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aida asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 1 decade ago

Joshua Wood 1785-1865?

Any help on his parents, etc.? Born in VA, married Jane Stephenson in Pendleton County 1810, moved to Lewis (now Barbour) 1830s. Father's name said to be James. Father of James (b c1815), Hester (b. c1816), Cynthia, Joshua Jr. (b c1825). no death record or will in Lewis, Barbour, or Upshur County (now in WV). Jane died a day before or after he did, so any Joshua Wood who married anyone else is another Joshua. Any leads? (Ted Pack, can you help?)

Update:

Sorry, first answerer, but this is not the same Joshua. My Joshua is listed in the censuses of 1850 and1860 as 65 and 75. Second answerer, this is the right man (and his son), but the Bible information, etc., is mostly what I posted elsewhere myself. But thank you both for going to the effort! I continue to hope!

Update 2:

Now the two answers that I responded to are in reverse order. It's Long Tooth who found me a different Joshua and Jan who found information about the right one. It's the parents and earlier ancestors of this one that I'm trying to find.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Respectfully submitted for evaluation: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HCPD/1998-12/...

    1. JOSEPH WOOD (WILLIAM, THOMAS, OTTIWELL) was born March 20, 1755 in

    Chester Co. PA., and died April 04, 1816 in Fredrick Co. VA. He married

    (1) ANN PARKINS, daughter of ISAAC PARKINS and MARY STEER. He married (2)

    RACHEL LUPTON March 17, 1780 in Center Meeting House, Frederick Co. VA,

    daughter of JOSEPH LUPTON and RACHEL BULL.

    Children of JOSEPH WOOD and ANN PARKINS are:

    i. Margaret Wood, b. October 07, 1785.

    ii. Mary Wood, b. January 03, 1788.

    2. iii. Isaac Wood, b. October 15, 1789; d. March 03, 1855,

    Winchester,

    Frederick County, Virginia.

    iv. Joshua Wood, b. August 24, 1791.

    v. Jesse Wood, b. May 23, 1793; d. 1867.

    vi. Esther Wood, b. October 21, 1796; d. May 02, 1829; m.

    David

    Brown, November 10, 1813, Center Meeting House, Frederick Co. VA.

    vii. Elizabeth Wood, b. April 29, 1799; d. August 01, 1823.

    viii.Ann Wood, b. October 08, 1801; d. March 24, 1803.

    ix. Teresa Wood, b. June 29, 1804; d. December 10, 1831.

    x. Joseph Wood, b. January 28, 1808; d. March 28, 1830.

    Children of JOSEPH WOOD and RACHEL LUPTON are:

    xi. David Wood, b. November 16, 1780; m. Ruth Gregg.

    xii. Rachel Wood, b. November 08, 1782; m. (1) ? Brown; m. (2)

    Soloman Lupton, September 22, 1803, Concord MM, Ohio.

    Ref: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HCPD/1998-12/...

    EDIT: I posted that Joshua Wood because the discussion said that he married a Jane Stephenson in 1810. Now I went back to get more and all the archives at rootsweb have been deleted by ancestry.com. The Google cache history is all that remains of this research, I wonder for how long?

    I found it with the Google search term ""Joshua Wood" Jane Stephenson"

  • 1 decade ago

    www.rootsweb.com

    Joshua WOOD

    Birth: c1785 in Virginia

    Death: 25 SEP 1865 in Volga,Barbour County,WV

    Married: 15 NOV 1810 Pendleton County,(W)V to:

    Jane STEPHENSON

    Birth: c1793, probably Pendleton County (now Highland),VA

    Death: 24 MAY 1865 in Volga,Barbour County,WV

    (NOTE 1: Joshua and Jane's death dates are taken from the family Bile of their youngest son, another Joshua, copied by Joshua Jr.'s grandson, John Wood of Volga, in the 1960's)

    (NOTE 2: Joshua's birth year is calculated fro his age in the Barbour County census--65 in 1850, 75 in 1860.

    Joshua's marriage to Jane Stephenson is recorded in MARRIAGES OF PENDLETON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1788-1853, p. 70.

    Joshua and Jane moved from Pendleton to Lewis County (evidently the area that became part of Barbour in 1843) in the 1830's. Source: Pendleton County land records, the last of which referes to the couple as "of Lewis." )

    Jane & Joshua's Children:

    1. Hester WOOD b: AUG 1815 in Pendleton Co., Wset Virginia

    2.James WOOD b: ABT 1815

    3.Joshua Wood JR. b: 1825

    4. Cynthia WOOD b: WFT Est 1807-1834

    5.William Wood (?) b: WFT Est 1807-1834

    Jane's Parents:

    James STEPHENSON

    Birth: About 1762 , , Virginia

    Death:

    Married: 1805 , , Virginia

    Rachel DAVIS

    Birth:About 1787 , , Virginia

    Death:

    Jane's sister: Sarah STEPHENSON b: 1774 in Pendleton Co., Wset Virginia

    Jane's paternal grandparents:

    Father: William STEPHENSON b: WFT Est 1701-1744 in Northern Ireland

    Mother: Sarah b: WFT Est 1708-1747 in Norethern Ireland

    Joshua's Father:

    James WOOD

    Birth:

    Death:

    1820 United States Federal Census

    Name: Joshua Wood

    County: Pendleton

    State: Virginia

    (This is basically all the original view had on it--just his name and how many people listed in certain age groups lived on the same property. For instance, it said "6-16" and he had marked 1, or something similar)

    1860 United States Federal Census

    Name: Joshua Wood, Jr

    Age in 1860: 35

    Birth Year: abt 1825

    Birthplace: Virginia

    Home in 1860: Barbour, Virginia

    Gender: Male

    Post Office: Philippi

    Source(s): www.ancestry.com www.rootsweb.com www.accessgenealogy.com www.familysearch.org
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