Thomas
Wood
Born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Wood
and Hannah (Alden) Wood
Brother of
Priscilla (Wood) Pratt, Abner Wood, Amasa Wood, Zephaniah Wood, Lemuel Wood, Hannah Wood and Abigail (Wood) Richmond
Husband of
Sarah (Thomas) Wood
— married
1 Nov 1753 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Hannah (Wood) Ellis, Sarah Wood, Amasa Wood, Abigail Wood, Thomas Wood Jr., Lemuel Wood, Ezra Wood and Zachariah Wood
Died
at age 85
in Randolph, Orange, Vermont, United States
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| Created 1 Jul 2011
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Biography
Private Thomas Wood served with Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Thomas Wood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128226.
Thomas was born at Middleborough in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on 24 February 1731/2, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Alden) Wood.[1] He was a twin with Abner.[2]
In 1745, Elnathan Wood and John Haskett of Middleborough were appointed his guardians after his father had died.[3]
Thomas married Sarah Thomas at Middleborough on 1 November 1753.[1] Children:[4]
- Hannah b. 5 September 1754
- Sarah b. 17 June 1757
- Amasa b. 5 August 1760
- Abigail b. 176-
- Thomas H. b. 176-
- Lemuel b. 25 April 1770
- Ezra b. 10 December 1772
- Zachariah b. 12 December 1779
Thomas served during the American Revolution as a private from Massachusetts.[5]
Thomas died 22 October 1817 and is buried at Randolph, Vermont.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayflower Families, John Alden vol. 16 part 3, page 231
- ↑ v. 8 -- Depositions (from p.57), 1662-1766 ; v. 9 -- Domestic relations, 1643-1774 ; v. 10 -- Ecclesiastical (to p.23), 1637-1670., Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-NC3M : 19 April 2024), Massachusetts State Archives Collections, Film# 007702907, image 1043.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JV54 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1742-1745 and 1844-1856 vol 9-9M > image 261 of 583; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ the first three born at Middleborough and the rest from Wood Family Index
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 March 2024), "Record of Thomas Wood", Ancestor # A128226.
- Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #111420720
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas 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 Thomas:
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