Brief Life History of Sanbourn
When Sanbourn Woodson was born on 11 September 1707, in Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Woodson, was 26 and his mother, Mary Jane Sanbourne, was 30. He married Elizabeth Michaux about 1738. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died before June 1756, in Cumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America, and was buried in Cumberland, Virginia, United States.
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- Sanburne Woodson, "Find A Grave Index"
- 5 Mar 1742 Goochland Co VA Deed Book 4 page 48 Samuel Atkinson sells 40 and a half acres which is one fourth part of two hundred acres more or less which Thomas Atkinson father of Samuel left by will to his FOUR CHILDREN witnesses Wade Northerland Robe...
- 1 Aug 1710 Henrico Co VA Records 1710 1714 page 19 Mary - (X) - Woodson, Relict of John Woodson, decd.
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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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