Johanna (Heckleton) Wood (abt. 1662 - aft. 1723)

Born about 1662 in Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Wood — married 12 Jan 1682 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

Descendants

Died after 1723 after about age 61 in Kingston, Ulster, New York

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Biography

Anna (Heckleton) Wood has English ancestors.

LNAB: Hackleton, based on birth father's name. Name variations:
FN: Johanna/Anna/Hanna/Henne
LN:Heglington/Hackleton/Hacklinton/ Heckleton/Richleton[sic]/Heckliton

Est. birth: c. 1661-1663 in Hartford, Connecticut -or- Northampton, Massachusetts. Johanna was the second child of Joanna (Hannah) Wakeman and Francis Hackleton, her older brother William was born c. 1658-1662. No birth records for Johanna have been located. Most records refer to her as Anna Hackleton or similar variants.

In 1665, Anna's mother, under her married name Hannah Hackleton, was imprisoned for over one year in Hartford, Connecticut, for crimes resulting from a brief extramarital affair. During this time, it is generally believed the child, about 2 years old, lived with her maternal family in Connecticut. There is no clear record of Anna's father after early 1665. It is thought he may have abandoned his family or died prior to 1667^[1].

In 1667, Anna was brought to New Netherland by her mother where they lived in the household of Edward Whittaker on Hussey Hill, Esopus (which later became Kingston, New York). In 1672, he became her legal step-father. Whittaker was not particularly kind and often threatened Anna and abused her mother during Anna's childhood^[2].

Anna married John Wood of Marbletown on 12 Jan 1682. A recent widower, he originated from Derbyshire, England^[3].

Known Children: page/entry#'s from source Hoes^[4]

• Margriet bp 28 Jan 1683 p18 #302; (md Pieter van Luwen 30 Jun 1700 p516 #160)
• John (II) bp 20 Sept 1685 p24 #427 - d. bef. 01 May 1751;^[5] (married Hanna Ward daughter of John Ward and Sarah Loveridge)
• Timothy bd unk, prob. aft. 1685-bef 1698. d. aft. 01 May 1751. (John Wood (II) mentions sibling Timothy in his will dated 1750, proved 1751.)^[5]
• Eduward bp 15 May 1698 p53 #1037; (md Susanna Schut 17 June 1722 p541 #479)
  

All but Timothy are recorded at Kingston Reformed Dutch Church.^[6] It is likely there were also other children. From John II's bp, Sep 1685 until Eduward's bp, May 1698 Kingston, Kingston Church records show no mention of Anna or her husband. Then, a second gap occurs until 1723. More research needed.

Marriage:

Name: Anna Johanna Hackleton/Hacklinton

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 1658

Birth Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Father: Francis Hackleton

Mother: Joanna Wakeman

Spouse: John Wood

Children: Edward Wood ^[7]

On 03 Sept 1694 when Anna Hackleton's step-father Edward Whittaker wrote his will, Whittaker left £20 to be divided for "my Wives Daughters Children" (i.e. wife's daughter's children), but her children are not listed by name and Anna is not mentioned as an heir.^[8] This suggests that Anna may have been estranged from her stepfather before the birth of her children.

Anna's son Eduward/Edward, baptized 15 May 1698, is likely named for her younger half-brother Eduwart/Edward, not her step-father per se as British naming conventions of the era would have placed the name higher on the list (barring the loss of an earlier born son with the name Edward).

On 12 May 1723 Anna, recorded as Henne Heckliton, and her spouse Jan Woed witnessed the baptism of their grandson Jan Woed son of Eduwerd Woed and his wife Zusanna Schott in Kingston, p146 #3116.

Believed to have died between 1723 and 1750. No provisions for her care are mentioned in her oldest son John's 1750 will.^[5] No death records have been located for Johanna/Anna/Hanna (Hackleton) Wood.

Church Records

Marriage

• 1682. 12 Jan. John Wood (widower of Anna Assop), born in Engelant [England], in Arberschire [Derbyshire], and resid. in Marmur [Marbletown], and Johanna Heglington, j. d., born in Nieu Engelant [New England], at Hardvold [Hartford], and resid. in Kingston. Banns first published, 24 Dec, 1681.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ See father, Francis Hackleton
2. ↑ See wiki tree profiles for mother, Hannah Wakeman, step-father, Edward Whittaker
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Hoes, Roswell Randall, ed. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, page 505, #49
4. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall, ed. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Will of John Wood (II), of Littleworth, Ulster, New York, written 14 Dec 1750. Probated 1 May 1751. Anjou, Gustave. Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate at Kingston, N.Y., in the Surrogate's Office, New York, and in the Library of Long Island Historical Society., Vol. II. New York Cit;y, 1906. page 148, 224. ❗CAUTION❗: due to an annotation below the will transcript, John Wood II's will is often erroneously attributed to his father John Wood Sr of Marbletown, later Kingston. The conflation affects many e-trees and can confuse research regarding this branch of the Wood family tree)
6. ↑ (Note: a William bp 1690 to "Jean Woedt" and "wife's name not given" as recorded in Kingston baptismal registry p35 #662 is NOT a son of this couple. Research indicates his correct surname is Ward, s/o John Ward and Sara Loveridge/Lovrits.)
7. ↑ Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.; Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.
8. ↑ Will of Wittaker, Edward, of Kingstown. Anjou, Gustave. Ulster County, N.Y. Probate Records in the Office of the Surrogate, and in the County Clerk's Office at Kingston, N.Y., Vol. I. New York City, 1906. p50.

• Hoes, Roswell Randall, ed. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891). Internet Archives. archive.org. booklink. See also: bp Margriet p18 #302; bp John p24 #427; Marriage p505; bp Eduwart p53 #1037; bp grandson Jan Woed, i.e. John Wood p146 #3116.
  • Page 505 gives her name as Johanna Heglington, her husband's name as John Wood, her residence as Kingstown (Kingston), her origin as Hartford, New England and her date of marriage as January 12, 1682.

• Descendants of John Wood and Johanna Heglington. Keller, Jim & Patti, compilers. Wood Family Tree (compilation based on Hoes, Kingston Ref Dutch Church records).

See also: wikitree profiles for mother, father, step-father

Acknowledgements

• Bio Research notes/source records/resources/children added C-213 08:26, 4 September 2019 (UTC)