Samuel Wood (abt. 1647 - 1718)

Born about 21 May 1647 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Died 2 Feb 1718 at about age 70 in Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Name: Samuel /Wood/^[1]

Samuel was born in 1647 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of Henry Wood and Abigail Jenney.^[2]

Samuel, along with his father, Henry Wood, was one of the first settlers of the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts and was one of the twenty people who organized the First Church of Christ in Middleborough, Massachusetts in 1694.^[3] Samuel was a surveyor of highways in Middleborough in 1673 and 1674 and held the office of Constable in 1682 and Selectman for many years between 1684 and 1711^[4] The role of a Selectman was varied. They were to manage the general affairs of the town. They were to "encourage education [and] take notice of all persons desiring a permanent settlement in the town, who came without the approbation of the governor". They were also to "call to account those who neglected to attend public worship on the Lord's day and to require satisfactory reasons for their failure to do so". They were also to report to the General Court those who "persisted in such neglect" as well as those who were "spendthrifts", "children disobedient of their parents" or "persons living in families who were disorderly, or who refused to comply with reasonable requirements". They were also to take such actions as "necessary to provide for the property protection and government of the town" including take "precaution ... for a defence against any attacks of the Indians" and "building and maintaining a fort".^[5] Samuel was also one of the original proprietors of the Sixteen Shilling Purchase in 1675, the largest purchase of land to make up the town of Middleborough, Massachusetts. ^[6]

Samuel passed away in Middleborough, Massachusetts in 1718.^[7]

On 11 March 1717/18, his heirs, viz, Henry Wood, Ephraim Wood, Samuel Wood, Jabez Wood, Joanna Smith, Rebeckah Smith, Anne Wood, and Susanna Wood signed or made their mark on an estate distribution agreement.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S165 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17838154&pid=638715627
2. ↑ FindAGrave.com.
3. ↑ History of Middleboro (p. 63), (p. 441), (p. 649).
4. ↑ History of Middleboro (p. 63), (pp. 520-21); History of Plymouth (p.949). Samuel was selected in 1684, 1689, 1691, 1693, 1694, 1699, 1706, 1707, 1708, 1709 and 1711.
5. ↑ History of Middleboro (pp. 519-20).
6. ↑ History of Middleboro (p. 63), (p. 618).
7. ↑ FindAGrave.com; History of Plymouth (p.949); History of Middleboro (p. 63); Catalogue of the First Church, Samuel is listed as # 13 (p.81).
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-FNT2 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 71 of 485; State Archives, Boston.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #80089094
• Source: S165 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;; 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.
• "Descendants and Ancestors of Consider Wood and His Wife Mary Adams of Middleborough, MA, Pomfret, CT, Dutchess Co., NY, and Bradford Co., PA" by Norris Philip Wood. Pub by Gateway Press, Inc, Baltimore, MD, 1998 - page 614 - 617

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Wood-2897 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.