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Sir George Wood 1500 – 1569 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 1569

Death Location: Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Wood

Mother: Christabell Ambler

Spouse(s): Lady Benefeld

Children(s): Sir Wood

Born in 1500 in Yorkshire, England, Sir George Wood was the child of Sir Richard Atte Wood and Christabell Ambler. In time, Sir George Wood married Lady Margaret Annes Benefeld, and they raised a family that included Sir George Thomas Wood. Sir George Wood died in Yorkshire, England in 1569.

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Parents

Sir Wood
1480 – 1553
Birth Location: Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
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Christabell Ambler
1480 – 1570
Birth Location: Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England
CA

Spouses(s)

Lady Benefeld
1502 – 1608
Birth Location: York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England
LB

Children(s)

Sir Wood
1525 – 1582
Birth Location: Kirkburton, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: West Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1542
    Event Place: Royston, Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1569
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 24 Jan 1590
    Event Place: Royston, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current, West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812, West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP136/1/1/1

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