Brief Life History of Nancy
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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- Legacy NFS Source: NANCY WOODSON - Published information: birth-name: NANCY WOODSON
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1775
"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."
Name Meaning
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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