WOODS, Christopher (Grimwade p.710, 772)

[MCB]

He was christened Christopher Fly Woods in 1746 at St Leonard, Heston, the son of John and Ann.
As a bachelor from Battersea he made a bond in 1773 to marry the widow Margueritte Cloughton (nee Callard) at St Anne, Soho. She was the daughter of his master John Callard (Grimwade p.457, 740).
Six of their children were christened:
A daughter and two sons at St Ann, Soho between 1774 and 1777;
A daughter at the British Lying-in Hospital, Brownlow Street, Long Acre in 1784;
A son at the Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street, Holborn in 1787;
A son at St Luke, Finsbury in 1791.
His burial was registered at Bunhill Fields in 1807.

[dognose]

The details in a website family tree confirms Grimwade's thoughts that the above was indeed Christopher Fly Woods by the King Street address, and notes that his wife was the daughter of Paul Callard and Judith L'abbe and that his son, Thomas, signed indentures to George Smith (Grimwade p.663)

Indenture of apprenticeship Dec. 2, 1801 "Thomas Woods Son of Christopher Woods of Philip Lane London Silversmith to George Smith of Paternoster Row London Silversmith"

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.anc ... am133.html

[silverly]

17 August 1773 Christopher Fly Woods Long Bow Stringer of London paid apprentice indenture duty for Edward Weatherly.