Brief Life History of Levi
When Levi Wood was born on 15 April 1782, in Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Wood, was 24 and his mother, Elisabeth Bradish, was 26. He married Prudence Chamberlain on 26 February 1807, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 14 March 1866, in Henniker, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Levi Wood, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Levi Wood, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Levi Wood, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution
On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
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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