Hello Larry, Enjoyed your posting about your WOOD line and can't help being a little envious that you're able to go back to 1610. I have been researching my direct WOOD Family Line; however, I can only go back to my g-grandfather, Jesse Lee(Leonidas?) WOOD b. 1839 in the USA. I have also been researching aother WOOD line in the UK which goes back 13 generations to 1578 in Devonshire, ENG and which I believe connects to my WOOD line but I haven't been able to prove yet. I have 2 questions about your WOOD line if you would be kind enough to answer: 1) Do you have anyone named Jesse WOOD and/or do you have any connections to the U.S.southern states? 2) Do you know the name of the descendants and/or the location in ENG that your WOOD line originated from? Thank you in advance for any info. you can provide. Sincerely, Jesse Lee "Jack" WOOD,III Powell, OH, USA (Formerly from TX) jwood1@mindspring.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: [WOOD-ENG] New Subscribers Date: Saturday, December 02, 2000 11:17 PM From: LWood67976@aol.com To: janwood@genie.co.uk Thank you for the active email site. I have not learned anything yet about my WOOD family but it has been fun reading all of the other research going on. I an a direct descendent of John Wood and Margaret Carter who were married at St. Saviours in Southwark 28 Jan 1610. John was a mariner who did some shipping for John Winthrop in the Massachusetts colony, with John eventually settling in Portsmouth, Rhode Island where he died in 1655. Margaret Carter Wood disappeared from the history about 1640 and family notes indicate that she might have been a victim of the Mespath Indian Massacre in Dutch New Amsterdam. At least the timing is correct. Perhaps I should send the Dutch a missing person report? There are many books written about this family line and I even have printing rights to one of them. I am considering additional research on John Wood in England prior to his marriage in 1610 but am uncertain as to how to begin. Perhaps some of these "WOOD Cousins" on the mailing list would give me some pointers. My current genealogy contains about 2,000 relatives and at least 400 persons born with the surname of WOOD. Since all Except John and 2 of his children were born in the Western Hemisphere, Colonial America and later, I am not sure if I can help the English research much. I will help however I can. Please make a note that my branch does not connect to the Atwood family, as many erroneous papers suggest. Wood Cousin, Larry Wood Dayton Ohio USA