Ancestry of
Jesse James

Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer

John Woodson

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Jesse James — 9th Generation
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  • 18 Apr 1644 
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  • Sarah Winston
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  • BEF 1632 
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  John Woodson

  Robert Woodson (Ahnentafel No:184 )

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  • Jamestowne resident (Muster of 1624/5)

    John Woodson and his wife Sarah came to Virginia in 1619 aboard the ship George. He was killed by Indians during the Indian massacre of 1644.

• Sources for John Woodson

  • ¹ The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, May 1918, Vol. 16, No. 47, p. 65.
  • ² William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1931, Vol. 11, No. 2, p. 210.
  • ³ Beamis, Joan M. and William E. Pullen, Background of a Bandit: The Ancestry of Jesse James, 2nd Edition, Unknown: Unknown (1971), 41-47.
  • ⁴ Cole, Robert Franklin, Bramblette-Bramlett-Bramlitt: Family Notes (Pamphlet), Washington, D.C.: unknown (1937), https://www.bramblett.com/books/cole.htm, p. 13, (accessed 08/21/2014).
  • ⁵ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 3, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 712-713.
  • ⁶ Jamestowne Society, Qualifying Ancestors, A9103, Record for John Woodson, (accessed 06/20/2023).
  • ⁷ McCartney, Martha W., Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 763.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "History of the Jamestown Settlement (1607-1699)", (accessed 02/10/2013).
  • ⁹ Woodson, Henry Morton, comp., Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and their Connections, Memphis, Tennessee: Henry Morton Woodson (1915), 23.