Group study using Big y700 DNA to help identify and tease apart the branches of the Edmund Wood family that emigrated from England. We are represented in group 33 of the Wood surname project, you may join both. Edmund and his three sons are the only known Wood family members from this line that emigrated to America around the time of 1635. Edmund and sons; Jonas, Jeremiah and Timothy first went to MA, then CT, only staying a short while. Lastly went to Hempstead and Huntington, Long Island, NY and settled there. Descendants from all three sons branched out to Upstate NY, CT, NJ, PA, Ontario, Nova Scotia Canada and subsequently all over the country. Our hope is that by having group members who either have already done Big y700 testing or are willing to start/upgrade to Big y700 testing we can help those of us who have brick walls in our lineage fill in the blanks back to Edmund. Currently accepting members to this project who either have proven lineage back to our immigrant ancestor and will Big y700 test or members who have already tested YDNA 37 markers or above and match our haplogroup that belongs to Edmund Wood and will upgrade their kits to Big y700.