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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: 12 Mar 1711

Death Location: Churchill, Somerset, England

Father: Sir Riding

Mother: Lady Smith

Spouse(s): Lady Bruce,

Children(s): John Woods, James Woods, Michael Woods, Thomas Woods, Thomas Woods, John Wood

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 James Woods, John Andrew Wood, John Andrew Woods, Michael Marion Woods, Thomas Woods, William Woods. Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods passed away in 1711 in Churchill, Somerset, England.

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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 James Woods, John Andrew Wood, John Andrew Woods, Michael Marion Woods, Thomas Woods, William Woods.
  • Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods passed away in 1711 in Churchill, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

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
1611–1776
Shea Hall,Yorkshire,England,Europe
Grandparents
Lord (Michael Francis DuBois Woods) 1585
1585–1685
Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Lady (Micheal Patience Smith Du Bois) Woods
1589–1658
London, Middlesex, England
Anthonie Smith
1575–1612
Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Saunderson
1578–1624
Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John Smith
1551–
Lady Straunge
1570–1616
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Smythe
1510–1560
Lady Ward
1530–1585

Sir Woods's Descendants

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Sir (Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes) Woods (17 Aug 1628–12 Mar 1711) m. Lady (Isabella "Isabel") Bruce, (1640–15 Apr 1686)
  1. 1. John (Andrew) Woods 1654–1723 m. Lady (Elizabeth Bruce) WORSOP 1656–1741
    1. 1. Sir (Michael Marion) Woods 1684–1762 m. Lady (Margaret “Mary” Catherine Campbell Of Argyll,) Woods 1690–1742
      1. 1. William Woods 1715–1783 m. Susannah ((Woods) Wallace In husband's) will. 1708–1797
        1. 1. Adam (C) Woods 1742–1826
        2. 2. John Woods 1751–1815
        3. 3. Pennywell Woods 1762–1825
        4. 4. Andrew Woods 1753–1813
        5. 5. Archibald Woods 1749–1836
        6. 6. Mary (Susannah) Stephenson 1743–1829
        7. 7. William (Wallace) Woods 1744–1836
      2. 2. Margaret Woods 1714–1761
      3. 3. Joseph Lapsley 1718–1787
      4. 4. Magdalene (Woods) McDOWELL 1706–1800
      5. 5. Andrew Woods* 1722–1818
      6. 6. Archibald Woods 1716–
      7. 7. Col (John) Woods 1712–
      8. 8. Col (Richard) Woods 1715–
      9. 9. Hannah Woods 1710–
      10. 10. Martha Woods 1720–
      11. 11. Michael (Marion of Botetourt) Woods 1708–
      12. 12. Sarah Woods 1724–1792
    2. 2. Andrew Woods 1690–1756
    3. 3. Elizabeth Woods 1682–1745
    4. 4. James Woods 1688–1756
    5. 5. Samuel (Worsop) Woods 1684–1785
    6. 6. William Woods 1695–1785
  2. 2. James Woods 1663–
  3. 3. Michael (Marion) Woods 1684–1762
  4. 4. Thomas Woods 1663–1745
  5. 5. Thomas Woods 1656–1745
  6. 6. John (Andrew) Wood 1654–1723

Sir Woods's Timeline

3 Records

1628
17 Aug 1628
Birth of Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods in Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
1711
1711
Age 83
Death of Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods in County Westmeath, Ireland
County Westmeath, Ireland
1711
12 Mar 1711
Age 83
Burial of Sir Lord John I "The Trooper" DeFiennes Woods in Churchill, Somerset, England
Churchill, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Aug 1628
    Event Place: Shea Hall, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1711
    Event Place: County Westmeath, Ireland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 12 Mar 1711
    Event Place: Churchill, Somerset, England

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