Edward Wood, Sr. was born in England about 1628 and came to Norfolk, Virginia in about 1650. His descendants eventually moved south to Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The Woods inter-married with the Davis, Smithson, Frew, Harris and other families in the area. Descendants live in North Carolina and Virginia. The author descends from the Wood family through Edward Wood, Sr.'s third son, John Wood (b.1735) and John's eldest son, Joseph Wood (1754-1822). The bulk of the information concerns this line of descent.

The information contained within this book deals with only one branch of the Wood family who lived in the Pasquotank County and Perquimans County areas of North Carolina over the last three hundred years. While there are at least three non-related Wood family lines that fall within this range, this book concerns only my direct line of proven ancestors starting with the William Wood who was born during the late 1600's. This book includes detailed historical fact based biographies for each of my direct ancestors and information concerning William Wood's most probable ancestors. Also included is information about the ancient ancestors of this line that was ascertained from the results of two different DNA tests. Adding to the value of this work for genealogical research purposes is a general explanation on how DNA testing can be used to help trace problem ancestors and a step by step guide on the method used to isolate the facts. This book is fully indexed and contains 333 different surnames (978 full-names).

Whitehurst Family