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Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods 1628–1711 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Aug 1628

Birth Location: Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1711

Death Location: County Westmeath, Ireland

Father: Sir Riding

Mother: Lady Smith

Spouse(s): Lady Bruce,

Children(s): Sir II

Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods was born in 1628 in Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Adam Woods Of East Riding And Lady Ann Emmaline Smith. Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods married Lady Isabella Isabel Bruce, and had children including John Bevan Wood, Sir Lord John Andrew Defiennes Woods Ii. Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods passed away in 1711 in County Westmeath, Ireland.

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Biography

  • Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods was born in 1628 in Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Adam Woods Of East Riding And Lady Ann Emmaline Smith.
  • Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods married Lady Isabella Isabel Bruce, and had children including John Bevan Wood, Sir Lord John Andrew Defiennes Woods Ii.
  • Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods passed away in 1711 in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Riding
1610–1674
Birth Location: Shea Hall, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
SR
Lady Smith
1611–1634
Birth Location: Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
LS

Spouses(s)

Lady Bruce,
1632–1686
Birth Location: Newtown, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
LB

Children(s)

Sir II
1654–1722
Birth Location: Castle Dunhaughlin, Ulster, Meath, Ireland
SI

Sir Woods's Ancestors

Self
Sir Woods
1628–1711
Birth Place: Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Sir Richard Adam Woods of East Riding
1610–1674
Shea Hall, East Riding, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Ann Emmaline) Smith
1611–1634
Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Lord (Michael DuBois) Woods
1585–1685
Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Patience Huggett
1589–1655
London, London, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Woods's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes) Woods (17 Aug 1628–1711) m. Lady (Isabella "Isabel") Bruce, (1632–26 May 1686)
  1. 1. Sir (Lord John Andrew DeFiennes Woods) II 1654–1722 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Worsop 1656–1741
    1. 1. Sir (Lord Michael Marion Sr. DeFiennes Woods) Sr 1684–1762 m. Lady (Margaret “Mary” Catherine Campbell Of Argyll,) Woods 1690–1742
      1. 1. Richard Woods 1715–1801 m. Elizabeth (Ann) Stuart 1717–1767 m. Margaret Jennie 1749–1790
        1. 1. Benjamin (F.) Woods 1772–1852 m. Elizabeth (Winters ") Betsy" 1774–1858
        2. 2. William Woods 1778–1849 m. Eliza (Ann) Warwick 1787–1856
      2. 2. Magdalena Woods 1709–1810 m. John McDowell 1714–1742
        1. 1. Samuel McDowell 1735–1817
      3. 3. Col. (John) Woods 1712–1791
      4. 4. Martha Woods 1720–1790
      5. 5. Hannah Woods 1710–1791
      6. 6. Andrew Woods 1722–1781
      7. 7. Michael (Marion "of Botetourt" WOODS) jr 1709–1777 m. Anne (Gath Gist) Lambert 1717–1772
        1. 1. Sarah WOODS 1755–1814
        2. 2. Joseph (Lapsley) Woods 1745–1845
        3. 3. Jane Buster 1735–1812
        4. 4. William WOODS 1738–1819
        5. 5. Susannah WOODS 1736–1836
        6. 6. David WOODS 1740–1786
        7. 7. Archibald WOODS 1741–1783
        8. 8. Elizabeth WOODS 1742–1820
        9. 9. Magdalena WOODS 1755–1830
        10. 10. Samuel Woods 1740–1825 m. Margaret Holmes 1741–1800
      8. 8. Sarah Woods 1724–1792
      9. 9. Archibald Woods 1716–1783 m. Issabella Gass 1715–1766 m. Mary Brookman 1735–1820
      10. 10. Margaret Woods 1714–1761
      11. 11. William Woods 1715–1783
    2. 2. Elizabeth Wallace 1682–1745
    3. 3. William Woods 1686–1785
    4. 4. Susannah (C) Woods 1687–
    5. 5. John Woods 1685–1762
    6. 6. Samuel Woods 1684–1785
    7. 7. Henry Woods 1680–

Sir Woods's Timeline

4 Records

1628
17 Aug 1628
Birth of Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods in Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
1628
Aug 1628
Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods was baptized in Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
1654
29 June 1654
Age 26
Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods was married in Ulster, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
Ulster, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
1711
1711
Age 83
Death of Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods in County Westmeath, Ireland
County Westmeath, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1628
    Event Place: Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 187.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BR2
    [3] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 12057.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: Aug 1628
    Event Place: Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP5311/5

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 29 June 1654
    Event Place: Ulster, Cavan, Ulster, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Turton
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1711
    Event Place: County Westmeath, Ireland
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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