Nehemiah
Wood
Born in Mansfield Township, Tolland, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wood
and Abigail (Hartshorn) Wood
Brother of
Mary Wood, John Wood, Abigail (Wood) Tinker, Ruth (Wood) Anderson, Mehitable (Wood) Fuller, Martha (Wood) Hayward, Ephraim Wood, Dinah (Wood) Parish and Jonathan Wood
Husband of
Elizabeth (Hovey) Wood
— married
5 Mar 1752 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Ephraim Wood, Desire Wood, Elizabeth Wood, Daniel Wood, Jonathan Wood and Nehemiah Marble Wood
Died
at age 69
in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Nehemiah Wood migrated from New England to Nova Scotia.
Nehemiah Wood was born 16 Jan 1727 in Mansfield, Connecticut. He died 21 Sep 1796 and is buried in Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia.
He married Elizabeth Hovey, 5 Mar 1752 in Mansfield, Connecticut. She was born 1 Nov 1734 in Mansfield, Connecticut.
He died in 1796.
Children:
- Ephraim, b. 10 Dec 1752 in Mansfield, Connecticut, m. 9 Apr 1775 in Cornwallis Township, Mary Westcoat, d. 18 Jan 1834 in Kings Co., Nova Scotia
- Desire, b. 7 Nov 1754 in Mansfield, Connecticut, d. 8 Jul 1755.
- Elizabeth, b. 19 Feb 1756 in Mansfield, Connecticut.
- Daniel, b. 17 Jan 1758 in Mansfield, Connecticut, m. 29 Mar 1783 in Cornwallis Township, Lucy Parrish, d. 18 Feb 1813 in Kings Co., Nova Scotia
- Charles Lawrence, b. 27 Jun 1760, m. Betsy Dewey.
- Nehemiah Marble, b. 22 May 1762 in Falmouth Township, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, m. Rebecca Rawlins, d. June 1813 in Windsor, Hants Co., Nova Scotia.
- John Slap, b. 8 Jul 1764 in Falmouth Township, Hants Co., Nova Scotia.
- Enoch, b. 5 Nov 1766 in Falmouth Township, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, m. Elizabeth North, d. before 3 Oct 1822 in Cornwallis Township. 6 ch
- Jonathan, b. 26 Nov 1769 in Mansfield, Connecticut, m. 22 Feb 1792 in Cornwallis Township, Mary Dewey, d. 16 Nov 1794 in Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia.
- David, b. 31 Oct 1771 in Falmouth Township, Hants Co., Nova Scotia, d. before Sep 1796 in Cornwallis Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia.
Sources
- Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 13 May 2015), Nehemiah Wood, 16 Jan 1727; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 13 May 2015), Nehemiah Wood, 16 Jan 1727; citing Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; FHL microfilm 1,376,017.
- Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997, index, FamilySearch (accessed 13 May 2015), Nehemiah Wood and Elizebeth Hovey, 05 Mar 1752; citing Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, reference item 1 p 204; FHL microfilm 1,376,017.
- Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896, index, FamilySearch (accessed 13 May 2015), Nehemiah Wood in entry for Desire_ Wood, 08 Jan 1755; citing ; FHL microfilm 928,972.
- Kings County Township Books compiled by Lorna Woodman Evans.
- The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia
- Kings County Vital Statistics database
- Ancestors of William D. Wood
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nehemiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Nehemiah:
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~0.78%
Paul Steele
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Alan Whitman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Sharon (Anderson) Delio :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sdelio
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~0.78%
James Wood :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member James_S_Wood
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~0.78%
Susan (Eddy) Bishop :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YB7720759 [compare], Ancestry member SLEddy510
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch YB7720759 [compare], FTDNA kit #B726545
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~0.39%
Kathy (Litwin) Curths :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Atkinsonfamily178
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~0.39%
Denise Rhynold :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XS9247618 [compare], yourDNAportal DEN90c9f5b2, Ancestry member denise_rhynold
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