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Benjamin Lewis Woodson[1, 2, 3]

Male 1666 - 1723  (56 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Lewis Woodson  [4
    Born 21 Aug 1666  Curles, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aug 1723  Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17518  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2017 

    Father Robert (Potato Hole) Woodson, Sr.,   b. Est 1634, Fleur De Hundred, Prince George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1716, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth Ferris,   b. Est 1630, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1689, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married Est 1656 
    • Children of Robert Woodson and Elizabeth Ferris are:
      John Woodson, born Abt 1658 in Curles, Henrico County, VA; died 1715 in Henrico Co., VA.
      Robert Woodson, born Abt 1660 in Curles, Henrico County, VA18; died February 1728/29 in Curles, Henrico County, VA19. He married (1) Sarah Lewis. He married (2) Rachel Watkins.
      More About Robert Woodson:
      February 1728/29, Will probated in Henrico County, VA20
      Richard Woodson, born Abt 1662 in Curles, Henrico County, VA; died Abt 1722 in Henrico County, VA.
      Joseph Woodson, born Abt 1664 in Curles, Henrico County, VA; died October 27, 1735.
      Benjamin Woodson, born Abt 1664 in Curles, Henrico County, VA; died August 1723 in Henrico County, VA.
      Sarah Woodson, born Abt 1668 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA.
      Elizabeth Woodson, born Abt 1670 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA.
      Judith Woodson, born Abt 1673 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA.
      Mary Woodson, born Abt 1678 in Curles, Henrico Co., VA; died Aft 1744.
    Family ID F2392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Napier,   b. Abt 1670, Louisa Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Bef 1750 
    Children 
    +1. Frances Woodson,   b. Est 1715, Fluvanna Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Fluvanna, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F6281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Porter,   b. Est 1668, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1722, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married
    • Children ? born in Henrico Co., VA:
      1. William WOODSON; m. Sarah ALLEN
      2. Benjamin WOODSON; m. Elizabeth WATKINS
      3. Joseph WOODSON; m. Susannah WATKINS
      4. John WOODSON; m.10 Aug 1731, Cumberland, VA, Mary MILLER
      5. Robert WOODSON
      6. Sarah WOODSON; m. John ALLEN
      7. Elizabeth WOODSON; m. James DANIEL
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ann Woodson,   b. Est 1700, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Benjamin Woodson, Jr.,   b. 1692, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Joseph Woodson,   b. 1694, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2019 
    Family ID F6677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Quaker Record showing Benjamin Woodson and Sara Porter Marriage Record
    Quaker Record showing Benjamin Woodson and Sara Porter Marriage Record
    BenWoodson-SaraPorter.jpg

    Histories
    The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton and Elizabeth Waters of Virginia and Allied Families, W. P. Anderson 1938.
    The Early Descendants of Wm. Overton and Elizabeth Waters of Virginia and Allied Families, W. P. Anderson 1938.
    Early Overton Families .pdf
    Memoir - McGee - Magby - McGeehee - Mockboy -  With Allied Lines of Anderson, Truman, Redd descending from Thomas Mockboy of Charles Co., Maryland AKA: James McGregor
    Memoir - McGee - Magby - McGeehee - Mockboy - With Allied Lines of Anderson, Truman, Redd descending from Thomas Mockboy of Charles Co., Maryland AKA: James McGregor
    Magby-McGeehee Memoir.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://archive.org/stream/jstor-1915487/1915487_djvu.txt.
      John Woodson, from Dorsetshire, his wife from Devonshire, came to Virginia with Sir John Harvey, as surgeon to a company of soldiers,
      in the year 1625. Had sons born in Virginia, Robert and John. Robert married Elizabeth Ferris, daughter of Richard Ferris, of Curies, in Henrico county. He had sons, John, Richard, Robert, Joseph and Benjamin; also daughters, Sarah, married to Edward Mosby; Elizabeth to William Lewis; Mary to George Payne, and Judith to William Cannon. John Woodson came to Virginia in the George, which left England January 29, 1619, bearing the new Governor, Sir George Yardley, and about one hundred passengers. This ship brought the orders of the company for a free government in Virginia. See Hotten's Emigrants to America and Brown's First Republic. ? Editor.

    2. [S107] Family Histories, https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE1256120.
      George Anderson settled in Albermarle before the formation fo Fluvanna, and his residence was a mile or so southwest of Bethel Church, where Mr. Joseph Underhill lives now. Evidence indicates he was from Louisa Co., He married before 1750 Frances Woodson, d/o Benjamin Woodson (will 1777) The records of the settlement of Geor. Anderson's estate begin in 1806.

    3. [S99] Quaker Records, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/42483_1821100519_4136-00017?pid=1101906400&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DTkn114%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DQuakerMeetMins%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dhenry%26gsfn_x%3D0%26gsln%3Dwatkins%26gsln_x%3D0%26msrpn__ftp%3DHenrico%2520County,%2520Virginia,%2520USA%26msrpn%3D1346%26msrpn_PInfo%3D7-%257C0%257C1652393%257C0%257C2%257C0%257C49%257C0%257C1346%257C0%257C0%257C0%257C%26msypn__ftp%3Dvirginia%26mssng%3Dcatherine%26mssns%3Dpride%26MSAV%3D1%26MSV%3D0%26uidh%3Dhyh%26rank%3D1%26pcat%3D34%26fh%3D6%26h%3D1101906400%26recoff%3D28%252029%26ml_rpos%3D7&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Tkn114&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=42483_1821100519_4136-00019.

    4. [S100] Internet Source, http://dgmweb.net/FGS/W/WoodsonBenjaminLewis-SarahPorter.html.
      Benjamin Lewis WOODSON
      Sarah PORTER
      Husband: Benjamin Lewis WOODSON
      Birth: 21 Aug 1666, Henrico Co., VA
      Death: Aug 1723, Henrico Co., VA
      Father: Col. Robert WOODSON
      Mother: Elizabeth FERRIS
      Marriage:
      Wife: Sarah PORTER
      Birth: ca. 1668, Henrico Co., VA
      Death: aft. 1722, Henrico Co., VA
      Father: William PORTER, Jr., s/o William PORTER, Sr.
      Mother: Margaret AMOS, d/o Nicholas AMOS & Sarah

      Children ? born in Henrico Co., VA:
      1. William WOODSON; m. Sarah ALLEN
      2. Benjamin WOODSON; m. Elizabeth WATKINS
      3. Joseph WOODSON; m. Susannah WATKINS
      4. John WOODSON; m. 10 Aug 1731, Cumberland Co., VA, Mary MILLER
      5. Robert WOODSON
      6. Sarah WOODSON; m. John ALLEN
      7. Elizabeth WOODSON; m. James DANIEL