Brief Life History of Samuel
When Rev Samuel Wood was born on 4 June 1724, in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Dr. David Wood, was 47 and his mother, Mary Spofford, was 44. He married Lydia Ripley on 11 January 1750, in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He registered for military service in 1775. He died in 1777, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 53, and was buried in Brooklyn, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Samuel Wood, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Samuel Wood, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Wood, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
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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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