George Woods

1740 - Bef 1829  (< 89 years)

• Name	George Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1740	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  DAR Number	A128914  [2]
  Will	1765	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Military	1778	Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 5]
  Death	Bef 24 Aug 1829	Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I67093	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Woods, Sr,   b. 1720, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. Dec 1769, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Espy,   b. 1722, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Aft 1765, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age > 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1742	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Derry
  Family ID	F41011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Taylor,   b. 1749   d. 1822, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1775
  Children	> 1. Barbara Woods   d. 27 Aug 1807  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. John Woods,   b. 6 Jun 1775   d. 14 Oct 1821, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Matthew Woods,   b. 1781   d. 13 Jul 1840, Michigan, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F41025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1740 - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 1765 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Military - 1778 - Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5105] Page, George W, Woods Family Information from Genforum, (Name: Location: Genforum; Date: 5 Oct 1999;;), George discusses Woods and Espy Families, and lists sources forreference. Book found at CGS library and also at Sutro Library [S5224] DAR Ancestor A128914, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), George Woods. [S5110] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for John Woods http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PALancasterMennonite&h=733487&indiv=try [S3553] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: History and genealogy of the Espy family in America. Record for John Woods https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=1255786&indiv=try [S3504] American Revolutionary War, (Name: Date: 1775-1783;;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.