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Obadiah Wood (1625 - 1694)

Obadiah Wood
Born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 26 Mar 1650 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
Husband of — married about 1672 in Ipswich, Salisbury, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 69 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Profile last modified | Created 14 Apr 2010
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Obadiah Wood migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

Obadiah Wood, son of Edward and Ruth, was bpt at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, 2 Oct 1625. He immigrated to New England in 1639, with his family, who settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts.[1]

Obadiah was a biscuit baker. He married twice, first to Margaret Sparks. She died Ipswich 5 July 1667. Obadiah married second after 19 Nov 1671 Hazelephony (Willix) Gee. She was widow of John Gee, dtr of Balthasar and Hannah (____) Willix, and she died 27 Nov 1714 at Ipswich.[1]

He died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Nov 1694.[1]

Children: with Margaret[1]

  • Mary b. say 1648
  • John b. say 1650
  • Ruth b. say 1652
  • Obadiah, b. about 1653
  • Samuel b. about 1655
  • Josiah b. say 1657
  • Nathaniel b. say 1660
  • Joseph b. about 1664
  • Son b. Ipswich 11 April 1665
  • Margaret b. Ipswich 11 April 1667

Children with Hazelelphony [1]

  • James b. Ipswich 5 June 1675
  • Susanna b. say 1677
  • Margaret b. say 1679
  • Elizabeth b. say 1681

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908 Part III: (Boston, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2004) p. 476






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