Looking for Rev WOOD of ?Walpole Chapel 1748

[Kylie B]

Can anyone help?

I am tracing a John Meadows Wood
- he was married in Madingley in Cambridge in 1775 aged 26; he was listed as being a Gentleman of Norwich
-there are no suitable baptisms in Cambridge or Norwich for him
-I have found on Ancestry a Pallots baptism of a John Meadows Wood in 1848, so about the right year,
- It lists his father as Reverend Wood
- The baptism was in Walpole Chapel

I have googled Walpole CHapel and found lots of references to a non-conformist chapel there....but I cannot find out anything more.

Was Rev Wood a Reverend of the Chapel, or somewhere else?
Who was he- and who was his wife, the mother of John Meadows Wood?
Were there any siblings?
What happened to Rev Wood and his wife?


If anyone can help I would be so very grateful!!!
Kylie B

[ShaunJ]

You are in the wrong county,  Kylie - you should be looking in Suffolk.

John Meadows Wood was the son of Samuel and Mary Wood of Framlingham. The register of the Old Unitarian or Presbyterian Meeting House in Framlingham has a handy list of their children:

(dates are birthdates)

Samuel 9/4/1745
Sarah 9/8/1746
Abigail 18/7/1747
John Meadows 19/1/1748
Philip 15/6/1750
Mary 13/6/1751
Thomas 26/11/1754

[ShaunJ]

Rev Samuel Wood married the daughter of Rev John Meadows of Needham

http://www.rootschat.com/links/07s5/

[Kylie B]

Hi Shaun
Thank you very much....sorry about being in the wrong County!

Can you tell me where I might access more info from the Framlington register- is it avail online?

And where can I look for more info on the various Rev's- Wood and Meadows?

Thought I would check with you first, and then post in the correct County!
Thanks again
Kylie B

[ShaunJ]

Will send you a PM

[Valda]

Hi


I will move this post to the Suffolk board


Regards

Valda
co-moderator Surrey board

[Suffolk Mawther]

Hello Kylie,

If you ever need to check out churches/chapels in Suffolk have a look on www.suffolkchurches.co.uk

John and I were leaders on a day course in Fram for SLHC and the Unitarian church was a part of our walk.  It is a very plain and peaceful chapel still being used.

I have Framlingham PRs if you need a look up.

Also my husband and a small team of researchers are busy with the Framlingham Photographic Archive web site which will go live in the next few weeks, lots of wonderful old photographs of Fram.

In the meantime you will find some historical notes at www.framlingham.com

Pat ...
SLHC - www.slhc.org.uk

[Kylie B]

Hi Pat
Thank you so much for these links- and I look forward to the photographic site- that sounds wonderful!!

I would be very grateful for some Fram PR checks- thank you so much!

Would you be able to check for baptisms to Samuel and Mary Wood circa 1745-1760. I have a list from someone else but there is a problem with 2 of the dates...in that there are not enough months between!!! Thinking there may have been a transcription error into the record he had.

Also- a marriage for this couple (Samuel Wood and Mary Meadows) before 1745.

Lastly- Samuel Wood (of the couple above) was born I guess, around 1710- I understand his father was also Rev Samuel Wood, but mother is unknown, so I would be delighted if we could find his baptism!

Many many thanks again Pat- Look forward to hearing from you
Kindest regards
Kylie B

[ShaunJ]

Looking again at the original baptism entry for John Meadows Wood at Walpole independent chapel, it looks to me like that took place Feb 4 1749, with a  birthdate of 19 January 1749 .

I think this has indeed been mistranscribed as 1748 in the later listing in the Framlingham register.