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The Wood Family appears on my family tree when Harriette Anne Wood (1825-66) married Charles Jacomb III (1814-1887). I'm afraid I need to do more work on them, which I shall endeavour to put right shortly.

Brief Summary

John Wood (1764-1831) Born in Cumberland in 1764. Probably the John Wood who was baptised on 19 October 1764, the son of Joseph and Martha Wood of Wigton, Cumberland. Educated at Oxford. Clergyman. Vicar of Brenzett, Kent (1794-1831) and Vicar of Herne (1794-1831). Married Catherine Benson (1765-1852) the daughter of the Rev. John and Susannah Benson, at Boxley, Kent on 24th September 1794. Two known children - Catherine Elizabeth Wood (who was the second wife of Charles Jacomb II) and William John Wood. John died on January 1831.
William John Wood (1796-1854) Born 1796. Married Catherine Eycott (1798-1887) on 12 August 1823 at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Eight children, including Harriette Anne. Died 1854.
Harriette Anne Wood (1825-1866) Born 1825. Married Charles Jacomb III (1814-1887), a wool broker.  Died 1866 after the birth of her eleventh child. Mary Blanche was her sixth child.