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Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson 1634–1707 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1634

Birth Location: Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 01 Oct 1707

Death Location: Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA

Father: Dr. I

Mother: Sarah *

Spouse(s): Sarah Ferris

Children(s): Robert Woodson, Benjamin Woodson, Sarah Woodson

The story of Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson began in 1634 in Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA. Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson married Sarah Elizabeth Ferris, and had children including Benjamin Woodson, Robert Ferris Woodson, Sarah Virginia Woodson. Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson passed away in 1707 in Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson began in 1634 in Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA.
  • Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson married Sarah Elizabeth Ferris, and had children including Benjamin Woodson, Robert Ferris Woodson, Sarah Virginia Woodson.
  • Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson passed away in 1707 in Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Dr. I
1586–1644
Birth Location: Dorsetshire, England
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Sarah *
1600–1659
Birth Location: Devonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Ferris
1634–1689
Birth Location: Canterbury, Henrico County, Virginia, United States of America
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Children(s)

Robert Woodson
1664–1729
Birth Location: Flower Dew Hundred Plantation, Charles City = Henrico County, Virginia, Brittish Colony
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Benjamin Woodson
1666–1723
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Woodson
1668–1716
Birth Location: VA
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Colonel Woodson's Ancestors

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Colonel Woodson
1634–1707
Birth Place: Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Dr. John Woodson I
1586–1644
Dorsetshire, England
Sarah (Isabelle Winston( Woodson)( Dunwell)( Johnson)) *
1600–1659
Devonshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colonel Woodson's Descendants

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Colonel (Robert "Potato Hole") Woodson (1634–01 Oct 1707) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Ferris (8 May 1634–1689)
  1. 1. Robert (Ferris) Woodson 1664–1729 m. Sarah (Virginia) Lewis 1670–1710
    1. 1. Sarah Woodson 1691–1750 m. Joseph Parsons 1690–1769
      1. 1. Richard Parsons 1710–1785 m. Lydia Briggs 1720–1787
        1. 1. Mary (Agnes) Parsons 1744–1785 m. John (Midkiff) Sr. 1740–1839
  2. 2. Benjamin Woodson 1666–1723 m. Sarah Porter 1668–1722
    1. 1. Robert Woodson 1708–1750 m. Rebecca Pryor 1704–1748
      1. 1. Elizabeth Woodson 1734–1777 m. Shadrack Mims 1734–1777
        1. 1. Elizabeth Mims 1769–1831 m. Robert (Poor (Military Rank:) Cornet) 1763–1801 m. William (Hodges Jr.) Jr 1769–1826
  3. 3. Sarah (Virginia) Woodson 1668–1716 m. Edward Mosby 1665–1742 m. Edward Mosby 1665–1742
    1. 1. William (Hezekiah) Mosby 1695–1787 m. Elizabeth Cox 1699–1775
      1. 1. Daniel (S) Mosby 1738–1796 m. Sarah (Hankins) Harris 1745–1769
        1. 1. John (H) Mosby 1765–
    2. 2. Susannah Mosby 1690–1740 m. Michael (Thomas (b.) Virginia) 1673–1743
      1. 1. Michael Thomas 1720–1802 m. Mary Jopling 1730–1834
        1. 1. William (Morgan) Thomas 1770–1834 m. Martha Wilson 1769–1820

Colonel Woodson's Timeline

2 Records

1634
1634
Birth of Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson in Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA
Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA
1707
01 Oct 1707
Age 73
Death of Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson in Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA
Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1634
    Event Place: Fleur De Hundred, present day Prince George County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Oct 1707
    Event Place: Varina Parish,Henrico,Virginia,USA
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