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SURNAME MEANING
An English topographic surname denoting someone who lived in or by a wood, from the Middle English word wode and Old English word wudu, meaning “wood”.

It could also be an occupational surname denoting a person who earned a living as a woodcutter or forester.

Lastly, in Scotland, the surname developed as a nickname describing someone who is wild or frenzied, from the Old English word wod.

EARLY BEARERS
Walter de la Wode – Herefordshire – 1242
Andrew ate Wode – Oxfordshire – 1273
Richard de la Wode – Oxfordshire – 1273
Elias le Wode – Cambridgeshire - 1273
John Atewode – Essex – 1274
Roger del Wode – Yorkshire – 1274
William le Wode – Cambridgeshire - 1279
William Wod – Scotland - 1295

NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Wood Baronetcy of Hackney in the County of Middlesex was a title created in the Baronetage of England c. 1657 for Sir Henry Wood, Member of Parliament for Hythe from 1661 to 1671, son of Thomas Wood (d. 1649) of Clapton, Sergeant of the Pastry. The title became extinct on his death in 1671.

The Wood baronetcy of Bonnytown in the County of Forfar was a title created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1666 for Sir John Wood, son of Patrick Wood, son of Sir Henry Wood, son of Patrick Wood. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet, Sir James Wood, in 1738.

The Wood baronetcy of Barnsley in the County of York was a title created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1784 for Sir Francis Wood, second son of Francis Wood. He was succeeded his nephew, Sir Francis Lindley Wood (1711-1846), High Sheriff of Yorkshire, who was son of Captain Charles Woods of the Royal Navy.

Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet of Barnsley, Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer, was elevated to the peerage in 1866 as Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton

The Wood Baronetcy of Hatherley House in the County of Gloucester is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom created in 1837 for Sir Matthew Wood, Lord Mayor of London and Whig Member of Parliament for the City of London.

William Page Wood was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain who was elevated to the peerage as Baron Hatherley in 1868.

The Wood baronetcy of Gatton in the County of Surrey created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1808 for Sir Mark Wood, a British army officer and engineer who served as a Member of Parliament, son of Alexander Wood of Perth, a descendant of the Woods of Largo. The title became extinct on the death of the second baronet, also Sir Mark Wood, in 1837.

The Wood baronetcy of The Hermitage in Chester-le-Street in the County of Durham created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1897 for Sir Lindsay Wood, son of Nicholas Wood (1795-1865), a steam locomotive engineer and Fellow of the Royal Society.

LANDED GENTRY
Wood of Hollin Hall, co. Yorkshire, England
Wood of Littleton, co. Middlesex, Middleham Castle, co. Yorkshire, and Gwernyfed, co. Brecon
Wood of Ottershaw Park, co. Surrey and Feltwood Lodge, co. Norfolk, England
Wood of Bishop's Hall, co. Essex, England
Wood of Osmington House, co. Dorset, England
Wood of Singleton Lodge, co. Lancashire, England
Wood of Thoresby, co. Lincolnshire, England
Wood of Stouthall, co. Glamorgan, Wales
Wood of the Whitehouse, co. Hertfordshire, England
Wood of Thedden Grange, co. Alton, Hampshire, England
Wood of Raasay, Isle, co. Warwick, England
Woods of Milverton Hall, co. Dublin, Ireland

NOTABLES
Sir Andrew Wood of Largo (died 1515) was a Scottish sea captain. Beginning as a merchant in Leith, he was involved in national naval actions and rose to become Lord High Admiral of Scotland.

Thomas Wood (1607–1692) was an English churchman, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry

Anthony Wood (1632-1695), English antiquary

Major-General Sir George Adam Wood (1767-1831) was a British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and fought at the Battle of Waterloo

William Wood (1782-1858) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon who twice served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Andrew Wood (1810-1881) was a 19th-century Scottish surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1855 to 1857.

Alexander Wood (1817-1884) was a Scottish physician. He invented the first true hypodermic syringe. He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1858 to 1861.

EARLY SETTLERS
Abraham Wood – 1620 – Margaret & John
Thomas Wood – Virginia – 1620 – George
Percevall Wood – Virginia – 1623 – George
Ann Wood – Virginia – 1623 – George
John Wood – Virginia – 1634 – Bonaventure
Constant Wood – 1635 – Abigail
Elizabeth Wood – 1635 – Increase
Henrie Wood – 1635 – Assurance
John Wood – 1635 – Hopewell

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