Wood Family

The Wood Family crest, with the motto 'TVTVS IN VNDIS'.

This webpage is the main webpage for the Wood Family. It contains information pertaining to the family tree of the Wood Family, and it also contains information about current members of the Family, and about the Family itself.

Restalrig Church, Restalrig

Restalrig [rɛˈstælrɪç] is the suburb of Edinburgh from which the Wood family originates. Alexander Wood (see /history ) is known to have lived here, and William Wood, Lord Alexander Wood, and Andrew Wood were buried in the graveyard of Restalrig Church (shown above). Most Wood Family members today live either in Great Britain or South Africa; there are some of whom I am aware who live in North America. I only know, however, of living Wood Family members descendant from Christopher Wood, so there could easily be more widespread Woods. I believe that at one time many members of the family lived in Rutland, but this could be wrong; I don't see how this fits into the Family Tree.

This website focuses mainly on the Wood Family that stems from one (there are many) Alexander Wood. The date given at the top, however (1020) is the supposed year of the birth of Guillaume de Boissay (engl. William of Boissay, William Wood). Apparently later Woods (such as another William de Bosco) are descended from him (note, this is still in the 13th century). All of these Woods were Norman nobles. While I don't know the exact descent, I think that it is safe to say that the Wood family is descended from Guillaume's family. The village of Boissay is about 20km from Rouen.