Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Wood was born on 3 July 1805, in Halifax, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Wood, was 44 and his mother, Huldah Cole, was 25. He married Polly Thompson in 1826, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Smithfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 19 September 1863, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Saml Wood, "United States Census, 1840"
- Samuel Wood, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Samuel Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810
Historical Boundaries 1810: Ontario, New Jersey, United States 1812: Bradford, New Jersey, United States
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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