Captain Jonathan Wood1

M, (2 November 1701 - 4 February 1796)
Father-Biological*Captain Ebenezer Wood1 b. 29 Dec 1671
Mother-Biological*Rachel Nichols1 b. 13 Nov 1677, d. 1717/18
Last Edited=11 May 2024
Gravestone of Jonathan Wood
     Captain Jonathan Wood was born on 2 November 1701 at Rowley, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Captain Ebenezer Wood and Rachel Nichols.1 Jonathanmoved to Upton, Massachusetts, in 1717 from Mendon with his family.2 He was the first Town Clerk of Upton, Massachusetts. He served for almost 20 years.4

Captain Jonathan Wood, age 19, married Margaret Thayer, age 18 , daughter of Benjamin Thayer and Sarah Haywood, on 15 December 1720 at Mendon, Massachusetts, by Mr. Joseph Dorr.

Children:
1. Ezra Wood (c1723-1815)
2. Daniel Wood
3. Jonathan Wood
4. Lois Wood (1740-____)
5. Simeon Wood (1741-____)
6. Unice Wood (1742-____.)5,6,7


In 1723 he bought numerous lots of land in Mendon, Massachusetts.2

Captain Jonathan Wood, age 48, married Dorothy Brown, age 45 , daughter of Captain George Brown and Sarah Kidder, on 2 January 1750 at Upton, Massachusetts.

Children:
1. Ezra Wood (1726-1815.)8


Jonathan was made Captain of the Training Band during the French and Indian War.4 Captain Jonathan Wood died on 4 February 1796 at Spencer, Massachusetts, at age 94.9,10,11,12,13 He was buried at Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Jonathan's epitaph reads:

IN
Memory of
Mr Jonathan Wood
who died
Feb. 4, 1796
in ye 95 r
of his age.10


Citations

  1. 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.
  2. Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co, 1907.
  3. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. 1. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1928.
  4. Poor, William George. 1735 - June 25 - 1935 Upton, Massachusetts. Upton, Massachusetts: Charlescraft Press, 1935.
  5. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920.
  6. Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1752-1809. Volume 2. Boston: Municipal Print, 1903.
  7. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  8. WikiTree. Online https://www.wikitree.com/
  9. Draper, James. History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the year 1860. Worcester, Massachusetts: Henry J. Howland, 1860.
  10. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  11. Gravestone Inscription.
  12. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1909.
  13. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847.