Joseph Wood MMMMFFF

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Name
Joseph Wood

Date and place of birth
c. 1722, Hemswell, Lincolnshire

Names of parents
John Wood and Sarah (née Gawthorpe (variant spellings))

Date and place of baptism
23 May 1722
All Saints, Hemswell, Lincolnshire

Details of his marriage
To Ann Newbourn
19 October 1750
St Martin, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
By Licence

Children:
1. Ann bapt. 4 October 1751 St Genewys, Scotton
2. Sarah bapt. 22 April 1754 St Genewys, Scotton
3. Newbourn bapt. 22 December 1756 St Genewys, Scotton
4. Catherine bapt. 3 July 1759 St Genewys, Scotton
5. Charlotte bapt. 10 July 1762 St Genewys, Scotton

Occupation(s)
Farmer?

Addresses
Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Scotton, Lincolnshire

Date, place and cause of death
early June 1763, probably at Scotton, Lincolnshire

Date and place of burial
buried 7 June 1763
St Genewys Scotton Lincolnshire

Details of will / administration of their estate
Reference Name STOW ADMONS/1761-80/286
Name: Wood, Joseph
Place: Scotton, Lincolnshire
Date: 1761-1780
Repository: Lincolnshire Archives [057]

Joseph died unexpectedly. His widow and father-in-law Henry Newbourn applied for administration of his estate.

Memorial inscription
No grave found for Joseph, but he is mentioned on his wife's headstone:

Found in this booklet at Lincolnshire Archives:

Religion and Beliefs
Plans of churchyard and detailed lists of graves, tombstones and inscriptions

Date: 1884-1978 Collection: Lincolnshire Archives Reference: SCOTTON PAR/8/5

There is a drawing of the grave with the dimensions and wording (it was already deteriorating).

"Here
lieth interred the remains
of Ann the Wife of William
Forman who departed this Life Decr 10th
1782 Aged 59 Years
[Als]o near this place lieth Joseph Wood
[for]mer Husband of the above Ann Forman
Who died June 1 1763 Aged 41 Years"



Link to son Newbourn Wood:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ad.php?t=15238