Arthur WOOD (c.1618 - bef.1668) He arrived in the Virginia Colony in the year 1636, sponsored by Richard Bennett. Sources: "Early Virginia Immigrants", p.369, George Cabell Greer, Richmond, VA., 1912. 1989. "Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia", p.294, John Bennett Boddie, Wilmette, IL., 1938. 1993.