When Samuel Wood was born on 6 January 1719, in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Wood, was 44 and his mother, Mary Blaney, was 39. He died on 8 December 1721, in his hometown, at the age of 2.
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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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