Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Woodson was born about 1712, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Robert Woodson Jr, was 51 and his mother, Rachel Watkins, was 48.
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- Will of Robert Woodson, Jr
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1775
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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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