When Jemima Wood was born on 13 December 1756, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ephraim Wood, was 40 and her mother, Hannah Parlow, was 33. She died on 18 May 1761, at the age of 4.
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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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