Dear Jack Wood and Renee Rodriques: Thank you so much for your kind notes. The main difficulty in using the manuscript for clues is chiefly because the latest dates it mentions are pre-Revolutionary, and even then, there are a great many Wood/Woods who were in America at that time. I haven't been able to get back beyond 1810 with my own Samuel Wood/s, and can't connect him with anyone with any certainty. In response to both your notes, I re-read the manuscript, looking for mention of family branches which migrated to the south, and below are the excerpts which specifically mentioned individuals who landed first in Virginia (possibly having descendants who migrated southward). The following appears below exactly as in the original copy, with no changes in spelling, punctuation or form. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------- "The brothers William, Michael, James and Andrew Woods, before mentioned immigrants to Pennsylvania and the South, came over about 1724. Of these brothers, the first made his home in North Carolina and was the father of John, William, Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary; and the second, Michael Woods, resided in Albemarle County, Va., and is said to have had issue by his wife, Mary Campbell, of six sons, Richard, William, Michael, John, Archibald, and Andrew, as well as of five daughters, including Magdalena, Margaret, and Sarah. Descendants of this line resided in Rockbridge County, Va., whence some removed to the West and Southwest." "Robert Woods, possibly related to the last-mentioned immigrants, settled in Charlotte County, Va., before 1730. he was the father by his wife, Elizabeth Middleton, of John, Middleton, George, Robert, Hugh, Josiah, and several daughters. This family settled at an early date in Franklin County, Va., whence many of its descendants removed to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky." "About the year 1750 Nehemiah, Asa, and James Wood, brothers, came from England to Virginia and settled, respectively, in the Shenandoah Valley, in Stafford County, and in Frederick County. Of these, Nehemiah had four sons, Benjamin, John, Joshua, and David, some of whose descendants settled in Missouri; while James is said to have been the grandfather of John Wood, first Governor of Illinois." "Alexander Woods, who was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, came to America in 1790 and settled first at Hanover, in Dauphin County, Pa., later removing to Kentucky and then to Ohio. He married Mary Robinson in 1794 and their children were John, Samuel, James, Jane, Alexander, Mary and William." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - --------------------------------------- Best regards, Carla W. Woods