Wood (Rosmead)

John Wood was the son of Richard Wood and a Miss Smith, who settled at Loughcrew, county Meath in the 17th century. In 1666, Richard Wood was granted 301 acres at Rosmead and Cavestown by Charles II. In 1703 John Wood of Rosmead purchased 92 acres of Rosmead and Carrestowne from the Trustees of forfeited estates. John Wood and his wife Mary Worsopp had three daughters, the eldest of whom married Hans Widman and they inherited the Rosmead estate. Hans Widman took the additional name of Wood. His son and grandson married into the families of King of Rockingham, county Roscommon and Henry of Straffan, county Kildare. In 1822 Frances Elizabeth Widman Wood, heiress to this estate, married Captain Hercules Robinson. See Burkes Landed Gentry of Great Britain 1849, I, 278.