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Aaron Wood (1742 - 1818)

Aaron Wood
Born in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 23 Mar 1763 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
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Died at age 76 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Aaron was born on 4 May 1742, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay. He died on 22 Jul 1818.

This person was created through the import of HOWE(1).ged on 08 April 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

Data from Online Family Tree

Descendants of Sampson Mason, Fourth Generation (Continued)

166. Freelove Mason (Nathan, Isaac, Sampson) was born on 25 Apr 1743, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay. She died on 23 Feb 1814, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Marriage and Children

Aaron Wood and Freelove Mason were married on 23 Mar 1763, in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts Bay.[1]

They had the following children:

  1. 422 M i Nathan Wood is printed as #330
  2. 423 F ii Sarah Wood is printed as #331
  3. 424 M iii Isaac Wood is printed as #332
  4. 425 F iv Innocent Wood is printed as #333
  5. 426 F v Elizabeth Wood is printed as #334
  6. 427 M vi Levi Wood is printed as #335
  7. 428 F vii Polly Wood is printed as #336
  8. 429 M viii Aaron Wood is printed as #337
  9. 430 F ix Freelove Wood is printed as #338
  10. 431 F x Mercy Wood is printed as #339
  11. 432 M xi Noah Mason Wood is printed as #340

[2]

The History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667 to 1917, compiled by Otis Olney Wright, and published by the Town of Swansea in 1917[3] lists the following children for Aaron Wood (son of Noah):

  1. Nathan Wood
  2. Sarah Wood
  3. Isaac Wood
  4. Innocent Wood
  5. Elizabeth Wood
  6. Levi Wood
  7. Polly Wood
  8. Aaron Wood
  9. Freelove Wood
  10. Mary (or Mercy) Wood
  11. Noah Wood

Last Will

At Aaron's death, in the distribution of his property, he bequeathed the homestead to his son, Aaron, and appointed him sole executor to his Last Will and Testament. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/t/48309/29151-co7/1414810384

Other legatees and devisees under Aaron's will, filed with the Bristol County Probate Court on August 10, 1818, and approved on October 9, 1818, were:

  1. Son, Nathan
  2. Son, Levi
  3. Daughter, Sarah
  4. Daughter, Innocent Peckham
  5. Daughter, Freelove Brown
  6. Daughter, Mercy Gardner
  7. Granddaughter, Delight Hail
  8. Son, Noah Mason Wood
  9. Grandson, Levi Hail

Since there is no reference to Aaron's wife, this profiler (Wilbur-403) assumes she had predeceased him.

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B2-2BZT?cc=1469062 : 28 November 2018), > image 1 of 1; State Archives, Boston.
  2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smason/mason0/aqwg08.htm
  3. https://archive.org/details/historyofswansea00wrig/page/220/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Hurd, D H. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Vol. II. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1883, p. 675. Print.
  • WikiTree profile Wood-4990 created through the import of John WOOD %22Mariner%22 - born ca. 1590 of Southwark near London.ged on Dec 29, 2011 by Mike Wood.See the page for the details of edits by Mike and others.

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Replaced Aaron's mother's first husband with his father, Noah Wood.
posted by Carolyn Adams
Wood-4990 and Wood-2372 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, same approx birthdate.
posted by Carolyn Adams

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