1701 - 1796 (94 years)
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Name |
Jonathan Wood |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
2 Nov 1701 |
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts [3, 5, 7, 8, 11] |
Moved To |
1717 |
Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts [5] |
In 1717 he moved from Mendon to Upton with his family. |
Age: 16 |
Offices Held |
say 1720 (Age 19) |
Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts [11] |
He was the first Town Clerk of Upton, Massachusetts. He served for almost 20 years. |
Land/House |
1723 (Age 22) |
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [5] |
In 1723 he bought numerous lots of land in Mendon, Massachusetts. |
Military |
1765 (Age 64) [11] |
Jonathan was made Captain of the Training Band during the French and Indian War. |
Death |
4 Feb 1796 |
Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts [6, 8, 9, 12, 13] |
Burial |
— |
Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [8] |
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Gravestone of Jonathan Wood IN
Memory of
Mr Jonathan Wood
who died
Feb. 4, 1796
in ye 95 r
of his age. |
Siblings |
8 Siblings |
| 1. James Wood, b. 28 Apr 1696, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 19 Sep 1777 (Age 81 years) | | 2. Ebenezer Wood, b. 6 Dec 1698, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 7 Jan 1792, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut (Age 93 years) | | 3. Captain Jonathan Wood, b. 2 Nov 1701, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Feb 1796, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 94 years) ▻ Margaret Thayer, m. 15 Dec 1720 ; Dorothy Brown, m. 15 Dec 1720 | | 4. David Wood, b. 30 May 1704, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts | + | 5. Samuel Wood, b. 21 May 1706, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 17 Dec 1799, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 93 years) ▻ Mary Albee, m. 12 Nov 1730 | | 6. Jane Wood, b. 02 Mar 1708/09, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 16 Feb 1810, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont (Age 100 years) | + | 7. Moses Wood, b. 3 Apr 1712, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts ▻ Priscilla Taft, m. 5 Feb 1738 | | 8. Eliphalet Wood, c. 15 Aug 1714, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts | | 9. Elizabeth Wood, b. Sep 1718, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts | |
Person ID |
I14919 |
Last Modified |
13 Sep 2021 |
Father |
Capt. Ebenezer Wood, b. 29 Dec 1671, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts |
Mother |
Rachel Nichols, b. 13 Nov 1677, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 1717/18, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years) |
Marriage |
5 Apr 1695 |
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts |
Age at Marriage |
He : 23 years and 4 months - She : 17 years and 5 months. |
Family ID |
F842 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Margaret Thayer, b. 17 Dec 1701, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 22 Oct 1749, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 47 years) |
Marriage |
15 Dec 1720 |
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [2, 4, 10] |
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Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood
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Age at Marriage |
He : 19 years and 1 month - She : 19 years. |
Information |
The were married by Mr. Joseph Dorr. [4] |
Children |
From 1723 to 1742 [5] |
1. Ezra Wood (c1723-1815)
2. Daniel Wood
3. Jonathan Wood
4. Lois Wood (1740-____)
5. Simeon Wood (1741-____)
6. Unice Wood (1742-____) |
Family ID |
F8751 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
13 Sep 2021 |
Family 2 |
Dorothy Brown, b. 1 Jan 1705, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 14 Aug 1782, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 77 years) |
Marriage |
15 Dec 1720 |
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts [2] |
Age at Marriage |
He : 19 years and 1 month - She : 15 years and 11 months. |
Children |
1726 [1] |
1. Ezra Wood (1726-1815) |
Marriage Intent |
2 Jan 1749/50 [5] |
Family ID |
F8752 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
20 Jun 2021 |
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 2 Nov 1701 - Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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| Moved To - 1717 - Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Offices Held - say 1720 - Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Land/House - 1723 - Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Death - 4 Feb 1796 - Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Burial - — - Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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Pin Legend |
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set |
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Sources |
- [S110] Ancestry Family Trees, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Use with Caution.
- [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920).
- [S716] Blodgette, George Brainard. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts - A Genealogical Record of the Families Who Settled in Rowley Before 1700 with Several Generations of Their Descendants, (Rowley, Massachusetts: Amos Everett Jewett, 1933).
- [S132] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, (Provo, Uah: Ancestry.com, 2000).
- [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907).
- [S2056] Draper, James. History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the year 1860, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Henry J. Howland, 1860).
- [S717] Essex Institute. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume 1, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1928).
- [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial ID 133650681 Jonathan Wood.
- [S1947] Gravestone Inscription.
- [S188] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood.
- [S1007] Poor, William George. 1735 - June 25 - 1935 Upton, Massachusetts , (Upton, Massachusetts: Charlescraft Press, 1935).
- [S2055] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1909).
- [S1563] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Family Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury, Mass, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847).
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