Robert Woodson 
Robert was born in 1634 in Fleur de Hundred, Henrico Co. (now Prince George Co.), Virginia.1 Robert's father was John Woodson and his mother was Sarah Winston?. He had a brother and a sister, named John and Deborah. He had a half-sister named Elizabeth. He died at the age of 82 in 1716 in Flowerdew Hundred, Henrico County, Virginia.2 General Notes
ROBERT WOODSON deposed, June 1680,that he was "46 years of age or thereabouts," and, 1 June 1696, that he was aged about 61. He married Elizabeth Ferris, daughter of Richard Ferris. On 21 Oct 1687 Robert Woodson, Richard Ferris and three others patented 1780 acres on White Oak Swamp in Varina Parish and the same day he, John Woodson, Sr., and two others patented 470 acres, also in Henrico county. He held 1157 acres in Henrico County, 1704, and died after 1 Oct 1707.
From "Adventurers of Purse and Person"
Details of Robert's family with Elizabeth Ferris
1 The Virginia Magazien of History and Biography, VOL XLVIII, No. 1, January 1940
2 another source says died 1707
2 another source says died 1707
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