Born in Mendon, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Wood
and Grace (Thayer) Wood
Sister of
Hezekiah Wood, Susannah (Wood) Pratt, James Wood, Benjamin Wood, Amos Wood, Edward Wood [half], Thomas Wood [half], Elizabeth (Wood) Pilbrow [half], Grindal Wood [half], Hezekiah Wood [half] and Stephen Wood [half]
Wife of
Gershom Whitney
— married
after 21 Mar 1751 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Whitney) Flagg and Hannah (Whitney) Silsby
Died
at age 37
in Ware, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2013
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Biography
Sarah Wood was born on September 6, 1732 in Mendon, Massachusetts to James Wood and Grace Thayer [1]
She married Gershom Whitney in 1751 in Mendon. "Gershom Whitney of Woodstock and Sarrah Wood of Mendon were married March 21 1751." [2]
Her death is given as January 12, 1770 in Ware, Massachusetts, as cited by several Ancestry Family Trees, [3] but is otherwise unsubstantiated.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MXB2 : 20 May 2022), Sarah Wood, 6 Sep 1732; citing Birth, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-MB24 : 20 May 2022), Sarrah Wood in entry for Gershom Whitney, 21 Mar 1751; citing Marriage, Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011111.
- ↑ Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Text: Record for James Wood Deacon
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~1.56%
Sally (Watson) Metzger
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Heidi_eileen
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~0.78%
Heidi Metzger :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Susanna Minton :
23andMe, GEDmatch M494676 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FZ6251121 [compare], Ancestry member grahamcracker6
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Severance Graham :
23andMe, GEDmatch M882137 [compare]
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~0.39%
J Albro :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
P Albro :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AlbroGirl
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Andrea Powell
Andrea Powell
Wood-10130 and Wood-7706 appear to represent the same person because: matching parents & date of birth
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by Andrea Powell
Rejected matches › Sarah Wood (1727-) › Sarah (Wood) Purcell (bef.1734-abt.1792) › Sarah (Woods) Tainter (1731-1820)
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