Richard Wood (1480-1553) married Christable.  He and his younger brothers John and Edmund were cloth weavers in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, "on the bleak, treeless moorlands of the Pennine Hills, where fertile soil was at a minimum." 
. 1. Margaret Wood (c.1509)
. 2. Agnes Wood (c.1511)
. 3. Thomas Wood (c.1513)
. 4. Richard Wood (c1515) married Margaret Annes Ambler

Richard Wood (c1515-bef.1590) m.26 Jul 1540 Margaret Annes Ambler (c1510-c1600), daughter of William Ambler, in Sowerby.  Most sources indicate that Jonas "Halifax" Wood and Jonas "Orem" Wood are not related.  So the connection between Richard and James needs further study and verification.
. 1. James Wood (c1543) m.11 Dec 1575 Janet Shuttleworth
. . . 11.  Henry Wood (4 Mar 1593-c1619) m.18 Aug 1612 Prudence Atkinson (1584-1648)
. . . . 111. Jonas "Halifax" Wood (bap.20 Feb 1613/4-1 May 1660) m.20 Aug 1635 Mary Drake,
. . . . . . . . .m.1653 Joanna. He was in Watertown 1636, then Wethersfield CT where he caught up with
. . . . . . . . .Jonas "Orem" Wood (see below), Stamford, Hempstead, Southampton, and Huntington. He
. . . . . . . . .was in the rum, wine, and sack trade in the West Indies, and drowned in the Peconic River.
. . . . . . . . The Refugees of 1776 identifies Jonas Halifax Wood's second wife as Joanna Strickland.
. . . . . . . . .If so, she was probably the daughter of Edward Strickland, not John Strickland (1584-1672)
. . . . . 1111. Samuel Wood (c1638-1723) married Deborah Ketcham
. . . . . .11111. Joseph Wood (1679-1747) married Rebecca
. . . . . . .111111. Rebecca Wood (c.1712) m.19 Nov 1738 Zophar Platt. . . . . 
. 2. Edmund Wood (1546-1616) continues next:

Edmund Wood (bef 6 Mar 1545/6-c1616) m.15 Sep 1572 Alyce Edwards; m.4 May 1573 Janet Hurst, daughter of Humphrey Hurst; m.13 Oct 1583 Margaret Heird, lived in North Orem, Halifax, Yorkshire.  Died in Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire.
. 1. Humphrey Wood
. 2. Richard Wood
. 3. Grace Wood
. 4. Jonas Wood (c1576) married Anne.  Came to America on the James in April 1635
. 5. Edmund Wood (c1578-bef.7 Jul 1663) m.1611 Martha Lum; on the James, April 1635
. 6. Susannah Wood (c1582) m.c1611 Thomas Butterfield (d.1614); m.21 Aug 1616 Matthew Mitchell;
. . . on the James, April 1635
. 7. John Wood (bapt.22 Mar 1583/4)
. 8. Thomas Wood

Edmund Wood (c1575-bef.7 Jul 1663) m.21 May 1611 Martha Lum (7 Jan 1580/1-bef.1635), daughter of William Lum/Lome and Agnes Bairstow of Lighthazles, Sowerby, Halifax.  Edmund was from Oram, Yorkshire, and he was married and his children baptized in Halifax, Yorkshire, where he was church warden 1604-5.    He sailed for America 23 May 1635 on the James, and arrived in Boston 17 Aug 1635, a widower with five children.  He was an original settler of Springfield, MA, in 1636, Wethersfield in 1637, Stamford in 1641, and was a proprietor of Hempstead, Long Island, in 1647.
. 1. Martha Wood (bapt.8 Apr 1612) m.1636/7 Thurston Raynor (1594-1667) Southampton, LI
. 2. Jonas "Oram" Wood (bapt.18 Sep 1614-12 Jun 1689) m.1636 Elizabeth Strickland
. 3. Susannah Wood (bapt.23 Mar 1616-c1687) married Samuel Clark
. 4. Jeremiah Wood (6 Jan 1619/20-24 Dec 1686) m.c1645 Elizabeth Gildersleeve, Hempstead, LI
. 5. Timothy Wood (14 Jul 1622 -1659) of Huntington, LI, married a daughter of John Strickland. 
. . . She later married Samuel Matthews of Jamaica, LI.

Jonas "Oram" Wood (28 Sep 1614-12 Jun 1689) m.25 Feb 1641/2 Elizabeth Strickland (1619-aft.1683), daughter of John Strickland (1584-1672)  Jonas called "Oram" to distinguish him from his cousin Jonas "Halifax" Wood (1613-1660), see above.  Jonas Oram lived in Springfield MA, Wethersfield CT, Stamford CT, Hempstead LI, Southampton, and finally Huntington Long Island, and his will mentions surgeons tools.
. 1. Jonas Wood (c1643-1710) married Elizabeth Conklin (1649-1697)
. 2. Elizabeth Wood (c1645-aft.31 Jul 1691) m.c1664 Isaac Platt (10 Apr 1633-31 Jul 1691)
. 3. Phebe Wood (c1647-Jul 1697) m. Mar 1667 Epenetus Platt (1640-1693)
. 4. John Wood 
. 5. Jeremiah Wood
. 6. Timothy Wood
. 7. Ann Wood

Phebe Wood (1647-1697) married Mar 1667 Captain Epenetus Platt (12 Jul 1640-Sep 1693) lived at Huntington, Long Island.
. 1. Phoebe Platt (19 Mar 1668/9-1748) married John Tredwell
. 2. Mary Platt (11 Jan 1671/2) married Timothy Carle
. 3. Epenetus Platt (14 Apr 1674-1744) m(1) Hannah Marvin, m(2) Elizabeth Smith
. 4. Hannah Platt (23 Aug 1679) married Jacob Conklin
. 5. Elizabeth Platt (1 Mar 1681/2) m.14 Mar 1703/4 Jonathan Smith (9 Nov 1696-1744)
. 6. Jonas Platt (24 Apr 1684-1731) married Sarah Smith
. 7. Jeremiah Platt (25 Nov 1686-16 Oct 1754) married Hannah and/or Mercy
. 8. Ruth Platt (13 Jun 1688) married a Bryan
. 9. Sarah Platt (4 Feb1692/3-1728) married Isaac Brush (c1692-1758)

 Phebe Wood  (1649-1697) m.1667 Epenetus Platt  (1640-1693)

Margaret Platt (1728- 1791) m.1744 Isaac Smith (1722- 1795)

Margaret Smith (1763-1821) m.1780 Morgan Edwards (c.1750-1798)

Margaret Edwards (1789-1864) m.1821 Thomas Tate (1775-1838)

Thomas Edwards Tate (1821-1914) m.1845 Mary Vernon Cutrer (1825-1892)

Frances Mary Tate (1852-1881) m.1871 Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928)

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews (1874-1948)

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)