Josiah Wood

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: say 1684; He was a carpenter.
• Married: 5 Mar 1685, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; Sarah Elithorp, the daughter of Nathaniel Elithorp. She died on Friday 9 January 1688/89 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Wood (1687-____)
• Married: 17 Oct 1689, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; Mary Felt. Issue: 1. Samuel Wood (1691-____) 2. Sarah Wood (1693-____) 3. James Wood (1695-____) 4. Mary Wood (1699-____) 5. Josiah Wood (1701-____) 6. Ruth Wood (1704-____) 7. Elizabeth Wood (1706-____) 8. George Wood (1708-____)
• Religion: 15 Jan 1710/11, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; Josiah and Mary were dismissed to the Church in Concord from the Church in Rowley.

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Birth:
He was a twin.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Living: Apr 1654, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Occupation: 14 Dec 1655; He was a carpenter and coffin maker.
• Freeman: 25 Mar 1662, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts
• Legal: 28 Aug 1667; Thomas was accused by the Rev. Samuel Phillips on 28 Aug 1667 of including 60 rods of meadow land in his deed that belonged to Phillips. He confessed and the land was returned to Phillips.
• History: 31 Jul 1675, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; According to the diary of Samuel Sewall, "1675 July 31, at midnight, Tho. Wood, carpenter, of Rowley, had his house and goods burnt, and væ malum, a daughter of about 10 years of age, who directed her brother so that he got out, was herself consumed to ashes."
• Will: 21 Jul 1687, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his uncle, Obadiah, his wife, Ann, and his children:John, Thomas, Josiah, Samuel, Solomon, Ebenezer, James, Mary, Ann, and Ruth.
• Probate/Proved: Nov 1687, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Thomas married Ann Hunt on 7 Jun 1654 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Ann was born in 1637; died on 29 Dec 1714 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Their marriage was recorded as 7 (4) 1654.

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• Religion: 30 Mar 1640; Edward Wood was admitted to the Charlestown Church.

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Died:
His death date was recorded as 27 (9) 1642.

Edward married Ruth Lea on 2 Feb 1619/20 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Ruth was born in 1602 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; died on 29 Aug 1642 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 24 May 1640, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Ruth was admitted to the Charlestown Church.
• Complier's Note: 2011; Rob -- Thanks for your efforts in assembling the genealogical information on your website, including that about Thomas Wood of Rowley, Mass. I would, however, appreciate your correcting the reference to Ruth "Mousall" as Thomas Wood's mother. This factoid is widespread but it is absolutely, uncontestably, completely, utterly false. This notion is the product of the mention in Ralph Mousall's will of his "daughter Ruth Wood." However, Ralph was not talking about Ruth the wife of Edward Wood and the mother of Thomas Wood here. For one thing, that Ruth Wood had already been dead a number of years when Ralph wrote his will. One doesn't make bequests to corpses. Edward Wood and his wife Ruth Lea (or Lee) were from Nuneaton, Warwickshire, where the christenings of their older children appear in the parish register. The register also records their marriage in Nuneaton, 2 Feb 1619 /20.

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Died:
Her death date was recorded as 29 (6) 1642.