Judith Woodson

Not the same as "miss" (Tarleton) Fleming, {Fictional} who married Thomas Fleming, the immigrant {Fictional}

Biography

last updated 15 January 2025

Judith Tarleton, daughter of Stephen Tarleton and Susanna Bates, was born about 1662 at St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, and died before 7 February 1714 Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, Henrico County. In 1712, Judith Woodson relinquished her dower rights in land deeded by her husband, John Woodson, merchant, of the parish and county of Henrico. He made his will in 1715, and was dead in 1716

She married John Woodson, Sr. (bef 1658-bef 5 December 1715), son of Robert Woodson and Elizabeth Ferris, about 1648. She was not the wife of Sir Thomas Fleming.

The Legend of Sir Thomas Fleming in Virginia

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tarleton-11

It was started by R. A. Brock in a column he wrote for the Richmond Standard 7 Feb 1880. Brock's misinformation was debunked as early as 1902 in the William and Mary Quarterly. Unfortunately, the same misinformation continues to be repeated with no evidence to support it. There is no record of a Thomas Fleming in Virginia until several generations later.

Family

Siblings: Sister of John Tarleton, Charles Tarleton, Sarah (Tarleton) Hughes, Susanna (Tarleton) Fleming and Stephen Tarleton II

• Susanna Tarleton, Judith's sister, married Charles Fleming.
• Two of Judith and John Woodson's children, Tarleton and John Jr. married daughters of Charles and Susanna Fleming:
  • Tarleton Woodson married Ursula Fleming.
  • John Woodson Jr. married Susannah (Fleming) Bates.

Children of John Woodson and Judith Tarleton:

1. Robert Woodson b. c. 1689, married Sarah Womack
2. Tarleton Woodson b. 1690 married his cousin Ursula Fleming (daughter of Charles Fleming & Susanna Tarleton)
3. ? Sarah (Woodson) Sharp 1691-1772
4. Josiah Woodson 1702-1736
5. John Woodson, Jr. b. 1695 married his cousin Susannah (Fleming) Bates (daughter of Charles Fleming & Susanna Tarleton)
6. ? Richard Woodson b. 1698
7. Jacob Woodson 1699-1728
8. Stephen Woodson Sr 1704-1735 married Elizabeth Branch
9. Judith Woodson 1706-1774 married Stephen Cox
10. Elizabeth Woodson b. 1708 married "John Pleasants, of Pickanockie."

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References

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via sister Susanna Fleming (born Tarleton) by SmartCopy: Jan 23 2015, 17:55:47 UTC
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/TARLETON/2010-06/1275...
  • Woodson Family. The William and Mary Quarterly Vol . 10, No. 1 (Jul., 1901) , pp. 44-48 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919804
    • "4 JOHN8 WOODSON (Robert2, John1) was the "cousin" (nephew) John Woodson named in the will of John Woodson, Sr. He was a merchant and married Judith, daughter of Stephen Tarleton, of New Kent county. Charles Van dcr Veer Woodson wrote to Mr. Brock that he had a looking-glass, framed in walnut, which bears the following inscription: "This glass belonged to Stephen Tarleton, who was my great-grandfather, and died in the year 1687. I have had the present frame put on it this 14th of December, 1794.-Charles Woodson." In 1712, Judith Woodson relinquished her dower rights in land deeded by her husband, John Woodson, merchant, of the parish and county of Henrico. He made his will in 1715, and was dead in 1716. Issue: 13 Tarleton, 14 John, 15 Robert, Jr., 16 Josiah, 17 Stephen, 18 Jacob, 19 Judith, "married Stephen Cox." 20 Elizabeth, married "John Pleasants, of Pickanockie."
• http://trevilians.com/others/wood1.htm
• For more about this line go to pixleyblair.tribalpages.com
• GEDCOM Note (Research): A Judith Tarleton b. 1662 m. John Woodson b. 1658. But these dates would be too late for that Judith to be the dtr. of Susanna Bates & Stephen Tarlton. (?)