Born about in Great Edstone, Yorkshire, England
Daughter of Charles Fisher
and Elizabeth (Oliver) Fisher
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Wood
— married
3 Feb 1780 in Great Edstone, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Wood, Elizabeth Wood, John Wood, Charles Wood, Robert Wood, Tamar (Wood) Potter, George Wood and Mary (Wood) Chapman
Died
at about age 76
in Gillamoor, Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2018
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Biography
Mary was born about 1761, the daughter of Charles Fisher and Elizabeth Oliver. Her father was a "husbandman", a specialist in a branch of farming. She had two younger brothers, James and Robert. Mary married Joseph Wood in 1780 and they had eight children, with six surviving to adulthood. Mary passed away in 1837 and was buried with her husband in the St. Aidan's Churchyard at Gillamoor.
Sources
- England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Mary Fisher and Joseph Wood, 3 Feb 1780, Great Edstone, Yorkshire
- Rootsweb. Ancestry.com Jansfamily, Mary Fisher, father Charles Fisher, mother Elizabeth Oliver, spouse Joseph Wood, died 1 Mar 1837, buried Gillamoor
- Gravestone, St. Aidan's Church, Gillamoor, Yorkshire "Mary Wood died Mar 1 1837 aged 76 Joseph Wood her husband died April 10 1831 aged 77."
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~1.56%
Pat Miller
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member p_a_miller28
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN59162
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~0.78%
Claudia (Myers) Christie :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Christopher Sheridan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UY7157231 [compare], FTDNA kit #198720
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