Washtub and Potato Hole Woodsons

Following a hint from Ancestry I was able to add a maiden name for the wife of Obadiah Woodson to my children's tree.  The hint led to getting in touch with Ancestry member karenjlewis.  Karen shared a great story to add to this Woodson family line from https://virginiahistory.org/exhibitions/taking-aim 

A massive 7-foot, 4-inch English long fowler often referred to as the “Woodson” musket. According to family tradition, the oldest part of the musket (dating to the mid-1600s) was used by Lt. Col. Thomas Ligon, who helped Sara Woodson defend her Prince George County home during the Third Anglo-Powhatan War. Many Woodson descendants refer to themselves as “potato hole” or “washtub” Woodsons based on their relationship to Sara Woodson’s sons—John (10 years old) and Robert (12 years old). During the skirmish, John was reportedly hidden under a washtub and Robert in a “potato hole” (cellar). Many well-known figures in U.S. history are related to the Woodson family including Dolly Madison (first lady of the United States) and Jesse Woodson James.

 If I eventually adopt John and Sarah Winston Woodson into the tree of my husband and children here are sources I found on Ancestry to look at:

And here is information about Sarah found on find a grave:

Sara was born around 1600 in Devonshire, England. She may have been the daughter of Isaac Winston and Mary Dabney. However the surname and ancestry of Sara seem to be a matter of some dispute.

Sara married Dr. John Woodson about 1619 in Dorsetshire, England and the couple sailed on the ship "George" for Virginia on 29 Jan 1619 arriving in Jamestown 16 April 1619. The ship George sailed from England and landed nearly a year before the more famous ship, the Mayflower, came to Plymouth's shore.

Dr. Woodson was MD Oxford University; 1604. Dr and Sarah Woodson came in the capacity of surgeon to a company of soldiers who were sent over for the protection of the colonist against the Indians.

Children:

John Woodson b. 1632

Robert Woodson Sr. b.1634