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THE WOODS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI Anderson Woods, husband of Elizabeth Harris (59), was the son of Col. James Woods and Mary Garland of Albemarle County. Mary Garland was the daughter of James Garland, (1722-,_,___,,__) and Mary Rice of Hanover Co. Garland was a Revolutionary soldier as was Col. James Woods, who was born in Albemarle County, Jan. 21st 1743, and served as a Colonel of a regiment of Virginia Foot during the Revolution. He died in Garrard County, Kentucky, Sept. 11th 1822 and his wife died Dec. 4th 1835. Another child of Col. James Woods, Mary Rice Woods, married Overton Harris (See Margaret Maupin (26) and their daughter, Martha, was the wife of John Mills Maupin (70). The father of Col. James Woods was Lt. Col. John Woods, born in Ireland in 1712. In 1735, he came with his father, Michael Woods, to America. He was an officer in the Virginia Colonial troops and served in the French and Indian wars. He died Oct. 14th 1791. His wife was Susannah Anderson, daughter of Rev. James Anderson (1678-1740), one of the early pastors of the Donegal Presbyterian Church in Lancaster County, PA. This church is now quite a historical landmark of early Pennsylvania and a stream of visitors visit at its shrine. James Anderson's body and that of his wife, Suit Garland, lie buried in the Donegal cemetery and their graves are marked by a horizontal red sandstone monument. Suit Garland, wife of the Rev. James Anderson, was from New York and was the daughter of Sylvester Garland and Anna Sebra. This Garland was the son of John Garland, second husband of Susanna Ver Plack, whose father, Abraham Ver Planck, was one of the councillors of the New Amsterdam colony. He died in 1791. VerPlanck's wife was Marie De Vigne, daughter of Jan De Vigne, or Jean de Vigne, and his wife, Adriano Cuvaego. De Vi gne was of Huguenot blood and was the first white child born in New York City. Mention was made of Michael Woods, the father of Col. John Woods. The wife of this Michael Woods was Mary Campbell of the Scottish clan of Campbell. The Woods family came to Virginia from Ireland but they were an English family. The father of Michael Woods, John Woods, went to Ir-eland as an English trooper in the army of Oliver Cromwell. His wife was Elizabeth Worsop, born 1656. Her ancestry was noted and is as follows: Back in the days of Queen Elizabeth, Adam Loftus, son of Rt. Rev. Edwin Loftus of Levinhead, gained the Queen's favor by his deportment at the Cambridge examinations. She made him Archbishop of Armagh at the early age of 27. From this post he rose to be Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
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He married Jan Purdon and had a son known as Sir Dudley Loftus of County Dublin. Sir Dudley married Anne Bagnell, daughter of Sir Henry Bagnell of Newry. Their son, Sir Adam Loftus, married Jane Vaughn, and a daughter of Sir Adam's married Richard Parsons, son of William Parsons of Birre. Elizabeth, daughter of Letitia Loftus and Wi II iam Parsons, married Thomas Worsop. They were the parents of Elizabeth Worsop, wife of John Woods. John Woods had two children, Michael, as previously mentioned, and Elizabeth who married Peter Wallace. Being left a widow, she came to Virginia with her brother Michael, and her son, Andrew Wallace, married his cousin, Margaret Woods, daughter of Michael Woods. This marriage was in 1748. A daughter of this couple married Thomas Collins of Albemarle County, Virginia. His mother was a Garland of Virginia. Collins died in 1820. On Oct 29th 1795, his daughter, Nancy Coli ins, married John Maupin (29) in Madison County, Kentucky. The two branches of the Woods family were reunited in the marriage of Clifton Maupin (69), son of Nancy Collins, and Margaret Woods, daughter of Anderson Woods. Both Clifton Maupin and Margaret Woods are descendants of Daniel Maupin (3) of Albemarle. Their lineage is as follows: John Woods of Ireland Michael Woods John Woods Col. James Woods Rev. Anderson Woods Margaret Woods - married
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Elizabeth Wallace Andrew Wallace Mary Wallace Collins Nancy Collins Maupin Clifton G. Maupin
Daniel Maupin of Albemarle John Maupin (7) Margaret Maupin Harris Elizabeth Harris Woods Margaret Woods Maupin
Daniel Maupin (8) John Maupin Clifton G. Maupin
References: Miller's History & Genealogies Zeigler's History of Donegal Church History of Boone County, Mo. History of Monroe County, Mo. 1884 Woods History of Albemarle County, VA
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