Anthony Wood

1745 – 1830

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-08

Anthony Wood is the deepest the Wood line reaches with certainty — a Darley Dale man, baptised at Darley, in the Derwent valley of Derbyshire, on the 26th of May 1745. The register names his father as John Wood, and sets him among a family of the parish: George, Isaac, Mary, James, Anthony and a second Mary, christened at Darley across the 1730s and 1740s.

On the 26th of June 1769 he married, at Darley, Jemima Gregory, and their children were christened at the same font — George in 1770, who carried the line on; Samuel; a John who was buried in 1777, three years old; Anna Maria; Sarah; a second John; and a second Anthony, in 1785, who would in his turn follow his nephew Samuel to Hull. Anthony lived out his long life in the dale and was buried at Darley on the 1st of July 1830, aged eighty-four.

Above him the line meets its wall. His father, John Wood of Darley, is named but no more; who John's own people were, the christening does not say. One step can be offered, and only as a probability: the single John Wood marriage recorded at Darley in the right years is to a Johanna Prince, on the 14th of February 1727/8 — so Anthony's mother was very likely Johanna Prince, though nothing yet read ties that marriage to Anthony's own baptism, and the page claims no more than that. From Anthony, through his son George and his grandson Samuel, the Derbyshire farming line runs down to the Hull carts, to Mary Ann Wood, and into the Friths.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-08

Baptism: May 26th 1745, Darley, Derbyshire
Marriage: June 26th 1769 to Jemima Gregory in Darley
Burial: July 1st 1830 St. Helen's Church, Darley aged 84 years
Parents: John Wood
Siblings: George Wood baptised November 24th 1734, Darley died 1817 Isaac Wood baptised July 4th 1736, Darley Mary Wood baptised May 28th 1738, Darley James Wood baptised October 3rd 1742, Darley Anthony Wood baptised May 26th 1745, Darley Mary Wood baptised April 12th 1747, Darley
Children: George Wood baptised July 1770, Darley Samuel Wood baptised February 2nd 1772, Darley John Wood baptised December 26th 1773, Darley died March 18th 1777 Anna Maria Wood baptised March 17th 1776, Darley Sarah Wood baptised April 4th 1779, Darley John Wood baptised December 10th 1781, Darley Anthony Wood born June 22nd 1785 baptised July 3rd 1785, Darley
1769: Marries Jemima Gregory in Darley
1777: Death of son George aged 3 years
1830: Death of Anthony in Darley aged 84 years

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1745

Baptised — Darley, Derbyshire

26 May 1745 at Darley

Anthony Wood — christening 26 May 1745, Darley, Derbyshire — parents [i.e. father]: John Wood.— Christening — Darley, Derbyshire (26 May 1745)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Christening — Darley, Derbyshire (26 May 1745) — Christening of Anthony Wood, 26 May 1745, Darley — son of John Wood. FamilySearch, 'England, Births & Christenings, 1538–1975', record ark 1:1:N81N-57H; index read 8 July 2026, matching Janet's date exactly. This is the record that names his father, John Wood — the top of the line as it stands. Register image not opened this pass. index entry — original not yet seen

1769

Married Jemima Gregory

26 June 1769 at Darley

Anthony Wood married Jemimah Gregory, 26 June 1769, Darley, Derbyshire.— Marriage — Darley (26 June 1769)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Marriage — Darley (26 June 1769) — Marriage of Anthony Wood and Jemimah Gregory, 26 June 1769, Darley — FamilySearch, 'England, Derbyshire, C of E Parish Registers, 1537–1995' (and 'England Marriages, 1538–1973'); index read 8 July 2026, matching Janet's date. Register image not opened this pass. index entry — original not yet seen

1777

A child buried — John, aged three

1777

Burial of his son John, aged three (baptised 26 December 1773; buried 18 March 1777, Darley).— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1830

Buried at Darley, aged 84

1 July 1830

Anthony Wood — burial 1 July 1830, Darley, Derbyshire.— Burial — Darley (1 July 1830)

Confirmed in index record Evidence

Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:

Burial — Darley (1 July 1830) — Burial of Anthony Wood, 1 July 1830, Darley, aged 85 by his baptism (the register reckons him 84) — FamilySearch, 'England, Derbyshire, C of E Parish Registers, 1537–1995'; index read 8 July 2026, matching Janet's date. Register image not opened this pass. index entry — original not yet seen

Our research

Anthony Wood — the Darley wall

Research · Darley Dale, Derbyshire

Anthony's christening (Darley, 26 May 1745, father John Wood), his marriage to Jemimah Gregory (1769) and his burial (1830) are all confirmed on FamilySearch this pass, matching Janet's dates. His father John Wood is named — exactly as far as Janet's page reached — and above John the record thins.

The one step past the wall (a probability). The only John Wood marriage recorded at Darley of the right era is John Wood × Johanna Prince, 14 February 1727/8 — so Anthony's mother was probably Johanna Prince. This is NOT proven: the christening names only the father. To confirm: read the Darley baptism register for John & Johanna's children (the 1734–1747 sibling run Janet lists), which would tie the marriage to Anthony — a deep-pass read of the FamilySearch Derbyshire Parish Registers.
Lift the Darley entries to image. Anthony's 1745 christening, 1769 marriage and 1830 burial are all in the image-backed Derbyshire registers; opening and filing those images would move them from index to image.
Above John Wood. John's own baptism and parents are unknown — John Wood is a common Darley name in the early 1700s, so this is grinding country, not round-one work.