When NANCY WOODSON was born about 1721, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Samuel Woodson, was 32 and her mother, Sarah Barbara Allen, was 32.
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1690–1785 Male
1690–1744 Female
1710–1734 Female
1715–1808 Male
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English (Yorkshire): habitational name for someone from Woodsome (a lost place in Batley), Woodsome in Farnley Tyas, or Wothersome, all in Yorkshire. The placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hūsum, dative plural of hūs ‘house’.
English (Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Ode, Odd(e) + son, with the addition of initial W-, a characteristic dialect feature in the south of Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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