Sarah Nancy Woods

1751 -

• Name	Sarah Nancy Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1751	Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Will	1765	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Fact 1	1797	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Visited by Nephew Robert Montgomery
  Person ID	I67107	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	William Clark,   b. 1750, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	21 Dec 1767	Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA   [6, 7]
  	Marriage performed by John Roan
  Family ID	F41026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1751 - Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 1765 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Fact 1 - Visited by Nephew Robert Montgomery - 1797 - Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5225] Montgomery, Robert, Robert Montgomery Biographical Sketch, (Name: Date: 1863;;), Biographical Sketch of Robert Montgomery, son of James Montgomery and Anne Woods Transcribed by Dufay Montgomery, Decatur, IL, 1938 Provided courtesy of Mildred Bryan. Robert is the grandson who carried the letters of 1797 Martha Montgomery from NC to PA, and this sketch tells of his travels [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 [S5110] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Sarah Woods http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PALancasterMennonite&h=733496&indiv=try [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 [S5111] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s, (Name: Date: 1896-1900;;), First and Second Series Volume II, Notes and Queries - II, Pages 7-12 Marriages performed by John Roan. [S5227] Keiker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania _Roan, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Pages 673-679 Marriages performed by John Roan.