Eighth Generation

242. William Woods²⁷ was born in 1705/6 in Dunshanglin Castle, Ireland.²⁷ He immigrated between 1720 and 1730 to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.²⁷ He lived in Augusta County, Virginia between 1732 and 1734.²⁷ He died in 1782 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia.²⁷
From White, Jennings, Davidson and Allied Families:

WILLIAM WOODS

William Woods, the eldest son of Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. was born in Dunshanglin Castle. Ireland. in 1705-6. After receiving a liberal education, he entered the army as an ensign in an Irish regiment. He came with his father and lived for a time in what is now Lancaster Co., Pa., and remained there until the Woods and Wallaces, settled in about 1732-1734, in that part of Augusta Co.. Va., which was included in Botetourt Co., Va., created in 1769, and in Fincastle Co.. organized in 1772, and later included in Greenbrier Co., West Va. He died in 1782, where his will was probated on April 16, 1782, in Greenbrier Co., West Va. Will Book No. 1, page 4. He took an active part in the Colonial Wars, including the French and Indian Wars, and attained the rank of Colonel, in which rank he served during the Revolutionary War. (So says George Selden Wallace in his book, "WALLACE"). The "Woods McAfee Memorial" says that "The official records of the Colony for the year 1758 show that he had been a lieutenant in the Albemarle militia." There is a facsimile of his receipt, given July 15, 1767. which indicates that in that year he was living in Albemarle Co. 'Mr. Wallace also says that William Woods received military grants for land in Greenbrier Co., West Va., Madison Co., Ky.. and some in Sciota Co., Ohio. William Woods married about 1732, his cousin, Susannah Wallace, born in Ireland, about 1703, the daughter of Peter Wallace, Sr., and Elizabeth Woods, and emigrated to America with her mother and her brother, Michael Woods, Sr.
The second child of Peter Wallace and the tenth child of William Woods, as you notice in their lines, became our forbear. For it was Mary Woods who m. in 1763, George Davidson; their eldest son. Samuel Davidson. who in Lincoln Co.. Ky.. m. Feb. 15, 1797, Sallie Logan, dau. of John Logan and Anne McClure. dau. of John and Mary McClure (See their respective lines). Four of the Davidson children married four of the Jennings children, thus giving us four sets of double first cousins (See Jennings and Davidson lines). William Woods and Susanna Wallace were married in 1732.²⁷

243. Susanna Wallace was born in 1708 in Ireland.²⁷ Children were:

	i.	Adam C Woods was born in 1740. He served in the military in Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.27
	ii.	Peter Woods was born in 1742.27
	iii.	John Woods.
	iv.	Michael Woods was born in 1746.27
	v.	Andrew Woods27 was born in 1747.27 He was a Baptist preacher.27
	vi.	Archibald Woods Sr.27
	vii.	William "Beaver Creek Billy" Woods.27
	viii.	Sarah Woods was born in 1761.27
	ix.	Susan Woods.27
121	x.	Mary Woods.
	xi.	Hannah Woods.27
	xii.	Elizabeth Woods.27