Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Wood was born in 1780, his father, Joseph Woods, was 48 and his mother, Mary Leathers, was 21. He married Lydia Cate on 6 December 1800, in Orange, Mingo Township, Sampson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Henry Wood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Henry Wood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Henry Wood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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