Hew Wood

- 1701

• Name	Hew Wood
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1669	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Quaker, later a leader in the West Scotland
  Residence	1679	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Threatened and raided by Covenanters
  Role	1681	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Emigration agent (West Jersey)
  Occupation	1681	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Gardener to the Duchess of Hamilton (served the family for 25 years, and had employed John Reid)
  Residence	1688	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	A Quaker meeting at his house was broken up by a party led by William Dalziel of Redmire, with Quakers being abused and manhandled
  Death	1701	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  Burial	1701	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Buried in his own garden
  Person ID	I45521	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes Black   d. Abt 1670, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Alexander Wood,   b. 11 Nov 1669, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 6 Dec 1702, Scotland (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Robert Wood,   b. 12 Nov 1665, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Wood,   b. Abt 1661, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Wood,   b. Abt 1663, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Grisell Richardson   d. 20 Apr 1705, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Marriage	6 Sep 1671	Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4]
  	At Drumbuy. Recorded by the Edinburgh and West of Scotland Quaker Monthly Meetings
  Family ID	F31417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Religion - Quaker, later a leader in the West Scotland - 1669 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - 6 Sep 1671 - Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Threatened and raided by Covenanters - 1679 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Role - Emigration agent (West Jersey) - 1681 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Occupation - Gardener to the Duchess of Hamilton (served the family for 25 years, and had employed John Reid) - 1681 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - A Quaker meeting at his house was broken up by a party led by William Dalziel of Redmire, with Quakers being abused and manhandled - 1688 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death - 1701 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Burial - 1701 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3665] Myers, Albert Cook, Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707, p195, reprint of 'The Present State of the Colony of West Jersey'. [S3668] Marshall, Rosalind K., The Days of Duchess Anne, p72. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p211. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p153.