John
Wood
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of John Wood
and Eunice (Allyn) Wood
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Abigail (Fish) Wood
— married
1784 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Caroline (Wood) Chester
Died
at about age 74
in New London, Connecticut, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2010
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Biography
John Wood was the second husband of Abigail (Fish) Wood (1760-1851) (her first husband, Luke Perkins, had died in the Fort Griswold Massacre, 6 Sep 1781) [1],[2].
Two children of this family are documented:
- Eunice Wood, 22 December 1795 – 4 November 1865; married Egbert Hamilton Avery [3]
- Caroline (Wood; 1799-1856); married John F. Chester
Capt. John Wood died 19 Apr 1832 at New London, Connecticut. His grave is in Ledyard Center Cemetery, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, USA [4]. The grave marker is inscribed Aged 73 years, hence he was born in 1758 to early 1759.
Sources
- ↑ Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 373, no. 37: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n395/mode/1up
- ↑ The Fish Family in England and America (1948) p. 293, no. 1883: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067390757;view=1up;seq=353;size=75
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #30895179
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #35884917
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Kristin (Peachey) Robinson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H9a, FTDNA kit #173008, MitoYDNA ID T17122 [compare] - Sandy (Sands) Peachey :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H9a, FTDNA kit #253269
- Laurie (Sands) Lane :
Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H9a
- Sharon Bell :
Mitochondrial DNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H9a
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~1.56%
Shannon Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A965538 [compare], Ancestry member Lipizzan_Lady
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Vic Watt
Vic Watt
Wood-1032 and Wood-9750 appear to represent the same person because: Same husband. Please merge. Thanks.
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Rejected matches › John Wood (bef.1760-) › John Wood (1759-1816) › John Wood (1759-1843) › John Wood (1758-) › Jan Wood (1732-) › John Wood (1760-) › John Wood (1759-1838)
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