John Wood (abt. 1590 - bef. 1655)

Born about 1590 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 17 Mar 1655 before about age 65 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Naming

John Wood (abt. 1590 - bef. 1655) is often referred to as "John Wood of Portsmouth" to differentiate him from his son John Wood (abt. 1620 - 1704) who is called "John Wood of Middletown." One source record which refers to John Wood (abt. 1590 - bef. 1655) as "John Wood Sr."; however, this name suffix is not applied here.

Some family trees online associated John Wood of Portsmouth with John Wood, "The Mariner," because some publications, for example, Descendants of John Wood, a Mariner, who Died in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1655 (1978), claimed he was a mariner.

Origin and Parents

John Wood's parents and place of origin are as yet unknown.^[1] Several men of the same name left records in New England during his lifetime. See Disambiguation of John Wood for further details.

Marriages

John Wood married his first wife sometime before his first child was born before 1620 probably in England, but the name of his first wife remains unknown. What became of his first wife remains undetermined.^[2] Bertha W. Clark, a genealogist, hypothesized that his first wife might have been killed in the 1643 Maspeth Massacre, although she cited no evidence or references to support this claim.^[3]

After his first wife died, John Wood married his second wife, Elizabeth, who was named in his estate settlement.^[4][5] Elizabeth, whose maiden name is not currently know, was born about 1613. Whether they ever had any children together is unproven, but his two young children, Susanna and Elizabeth, are assumed to be by this second wife, Elizabeth. After John Wood died, his widow, Elizabeth, married secondly, Hugh Parsons, whose property was adjacent to the Wood's.

Children

The birth order of the children is uncertain; his two youngest children, Susanna and Elizabeth, are assumed to be by his second wife, Elizabeth. This cannot be accepted until evidence of a second child, Susanna, has been examined but is included here in the spirit of completeness.

1. (possibly) Fredericke Wood. (Clark suggested, based on a 1636 Winthrop communication - which has not been proven to be related to WOOD-114 - that Fredericke may have been a son of the John Wood mentioned in the letter; however, this letter has not been proven to be about WOOD-114, a Fredericke was not mentioned in the 1655 estate papers, nor in any other source records associated with WOOD-114. The disputed theory by Clark is that Fredericke died with his mother in the Mespath massacre.) Until proven/disproven, Fredericke is included here to avoid confusion.
2. George Wood was born by 1619 and living in May 1655 when he was named the eldest son in his father's estate. Possibly the George Wood who spent most of his life on Long Island. He married an unknown first wife, and married a second wife, Ann about 1657. Five children lived to maturity, namely: Jacob, John, Mary, George, and Ann. After his death, his widow, Ann, married secondly, Henry Rogers.^[6]
3. John Wood, Jr. was born about 1620, married an unknown first wife, married a second wife, Anna ____, and married a third wife, about 1663-1665 in Dover, Massachusetts, Mary Peabody, who was still alive on 14 November 1695. He married his last wife, by 28 Jun 1699, Mary, but it is not certain if he married a Mary Hardine of Woodbridge, New Jersey on January 11, 1697. It is probably that he married initially in England and that his oldest three children were born there. He was in Portsmouth by March 1649/50. He was last elected for a public position (deputy) in May 1690 (in Newport). In November 1695, he sold Little Compton land to his son, Thomas. He died on 26 August 1704 and was buried at the Deacon Smith Farm in Middletown, Rhode Island.
4. Thomas Wood married an unknown first wife, married an unknown second wife, but married his third wife, Rebecca ____ (possibly Hall), about 1673. He may have remained in England for some years after his parents settled in Rhode Island. He first appeared in American records at the time of his father's death in 1655. He lived in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, for many years (and periodically returned there); he may have lived in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and in Swansea, Massachusetts, about 1678. He served in King Philip's War, for which he received 100 acres in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. He died after December 28, 1702, and before April 4, 1704, when he was referred to in the records as deceased.
5. William Wood was born in 1634, and married in about 1662, Martha Earle, daughter of Ralph and Joan (Savage) Earle. He was a freeman in Portsmouth in 1658 and a constable in Dartmouth 1685.
6. Margaret Wood married before 1655 (and probably about 1649), Thomas Manchester; they had eight children. She died about 1693.
7. Susanna Wood [#1] married before 1655 (and probably about 1647) Samuel Jenney, who was born about 1618, son of John and Sarah (Carey) Jenney. The Jenneys of Plymouth were a seafaring family; after his father's 1644 death, Samuel moved to Portsmouth, but by early 1652, he had placed his wife and children with his mother in Plymouth. Susannah died on March 23, 1654/55, leaving two sons and a daughter, Sarah, whom she put into the custody of Thomas Clarke. This act made the grandmother (mother of Samuel Jenney) angry, and she changed her will to exclude Susannah's children unless they returned to her. Samuel's mother died shortly after August 1655. Samuel did not regain custody of little Sarah until after 1659.
8. (possibly) Susanna Wood [#2]. (She was under age in 1655, so she probably was born about 1647.) She married her first husband, Josiah England, before May 17, 1675 (and probably as early as 1672). They lived in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, where he may have been killed during King Philip's War. She married her second husband, Ephraim Carpenter, on December 3, 1677, in Northriding, Yorkshire [Long Island?]. She died in 1684, leaving three children: Sarah, Elizabeth, and Phebe. Her widower, Ephraim, married his third wife, Lydia Dickinson.
9. Elizabeth Wood. (She was under age in 1655.) She married about 1673 Isaac Doty, who was born in Plymouth on February 8, 1648, the son of Edward Doty of the Mayflower and his wife Faith Clarke. They lived in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Six children were born between 1673 and 1695, namely: Isaac, Joseph, Jacob, Solomon, James, and Samuel.

Residences

The first clearly identified and dated records of John Wood in New England are two accusations of trespass against John Wood of Nuport in April 1643.^[7]

John Wood of Newport purchased a 14-acre land from John Cranston of Newport on 15 September 1645.^[8]

There is an undated land purchase from Jeffereys, who was a resident in Newport for 1639-1646.^[8] The context of this undated entry shows that it occurred after 15 September 1645 and before 17 January 1646. Recorded immediately after was a grant from the town of Nuport to John Wood of 30 acres adjacent to the lot he purchased of Mr. Jeoffreys.^[8]

The admittance of inhabitants records and the court roll of freeman for Newport show the evidence that John Wood was not in Newport, Rhode Island from 1638 to 1641.^[9]

Clark's 1966 theory that he was the London seaman associated with Winthrop was disproven in 2017 with the peer-reviwed publication of Michael M Wood's article "John Wood, Master of the Peregrine, and his forgotten Italian grave", published by the Society of Genealogists in London.

John Wood was in Newport from 1643 to 1646.^[10]

Finally, John Wood became a freeman in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1648^[11] and resided there from 1648 to 1655. It shows he moved his residence from Newport to Portsmouth at some point between 1646 and 1648.

Probate

In April 1655, his widow Elizabeth and children John, Thomas and William, requested that an inventory of John Wood's estate be taken. A "daughter Manchester" and son-in-law Samuel Jennings were mentioned.^[5]

John Wood's estate was settled in Portsmouth on 07 May 1655.^[12][13] He did not leave a will. Mentioned in the settlement were his widow Elizabeth (executrix); his children Thomas Wood; John Wood; daughter Manchester; William Wood; George Wood, his eldest son; his two young children Susanna and Elizabeth to receive their bequests at age 16. The widow was referred to as William Wood's "mother-in-law" (step-mother). The widow was to bring up the young children. A full transcript of the settlement can be found here.

Research Notes

Disputed Parents: John Wood's parents are unknown. These were at one time connected, lacking proof, and have been removed as follows:

• John Atwood and Joan Coleson. Since his origins are disputed and unknown, the parents once added to the biography must also be in question.
• Wylliam Wood and Margaret Stamberie (Paine). There are no confirmed sources that prove that Wylliam Wood and Margaret Stamberie (Paine) were the parents of John Wood.

Disputed Spouse: Margaret Carter is often presented as the wife of John Wood. Bertha W. Clark, in her book, mentions that John Wood of Newport and Portsmouth was possibly the John Wood who married Margaret Carter at St. Saviour's, Southwark, London, on January 28, 1610/11. She states:

There is no real evidence that this was the John Wood later of Rhode Island, but the name, the date, and the place would suit that John Wood admirably, and more especially since the latter's only daughter by his first wife whose name is known with certainty was also Margaret..."^[3]

However, recently digitized records, "Token Books of St. Savior's Parish," indicate that John Wood, spouse of Margaret Wood, may have still been living in St. Savior's parish until as late as 1643, when John Wood of Portsmouth was documented in Newport. This new evidence casts doubt on the claim that this is the Rhode Island couple.^[14]

The Ship Bachelor

In a letter dated May 16, 1636, at "Queneticut," John Winthrop Jr. wrote to his father in Boston. He made reference to particular people in this letter when he said the following:^[15]

I have agreed with John Wood Fredericke and George to take her to thirds.

This reference to John Wood, and associated men named "Fredericke" and "George", has been HYPOTHESIZED by Bertha Clark (1966)^[3] to be John Wood of Portsmouth and two of his sons.

It is not established that the John Wood described in this letter is the same John Wood as "John Wood of Portsmouth," nor is there any proof that John Wood of Portsmouth had a son by the name of Fredericke.

Although this possibility exists, it remains an unproven hypothesis until a reliable source is identified.

The following is what John Winthrop wrote to his father in his letter, which can be found in John Winthrop's The History of New England from 1630 to 1649:^[15]

Quineticut May 16: 1636

Sir, John Wood being returned without any Corne I shall now desire that I may be supplied by the first shipping that arrive with any store of provisions with 10, or 12 hogsh[eads] of meale 5 or 6 hogshfeads] of peas 2 or 3 barrells of oatmeale 2 hogshfeads] of beife. for if we should want I see noe meanes to be supplied heere, and a little want may overthrow all our designe. I send home the Bacheler, and desire your helpe for her disposing. I must of necessity have her returne heere for I may shortly have much vse of her: but I desire they may goe for shares and victuall them selves, which John Wood, and his company are willing to doe. I cannot find that the miscariage of his voyage was through his default but Contrary winds therfore I am desirous he should and that Company goe still in her, so they will goe for shares and victuall themselves, the Blessing I would sell if any will buy her at 160 or 150/f she Cost 145 besides some new saile, and rigging and a new Cable above 20IL the Cable is speciall good, except you should foresee any occasion that she should rather be kept still: or if their be imployment to Sable for her: but if she continues still to goe vpon any designe I desire she should goe likewise for her share the men to find themselves, otherwise I would have her laid up at Boston till further occation. the men I desire should be discharged as soone as ever they Come ashore, and their wages paid them: I thanke you for the bread you sent, you write of 800 but there is not above 300 and an halfe at most delivered, besides 100 they keepe still aboard the rest I cannot learne what become of it but that it hath beene wastfully spent: they had besides halfe an hogshead of bread of their owne which was likewise spent and they were but [mutilated] eleven persons they say most of that tyme. [Mutilated] for they pillaged her the tyme they had her to Salem pittifully that she hath neyther blockes nor braces nor running ropes, which the bolt Will sayth, that mr. Holgrave cutt them of he saw him. therfore I have agreed with John Wood Fredericke and George to take her to thirds, thus with my duty remembered, I rest

Your obedient Son

John Winthrop

In Quineticut, also known as Connecticut, John Winthrop wrote his letter to his father, John Winthrop in Boston in 1636. In the context of his letter, it appears that John Wood, Frederick, and George operated on the ship, Batchelor. It is extremely difficult to identify them individually, who operated the ship, Batchelor. There is insufficient information in any document after 1636 on John Winthrop, Jr.'s relationship with them. It appears that John Winthrop, Jr. intended to have Batchelor committed in Boston until further notice if she persisted in following his wishes, and she should go accordingly for her portion of the men to find themselves. As soon as the men were on shore, he wanted them to be released and given their money. It is possible that John Wood was released in Boston so he would be known as John Wood of Boston, or he may have returned to England after that.

Winthrop's association with John Wood, Frederick, and George is not well known in any other documents, so the identification of those men makes future investigations extremely difficult. Those men's origins may be in Connecticut, where John Winthrop engaged them on the ship. How they came to Connecticut or operated on the ship remains unknown.

What DOES make the "Bacheler of London Bound for New Ingland" worthy of additional research is a letter dated London, 16 of August 1635 from Edward Hopkins to John Winthrop, Jr.^[16] In this letter Hopkins writes that "I haue hired the master and all the men (whose names and wages I shall afterwards expresse,) eyther to remayne in the Cuntrey to saile the barque there or to be returned home in some other Shipp, as you shall find most convenient." Further, he indicates that "The master is able enough, but savours nott godlinesse yett hath a desire as he tells me to continue in the Cuntrey." The letter indicates that the master was "Jno. Webber Master of the Barque". If - and only if - John Wood who later was involved with the ship, was also on board, this might document how one man named John Wood arrived in the colonies. Again, at this time there is no evidence that this is John Wood of Portsmouth.

Extracts from 1966 Clark's Research

The following is extracted from Bertha W. Clark, John Wood of Rhode Island and His Early Descendants on the Mainland, (Crete, Ill.: 1966).^[3] Much of this information should be taken as HYPOTHESES proposed by Clark, as not every pre-1655 source record in New England can correctly be assumed to have been associated with "John Wood of Portsmouth".

Since not all New England pre-1655 records can be reliably considered to have been connected to "John Wood of Portsmouth," much of this information should be taken as HYPOTHESES proposed by Clark, as follows:

(HYPOTHESIS) Spring 1636: John Winthrop, Jr. wrote to his father in Boston from Saybrook: "John Wood being returned without any Corne I shall now desire that I may be supplied by the first shipping." The letter goes on to describe John Wood as associated with the ships "Batchelor" and "Blessing."^[15] There is also the implication that John had two sons—Frederick and George—who sailed with him (and thus were adults or near adults by 1636). This should be considered a hypothesis and an area for further study; this letter and the ship Batchelor have not been definitively associated (nor disassociated) with John Wood of Portsmouth. This should be considered a hypothesis and an area for further study; see a separate section about the ship Batchelor above.

(HYPOTHESIS) 1637: A correspondence between Francis Kirby in London and John Winthrop, Jr., in New England associates John Wood as the master's mate on the ship Hector.^[17] This should be considered a hypothesis and an area for further study; there are no records showing that John Wood of Portsmouth was associated with the ship Hector.

(HYPOTHESIS) March 1640: He was associated with a tobacco farm in Gowanus (Long Island),^[18] which he owned but probably had others manage.^{[citation needed]} This should be considered a hypothesis and an area for further study; no sources show this tobacco farm to be associated with John Wood of Portsmouth.

(HYPOTHESIS) 1641: Bertha W. Clark, a genealogist,^[3] speculated that it was about this time that John Wood probably began buying property in Newport, Rhode Island and that around this time he may have brought his family over from England.

(Source Record) 7 Jun 1643: The earliest dated record of John Wood in Newport finds John Richman and David Greenman separately suing him for trespassing in the same town.^[7] This is a verified fact as reported by a source.

(HYPOTHESIS) According to frequent connections with Richard Smith Sr. (abt.1598-1666), it is possible that John Wood also bought land at Mespath on Long Island's westernmost point.^{[citation needed]} He may have also lost property, his first wife, and a son (Frederick?) in the massacre that took place at Mespath in late 1643. An entry from the Massachusetts Bay in 1644 granted John Wood a two-year reprieve from a debt he owed "in regard to his great loss."^[19] This hypothesis was proposed by Clark in 1966 but remains unproven.

(Source Record) 15 Sep 1645: John Cranston sold his fourteen acres to John Wood of Newport, Rhode Island. Wood also received a 30-acre grant from the city of Newport at this same period.^[8] This is a verified fact as reported by a source.

Sometime around here, he married second Elizabeth _____, who, according to a deposition she made in 1673 regarding the death of "Mrs Rebeca Cornell", in which was recorded ""Elizabeth ye wife of Hugh Persons of ye Towne of Portsmouth, Aged sixty yeares or thereabouts...", was thus born about 1613. Clark (referenced above) suggests she may have been the widow of John Smith Sr., who was at Taunton when Richard Smith, a trader, was there, and who was killed in the Maspeth massacre, however this must be considered speculative until source record confirmation is found.

(Source Record) The original entry is undated after 15 September 1645 in the Rhode Island Colony records, but he bought 50 acres from Robert Jeoffreys.^[8][20] The context of this undated entry shows that it occurred after 15 September 1645 and before 17 January 1646. Recorded immediately after was a grant from the town of Nuport to John Wood of 30 acres adjacent to the lot he purchased of Mr. Jeoffreys.^[20][21]

(Source Record) 1646: John Wood's last known residence in Newport dates back to 1646.^[10] He relocated to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, during this time, and was accepted as a freeman there in 1648. This is a verified fact as reported by a source.

Around this time, his son-in-law, Samuel Jenney of Plymouth, also settled in Portsmouth.

(Source Record) March 1650: He was mentioned in a land deed for Portsmouth as John Wood, Sr.^{[citation needed]} This is a verified fact as reported by a source.

6 Apr 1650: John Wood of Portsmouth is NOT the John Wood who wrote to Mrs. Elizabeth Winthrop of Boston. See Disambiguation above.

1 Mar 1655: According to "G.R.M." in the Boston Evening Transcript genealogy column (November 22, 1932), John Wood died on March 1, 1655;^[22] however, the author did not cite a source for this precise date of death.

(Source Record): On March 17, 1655, the Portsmouth Town Council chose an appraiser for his estate, Wood, who had died intestate.^{[citation needed]} See probate above. This is a verified fact as reported by a source.

He was certainly dead by April 1655 when his wife was referred to as a widow.^{[citation needed]}

Following his passing, Elizabeth, his widow, wed Hugh Parsons, who owned land next to the Woods.^{[citation needed]}

DNA Study

A DNA study has found a male descendant of John Wood of Portsmouth, Rhode Island who has the complete test result through Short Tandem Repeat markers and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism testings. Additionally, a triangulated group has been discovered through autosomal testing that shares John Wood and his wife Unknown (Unknown) Wood as most recent common ancestors. See the John Wood DNA Study for further details.^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Preston, Eugene D., The descendants of John Wood of Portsmouth, R. I. (Colorado Springs, CO: typewritten manuscript held by the NYPL, 1916)
2. ↑ Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) p. 230, 231
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Clark, Bertha W, and Dorothy W. Ewers. John Wood of Rhode Island: And His Early Descendants on the Mainland. (Crete, Ill.: 1966). pp. 2, 6, and 11. Link at FamilySearch.
4. ↑ Portsmouth Early Records, pp. 300-301, 322-324
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Moriarty, G. Andrews, Jr. "Notes,"New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. LXIX (Boston, published by the Society, 1915), pp. 188-189. Archive.org.
6. ↑ Clark, Bertha W. "Rhode Island Woods on Long Island", By Miss Bertha W. Clark, of Boston, Mass., The American Genealogist , Whole Number 155, Volume 39 No. 3, July 1963. pp 129-140. American Ancestors (subscription)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Chapin, Howard M.. Documentary History of Rhode Island: History of the towns of Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 and the court records of Aquidneck. United States, Preston and Rounds Company, 1919, pp. 141, 142.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} Rhode Island Colony Records: Vol. 1, Part 1, 1646-1669, p. 10. See the following link to view digital records to locate page 10 at Rhode Island State Digital Archives.
9. ↑ Chapin, Howard M.. Documentary History of Rhode Island: History of the towns of Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 and the court records of Aquidneck. United States, Preston and Rounds Company, 1919, pp. 116-120.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Chapin, Howard M.. Documentary History of Rhode Island: History of the towns of Portsmouth and Newport to 1647 and the court records of Aquidneck. United States, Preston and Rounds Company, 1919, pp. 154, 157.
11. ↑ The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth (E. L. Freeman & Sons, Providence, R.I., 1901). p 38. Internet Archive.
12. ↑ 1655 Probate Record. Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. 1901. The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. Providence, R.I.: E. L. Freeman & Sons. Rhode Island Historical Society, editor. Available online without restriction courtesy of Hathitrust: "We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole." Also available at Archive.org.
13. ↑ Clark, John Wood of Rhode Island... pp. 9-11, citing Portsmouth Early Records, pp. 300-301, 322-324.
14. ↑ Wood, Michael M. "The Token Books of St. Savior's, A Source for testing a John Wood Hypothesis." American Ancestor's Magazine. Vol 19, number 2 (Summer 2018). AmericanAncestors.org (link by subscription)
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Winthrop, John, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, ( Boston : Printed by Phelps and Farnham, 1825) Volume 1, p. 389-390. Archive.org.
16. ↑ https://www.masshist.org/publications/winthrop/index.php/view/PWF03d168#sn=1
17. ↑ "Winthrop Family Papers", Francis Kirby to John Winthrop, Jr., 10 April 1637, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2024, www.masshist.org/publications/winthrop/index.php/view/PWF03d310#sn=30.
18. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County Long Island N.Y. S.W. Green’s Sons Printer 1881. pp 391-2. Internet Archive.
19. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (William White, Boston, 1853-) Vol. 2, p 63. Internet Archive
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} "Rhode Island Colony Records, Vol. 1, Part 1, 1646-1669, p. 10. Document viewable/downloadable at Rhode Island State Digital Archives (file accessed 26 Jan 2024.)
21. ↑ Clark, John Wood of Rhode Island... p. 7, transcription.
22. ↑ Boston Evening Transcript: Genealogy Pages, 1911-1940. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016. subscription
23. ↑ Wood Y-DNA Project.

See also:

• Wood, Michael M. "John Wood of Portsmouth." Accessed January 29, 2024.
• Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, J Munsell's Sons, Albany, 1887, pp 230-231.
• Greenstreet, James, "Marriages at St. Saviour’s, Southwark, from A.D. 1605 to A.D. 1625" NYGBR 28(1897):47 AmericanAncestors.org by subscription
• Winthrop Papers 3:260, 386.
• Eugene D. Preston, The descendants of John Wood of Portsmouth, R. I. (Colorado Springs, CO: typewritten manuscript held by the NYPL, 1916)
• Crandall-Wood, L. (2002?). "JOHN WOOD OF PORTSMOUTH And Some Clarifications About This Line." Newport County Anchor RIGenWeb. Retrieved 3 July 2015 from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rinewpor/JohnWood.html.
• Crandall-Wood, L. (4 July 2003.) "Ancestry of John Wood "Mariner." Newport County Anchor RIGenWeb. Retrieved 3 July 2015 from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rinewpor/JohnWood1.html.
• Michael M. Wood. "The Token Books of St. Saviour’s: A Source for Testing a John Wood Hypothesis." American Ancestors Magazine. volume 19, no. 2 (Summer 2018), pages 44-47.
• Michael M. Wood. "JONATHAN WOOD (1747–1820) OF LITTLE COMPTON, RHODE ISLAND & DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK", American Ancestors Magazine, volume 1, no. 1 (October 2009). I think this is actually this one: Wood, Michael M., "Jonathan Wood (1747–1820) of Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Dutchess County, New York",American Ancestors Journal (supplement to the NEHGR) 2009, pp 370-371 American (subscription).
• Michael M. Wood. "JOHN WOOD, MASTER OF THE PEREGRINE", Genealogists’ Magazine, Volume 32, Number 8, Journal of the Society of Genealogists, (December 2017).
• John Winthrop, The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1, p. 389-390.
• 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.