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John Wood 1620 – 1704 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1620

Birth Location: Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 August 1704

Death Location: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Father: John WOOD

Mother: Olivia Atwood

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John Wood was born in 1620 in Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Samson WOOD and Olivia Jane Atwood. John Wood passed away in 1704 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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Biography

  • John Wood was born in 1620 in Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Samson WOOD and Olivia Jane Atwood.
  • John Wood passed away in 1704 in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA.

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John Wood's Ancestors

Self
John Wood
1620 – 1704
Birth Place: Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Samson WOOD
1594 – 1659
Woburn, Middlesex, England
Olivia (Jane) Atwood
1600 – 1658
Kirk Merrington, Durham, England
Grandparents
Harman (Wood) (Atwood)
1569 – 1653
St Martin, London, London, England
Elizabeth Lawrence
1570 – 1604
Sanderstead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Atwood
1539 – 1586
Olive Harman
1548 – 1603
Margaret Lawrence
1557 – 1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Harman
1518 – 1581
Mary Molines
1532 – 1548

John Wood's Timeline

2 Records

1620
1620
Birth of John Wood in Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
1704
26 August 1704
Age 84
Death of John Wood in Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: Kirk Merrington, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1704
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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