Charles Lawrence Wood (1783)

Born 15 Jan 1783 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Ann (Burbidge) Wood — married 26 Jan 1808 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

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Biography

From The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton p. 875

THE WOOD FAMILY James Wood m. in Cornwallis, Apr. 10, 1767, Bridget, dau. of Ebenezer and Patience Bill.

Ephraim and Mary Wood had children b. in Cornwallis:

1. Susannah, b. Jan. 3, 1777;
2. Mary, b. Nov. 2, 1779;
3. Ephraim, b. Oct. 27, 1780;
4. Charles. b. Jan. 15, 1783, m. Jan. 26, 1808, Ann dau. of John and Abigail Burbidge;
5. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1785, m. Apr. 3, 1810, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Lydia Parker;
6. William, b. May 16, 1787;
7. Sarah, b. March 27, 1789;
8. Thomas, m. Oct. 30, 1814, Margaret (?), dau. of Frederick and Charity Butler.

Registry of Deeds, Cornwallis Township Vol. 1

Charles Wood FROM Ephriam Wood & wife Cornwallis

Charles Wood & wife To John Burbidge Bk 7, p.372 1829 Cornwallis

Charles Wood & wife TO Zaddock Bennett Bk 8, p.388 1829 Cornwallis

Charles Wood & wife TO Hugh L. Dickie Bk11, p.61 1839 Cornwallis

Vol. 3 -

Robert Wood TO Nelson Whalen Bk 27, p.256 1865 Cornwallis

Sources

• Descendants of Lewis Wood.
• Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, M. A., D. C. L., The History of Kings County Nova Scotia (The Salem Press Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910 Title page also gives ..... Heart of the Acadian Land - Giving a Sketc), p. 875.
• Thorpe Hamlets by Peter Thorpe -on file at Kings Historical Society
• See Kings Co. Probate court record index Mary Jane (Wood) and husband Elisha Thorpe were identified in the administration as heirs of her Uncle John John Burbidge. Her mother, Ann, his sister, had died earlier and all Ann's living children and their male spouses were heirs.
• See Kings Co. Probate court record index PRO B-105 (uncle Wm Burbidge 1875) ; The 1875 probate of uncle William Burbidge identified Mary's mother Ann (deceased) as half-sister
• See Kings Co. Probate court record index ADM B-54 (wife's uncle John Burbidge) This 1853 probate clearly identified both Elisha Thorpe and his wife Mary Wood.
• Source for the birth, marriage and death is https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTM5-V31/charles-lawrence-wood-1783-1834 accessed 24 April 2024.

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