Martha Woodson

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Woodson was born about 1727, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Samuel Woodson, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Barbara Allen, was 38.

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Family Time Line

William Samuel Woodson
1690–1785
Sarah Barbara Allen
1690–1744
Mary WOODSON
1710–1734
Jesse Woodson
1715–1808
Elizabeth Woodson
1717–
Henry Woodson
1717–
William Woodson
1720–
Nancy Woodson
1721–
Sarah Mary Woodson
1724–
Martha Woodson
about 1727–
Susanna Woodson
1716–1783
Judith Woodson
1720–
Drury Woodson
1722–1788
Mary Woodson
1734–1790
Shadrack Woodson Sr
1741–1795

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  • Legacy NFS Source: MARTHA WOODSON - Published information: birth-name: MARTHA 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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