1805
Born
28 October 1805 at Derbyshire
October 28th 1805 Wensley, Derbyshire— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
Samuel Wood
1805 – 1859
✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-08
Samuel Wood was the one who left. He was born on the 28th of October 1805 at Wensley and baptised at Darley, in the Derwent valley of Derbyshire, on the 17th of November — the third child of George Wood, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Hannah, née Mather. His people had been Darley Dale folk for generations; Samuel, before he was thirty, was in Hull.
He married there on the 1st of September 1831, at Holy Trinity, Elizabeth Graham, a Hull woman — and the register catches him at a trade the family never kept in memory: 'Mariner'. Both bride and groom signed their own names in a good hand; the witnesses, Thomas Kemp and Ann Reeves, made their marks. The couple named a son Thomas Kemp Wood for that witness. After the sea came the carts: at his children's baptisms through the 1830s and 1840s Samuel is a 'Truckman', at his daughter's wedding in 1854 a 'Brickman', and his widow would call him, plainly, a 'General Carrier'.
The family settled at Anne Street, in St Mary's parish, Sculcoates, and stayed. Five children are recorded — James Graham, Mary Ann, another Samuel, Thomas Kemp and George — though the second Samuel died at ten, in 1849. Samuel was not the only Wood to make the crossing: his uncle Anthony, a Wensley man a generation older, followed him to Hull and by 1851 was living nearby in Gibson Street. Samuel himself died in 1859, aged fifty-four.
He left a widow of forty-nine and a going household. Elizabeth kept a shop, and it was she who carried the family through the next quarter-century — and took in, when the time came, the motherless children of their daughter Mary Ann, married into the Frith line. Through Mary Ann, Samuel Wood's Derbyshire descent runs on into the Friths and the Brocks.
Composed from validated records · 2026-07-08
- Birth
- October 28th 1805 Wensley, Derbyshire
- Baptism
- November 17th 1805, Darley, Derbyshire
- Marriage
- September 1st 1831 to Elizabeth Graham in Holy Trinity Church, Hull
- Death
- 1859 in Hull aged 54 years
- Parents
- George Wood and Hannah Mather
- Siblings
- Sarah Wood baptised September 22nd 1803, Darley Derbyshire Mariah Wood born October 11th 1804, baptised November 1803 Darley Samuel Wood born October 28th 1805 baptised November 17th 1805, Darley Elizabeth Wood baptised December24th 1809, Darley John Wood baptised January 26th 1812, Darley Anthony Wood baptised June 26th 1814, Darley William Wood baptised September 14th 1817, Darley Alexander Wood born March 15th 1820 baptised March 22nd 1820 Darley George Wood born August 6th 1822 baptised September 1st 1822, Darley Jemima Wood born October 18th 1824 baptised November 1824, Darley James Wood born September 17th 1827 baptised October 7th 1827, Darley
- Children
- James Graham Wood baptised January 23rd 1834, Holy Trinity, Hull Mary Ann Wood baptised June 6th 1837, Holy Trinity, Hull Samuel Wood baptised October 19th 1838, Holy Trinity, Hull dies September 13th 1849 aged10 Thomas Kemp Wood baptised January 31st 1845, Holy Trinity, Hull George Wood baptised July 16th 1848, St. Mary Sculcoates
- 1831
- Marries Elizabeth Graham Samuel Wood of this parish (Holy Trinity), Mariner, and Elizabeth Graham, Spinster, were married by banns in the presence of Thomas Kemp and Ann Reeves . Both Samuel and Elizabeth wrote their names (with a good hand). Thomas Kemp and Ann Reeves made their marks(x)
- 1841c
- Living in the parish of St. Mary Samuel Wood, 1811 Elizabeth Wood, born 1811, Yorkshire James Wood, born 1834, Yorkshire Mary Ann Wood , born 1836, Yorkshire Samuel Wood, born 1839, Yorkshire Address: Anne Street Occupation: Truckman
- 1841-1851
- Samuel is joined in Hull by his uncle Anthony Wood (born 1786 Wensley) who In 1851 is living in Gibson Street, Sculcoates
- 1849
- Death of son Samuel aged 10 years
- 1851c
- Living in the parish of St. Mary Samuel Wood, Head, born 1806 Wensley, Derbyshire Elizabeth Wood, Wife, born 1810, Hull James G Wood, born 1834, Hull, Truckman Thomas Wood, born 1845, Hull George Wood, born 1849, Hull Address: 3 Anne Street, Hull Occupation: Truckman
- 1859
- Samuel dies aged 54 years (YBMD St. Mary 's, Hull)
- 1861c
- Living in the parish of St. Mary Elizabeth Wood, Head, Widow, born 1810, Hull, Shopkeeper Thomas Wood, Son, born 1845, Hull, Rulleyman Rail George Wood, Son, born 1849, Hull, Errand Boy William Williams, Lodger, Widower, aged 63, Corn Carrier Address: 3 Anne Street, Hull
- 1871c
- Living in the parish of St. Mary Elizabeth wood, Head, Widow, born 1810, Hull George Wood, Son, born 1849, Hull, Unmarried, Cooper Journeyman Ann Elizabeth Frith, Niece, born 1859, Hull Thomas Tomlinson, Boarder, aged 4 Address: 3 Anne Street, Hull
- 1881c
- Living in Myton, Hull George wood, Head, born 1849, Hull Sarah Wood, Wife, born 1855, Barnetby, Lincolnshire Elizabeth Wood , Mother, born 1809, Hull Hannah Frith, Servant, born 1863, Hull, Domestic Servant Address: Vauxhall Tavern, 1 Hessle Road Occupation of George: Manager to Licensed Victualler Occupation of Elizabeth: Widow of the late Samuel, General Carrier
- 1886
- Death of Elizabeth Wood (BMD) aged 76 years
In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook
Family
Parents
The children of George & Hannah Mather
· · Samuel Wood b. 1805this page · · · · · · ·
Marriage
Children
Life
Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred
1805
Baptised — Darley Dale, Derbyshire
17 November 1805 at Darley
Samuel Wood — christening 17 November 1805, Darley — born 28 October 1805 — parents George Wood, Hannah.— Baptism — Darley Dale, Derbyshire (17 November 1805)
Confirmed in index record Evidence
Found in an index or transcript — the original page not yet read:
- Baptism — Darley Dale, Derbyshire (17 November 1805) — Christening of Samuel Wood, 17 November 1805, Darley, Derbyshire; born 28 October 1805 — son of George Wood and Hannah. FamilySearch, 'England, Births & Christenings, 1538–1975' (also in the image-backed 'England, Derbyshire, C of E Parish Registers, 1537–1995'); index read 8 July 2026, matching Janet's dates exactly. Register image not opened this pass — a deep-pass step. index entry — original not yet seen
1831
Married Elizabeth Graham
1 September 1831 at Holy Trinity
Samuel Wood, of this Parish, Mariner, and Elizabeth Graham, of this Parish, Spinster, were married in this Church, by Banns this first Day of
September in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty one. By me, J. H. Bromby, Vicar. Between us: Samuel Wood; Elizabeth Graham. In the presence of: Thomas ✕ Kemp, his mark; Ann ✕ Reeves, her mark.
— Marriage — Holy Trinity, Hull (1 September 1831)
The record image is with the family — family sign-in
Read at the image record Evidence
Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:
- Marriage — Holy Trinity, Hull (1 September 1831) — Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, marriages 1831, No. 1183 — East Riding Archives. findmypast, Yorkshire Marriages, record GBPRS/YORKSHIRE/MAR/200888142; original register image read at full resolution, 8 July 2026. Both signed their names; the witnesses made their marks. This reads at the leaf exactly as Janet transcribed it — she had quoted the entry verbatim. read at the image
1841
Census · 1841
1841
Living in the parish of St. Mary Samuel Wood, 1811 Elizabeth Wood, born 1811, Yorkshire James Wood, born 1834, Yorkshire Mary Ann Wood , born 1836, Yorkshire Samuel Wood, born 1839, Yorkshire Address: Anne Street Occupation: Truckman— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1841
In 1841
1841
Samuel is joined in Hull by his uncle Anthony Wood (born 1786 Wensley) who In 1851 is living in Gibson Street, Sculcoates— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1849
In 1849
1849
Death of son Samuel aged 10 years— From Janet Brock’s research
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research notebook.
1851
Census · 1851
1851
Samuel Wood — Head — born 1806, Wensley, Derbyshire — Truckman; Elizabeth Wood — Wife — born 1810, Hull; James G Wood — born 1834, Hull — Truckman; Thomas Wood — born 1845, Hull; George Wood — born 1849, Hull. 3 Anne Street, Hull. (Janet Brock's transcript.)— 1851 census — 3 Anne Street, St Mary's
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- 1851 census — 3 Anne Street, St Mary's — 1851 Census, parish of St Mary [Sculcoates], Hull — 3 Anne Street; from Janet Brock's transcription (not re-read at the image this pass). Samuel's settled household, ten years after the first Hull census. from Mum’s research
1859
Died at Hull, aged 54
1859
Samuel Wood — died 1859, Hull, aged 54. (Janet Brock's note: YBMD, St Mary's, Hull.)— Death — Hull, 1859, aged 54
Mum’s record Evidence
From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:
- Death — Hull, 1859, aged 54 — Death of Samuel Wood, 1859, Hull, aged 54 — from Janet Brock's research (she cites the York/Yorkshire BMD register of St Mary's, Hull). Not re-verified by us this pass. from Mum’s research
Our research
Samuel Wood — Derbyshire to the Hull carts
Research · Darley Dale & Hull
His 1831 marriage to Elizabeth Graham is read at the register image this pass (the 'Mariner' entry, both signing their names, the witness Thomas Kemp whose name their son carried); his Darley baptism is confirmed on FamilySearch, matching Janet's dates. The Hull censuses of his household (1841, 1851) and his 1859 death rest on Janet's transcriptions, not yet re-read at the image.
- His death and burial (1859). Janet cites the St Mary's burial register; the entry — and a GRO death certificate — would fix the date and cause. The certificate is a purchase; the burial register is a Hull History Centre read.
- The occupation arc. Mariner (1831) → Truckman (1837–51) → 'Brickman' (1854, his daughter's marriage) → 'General Carrier' (his widow's word, 1881): worth setting the 1831 sea-trade against any Hull crew or apprenticeship record. Speculative — leads only.
- His 1805 Darley baptism sits in the image-backed Derbyshire registers on FamilySearch; reading and filing that image would lift it from index to image. A deep-pass step.