Brief Life History of Seth Whitlock
When Seth Whitlock Wood was born on 10 July 1778, in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Israel Wood, was 22 and his mother, Hannah Whitlock, was 23. He married Elizabeth Northrup Wilson on 12 April 1801, in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 21 July 1847, in Sullivan Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Sullivan Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Seth W Wood, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Seth Whitlock Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Seth W Wood, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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