Rev Samuel Wood

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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Family Time Line

Rev Samuel Wood
1724–1777
Lydia Ripley
1724–1761
Marriage: 11 January 1750
David Wood
1750–1799
Wood
1761–
Lydia Wood
1752–
Irena Wood
1754–1840
Faith Wood
1756–1789
Samuel Wood
1758–1843
Altheah Wood
1760–1850

Sources (17)

  • 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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