Does the record at Trinity church give the parent's names? 1754 keeps cropping up for Dr. Gerard Wood so the record at Trinity throws me off. I guess I need to keep both dates with attribution until something certain turns up. Thanks. Anne Johnson

I don't have access to the transcription any longer, but I imagine it does or I wouldn't have known who they were. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Gerard Wood > Does the record at Trinity church give the parent's names? > > 1754 keeps cropping up for Dr. Gerard Wood so the record at Trinity throws > me off. I guess I need to keep both dates with attribution until something > certain turns up. > > Thanks. > > Anne Johnson > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

I don't know if you want some verification of Gerard's parentage, but if you do, this will help. Notice he says John was eldest so of Gilliam. p. 15, TLC Genealogy, Charles County Land Records 1782-1786; Book Z#3 Page 32. Jul 10, 1783 from Gerrard Wood, Doctor of Physick, of CC, to Leonard Wood of CC, planter, for 15,000 lbs of crop tobacco, a tract of land in CC, being one third part of a tract of land called Norwood, of which the sd Gerrard Wood is legally seized by descent from his father, John Wood, eldest son of Gilliam Wood of CC, decd. Signed - Gerard Wood. Wit - J. Parnham, W. Winter (CC JPs). Recorded Sep 15, 1783. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [MDCHARLE] Gerard Wood > Does the record at Trinity church give the parent's names? > > 1754 keeps cropping up for Dr. Gerard Wood so the record at Trinity throws > me off. I guess I need to keep both dates with attribution until something > certain turns up. > > Thanks. > > Anne Johnson > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Norma, Thank you. I have changed my papers to show Gerard's parents as John and Mary Wood. I wonder where "Norwood" is located in the county. The name is new to me. I had not really worked on Gerard Wood's family but this discussion which has been started got me very very interested. I have a large box of family papers--have no idea who wrote some of it, plus some photocopies from Christopher Johnston and the usual Maryland books. But I am VERY willing to be corrected--I just want to get it straight. I have also found, along the way, errors in Donnelly, Jordan and others. The only early dates that I swear to are from the Waverley Bible and the family list photocopied from the Bible of Thomas Harris, both of which I own. (I own his list--not his Bible). I have just wasted a beautiful afternoon scrolling the Wood families on Ancestry and find the 1754 birth date for Gerard Wood throughout. But--interestingly enough, I found the baptism date at Trinity of Dec. 30, 1758 for a GeraLd Wood--not GeraRd. This is the only entry with that date--the rest are 1754. My eyes got blurred at 1350 or so and I gave up. I don't really trust Ancestry but it is a starting point. What do you think? Now I wonder if there was a GeraLd and who was he. Or did the person submitting this get his ancestor's name wrong? Or is this just another shot in the dark? I also found some entries for the Gerard Wood, born 1767, whose parents were Mary Slye and Phillip Wood and who moved to Kentucky (Illinois?) His name is consistently given as Thomas Gerard Wood, so I was way off base there. I am making that correction on family papers. What do you think? One more thing--one entry says Dr. Gerard Wood was buried at Burling Hills, Faulkner. Never heard of Burling Hills but I do know Faulkner, MD. Maybe an old cemetery on a farm? I very much appreciate your help. Anne Johnson