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Here are a selection of Notes that make mention of the Surname Wood taken from Wills, etc.

These range from 1535 – 1854, and are from Yorkshire

 

11 150 Richard Wood de Birell in Bradford 1535 1535
Humphrey Wood 6/8, Thomas Wood 6/8, Edward Bradley 6/8, John Horton 6/8, Christopher Roids 6/8, Edmund Roids 12d. Edward Chippingdale 12p, son Robert, wife

 


11 345 John Woods gentleman Longley Almondbury 1538 1538

Isabel Beaumont daughter of Oliver Beaumont, Richard Beaumont of Whitley

 


13 239 Humphrey Wood of Horton Bradford 1546 1546

wife Elizabeth land in North Birell, three daughters Isabel, Elizabeth & Margaret, younger son Robert, brother Robert

 


13 434 Robert Wood of Kirkburton 1548 1548

Elizabeth Ople 2 ewes, Jennettt Wood, Ann Wood, John Wood, son Richard, son Edward

witnesses Adam Hinchcliffe, John Wood of Lepton, John Dodworth & John Wood of Shelley

 


13 578 Oliver Wod of Farnley Almondbury 1549 1549

son William, son John, daughter Catherine, daughter  Jennett

witnesses William Crossland, Richard Kaye & William Tyas

 


14 10 John Wood of Lepton 1552 1554

daughter Aline Wood, servant Aline Copley, wife Elizabeth, younger son Thomas, younger son John, younger son Henry

 


15 3 62 John Wood of Drighlington 1557 1558

son William, wife Margaret

 


17 534 William Wood of Drighlington 1565 1566

Henry Wood, brother Christopher Wood,s children, wife

 


19 101 William Wood of Farnley Tyas 1570 1570

 daughter Margaret 1/-,  daughter  Elizabeth, son Thomas, son George, son Matthew, son Thomas to occupy farmhold

executors sons Thomas, George & Matthew, supervisor son Roger.

 


19 553 Thomas Wood husbandman Lepton Kirkheaton 1573 1573

eldest son Thomas land held of Richard Beaumont of Whitley, son Richard, son in law Richard Taylor, son in law John Taylor, daughter Elizabeth

 


21 339 Christopher Kay of Farnley Tyas 1578

John Haigh husband of Jenet Wood

 


21 339 Christopher Wood of Snarmongthed Fulton Burton  ca 1578

son John, grandson John Wood, son in law John Stephenson, son Edward

 


21 339 Richard Wood of Lindley Huddersfield 1578 1579

wife Alice, Children:- Agnes, Marrys Wood & Elizabeth Wood

 


21 336 John Wood husbandman Farnley Tyas 1579 1579

sister Jennet Wood, trustees George Thewlis, Charles Kay, William Tyas & Thomas Wood

Edward son of brother William Wood, John Wood to keep sister Jennet fed, John Wood bastard son of William Wood

 


21 416 James Dyson of Austonley 1580

uncle Andrew Wood

 


22 23 Henry Wood of Drighlington 22Elizabeth 1581

brother Matthew, wife Grace, Marie & Jennet daughters cousin Christopher Wood 2 ewes,

3 ewes to Ellen Goldsbrough, Jennet Mawde & Thomas Lea

ewe to Thomas Browney, sister Elizabeth's children

 


22 200 William Brooke of Dalton Hall Kirkheaton 1581 1582

brother in law John Wood of Lepton

 


25 1485 Thomas Wood of Farnley Tyas 1593 1593

wife Agnes children very young

witnesses William Tyas, Anthony Coply, George Harpe

 


26 255 George Wood clothier Drighlington 1596 1596

Richard Wood of Northowram and his three sons, sister Susan Waterhouse

 


26 544 Thomas Wood blacksmith Chapel Allerton 1596 1597

daughter Mary, daughter Alice, godson Francis Wood, brother John Wood, wife Elizabeth

 


28 359 James son John Bottomley of Barkerfield Huddersfield 1600 1601

mother Margaret Brooke, half sister Isabel wife William Wood

 


28 624 Thomas wood weaver Lepton 1601 1602

youngest son Francis <21, second son Matthew <21, daughter Anne Wood <21, son Samuel to be kept a year at school, eldest son Thomas

 


30 509 Agnes Wood widow Farnley Almondbury 1607 1607

son Thomas, son Richard, daughter  Isabel, daughter  Dorothy,

Robert Sladen , Michael Armitage's children

children Matthew, Thomas, Isabel & Jenet, srvant John Wood

 


31 656 John Swallow Netherton Almondbury 1610 1611

son in law Marmaduke Wood, Isabel Wood a ewe

 


32 0327 John Wood husbandman Wibset !)James 1611

wife Grace, children

 


25 1486 Edward Wood black33 58 Christopher Wood of Great Gomersall 1614 1615smith Liversedge 34Elizabeth  1593

John Bairstow now dwelleth with me, godson Richard Jackson, servant Christopher, brother's daughter  Elizabeth Wood

 


33 58 Christopher Wood of Great Gomersall 1614 1615

wife Agnes, son Henry, younger sons James & Richard <21, son Francis, daughter Alice, daughter  Cicyle, daughters Isabell and Agnes

 


33 593 Christopher Wood of Drighlington 1615

wife Jane, daughter Mary wife John Scott, Francis Day, daughter  Isabel Wood

 


35 113 Agnes Wood of Gomersall 1618 1619

son Henry Wood, son Richard, daughter Isabel, daughter  Agnes, son Francis, son James.

 


Hannah wife John Ainley, eldest son William Wilkinson, daughters Mary and Sarah, daughter  Mary wife John Cotton

 


41 310 Nuncupative will Jane Kay late Almondbury 1620

god daughter Anne Wood

 


34 173 Thomas Wood of Gildersome 1627 1627

Marie Wood, son Thomas, wife Maria

 


40 340 Elizabeth Wood of Shelley ca 1628

son in law John Battye 20/-, Thomas Coldwell 20/-, William Hirst 20/- as his father in law gave his rest of my childrenmyerpt their wife before named xxed

two sons William Coulthorpe to share 20/-

son Edward, son Abraham, Mary Batty and her sister Susanna Ann Batty

daughter Elizabeth, daughter Anne

witnessses Adam Mellor, John Batty, Edward Wood

 


41 871 William Wood of Birstall 1631 1632

wife Dorothy, sister Mary wife of Richard Whitehead

 


42 58 Isabel Wood widow Birstall 1631 1632

son in law Richard Whitehead, daughter Mary Whitehead and Thomas Postell executors

 


41 864 Jane widow Michael Ellistones of Elland 1632 1632

sister Susan wife of John Wood and their children:- Susan, John, Mary & Elizabeth

 


May 1636 Henry Broadhead yeoman Monkburton

supervisor Thomas Wood

 


April 1638 George Wood of Kirkheaton made 19 10 1637

wife Mary, son Thomas Wood, wife's son George Wilson alias Wood <21

 


April 1638 Isabel  Walker widow Oldhall Worsbrough

sister Jane wife of .........Wood of Monkbretton

 


July 1640 John Wood yeoman New Milne Kirkburton made 2 11 1639

son Nicholas, son Henry, son Thomas, daughter Elizabeth wife of Richard Morton, daughter  Jane wife Thomas Marshall, daughter  Anna wife Matthew Moorhouse, wife Agnes

 


July 1642 William Armitage of Dodley Huddersfield

my cousin John Kay elder of Farnley, his wife Elizabeth and their children :- Godfry Kay, John Kay & Ann  wife William Wood

 


May 1647 John Wood of Southowram yeoman

eldest son John <21, second son Joseph, daughter Mary, wife Eden

 


May 1647 Hugh Wood clothier Holbeck Leeds

wife Isabell, Brian Jarrow, daughter Ann

 


PCC Berkeley 279 William Woodhead yeoman Meltham Novemnber 1649, 1656

property at Dob Cross, Bridgehouse, Quick & Saddleworth occupied by John Wood. £44 payable by said John Wood, Six daughters of aforesaid John Wood

Executors John Wood

 


45 581 John Wood mason Snowgatehead Kirkburton 1656 1663

son Thomas, youngest son Abraham, wife Hellen,

daughter Ann wife Humphry Earnshaw of Howlme

 


44 234 Joseph Hinchcliffe taylor Arrunden Cartworth Kirkburton 1657 1661

children of Richard Wood all <21, trustte for same Richard Crossland

 


45 367 James Sykes of Lingards 1662

daughter Ann wife John Wood of the Crimble

 


45 369 Francis Wood of Crimble Brook 1662

son James, daughter Elizabeth, son Joseph, son Francis

daughter in law Martha executor, daughter in law's twochildren the elder to be tutored by son Francis and the younger by Nicholas Lockwood

John Kay, James Wood, son Joseph's elder child

witnesses John Dyson, John Lockwood

 


46 363 Edward Wood of Shelley made 1663 proved 20 2 1664

wife Elizabeth, nephew Abraham son of Abraham Wood land occupied by Matthew Nicholls and his sister Elizabeth and his brothers John & Samuel

Edward son of Edward Wood of Cumberworth tanyards after wife's deseese and to pay20/- to Thomas son of Thomas Couldwell of Cumberworth on inheriting and to give my man William son of Humphry Hopkins right to tan for himself,

sister Janet wife of Thomas Couldwell of Cumberworth and their sons William & Thomas

sister Elizabeth widow William Hirst of Huddersfield, Susan wife of John Wood of Shelley

children of Christopher Tinkers, brother Abraham Wood 12/-, Joseph Batty 12p

sister Ann wife James Goddard £20 and her children :- John Couper, Edward Goddard, James Goddard, Mary Goddard, Alice Goddard & Elizabeth Goddard

sister Jane wife John Tweddell deceased and their children :- George, John, Abraham, Joseph & Elizabeth wife of James Garside

sister Frances and her children :- James Bowyer, Ann Bowyer, Mary Bowyer, Easter wife of Broadhead

children of Joshua Marsden,

man William Hopkins, servants :- John Tinker, Christopher Tinker, John Beaumont, George Lee, Mary Greave, Susan Tinker

 


46 36 Matthew Wood clothier Lepton 1663 1663

niece Silence Midwood of Huddersfield, brother Samuel of Lepton, nephew & niece Garsigne, nephew Thomas Moakson, George Wood of High Burton,nephew Thomas Wood of Smithieplace, eldest brother Thomas's son William Wood

 


58 598 Thomas Wood of Kirkburton made 1665 proved 1678

Three eldest children :- John, Thomas & Mary 10/- each, wife Jane, three younger children Matthew, William & Sarah

supervisor John Roebuck, John Kay of Widdors, John Hitchinson, Robert Pitts

 


51 446 Abraham Wood tanner Shelley Kirkburton made 1669 proved 24 2 1670

son Samuel, son Edward and his children Grace & Sarah, son Abraham and his son Abraham, son John, daughter Elizabeth wife of John Howard and his two children

 


54/8 184 Samuel Wood of Shelley 1680

Trustees John Armitage elder son John Armitage tanner Wellrow, Joseph Hepworth clothier Shelley, Edward Wood tanner Heymoorhouse

messuage in Shelley occupied by John Lockwood, Abraham son of brother John Wood of Over Denby, sister Elizabeth wife John Howard of Woodhead, Sarah and Grace daughters Edward Wood of Lanehead,

children of deceased brother Abraham Wood :- Abraham, Alice, Ann, John & Thomas <21

John Wood younger brother Abraham Wood son of brother John. brother Edward Wood,

John son John Howard, Thomas Howard, Mary a younger daughter brother Edward Wood, John son John Lockwood, Elizabeth daughter John Lockwood, Edward son Edward Wood

 


60 21 John Tinker husbandman Scholes Kirkburton 1682 1683

Five children Abraham Wood of Whickenden

 


60 55 William Wood of Nobbs ca 1683

son William by former wife, six children by now wife Elizabeth :- John, Robert , Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah & Henry.

daughter  Ann wife of John Masket of Masbrough.

 


Richard Waterhouse of Scout April 1684

son in law John Wood, daughter Susanna, childrenn said John & Susanna John Anna <21

 


60a 25 May 1685 John Waterhouse of Austonley made 1684

residue John Wood

 


Marsden will Richard x Waterhouse yeoman Scout Marsden 1684

daughter Susanna, son in law John Wood their son John Wood and daughter Anna Wood, their daughter Elizabeth

 


61 190 John Wood the elder yeoman Bramley Leeds January 1689

eldest son John of Bramley, son Abraham <21, son Joshua, land etc in Farnley, wife Dorothy, daughter Elizabeth, daghter Dorothy

 


adm September 1692 Richard Wood of Leeds  to Mary his relict and William Haigh of Leeds

 


Marsden will Michael x Pogson clothier Lingardswood 1694

£23 owed by John Wood taylor, nephew James Wood of Highfield 1/-, Francis Wood 1/-, James Wood of Willintonbridge 1/-

debtors Francis Wood 50/-

 


March 1695/6 Francis Wood of Slaighthwaite made February 1694

wife Sarah, elder daughter Mary <20, eld daughter Martha <20, executor James Wood brother of Willinforthhead Linthwaite & John Wood of Slackthwaite

witness Jeremiah x Garside

 


14 7 1701 John Blackburn of Hall Bower

cousin Sarah wife Joseph Wood of Heyhouse

 


March 1702 Caleb Wood of Leeds

adm to Elizabeth relict Caleb Wood now wife Richard Hopkinson of Leeds

will - mother Agnes Greene

 


adm May 1702 Josiah Wood of Chapel Allewrton to widow Maria

 


May 1702 Thomas Wood of Addle

son Thomas, wife Susannah, daughter  Rachel <21, son Isaac and son Benjamin

 


June 1704 Isaac Wood of Leeds

wife Anne, mother sister Elizabeth, nephew Thomas Wood, nephew Isaac Walker, niece Margaret Wood, nephew Peter Walker, niece Mary wife Marmaduke Buckle, nephew Thomas Walker, nephew Anthony Walker, Nephew James Wood, nephew George Wood, brother James

 


adm December 1707 Jacob Wood of Beeston Leeds to widow Barbara

 


May 1708 Abraham Beaumont yeoman Meltham

children of John Beaumont late Thurstonland Grange deceased including Ann wife Thomas Wood

 


68 51 Joshua Wood yeoman Bramley 1712

land in Morley to Ester, Sarah, Martha & Mary  daughters of Thomas Hardcastle late of Morley deceased and my grandchildren

my  daughter  Ann Farrer of Pudsey, grandson John Wood <21  son of my late son Jonathan deceased, grandson Joshua Wood, son in law Edward Smith

 


68 52 Jonathan Wood of Bramley Leeds 1712

Trustees father Joshua Wood, brother in law Edward Smith, Uncle Jonas Thornton,

two sons Joshua <21 and John

 


68 363 Jacob Wood of Blackmoor Almondbury 24 7 1713

wife till 1715 then to son John, daughter Ann Walker, daughter  Martha, daughter Mary land at Todmorden

 


71 130 Joseph Wood clothier Highhouse Almondbury 20 11 1716

daughter  wife John Haywood, Mary wife George Parkin, Susan wife William Crowther, Elizabeth wife Edmund Sykes of Slaighthwaite Hall

son Joseph, daughters Martha, Hannah & Rebecca, wife Sarah

 


71 130 Joseph Wood of Highhouse Linthwaite  20 11 1716

wife Sarah, daughter Sarah wife John Heywood, daughter Mary wife George Parkin, daughter Susan wife of William Crowther, daughter Elizabeth wife Edmund Sykes of Slaighthwaite Hall, daughter Martha , daughter Hannah <21, daughter Rebecca <21

 


adm August 1722 Alexander Wood of Hunslett to relict Lydia

 


July 1724 John Firth clothier Meltham

bond with John Wood of Farnley Tyas by which John Wood owes me £9

 


Vacancy June 1724 Susan x Eastwood of Deanhead Honley 13 4 1724

Elizabeth wife John Wood of Blackmoorfoot

 


78 22 1724 Thomas Littlewood clothier Wellhouse Netherthong

daughter Mary widow Thomas Wood deceased, son Thomas, son Abel, daughter Lydia wife Jonas Fernelye

 


adm April 1725 Jonatrhan Wood of Leeds to brother Amos

 


78 183 James Quarmby of Linthwaite 1725

son in law James Wood

 


78 129 Susanna Wood widow Cookridge Addle 1725

granddaughters :- Elizabeth, Hannah & Susanna Gabbott,

son in law Mark Whearter, grandchildren:- Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Jonathan, Anne & Benjamin Wheater, daughter  Rachel Holwell,  son in law Thomas Holwell of Cookridge

John , Susanna, Charles, Jane Bryan & Richard Gill, abigail daughter Samuel Thrash

 


79 25 John Haigh of Lingards 1727

daughter Martha wife Robert Wood

 


79 479 Edward Haighof Hay in Linthwaite 1727

wife Sarah, brother in law James Wood

 


adm 28 4 1729 Joseph Wood of Ashes to widow Jane

 


March 1732/3 Lawrence Wood younger Calverley Mill to nephew John Procter

 


84 101` William Wood gentleman Royston Monk Bretton August 1735

son William, daughter Sarah, Children and grandchildren living at time of my death

executor son Robert

 


88 302 Ann Wood widow Highfield Slaithwaite 1732 1743

son James Wood of CrimbleF, son in law Edmund Mellor, son in law James Eastwood

 


83 230 John Wood of Birstall January 1733/4

son Joshua, daughter Mary wife John Brook, daughter Patience, son John <21, son William, son Benjamin, daughter Mary, son Joseph , son Hanson, wife Alice

 


83 193 William Wood of Leeds October 1733

Mother Mary, sister Mary wife of Richard Smith and her sons William & Robert

 


will Thomas Wood Slaighthwaite Huddersfield March 1735/6 to executor Elizabeth wife Richard Harrison

 


84 227 Thomas Wood butcher Slaithwaite Huddersfield March 1735/6

wife Elizabeth, daughter Hannah,

Trustees Mr Edmund Bottomley of Hilltop, Thomas Varley cornmiller

 


83 466 Joshua Wood brewer Penistone January 1736/7

son Christopher & his iuncle Edward Ives of Maltby, son James, wife Ann, brother Christopher of Oldmill, brother Joseph of Dealhill, brother Benjamin

 


88 91 William Wood yeoman Heckmondwike March 1742/3

wife Sarah, brothers and sisters, nephew Thomas Wood of Wisbidge in Cambridge, nephew John Wood of Lynn in County of Norfolk

 


88 395 Thomas  Wood  Hermit Hill Tankersley March 1742/3

nephew Joseph Wood, brother Bartholemew, niece Sarah Wood

 


January 1743/4 Robert Wood Hightown Birstall

widow Susan

 


90 3 Alexander Wood yeoman Wibsey February 1745/6

eldest son Timothy, son Alexander, son oin law Stephen Fawcett, daughter Elizabeth213a 3111 Marcxh 1846 John Hirst merchant Grieve Almondbury

sister Martha Wood, uncle Charles Brook of Healey House

 


98 255 John Wood of Lower Whickled Kirkburton September 1745

father & mother, only son John , brother Abraham, brother Jonas, Sister Ellen, sister Mary, sister Hannah wife John Gudgeon

wife Martha, uncle Christopher Wood, daughter  Elizabeth

Thomas Littlewood of Damside

 


21 56 William Wood yeoman Leeds May 1746

mother Mary Wood widow, sister Mary Wood spinster of London, wife Dorothy

 


90 28 Elizabeth Haigh widow of Haigh House, Longwood 1746

daughter Ann wife Joshua Wood

 


91 190 John Wood of Slackthwaite Huddersfield January 1746/7

sister Sarah wife now of Joshua Brook and their children :- Sarah, Mary & Rebecca and her child by former marriage John Haigh

brother James, brother Robert and his children:- John, Joseph, Richard, James, Thomas, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Ann

brother Richard and his children :- Richard, Samuel & Sarah, deceased brother Thomas's daughter Hannah <21

brother William and his children :- Isaac, William, Hannah, Rebecca, Sarah & Dorothy

children of deceased brother Joseph:- Joseph of Ainley Place, Charles, Francis, Ann, Elizabeth & Hannah

wife Alice

93 3

Francis Wood of Slaighthwaite Huddersfield July 1748

elder brother Charles, sister Ann wife of Joshua Row, sister Elizabeth wife John Kay,

brother Joseph, sister Hannah, wife

 


90 112 Joseph Lockwood of Royd Almondbury 1747

Mary wife James Wood of Hoylhouse Linthwaite, John son Richard Wood of Farnley

 


91 347 Abraham Wood of Newhouse Denby Penistone August 1747

son John, son Samuel, daughter Mary wife of John Kay, daughter Martha, daughter Hannah wife of John Broadhead son Abraham <21

 


90 166 Dorothy Wood widow Leeds October 1747

niece Jemima Bridgewater, son in law William Smith of Leeds

daughter Ann, Elizabeth and Sarah

 


adm June 1748 John Woods of Leeds to widow Elizabeth

 


80 1225? Joshua Broadhead Standinghurst Shelley Kirkburton April 1749

brother John Wood

 


94 13 Joseph Wood of Wellhill Penistone April 1750

wife, elder daughter Ann wife of Joseph Wood, two youngest daughters Mary & Christiana, son Joshua, son Thomas

 


adm March 1751 Stephen Wood of Leeds to widow Hannah

 


95 36 William Thorp of Healey Shelley Kirkburton May 1751

sister Elizabeth wife of Thomas Wood and their children William & Hannah

 


98 161 Sarah Heywood of Gleadwold Linthwaite Almondbury 1754

sister Rebecca wife of John Bramhall of Woodende Golcar & their daughter Mary

brother Joseph Wood of Highhouse, sister Susan wife William Crowther

 


adm December 1754 Joseph Wood of Leeds to widow Mary

 


99 31 John Wood flaxdresser Leeds February 1755

wife Mary

 


adm April 1757 Richard Wood ygr Slaighthwaite to widow Sarah

 


adm August 1757 Jonathan Wood of Penistone to Anna his widow

 


101 231 George Wood mason Avisroid Penistone December 1757

son George £30 in hand of Jonathan Hurst of Upperthong, daughter Mary Wood both <21

 


104 189 James Wood clothier Hey in Linthwaite May 1760

wife Ann, Elizabeth wife John Kay of Shades and children, Charles Wood, Sarah daughter of brother Richard Wood, Elizabeth wife Joseph Wood of Copp, Benjamin son of Edmund Lees

If any such legatees expire before payment of money to be devided between all nephews and nieces vis:- children of brother Robert , brother Richard, brother William, sister Sarah wife Jos Brooke deceased, Benjamin Lees, Francis, Joseph, Lawrence, Richard, James and Hannah children nephew Charles Wood

executors

John Haigh, John Kay, nephew Richard Wood

 


108 243 John Sykes Lath in Slaithwaite 1758 1764

[daughter?] Hannah wife Abraham Wood

 


102 180 John Wood sadler Leeds 1758

niece Sarah wife John Bullough

deceased brother Joseph's children by Elizabeth his wife :- Robert, Daniel, Elizabeth, Rebecca & Hannah Wood

Mrs Elizabeth Snowden of Leeds, brother James Wood sister Elinor wife Thomas Diper

 


adm June 1760 Isaac Wood of Slaighthwaite to widow Judith

 


105 214 John Wood of Farnley Tyas August 1761

wife Mary, son Robert, three daughters:- Sarah, Elizabeth & Mary

witnesses Jonathan Roberts, Benjamin Turner

 


100 189 Aeneas Wood clothier Slaithwaite Huddersfield March 1766

landlord Earl of Dartmouth

son Joseph , wife Mary seven children besides Joseph:- Sarah, Martha, Hannah,Jane, John, Ann & Susanna

 


111 88 Alice Haigh of Slaighthwaite April 1767

sister Sarah wife Mr Richard Wood Jnr of Slaighthwaite and her daughter Mary<21

 


11 241 James Wood of Ackworth Moortop September 1767

wife Ann, nephew John Hammond, niece Sarah Hammond, nieces Ann & Mary Goodyear

 


111 296 James Wood yeoman Highhouse Linthwaite November 1767

wife Mary house occupied by John Mellor

eldest daughter Ann, second daughter Mary <21, daughter Sarah, daughter Elizabeth, daughter Hannah, father & mother alive

executor uncle James Sykes of Flathouse, brother Joseph of Cop in Meltham & Francis Wood of Foxroyd

 


113 Joseph Parkin yeoman Holehouseclough Almondbury February 1769

executors Joseph Wood of Copp, John Sykes of Flathouse

 


114 165 Robert Kay clothmaker Lane Almondbury 1770

granddaughter Martha wife of John Wood

 


116 84 Abraham Wood clothier Upper Whickenden Newhouse Kirkburton 1772

wife Martha, sons in law James Broadhead & Jonas Bower, Ann Laughton widow

children:- Thomas, Hannah wife Joseph Marsden, Phebe, Sarah & Jonathan

 


117 398 Joseph Wood Bramley Leeds November 1773

first son John, second son Joseph, son Joshua, son Benjamin, daughter Mary wife John Musgrave of Newbey Bridge Yorkshire, daughter Hannah, son Samuel, daughter Elizabeth wife of Samuel Musgrave of Bramley

 


121 321 William Wood hatter Leeds November 1777

wife Hannah

 


80 100 William Wood of Birks Almondbury 13 7 1778

John son of Benjamin Bedford of Thorns near Wakefield

executor Jonathan Wilson

brother Joseph Wood £20 and his children :- Ann, Mary, Martha, Susan & Margaret

 


125 69 Joseph x Wood of Hey in Linthwaite August 1781

brother James, sister Sarah.

estate at Slaighthwaite at thre Bridge now occupied by brother John for life to go after his death to Jonathan Wood son of brother Robert & Robert Wood son of brother Thomas.

sister Elizabeth Wood, Joseph Wood of Copp in Melthan and his son Richard <21 and his daughter

witnesses John Haigh, Edmund Haigh, James x Rowe

 


adm December 1782 Reuben Wood Holmefirth Kirkburton to widow Mary

 


125 484 John Wood shopkeeper Slaithwaite Huddersfield December 1784

son Samuel, son James cottage at Hilltop Slaithwaite <21, daughter Hannah Wood, daughter Nancy Wood, son Thomas, son Richard

 


131 528 James Wood clothdresser Leeds December 1787

messuage in Leeds and Wakefield, annuity from Robert Benson, John  Townson and Robert Overend re a pasture in land at Bentham Moor in Manor of Newby

wife Lydia, brother John Wood, messuage at Newby Cote Clapham

wife's brother Thomas Senior late of Lofdon

will of Robert Hatley of Leeds 1757 of which one third to wife and self, Elizabeth wife said Robert  Hatley, Sarah Senior, nephew William Moore, borothers in law Thomas Adamson, Jeremiah Parker and John Moore, sisters Mary Moore, Hannah Adamson & Lydia Parker

 


adm February 1788 John Wood of Armley Leeds to Dorothy widow

 


adm August 1788 James Wood of Lingards to widow Betty

 


adm September 1789 James Wood of Lepton Kirkheaton to wife Elizabeth

 


133 390 John Littlewood clothier Newhouse Denby Penistone 1789

Rebecca Wood daughter of Samuel Wood. execiutor Joseph Wood

 


133 178 Joshua Wood of Penistone April 1789 soldier in quarters at Leicester

mother Martha Wood, sister Christiana wife John Newton of Bramley in Tankersley

 


134 223 Edmund Bottomley clothier Rocher Slaighthwaite 1790

executor Richard Wood shopkeeper Slaighthwaite

 


135 347 John Wood of Denby July 1791

daughter Martha, son in law John Chapman, son in law Daniel Broadhead

 


135 Tabitha Wood of Roydhouse Kirkburton August 1791

brother William

 


135 522 Joshua Bilcliffe of Ingbirchworth November 1791

sister Martha wife Jonathan Wood and their children:- Jonathan, Joseph, Abraham, Martha wife of John Niell, Joshua <21

 


136 116 John Wood of Upper Wellhouse Golcar May 1793

wife Martha, son John, son Samuel, son James, daughter Betty wife Thomas Gledhill, daughter Mary wife John Shaw, daughter Hannah wife James Shaw, John son of son James

executors son John, son Samuel and William Haigh merchant Golcarhill Huddersfield

 


adm January 1796 John Wood of Linthwaite to Elizabeth widow

 


147 413 Joseph Wood yeoman Bramley Leeds December 1803

debts owed to executors late uncle Dobson and executors late brother John

land at Bradley Hill in Bramley

nephew Joseph Musgrave son of late John Musgrave,

wife Mary, daughter Sarah Wood, son John, son Martin

 


Feb 1804 Will and Adm Robert Wood of Hunslet Leeds to his sistrer Alice wife of Richard Middleton

guardianship of Ann Wood minor >15 daughter said Robert Wood

 


149 297 Robert Wood joiner Leeds July 1805

wife Sarah, daughter  Margaret Wood,

 


adm January 1810 Joseph Wood of Lepton to widow Elizabeth

 


154 78 Joshua Wood gentleman Leeds March 1810

wife Mary, sister Mary Jowett, nephew John Jowett, nephew William Moseley Higginbotham son of sister Hannah Higginbotham

 


155 333 Magdale Wood widow Leeds May 1811 widow John Wood merchant deceased

Husband's trystees Mr Alexander Turner & Mr John Hebblethwaite.

My husband died leaving two children by me:- James and Magdalen both now <21.

Sister Deborah Barker, sister Elizabeth Hall, late sister Mary Morton's children, sister Ann Rannards messuage in Barton Lincs and Stockwith Notts

 


156 658 Robert Wood Newmore Rd Thurlstone Penistone December 1812

son John, son Robert, daughter Betty, Joseph Potts

 


157 136 William Wood tobaccanist Leeds April 1813

trustees James Peal cornmiller, George Briggs timber merchant, son William, son Richard

 


159 John Wood innholder Leeds Mch 1815

freehold at Burley Barr in Leeds, Green Dragon Inn, wife Mary

children <21, father Thomas Wood, brother Thomas, brother William, sister Ann, father in law Robert Drake, brothers in law James Drake, Lawrence Drake, John Drake & Robert Drake, sisters in law Sarah Drake & Ann  Drake

 


adm April 1815 Samuel Wood of Blackmoorfoot to widow Hannah

 


199 567 James Wood yeoman Great Timble & Eccup April 1815

brother George, son Michael <21, daughter  Sarah Hartley Wood <21, brother John, sister Mary wife Jonathan Renton, brother William, sister Ann wife Christopher Jennings, sister Elizabeth Wood

 


160 334 James Wood butcher Wortley Leeds July 1816

son John, son Amos, daughter Mary, son James, daughter Sarah, son George, daughter  Jane

 


161 300 William Wood sergeant 24th Foot of Leeds June 1817

daughter Ellen <21

 


161 466 Elizabeth Wood widow Bramley Leeds September 1817

daughter Elizabeth wife Jonas Turner, daughter Sarah, deceased daughter Mary Lawson's children John & Sarah by Joseph Lawson son in law

 


adm August 1820 Joseph Wood of Newhouse Huddersfield to widow Annie Wray

 


165 225 David Wood ironfounder Leeds December 1820

wife Eleanor, sister Ruth Johnurfitt, sister in law Elizabeth Potter, son David, son Joseph

 


adm May 1821 same man to sister Annie Wray, halfsister Mary Wood, half sister Hannah wife Matthew Bradley, half sister Dorothy wife Robart Dickenson als Nicholson. half sister Martha wife of William Isles,  renouncing and sister Nanny Clay having already sworn revoked adm

 


166 458 Jonathan Wood clothier Thurlstone 1821

Friend James Batty shopkeeper Thurlstone, son Joseph clothier Thurlstone, wife Sarah, son Jonas, friend John Wainwright of Thurlstone

 


166 292 Joseph Wood shoemaker Beeston Leeds June 1821

Trustees Joshua Hirst of Morley clothdresser & Nathaniel Dickenson merchant Morley

wife & children

 


166 599 Mary Wood widow inn holder Leeds November 1821

Two friends Samuel Crossley merchant Leeds & James Bairstow joiner

Children :- Joshua, Maria, Thomas & Tabitha all <21

 


167 308 Isaac Wood farmer Wibsey June 1822

wife Elizaveth, trustees William Shoesmith weaver Wibsey, brother Jacob of Halifax, brother Joseph of Horton,

Mary Stocks & John Hudson children late sister Grace Hudson deceased

Sarah Kellet daughter late sister Mary Kellet

Job, Thomas, Rebecca & Elizabeth Hudson children late brother in law Richard Hudson deceased

 


adm March 1823 Betty Wood widow Wibsey to Betty Barker and her mother

 


168 470 Margaret Wood widow Leeds August 1823

son Thomas Cawthorne, Mary wife of Maurice Layon MD,

Mary Louise daughter Thomas Ikin esquire Leeverthorp Hall

 


169 153 David Wood warehouseman Leeds March 1824

wife Ellen

 


169 332 William Wood Ingbirchworth June 1824

brother Thomas, sister Hannah wife John Holden

 


169 332 William Wood yeoman Ingbirchworth June 1824

sister Hannah wife John Holden, brother Robert Wood, brother Thomas Wood, wife Ann

 


171 356 James Wood turner Leeds June 1826

wife Hannah, son Joseph

 


173 Dorothy Wood widow Armley Leeds June 1826

Trustees William Wilson farmer Middleton, & Thomas Lupton of Wingate Armley

granddaughter Ann Wood <21, son John and his wife Hannah and his children

daughter Ann Smith, daughter Dorothy Wilson

 


175 29 Christopher Wood yeoman Aberford January 1827

son SAmpson, grandson James Wood, son Christopher, grandson William Wood, sson Richard Wood, nephew Harrison Wood, grandson John Edward Lupton son of my son Thomas Lupton, grandson William Lupton, daughter Hannah Goodall, Thomas Lupton's children :- William Bingley Lupton & George Henry Lupton

 


177 405 John  Wood yeoman Wellhouse Golcar March 1829

wife Martha land at Wellhouse and Hilltop

daughter Susannah wife James Waterhouse, son Joseph, daughter Mary/Mally, daughter Elizabeth/Betty wife Joshua Waterhouse in case she will not reside with her husband

 


181 423 William Wood clothier of Leeds May 1830

son in law Joseph Stones of Leeds and his wife Sarah

 


182 308 John Wood manufacturer Springhall Halifax November 1830

Brother Samuel of Lower Hollin Warley, sister Ann wife of Jonas Tollotson, four children of brother Samuel viz:- Samuel, John, Sarah & Thomas

daughter Ann wife Edward Lees surgeon Honley, daughter Susan wife Francis Scott of Halifax

 


182 379 Joseph Wood shopkeeper Horton Bradford December 1830

wife Betty, son John, other Children. William Shaw of Horton

 


183 256 Abraham Wood Gunthwaite September 1831

Trustees Abraham Copley of Bramley in Tankersley carpenter and Richard Milne farmer Gunthwaite

Three children Amos Wood, Abraham Wood & Martha Wood

 


185 338 Sarah Wood widow Beeston Leeds May 1832

trustees Timothy Hawksworth curvisor Leeds, Joshua Hirst merchant Morley & Nathaniel Dickinson merchant Morley

daughter Mary wife John Jagger, daughter Martha wife of Samuel Wood, daughter Ann, daughter Elizabeth

 


185 394 Joseph Wood gentleman London & Woodhouse Leeds June 1832

Friend Revd James Fawcett of Great Woodhouse clerk

eldest child <21, sister Ann Hobson, brother William Wood, mother, children of brother George Wood

son Edward , brother in law Jeremiah Scott

 


187 244 James Wood clothier Goit Meltham April 1833

wife Frances/Fanny, wife's nephew John Holroyd of Meltham, geeorge his brother, Hannah Taylor his sister

nephew Anthony Wood son late brother John Wood, James his brother , Francis their brother

children oif brother in law Benjamin Holroid

 


189 218 Eleanor Wood widow Queen's Place Leeds March 1834

son James Tierny, late uncle Mr John Becroft, nephew Joseph Harper of Idle and Ann his wife, son John Wood

 


Daniel Haigh of Gatehead 1834

Mother Betty Wood, brother John Wood, brother Joseph Wood, sister Mary Haigh Wood wife of Joseph Wood of Wellhouse Golcar, sister Alice Wood, brother Samuel Wood

 


189 283 John Wood of Horton Bradford 1834

Three grandsons John Wood, George Wood and Barnes Wood sons of late son William, son John, William Sharp doctor of physic, granddaughters

 


194 527 December 1836 Jonathan Wood of Penistone schoolmaster

daughter Mary Wood £5, daughter Fanny Wood

witnesses Matthew Brown, John Ridings

 


195 42 John Wood of Cubley Penistone January 1837

sons William and Benjamin, wife Hannah house at Deepcar, son John

daughter Amelia wife Thomas Batty of Godley Mottram in Longendale cordwainer

daughter Frances wife John Haigh farmer of Carrhead Penistone

grandchildren children of late son Jonathan deceased :- Joseph, Mary-Ann, Charlotte, Jonathan & Jane all<21

executors William & Benjamin Wood

 


adm February 1837 John Woods innkeeper Leeds to son John

 


196 147 Eleanor Wood of Leeds August 1837

Friends Richard Driver, Thomas Vinney, niece Eleanor wife George Winterburn of Manchester, Elizabeth widow of brother John Varey, sister Mary wqife Michael Cradley, niece Maria wife William Dean of Leeds, nephew Jonathan Carl Varey, nephew John Varey clothdresser Leeds

 


196 221 James Wood elder Leeds September 1837

wiiife Hannah, son William, daughter Ellen, daughter Charlotte

 


196 292 Humphrey Wood innkeeper Slaithwaite Huddersfield October 1837

daughter Sarah wife James Rawcliffe, daughter Jane Wood, daughter Hannah Wood, daughter Mary Wood,

Five sons :- Ephraim, George, John, William & Samuel tenements in Greetland, Linthwaite, Halifax, Huddersfield and Almondbury

wife Grace deceased by time of codicil

 


197 368 John Wood of Denby Dale, Cumberworth Half, Kirkheaton fancyclothesmanufacturer May 1838

brothers Joshua, James and Joseph , nepews Richard son brother Joshua, John son brother James, & Joseph son brother Joseph

son Charles Wood land at Hartcliffe in Denby, daughter Hannah , daughter Mary

 


adm July 1838 James Wood of Holbeck to Ann widow

 


200 8 July 1838 Ann Wood widow Denby Dale

sons in law John Wood, James Wood, Joshua Wood & Joseph Wood

 


Adm September 1838 Hannah Wood of Leeds to son John Wood, daughter Mary Ann wife John Ingham of Burnley and daughter Sarah wife George Stothard renouncing

 


199 480 Samuel Wood gentleman Slaithwaite Huddersfield May 1839

daughter Betty wife Thomas Haigh, barn, stable etc at Woods Marsden Almondbury, closes occupied by said Thomas Haigh at Holme Moor Marsden,

executors Richard Varley cottonspinner & John Firth drysalter Huddersfield, wife Hannah

daughter Hannah, daughter Mary Horsfall, grandson John Horsfall

 


200 104 Ruth Hannah Wood spinster Blenheim Terrace Leeds August 1839

sister Mary Wood

 


Joshua Wood farmer of Owlers Marsden 1839

brother Daniel Wood, brother John's children:- James, Eneas, Daniel and Abraham

brother Abraham, sister Betty and her daughter Alice Wood, nephews John Roebuck Waterhouse & John Waterhouse

 


202 161 John Wood shopkeeper Lingards August 1840

daughter Hannah, daughter Nancy, wife Mary

 


adm November 1840 George Wood of Hey in Upperthong clothier and of Pleasant Valley Duchess County USa to half brother Robert Hinchcliffe

 


204 225 Thomas Wood farmer Gunthwaite September 1841

son George, wife Mary, son John, younger daughter Ann wife George Senior, daughter Hannah wife of William Child

granddaughter Sarah Wood Daw of Walls Cawthorne

 


204 236 Thomas Wood whitesmith Mouldgreen September 1841

wife Mary, son Henry, daughter Mary

 


206 276 Joseph Shaw elder clothier Crimble Clough Golcar October 1842

allotment of land called John Wood's lot at Pike Law in Golcar

 


205 296 Jonathan Wood clothier Hepworth Kirkburton April 1842

nephew Joseph Broadhead of Hepworth, his wife Jane, Edmund, Mary and Martha their children. Nephew Samuel Wood son of deceased brother Thomas Wood Wood, niece Sarah Beever of Hepworth

 


206 229 John Sampson Wood ironmonger Leeds September 1842

wife Elizabeth, son John <21, son Alfred <21

 


206 384 Joseph Wood farmer Flockton November 1842

Richard Wood natural son late sister Elizabeth/Betty Wood deceased farm house etc in Flockton

nephew John Jessop son late sister Sarah Jessop deceased messuage at Nedderley in Marsden occupied by Joseph Bottomley and Benjamin Broadbent + £500

niece Ruth wife William Beatson daughter said late sister Sarah Jessop

 


206 398 Richard Wood cloth gosser Leeds December 1842

son John, son Timothy cloth gosser of Leeds, wife Mary

 


207 632 Iddo Wood woollen cloth manufacturer Parkhouse Upperthong June 1843

Trustees friend John Harpin of Burnlee Upperthong, brother Tola, brother Palti

wife, children :- Hannah, Ruth, Edwin, Harriet, Lydia, Henry and Mary Ann all <21

 


208 163 William Robinson Wood of Patmos Chapel Todmorden, Walsden in Rochdale August 1843

Ann wife of William Cripps and their sons William and John, daughter Susan wife of Daniel Robinson and her children Jane Malthouse and William Malthouse, daughter Dorothy wife of John Sandiford

 


209 76 Ann Wood Heathhouse Golcar Huddersfield widow John Wood January 1844 (76)

land in Oldham and Halifax, son John Wilkinson, son Thomas Wilkinson, son Joseph Wood, son James Wood, late husbands daughter

 


210 206 Joseph Wood clothdresser 28 New Church Place Leeds September 1844

son George, son James,  daughter  Mary wife Charles Scholfield of Quarryhill,  daughter  Hannah wife John Moody of New Church Place, son Joseph, son David

grandchildren:- John  Britten, Joseph Britten, George Britten sons of  daughter Elizabeth Britten deceased, middlefold als Sarah Ann Moody  daughter John & Hannah Moody, Ann Wood  daughter  Sarah Wood

 


adm October 1844 William Wood paper manufacturer Leeds to Esther Mary widow

 


228 1055 Thomas Haigh of Colnbridgehouse Huddersfield 1853

Farm at Wood in Marsden in Almondbury belonging to father in law Samuel Wood, cottage at Inghead also property said Samuel Wood, land at Haigh House

 


xx 01 Henry Shaw farmer Nook Slaighthwaite Huddersfield April 1854

 daughter  Sarah wife Allen Sykes land at Blake Clough, natural; son Ephraim

 


204 50 Samuel Wood clothier Upper Wellhouse Golcar July 81

son John, son Richard, son Joseph to have piece of land being near Upper Wellghouse called rimble Ing

son Edmund cottages at Pike Law Golcar,

daughter Nancy Wood, daughter Mary wife John Dyson, daughter Sarah wife John Hoile,

grandsons Daniel & Samuel sons late son Thomas

granddaughters Hannah & Betty daughters late deceased daughter Betty wife John Scholfield

 


Marsden 177x Joseph Shaw clothier Corygate Marsden

Hannah wife John Wood shopkeeper Slaithwaite

 


166 311 Joseph Wood clothier Newhouse Denby

brother Samuel and his children, deceased brother's children Jane, Robert, Joseph & John

nephew Robert Wood

 


56 32 Elizabeth Wood of Shelley Thorncliff

sister Mary wife of William Hepworth, sister Jennet Roebuck,

Isabel wife Thomas Archer of Heymoorhead and their children :- Margaret, Ann, Joseph, Thomas, William, John & Alice

Mary daughter  Thomas Roebuck of Highburton

Mary daughter  George Roebuck of Highburton,

Mary daughter  John Roebuck of Shelleyhall

Sarah & Grace daughter Edward Wood of Cumberworth

Martha wife of John Mookeson of Kirkburton and their children :- Judith, Elizabeth, Thomas & John,

Elizabeth wife John Howard, Elizabeth daughter  Thomas Couldwell, Elizabeth daughter  John Wood elder of Shelley, Elizabeth daughter William Cauldwell deceased of Cumberworth, Susan daughter  Christopher Tinker of Shelleu, Mary wife of Freancis Field, John Tweldale, Elizabeth Horne, svt John Beaumont,

 


adm John  Wood of Wooldale Kirkburton to widow Martha

 


Joseph x Bottomley unproved will fragment

wife Susan land in manor of Wakefield, James Halliwell infant son John Halliwell of Colne, son Joshua Bottomley, Doctor Wilkinson house in Elland, son John Bottomley, daughter Susan Bottomley, eldest son Joseph Bottomley, nephew John Wood

 


 

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