Hannah Nelson (1699 - aft. 1772)

Born 10 Apr 1699 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jabez Wood Sr — married Jan 1720 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after Mar 1772 after age 72 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Hannah Nelson was born April 10, 1699 , the daughter of Thomas Nelson and Hope Huckins of Middleboro, Massachusetts^[1]

On January 10, 1719, she married Jabez Wood, the son of David Wood and Mary Barker of Middleboro, Plymouth, Massachusetts^[2][3], daughter of Thomas Nelson and Hope Huckins of Middleboro, and they had children, including:

1. Jabez Wood, born March 10, 1719^[4]
2. Thankful Wood, born September 28, 1722^[5]
3. Nathan, born March 14, 1723^[6]
4. Alice Wood, born 27 Mar 1726^[7]
5. Patience Wood, born July 11, 1729^[8]
6. Dinah Wood, born 27 Dec 1731^[9]
7. Caleb Wood, born Ocotober 8, 1733^[10]
8. Amos Wood, born April 13, 1738^[11]

Hannah is named in the will of her husband dated 25 December 1760.^[12] The probate record states that Amos Wood presented the will on 2 March 1772, "Hannah Wood the executrix being aged and unable to attend". No death record for Hannah has been found.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHHB-Q5G : 13 July 2016), Hannah Nelson, 10 Apr 1699; citing Birth, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 945,015.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-1SNK : 13 July 2016), Jabez Wood and Hannah Nelson, 10 Jan 1719; citing Marriage, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 945,014.
3. ↑ Williams, MD 49 page 57
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-87S : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Jabez Wood, 10 Mar 1719;
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-W1M : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Thankfull Wood, 28 Sep 1722;
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-VHP : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Nathan Wood, 14 Mar 1723;
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-3CQ : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Alice Wood, 27 Mar 1726;.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-7LR : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Patience Wood, 11 Jul 1729;
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-4QC : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Dinah Wood, 27 Dec 173.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-N9X : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Caleb Wood, 08 Oct 1733;
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6G-Z5D : 4 December 2014), Jabez Wood in entry for Amos Wood, 13 Apr 1738;
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-8HQ5?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-3TL%3A337799301 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1771-1778 vol 21-23 > image 76 of 827; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Elizabeth Pearson White and Edwin Wagner Coles. "Jabez and Hannah (Nelson) Wood of Middleboro, Mass., ancestors of former president George H. W. Bush" in The Howland Quarterly 65 (2000) 4: 12-13, 15.

• Williams, Alicia Crane. "Henry Wood alias Atwood of Middleborough, Massachusetts" in The Mayflower Descendant 48 no. 1 pp.13-20; no. 2 pp.135-140; 49 no. 1 pp.55-61; 49 no. 2 pp.119-124 (1998-200).

• Multiple family trees at Ancestry Family Trees

• Gary Boyd Roberts, Notable Kin, Volume One, Santa Clarita, California, 1998; Published in cooperation with the New England Historic genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, V1, p120