William Woods

1705 - 1783  (77 years)

• Name	William Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	2 Nov 1705	Meath, Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  	Dunslaughlin Castle
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1724	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [5]
  	From Ireland
  Burial	1783	Ivy, Albemarle, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Death	12 Apr 1783	Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA   [2, 4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I35632	MontyHistNotes_2014
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Michael Woods, Sr,   b. 1684, Meath, Ireland d. 1762, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Campbell,   b. 2 Jun 1690, Argyll, Scotland d. 18 Dec 1742, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1704	Ireland   [3]
  Family ID	F1798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Wallace,   b. 1708, Northern Ireland d. 1797, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	1741	Augusta, Virginia, USA
  Children	> 1. William "Beaver Creek Billy" Woods,   b. 31 Dec 1744, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1836, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Michael Woods,   b. 1746, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 24 Jan 1822, Madison, Kentucky, USA (Age < 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Andrew Woods,   b. 1747, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1815, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. Archibald Woods,   b. 29 Jan 1749, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Dec 1836, Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. James John Woods,   b. 1751, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Apr 1815, Franklin, Tennessee, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Reverend Peter Pennywell Woods,   b. 20 Mar 1762, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA d. 25 Sep 1825, Cooper County, Missouri, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Nov 1705 - Meath, Ireland Arrival - From Ireland - 1724 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 1741 - Augusta, Virginia, USA Burial - 1783 - Ivy, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Death - 12 Apr 1783 - Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S699] Woods, Edgar, Albemarle County in Virginia, pp 351-356 Woods Family Available on Google Books Albemarle_County_in_Virginia.pdf. [S1160] SAR Application 76827, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), Eugene Turner Mann John Woods. [S1505] Miller, William Harris, History and Genealogies of the Families of Miller, Woods, Harris,Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh, and Brown, Wood Family, Part 2, Chapter 2. [S1919] Ancestry.com, Web: Virginia, Find A Grave Index, 1607-2011, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 29 January 2012.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi;;). Record for Col William Woods [S2835] Bear-Sherlock, Sophia Elizabeth, Lineage of Sophia Elizabeth Kavanaugh-Bear, (Name: Location: Madison, Indiana, USA; Date: 1929;;), Book downloaded from Heritage Quest Woods_Kavanaugh.pdf. [S1841] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), SAR Membership Number: 76827. Record for Archibald Woods [S1841] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Volume: 240; SAR Membership Number: 47834.