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Robert Wood 1526 – 1587 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 1526

Birth Location: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 8 November 1587

Death Location: Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Wood

Mother: Agnes Jocelyn

Spouse(s): Lady Bearman

Children(s): John Wood

Robert Wood was born in 1526 in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Wood and Agnes Jocelyn. Robert Wood married Lady Margaret Bearman, and had children including John Wood. Robert Wood passed away in 1587 in Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Robert Wood was born in 1526 in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of John Wood and Agnes Jocelyn.
  • Robert Wood married Lady Margaret Bearman, and had children including John Wood.
  • Robert Wood passed away in 1587 in Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Robert Wood's Ancestors

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Robert Wood
1526 – 1587
Birth Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
John Wood
1500 – 1586
Hunsdon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Jocelyn
1494 – 1551
Great Canfield Manor, Dunmow, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander Wood
1480 – 1550
Ashridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Anne (St) Leger
1483 – 1559
Monkleigh, Torridge District, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
Bartholomew Leger
Blanche Bourchier
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Wood's Descendants

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Robert Wood (May 1526 – 8 November 1587) m. Lady (Margaret) Bearman (1525 – 7 June 1564)
  1. 1. John Wood (1545 – 17 February 1634) m. Mary Ellis (1550 – 1600)
    1. 1. Richard (A) Wood (15 Sep 1583 – 27 Sept 1653)
      1. 1. John Woods (1614 – 11 March 1670) m. Susanna Johnson ( – 12 September 1683)
        1. 1. Mary Wood (1641 – January 1686) m. John Russell (1636 – )

Robert Wood's Timeline

2 Records

1526
May 1526
Birth of Robert Wood in Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
1587
8 November 1587
Age 61
Death of Robert Wood in Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 1526
    Event Place: Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1587
    Event Place: Lynsted, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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