The Francis Wood's immediate  family

Francis      m.4thQt1845    Betsy Richardson  
b.....~1814        |        b.....~1824    
d.                 |        d.           
                   |
      |============|============|============|============|========||
      Frances      William      Betsy        Emma         Francis
      b.....~1846  b.....~1847  b.....~1848  b.....~1850  b.....~1862
      d.           d.           d.           d.           d.

Source: GRO Marriages
Wood Francis       4th Quarter 1845  Sculcoates  vol. 22 page 507
Richardson Betsey  4th Quarter 1845  Sculcoates  vol. 22 page 507

Notes

• Francis' marriage was registered in the fourth quarter of 1845 (GRO ref: Sculcoates vol. 22 page 507).
• Grandson Percy LEE was registered in the third quarter of 1867 (GRO ref: Sculcoates vol. 9d page 121)
• Possible links:
  A Robert LEE married Dinah WOOD in the first quarter of 1867 (GRO ref: Malton vol. 9d page 511). There is no FreeBMD match for Dinah Wood, born between John and Elizabeth, registered in Sculcoates.
• Betsy WOOD (b.1848) married either George ILLINGWORTH or Robert DUNN in the second quarter of 1869 (GRO ref: Sculcoates vol.9d page 181)

1812 Info, sheet 2

Information from the census

1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source:     FHL Film  PRO Ref HO10
            Piece: 2360; Folio: 280; Page: 14
Dwelling:   Spring Head Farm    
Place:      Cottingham, York, England

Name                 Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation                       Birthplace 
Francis Wood        Head   M   37   Farmer of 266 acres 3 labourers  Yorks, Anlaby 
Betsy Wood          Wife   M   27   Farmers wife                     Yorks, Willerby
Frances Wood         Dau   U    5   Farmers daughter                 Yorks, Cottingham  
William Wood         Son   U    4   Farmers son                      Yorks, Cottingham  
Betsy Wood           Dau   U    3   Farmers daughter                 Yorks, Cottingham  
Emma Wood            Dau   U    1   Farmers daughter                 Yorks, Cottingham
Rebecca Richardson   Vis   U   15   Farmers daughter                 Yorks, Willerby
Isabella Nicholson  Serv   U   11   House servant                    Yorks, Hessle
Joseph Asgerby      Serv   U   20   Farm servant                     Lincoln., Ferriby
John Coupland       Serv   U   19   Farm servant                     Yorks, Swanland
Henry Atkinson      Serv   U   17   Farm servant                     Yorks, Anderby
Albert Smales       Serv   U   14   Farm servant                     Yorks, Wellick

1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source:     FHL Film  PRO Ref RG09
            Piece: 3576; Folio: 32; Page: 15
Dwelling:   Spring Head Farm    
Place:      Cottingham, York, England

Name                Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation                        Birthplace 
Francis Wood       Head   M   47   Farmer of 266 acres 3 lab 4 boys  Yorks, Anlaby
Betty Wood         Wife   M   43   Farmers wife                      Yorks, Willerby
Frances Wood        Dau   U   15   Farmers daughter                  Yorks, Cottingham
William Wood        Son   U   14   Farmers son                       Yorks, Cottingham
Betsy Wood          Dau   U   13   Scholar Farmers daughter          Yorks, Cottingham  
Emma Wood           Dau   U   11   Scholar Farmers daughter          Yorks, Cottingham
Baumber Crawford   Serv   U   21   Servant Farm                      Lincoln., Thorpe
Thomas Peck        Serv   U   18   Farm servant                      Yorks, Thornegumbald
Edwin Dyson        Serv   U   14   Farm servant                      Yorks, Swanland
George Trimmingham Serv   U   11   Farm servant                      Yorks, Anlaby

Francis is first recorded in the 1871 census, which records his birth place as Cottingham, the district in which Anlaby is located.

Source: GRO Births
Wood Francis  2nd Quarter 1862  Sculcoates  vol. 9d  page 132 

1812 Info, sheet 3

1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source:      FHL Film  PRO Ref RG10
             Piece: 4774; Folio: 49; Page: 4 
Dwelling:    Spring Head Farm
Place:       Cottingham, York, England

Name                Rel  Mar  Age  Occupation                        Birthplace
Francis Wood       Head   M    57  Farmer of 270 acres 6 men 2 boys  Yorks, Anlaby
Betty Wood         Wife   M    47  Farmers wife                      Yorks, Willerby
Emma Wood           Dau   U    21  Farmers daughter                  Yorks, Cottingham 
Francis Wood        Son         9  Farmers son                       Yorks, Cottingham
Percy Lee          GSon         3                                    Yorks, Anlaby
Mark Featherstone  Serv   U    22  Agricultural servant              Lincoln., Cumberworth
William Ellis      Serv   U    21  Agricultural servant              Yorks, Hessle 
Edwin Scrowdon     Serv   U    19  Agricultural servant              Yorks, Ellington
John Traine        Serv   U    15  Agricultural servant              Yorks, Wesbbane 
                                                                                Cottingham
Tom Selkirk        Serv   U    14  Agricultural servant              Yorks, Bridlington 
Frances Deaney     Serv         8  Bird ??nter                       Yorks, Cottingham   
Mary E Fraeger     Serv   U    19  General servant                   Yorks, Sutton 
Note: This is a very difficult script to transcribe. 

1881 Census Sun/Mon 3/4th April 1881
Source:    FHL Film 1342147  PRO Ref RG11
           Piece 4748 Folio 41 Page 3
Dwelling:  Springhead Farm
Place:     Cottingham and Haltemprice, York, England

Name                Rel  Mar Age Occupation                     Birthplace
Francis Wood       Head   M  67  Farmer of 300 acres employing  Anlaby, York
Betsy Wood         Wife   M  57                                 Willerby, York
Francis Wood       Son    U  19  Farmer                         Cottingham, York
Percy Lee          GSon   U  13  Scholar                        Anlaby, York
Francis Booth      Serv   U  21  Farm serv                      Winterton, Lincoln
William Grant      Serv   U  22  Farm serv                      Willerby, York
Charles Lawrey     Serv   U  20  Farm serv                      Coverham, Lincoln
Geo.Wm. Cartsforth Serv   U  16  Groom                          Willerby, York

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