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Hugh Wood - c. 1760-? - Orkney

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mseehra

mseehra Report 26 Sep 2018 14:05

Hiya,

Researching my family history and this as far as I have gone with the Wood side as I'm completely stuck on Hugh Wood!

He married Christian/Christiana Spence (b. abt. 1767) and they had three children, all born in Stromness:

-John Wood (1794-?) - married Mary Craigie (b. 1794) in 1811 in Rousay and Egilshay
-Thomas Wood (1797-?)
-Peter Wood (1803-?)

Can anyone help at all with his birth, marriage and parents? Very hard to find information on the Woods in Orkney this far back.

Thank you in advance.

Megan.

Researching:
Trubshawe/Trubshaw (London, Surrey, Staffordshire), Wood (Orkney and Scotland), Clerke (Ireland), Dykes (Surrey, London, Scotland), Spicer (London, Hampshire, Wycombe), Sandison (Shetlands), McKinnon (Scotland, London), Salaman (Surrey)

safc

safc Report 26 Sep 2018 14:15




First name(s) Hugh
Last name Wood
Marriage year 1785
Marriage date 13 Dec 1785
Marriage place Sandwick,Orkney,Scotland
Spouse's first name(s) Cirstie
Spouse's last name Spence
Place Sandwick
County Orkney
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Marriages 1561-1910
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Scotland, Great Britain

Researching:
Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Sep 2018 14:24

Another child

Name Margrat Wood
Gender Female
Christening Date 27 Feb 1787
Christening Place SANDWICK,ORKNEY,SCOTLAND
Father's Name Hugh Wood
Mother's Name Cirstie Spence

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 27 Sep 2018 11:13

The only (very slight) possibility for Hugh's birth could be this one with no first name shown on SP:

WOOD
-----
JAMES WOOD/ANNA NORN
M
00/00/1747
027/
10 27
Sandwick



The image of his marriage record on SP almost certainly doesn't show any more than safc has already posted (from FMP ?), but you might feel it's worth spending a few credits to have a look:

WOOD
HUGH
CIRSTIE SPENCE/
13/12/1785
027/
10 223
Sandwick

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

mseehra

mseehra Report 29 Sep 2018 09:29

Thanks everyone, very helpful information. I did come across this "Cirstie Spence" but wasn't sure if it was the same Christian Spence I was after.

Researching:
Trubshawe/Trubshaw (London, Surrey, Staffordshire), Wood (Orkney and Scotland), Clerke (Ireland), Dykes (Surrey, London, Scotland), Spicer (London, Hampshire, Wycombe), Sandison (Shetlands), McKinnon (Scotland, London), Salaman (Surrey)

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 29 Sep 2018 11:55

Christian / Christina / Christiana / Cirstie / Kirsty - all interchangeable variations.

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.