The WOODS family

This 300 year family history covers the lives of John and Mary Ann WOODS and their 10 children in New Zealand from 1840 - beginning with the WOODS family of Norfolk, England … from John WOODS’ great-grandparents (1720), to John’s travel to New Zealand and his marriage to Mary Ann LOWE.

Also covered are Mary Ann’s predecessors and descendants - the GRIFFITHS family of Flintshire, Wales … Mary Ann’s mother Ann GRIFFITHS married Griffith LOWE and had 5 children, travelling to New Zealand in 1840 on the ship ‘BOLTON’. Included also are Mary Ann’s 4 MORRIS half-siblings.

The main family surnames include: Crocker, Evans, Griffiths, Lowe, Morris, and Bartram, Beach, Cook, Gow, Haslett, Kneebone, Marsh, Petley, Reynolds, Thomas, Turner and Woods with over 300 more surnames mentioned in the Index.