Born in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Wood
and Content (Thurston) Wood
Sister of
Elizabeth (Wood) Finney, Content (Wood) Shaw, Thomas Wood, William Wood, Mary (Wood) Sisson, Desire (Wood) Irish, John Wood and Deliverance (Wood) Cuthbert
Wife of
Anthony Shaw
— married
14 Aug 1718 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Shaw, Mary Shaw, Ruth (Shaw) Wood, Anthony Shaw, Elizabeth (Shaw) Wilbor, Rebecca (Shaw) Potter, Arnold Shaw, Thomas Shaw and John Shaw
Died
at age 70
in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
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Biography
Rebecca Wood was the daughter of Thomas Wood and Content Thurston. [1] She married Anthony Shaw on 14 Aug 1718 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island [2] Their children were:
- Benjamin Shaw [3] 1720 - 1794
- Mary Shaw [4] 1722- 1744
- Ruth Shaw Wood[5] 1723- abt.1817
- Anthony Shaw [6] 1725- 1793
- Elizabeth Shaw Wilbor [7] 1728- 1804
- Rebecca Shaw Potter[8] 1730- 1790
- Arnold Shaw [9] 1732-1797
- Thomas Shaw[10] 1735- 1819
- John Shaw[11] 1737-1816
Rebecca passed on Jan 1766 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island[12]
Her will is dated 6 October 1759 and proved on 4 February 1766 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.[13] Her inventory was taken on 3 February 1766.[13]
Sources
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"FamilySearch. Rebecca Wood, 17 Apr 1696 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island. Father's Name: Thomas Wood. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-J96
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", FamilySearch Rebecca Wood in entry for Anthony Shaw, 1718. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KL-25R
- ↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," FamilySearch. Woods in entry for Benjamin, 1720; citing Birth, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007727420.https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9K-CKYV
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"FamilySearch. Rebecca in entry for Mary Shaw, 24 Feb 1722. ttps://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-ZVY
- ↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," FamilySearch Wood in entry for Ruth, 1723; citing Birth, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007727420. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9K-CK1L
- ↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953,"FamilySearch. Wood in entry for Anthony, 1725; citing Birth, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007727420. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9K-8C3Z
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", FamilySearch. Rebecca in entry for Elizabeth Shaw, 10 Jan 1728. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-6J1
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-J9W : 17 December 2019), Rebecca in entry for Rebecca Shaw, 27 Jan 1730.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", FamilySearch. Rebecca in entry for Arnold Shaw, 13 Nov 1732. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F872-MHY
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"FamilySearch. Rebecca in entry for Thomas Shaw, 26 Jan 1735. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-T5G
- ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"FamilySearch. Rebecca in entry for John Shaw, 5 May 1737 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-PFF
- ↑ "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9K-CKBL : 8 December 2017), Rebekah Wood, 1766; citing Death, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archives, Providence; FHL microfilm 007727420.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00272). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 271-272, Newport, Little Compton, Book 2 page 64-37. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free image by Ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rebecca:
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~0.78%
Bill Poucher
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 15882 [compare], Ancestry member Bill_Poucher
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~0.78%
Mary Lou (Poucher) Padgett :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A690779 [compare], Ancestry member ufejufa9
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~0.78%
Elisabeth Dolores (Roberts) von Robrecht :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JQ4185980 [compare], yourDNAportal salazar1436, Ancestry member bpbeach94
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~0.39%
Ed Feitzinger :
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~0.39%
Marilyn Sanford :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A866986 [compare], Ancestry member marilyncc62
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~0.39%
Patty (Burgess) Beisel :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Pbeisel
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~0.39%
Nancy (Guerin) Fregeau :
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~0.39%
Donna (Pendell) StLaurent :
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Wood-9266 and Wood-126 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same parents, same husband
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Rejected matches › Rebecca (Wood) Platt (1710-1782)
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