Martin/Puitt
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WOODS, Michael
Abt 1684 - 1762 (78 years)-
Name WOODS, Michael Birth Abt 1684 Llster, Ireland Gender Male Note - Migrated to Chester County PA. in 1724 and thence to Augusta County VA. in 1732, crossed over the Blue Ridge in 1734, and in 1737 patented 3300 acres of land on Ivy Creek and Mechums River in Albemarle, founded Mountain Plain and Rockfish Presbyterian Churches and died in 1762.
With him came five sons and five Daughters born in Ireland or Pennsylvania (another son born in Va). With him came also the three sons and daughter of his sister, Elizabeth Woods, who had married one Peter Wallace, and who, shortly and all at once married three daughters and one son of his, to preserve the purity of the clan and because there was no others convenient to marry.
Reference Number 738 _UID 11A112771DCA4F81951994DCDC06CE29E991 Death 1762 Person ID I739 MARTINPRUITT Last Modified 31 Aug 2021
Family CAMPBELL, Mary d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. WOODS, Andrew, b. Abt 1722 d. 1781 (Age 59 years) 2. WOODS, Hannah d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F670 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Sep 2021
- Migrated to Chester County PA. in 1724 and thence to Augusta County VA. in 1732, crossed over the Blue Ridge in 1734, and in 1737 patented 3300 acres of land on Ivy Creek and Mechums River in Albemarle, founded Mountain Plain and Rockfish Presbyterian Churches and died in 1762.
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