX 115 7686757. Margaret SENESCHAL 115 7686758. John FITZALAN 7686759. Maude DE VERDON 7686760. Roger MORTIMER 7686761. Maud DE BRAOSE 7686864->7686866. Royal Lineage 107 7386867->8486910. unknown


 
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Name: John Wood97 Born: aft 1775 Place: Vermont149 Died: bef 1830 Place: prob Clark Co OH Buried: Y-Haplo: R1b-BY21620 Married: 20 Dec 1818 Place: Clark Co OH

This paragraph appears in JW Fisk's memoirs:97

My grandmother [Charity (Corson) Stites] was married a second time. It was several years after my grandfather Stites either died or became estranged. She married a man by the name of Woods. To them were born three children. John in 1824 or 1824 (?), I cannot recall the month; Minty two years later; Polly sometime in the year 1827 or 1828.

"Minty" was J W's uncle Edward Fisk's wife, Araminta Wood. Since there was a marriage between Charity Stites and John Wood in Clark County, it seems clear that John Wood was Araminta's father.

From Clark County, Ohio Marriage Records 1818-1821, Volume 1, compiled by Sara J Greer, 1998:

Wood, John Charity Stites 20 Dec 1818 13 Wood, William Mary Mattox 30 Mar 1820 49 Woods, Sally Chas. Maddon 9 Sep 1819 36

The 1880 and 1900 census entries for Araminta D Fisk, John's daughter, state that her father was born in Vermont. The census records for Vermont for 1790, 1800 and 1810 list a very large number of Wood households, including the names Isaac (1800 and 1810, Bennington and Franklin Counties) and Jeremiah (Rutland county, 1790-1820). In Rutledge county alone, there are 35 Woods listed for 1800. The 1820 census for Ohio shows two Jeremiahs (Clermont and Muskingum Counties), four Isaacs (two in Clark County, including a Jr) and 21 Johns (including one in Clark County).

John Wood appears on the 1818 tax list for Clark county OH as a "proprietor." The "original proprietor" is listed as Andrew Ellison.

The 1820 Clark County census index shows:

Isaac Wood Springfield Twp page 19
Isaac Wood Jr Springfield Twp page 21
John Wood Harmony Twp page 15
Thomas Wood Springfield Twp page 20
William Wood Springfield Twp page 19

The online census record (Heritage Quest) is difficult to read. This is what I see for John:

1820 > OHIO > CLARK > HARMONY Series: M33 Roll: 88 Page: 15 John Wood    100010    20101

All we can know about John's age from this is that he was under 45 years old, making him born after 1775.

Daughter Araminta was not born until 1821 (in Columbiana county) so would not be listed.3 The two youngest girls would have been Charity's daughters from her first marriage, Julie Ann and Doindia Stites. In his memoir, J W Fisk says that Charity and her second husband had three children. The son listed above could be son John, who was known to be their eldest child. It is John, the son, that J W Fisk references:

Uncle John Wood was a man of sterling worth. He together with his mother's family moved to Iowa in 1844 and succeeded in establishing himself in later years on a farm in Marion County, Iowa.97

In 1830, John's widow, Charity Wood, is found living next door to her mother, Christianna Corson, in Harmony township, Clark county. That she is named the head of the household indicates that John had died. Although there are no males listed in her household, there is a young male in her mother's home. We might safely assume that this was John Jr. (See the article on Charity for details.)

We're unable to identify John's family with any of the other Wood families in the county, which includes families from Virginia and from England. In a rather desperate search for possible brothers, I've searched the 1850 census for any male Wood born between 1770 and 1790 in Vermont who were residing in Ohio. It's a short list but I don't expect it to yield anything useful.

  • Ephraim Wood, born c1781 Vermont; Woodville, Sandusky
  • Jeremiah Wood, born c1780 Vermont; Carlisle, Lorain
  • Elijah A Wood, born c1786 Vermont; Parma, Cuyahoga
  • Alvan Wood, born c1790 Vermont; Streetsborough, Portage

John Wood (Jr)

John Jr is found in Lake Prairie Twp, Marion county Iowa, as early as the 1850 census, age 30. (Note that the 2 year-old Wyatt Earp can be found on the same census.) Interestingly, a Lurena Wood, age 62, is living in the household. Her place of birth isn't noted. We can be fairly certain that she was not John's mother as all evidence points to Charity (Corson) Stites. Could she have been an aunt and, therefore, a sister or sister-in-law to his father? It's curious that most of John's daughters' names started with an 'L'. Was Lurena the inspiration?

1850 > IOWA > MARION > LAKE PRAIRIE TWP Series: M432 Roll: 187 Page: 293

He is found on the 1860 census for Marion County, Iowa, age 38, living next door to J W Fisk's parents, Henry C and Julia A Fiske. Julia was John's half-sister.

1860 > IOWA > MARION > LAKE PRAIRIE TWP Series: M653 Roll: 335 Page: 606

John is 50 years old on the 1870 census, same county. His wife is listed as Mary A, born KY, 43 years old.

1870 > IOWA > MARION > LAKE PRAIRIE TWP Series: M593 Roll: 409 Page: 124

The following is likely him, as John Woods, in 1880. However, the birthplace of his parents is shown very differently from what we'd expect, with his father born in New Jersey and mother born in Florida. Of further interest is the fact that his sister, Polly, is living with him. I'm unable to determine, however, her last name. It certainly isn't the expected Turner.1 His son, Benajah, is found in a separate household, same page.

1880 > IOWA > CRAWFORD > IOWA Series: T9 Roll: 335 Page: 71

We can determine at least some of John Jr's children from the census records. Son Benajah G Wood would have been named for his maternal uncle, Benajah Corson. (See Following the Benajahs.) John's wife is listed as Margaret, born in Kentucky c1825.

Lusanna Wood, born c1849, Iowa
Lucinda, born c1850, Iowa
Letitia, born c1852, Iowa
William H, born c1854, Iowa
Benajah G, born c1858, Iowa
Christian, born 1860, Iowa
Lena, born c1862, Iowa
Gerold, born c1864, Iowa
John, born c1869, Iowa

Y-DNA

The Y chromosome may one day provide leads. In other words, should a partilineal descendant of John's test, it might be possible to compare it against the Wood DNA Project and find a related line. With that end in mind, I'm maintaining a short list of John Wood's Y descendants.

Update, 12 September 2021:

Indeed, the above scenario has happened. A descendant of John's grandson, Benajah Thompson Wood, has tested the low-level Y-37. The markers provided for that test are minimal but are enough to place the tester into group 44 of the Wood DNA Project. One of the Wood testers of the group has taken the most advanced Y-DNA test, known as the Big Y.


The alphanumeric designations are markers found on the Y chromosome. Because the Y passes directly from father to his sons virtually unchanged, the markers (simple, and harmless, single-letter mutations) accumulate through the entirety of the lineage. For example, my own Y chromosome has gathered at least 1700 mutations. These markers distinguish my Cooleys from all other clans. Comparing these markers against the whole of the database, a simple genealogy-like tree can be developed, as above. For example, this Wood tester (who happens to have had Wood ancestors born in Vermont) has this genetic ancestry:

Name"Father""Grandfather""Great-grandfather"
WoodBY21620FT74196FT11485
RichieBY34899BY21619FT11485

Of course, these relationships are not precise. These mutations occur approximately every four generations or so. We certainly don't know whether our tester will follow the same path, but it will be something very close to it. Further testing (and testers) are needed.

Update, 2 November 2021:

The Wood descendant has successfully tested for the BY21620 SNP. This places him as a possible descendant of Thomas Wood (1632-1687). Note that Thomas's grandson, Richard Wood, moved to Thetford, Vermont with his family in 1783. He died there in 1790. Might Thetford have been the birthplace for our John Wood? If so, and if he was of this family, that would have made him born after 1783.

More information, of course, is needed. After all, there might well be another explanation. But we have three important pieces of data: A match in the surname (Wood), a match in the place (Vermont), and a match in the Y-DNA (BY21620). This is a good example of triangulation. We might not have pinpointed it, but we have something real to deal with. Where to go next? Here is a list of the heads of households for the Orange County, Vermont census, 1790-1810.

1790

Stephen Wood, Barnet
Daniel Wood, Corinth
John Wood, Littleton
Joseph Wood, Littleton
Abiel Wood, Thetford
Israel Wood, Thetford
Israel Wood, Thetford

1800

Jerad Woods, Barre
Ezehe Woods, Barre
Elisha Wood, Brookfield
Gideon Wood, Chelsea
Danl Woods, Corinth
Jos Wood, Strafford
Jesse Wood, Strafford
Amara Wood, Randolph
Thos Wood, Randolph
Jacob Wood, Randolph
Leml Wood, Randolph
Thos Wood, Randolph
Thos Wood Jr, Randolph
Abiel Wood, Thetford
Jona Wood, Thetford
Jacob Wood, Thetford
Wm Wood, Tunbridge

1810

Searl Wood, Barre
Mihelable Wood, Berlin
John Wood, Bradford
Amos Wood, Chelsea
Nathe Wood, Corinth
Jona Wood, Corinth
Amos Wood, Corinth
Saml Wood, Fairley
Bengel Wood, Newbury
Jesse Wood, Strafford
Borya Wood, Strafford
John Wood, Thetford
Silas Wood, Thetford
John Wood, Thetford
Abial Wood, Thetford
Luther Wood, Thetford
Jona Wood, Thetford
Jona Wood, Topsham
Wm Wood, Topsham
Seth Wood, Washington

If we're on the right path, John will be buried in those records. A process of elimination might well lead us to his parents. Since he married in 1818, he is likely to be on the 1800 census but not by name, only as a mark under the appropriate column. For starters, I've looked at the three Woods in Thetford, recording only the sons of age up to 16.

1800 Thetford, Vermont

Abiel, 1 male to 10, page 581
Jacob, 1 male to 16, page 579
Jona, 2 males to 10, page 583

Abiel and Jacob were grandsons of Richard through his only recorded son, Israel. Neither are listed at FamilySearch.org as having a son named John. In fact, the one son of Abiel's of that age was Abiel Jr. We can probably rule out him as John's father. Jacob's son was Jacob, Jr. Of course, this is assuming the genealogies are right. According to the same source, many of Israel's sons were too young to have been John's, including the last known son, Samuel, who was born in 1781 in Massachussets, two years before the family moved to Vermont. The births of Israel's children are recorded in Andover, Massachussets. Might it be that his wife had another son born after arriving in Vermont? There as a birth recorded in Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954 for John Lund Wood, son of Daniel, born in Corinth, Vermont on 3 May 1792. But he died in New Hampshire in 1855. Another dead end. But note that he is believed to have been descended from a Samuel Wood guessed to have been born about 1636 in England, immigrated to Massachussets. I find no Y-DNA tests for this man, so we cannot know whether there was a relationship to the immigrant Thomas Wood.

And so it goes. I've only started researching this family. There's a lot of work to do, and we'll need more Y-DNA testers. So far, this appears to be very doable.

Other early Wood families in Clark county, Ohio

  • A will recorded in Clark county, Ohio (1822) for a John Wood lists wife Catherine, son Thomas, daughter Mary Jinkins (wife of Joel) and granddaughter Ann, daughter of his deceased daughter Elizabeth.96
  • John G Wood, apparently a cabinet maker from Virginia, had three children by his first wife: Sarah, Edward and James. From his second marriage he had Robert I Wood, born 1830 in Virginia. Robert had sons Charles Alfred, born 1851, and William, born 1853.92 93
  • Matthew (died 1830) and his wife Jane (died 1856) arrived from Kentucky to Clark County in 1810. It is probably this man who is listed in the 1818 poll-book as "Woods" and it may be his wife listed on the 1840 census as Jane "Woods". A Matthew Wood was elected Justice of the Peace in 1829. A daughter, Jane G Wood, married George W Alt, in 1845. It appears that Matthew left a will in Clark County (book 1, p 290).91
  • Benjamin Wood arrived in Clark county in 1805. He had a son Albert who died in 1843 at the age of 35. Albert had children Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, Juliet, Anna, Henry and Isaiah Wood, born 18 Jan 1842 in Clark county, Ohio.94
  • Isaac and Jane (Cory) Wood came to Clark county in 1812. Our John had been long thought as a possible son but it is now clear that they had a son, John T Wood, who died in infancy in 1810. Nevertheless, I've saved and updated my older article about this family.
  • There was another John Wood born in Clark County in 1818, the son of Isaac and Sarah Wood of New Jersey. This family moved on to Marion County in 1821.2

1. The 1880 census index at Heritage Quest lists it as Renner, but that doesn't look quite right to me.

2. The History of Wyandot County, Ohio (Chicago: Liggett, Canaway & Co., 1884), 930.

3. This brings up an interesting question. What prompted the family -- the mother at minimum -- to relocate 200 miles to Columbiana County?


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