Brief Life History of Mary Ann Polly
When Mary Ann Polly Wood was born in 1756, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, Col. James Howard Wood VI, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Comfort Tyler, was 27. She married Lloyd Ford Jr on 20 February 1780, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1842, in Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850
- Maryland Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County, and Church from Original Sources Vol. I
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Maryland is the 7th state.
1781
In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.
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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