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Henry Wood (b. 1842), son of James Wood and Harriet Gollop, married Mary Jane Melhuish (b. 1847 in East Stonehouse, Plymouth), daughter of William Melhuish and Sarah Lake, at St. Mary’s, Kentisbeare on 31 May 1866.
Henry and Mary Jane had ten children:
- Charles Henry Wood b. 1866, bap. 19 Aug 1866 at All Saints, Blackborough, Devon (Demolished 1994)
- William Wood b. 1869, bap. 27 Mar 1869 at St. Mary’s, Kentisbeare
- Emma Jane Wood b. 1871, bap. 3 Sep 1871 in Kentisbeare
- Alice Wood b. 1874, bap. 18 Jan 1874 in Kentisbeare. (Died 1874, aged 3 weeks and buried on 25 Jan 1874, also in Kentisbeare.)
- Henry Wood b. 1875, bap. 3 Feb 1875 in Kentisbeare
- Amelia Wood b. 1877, bap. 3 Jun 1877 in Kentisbeare
- Walter Wood b. 1879, bap. 25 Dec 1879 in Kentisbeare
- Alice Mary Wood b. 1882, 4 Jun 1882 in Kentisbeare
- Ellen Wood b. 1887, bap. 9 Mar 1887 in Kentisbeare
- Frederick Wood b. 1889, bap. 11 Aug 1889 in Kentisbeare
On Charles Henry's baptism in Blackborough, Henry and Mary Jane are described as "Tinkers in Kentisbeare", which is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.
In 1871, they were living in the Village, Kentisbeare with Henry Wood (28) Farm Labourer from Kentisbeare, Devon, wife Mary Jane (24), with Charles Henry (6), William (2) as well as Henry's father, James Wood (57), mother, Harriet (51), brother James (12) and sister, Sarah (8).
In 1881 and still living in the Village, Kentisbeare, were Henry Wood (38), Mary J (34), William (12), Harry (6), Amelia (4) and Walter (1). Charles Henry (15) had already left home and was working as a Farm Servant (indoors) for William Snell (48) Farmer of 118 Acres at Bishops Farm, Kentisbeare, while Emma Jane (9) was staying nearby with her grandmother, Harriet.
In 1891, living in a Cottage, Kentisbeare (quite possibly the same place), were Henry Wood (48), Mary J (44), Charles (24), Emma J (19), Henry (16), Milly [Amelia] (14), Walter (11), Alice (9) and Ellen (4).
In 1901, back in the Village, Kentisbeare, there were Henry Wood (59) now a Carter on Farm, Mary Jane (55), Charles Wood (34) Single, also a Carter on Farm, Ellen Wood (14) and Henry Melhuish (44) Lodger.
Henry Wood died, aged 63 and was buried on 13 Mar 1904 in Kentisbeare.
In 1911, Charles Wood (44) Widower and Waggoner on Farm has become head of the household with, Mary Jane (65) and brother Walter (31).
In 1921, Mary Jane Wood (73) and son Charles Wood (55) General Labourer were living at Church Cottage, Kentisbeare, Devon.
Charles Wood predeceased his mother and died in 1933 at 68.
Mary Jane Wood died in 1935, at 87.