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Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr 1634–1716 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1634

Birth Location: Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1716

Death Location: Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA

Father: Colonel Sr

Mother: Sarah Johnson

Spouse(s): Sarah Ferris

Children(s): Mary Woodson, Richard Woodson, Robert Jr, Benjamin Grand

The story of Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr began in 1634 in Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA. Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr married Sarah Elizabeth Ferris, and had children including Benjamin Lewis Woodson 1St A Quaker 4Th Great Grand, Mary Ann Elizabeth Woodson, Richard Woodson, Robert Woodson Jr. Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr passed away in 1716 in Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr began in 1634 in Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA.
  • Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr married Sarah Elizabeth Ferris, and had children including Benjamin Lewis Woodson 1St A Quaker 4Th Great Grand, Mary Ann Elizabeth Woodson, Richard Woodson, Robert Woodson Jr.
  • Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr passed away in 1716 in Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA.

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Lt Sr's Ancestors

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Lt Sr
1634–1716
Birth Place: Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA
Parents
Colonel Doctor John William Woodson 2nd - A Surgeon St. John's Colle Sr
1586–1644
Dorchester, shire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Sarah (Isabelle Winston Woodson Dunwell) Johnson
1590–1659
Dorchestershire, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Lt Sr's Descendants

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Lt (Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson) Sr (1634–1716) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Ferris (1634–1689)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann Elizabeth) Woodson 1678–1744 m. George (Tucker) Payne 1670–1744
    1. 1. John Payne 1702–1784 m. Mary Coles 1743–1807
      1. 1. First (Lady Dorothea Dolly PAYNE Todd) Madison 1768–1849 m. James (Madison 4th President of) USA 1751–1836 m. Edward (H) BOLLING 1772–1835 m. John Todd 1763–1793
      2. 2. Anna Payne 1779–1832
      3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Payne 1781–1808
      4. 4. John (Coles) Payne 1782–1852
    2. 2. Judith (Woodson) Payne 1706–1774
    3. 3. William Payne 1703–1769
    4. 4. Elizabeth (E.) Payne 1701–1772
    5. 5. Robert Payne 1706–1738
  2. 2. Richard Woodson 1662–1716
  3. 3. Robert (Woodson) Jr 1660–1729
  4. 4. Benjamin (Lewis Woodson 1st - A Quaker - 4th Great) Grand 1666–1723 m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Porter 1668–1722
    1. 1. Robert (Woodson - 3rdGGF of Jesse & Frank) James 1701–1750 m. Rebecca Pryor 1704–1748
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Woodson - 2nd great grandmother of Frank and Jesse James. A slave) owner. 1734–1777 m. Shadrach Mimms 1734–1777
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Woodson) Mims 1769–1823 m. Robert Poor 1755–1825
      2. 2. John Woodson 1730–1798
      3. 3. Lewis Woodson 1742–1771
      4. 4. Mary Woodson 1740–1829
    2. 2. Sarah (Ann) Woodson 1700–1725
    3. 3. William Woodson 1700–1785

Lt Sr's Timeline

5 Records

1634
1634
Birth of Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr in Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA
Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA
1657
1657
Age 23
Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr was married in Henrico, Virginia, USA
Henrico, Virginia, USA
1670
1670
Age 36
Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr was married in Fleur De, VA
Fleur De, VA
1701
1701
Age 67
Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr was married in Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
1716
1716
Age 82
Death of Lt Colonel Robert "Potato Hole" Woodson Sr in Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1634
    Event Place: Piercey Henrico Virginia, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1657
    Event Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1670
    Event Place: Fleur De, VA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1701
    Event Place: Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1716
    Event Place: Curles, Henrico, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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