When Prudence Wood was born on 11 March 1770, in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Nathan Wood, was 34 and her mother, Martha Farrington, was 30. She married Daniel Pratt Smith on 12 April 1787, in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 1 April 1849, in Mead Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mead Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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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