John Woods, Jr

1745 - 1821  (76 years)

• Name	John Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	5 Jun 1745	Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Will	1765	Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Mentioned in Father's Will
  Death	27 Jun 1821	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I67108	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Woods, Sr,   b. 1720, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. Dec 1769, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Espy,   b. 1722, Antrim, Northern Ireland d. Aft 1765, Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age > 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1742	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Derry
  Family ID	F41011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Herron,   b. 1745, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 3 Nov 1810, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1772	Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. J Matthew Woods,   b. 1775, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ann Woods,   b. 1777, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Jul 1853, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. David Herron Woods, Sr,   b. 3 Nov 1782, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Jun 1850, Kendall, Illinois, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joseph Woods,   b. 1784, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F41012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Jun 1745 - Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, USA Will - Mentioned in Father's Will - 1765 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Death - 27 Jun 1821 - Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5223] Egle, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_Herron, (Name: Location: Pennsylvania;;), Egle describes Herron Family. [S5105] Page, George W, Woods Family Information from Genforum, (Name: Location: Genforum; Date: 5 Oct 1999;;), George discusses Woods and Espy Families, and lists sources forreference. Book found at CGS library and also at Sutro Library [S5110] Ancestry.com, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for John Woods http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PALancasterMennonite&h=733487&indiv=try [S3553] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: History and genealogy of the Espy family in America. Record for John Woods https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=1255786&indiv=try [S5266] Ancestry.com, American Revolutionary soldiers of Franklin County, Pennnsylvania [sic], (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;). Record for David Herron https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=14528&h=98&indiv=try [S5270] Josiah V Thompson Family Record Book, Herron, David (1716-1778). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-K9NV-N?lang=en Film # 008129946 Image 547 of 1700 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVG-K9NV-N?lang=en