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Jonathan Wood Sr (abt. 1657 - abt. 1725)

Jonathan Wood Sr
Born about in Jamaica, Queens, New York Colonymap
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Son of and
Brother of [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , and
Died about at about age 68 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Birth

26 JAN 1657/8 Jamaica, Queens, New York

Death

Age: 69
6 FEB 1725/6 Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut

His will is dated 3 June 1725 and proved on 7 April 1727 in Danbury. His inventory was taken on 14 April 1727.[1][2]

Marriage

1691
Wife: Anna Rhodes
Child: Jonathan Sr Wood

Sources

  1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2C3 : 27 April 2021), FHL microfilm 007627301, image 512-513, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 66a-68.
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut.
  • Wood, Matthew & Hart, Jr., Frederick C., Jonathan3 Wood of Norwalk, Connecticut, and His Early Descendants, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Aug 2017) Vol. 60, No. 1, Page 1-14.
  • U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007

Notes

birth listed as Jamaica, Long Island New Yoir. The English took over in 1664, renamed it "Jameco" (or Yamecah) after the name they gave to the local Native Americans that lived in the area, and made it part of the county of Yorkshire. In 1683, when the British divided the Province of New York into counties, Jamaica became the county seat of Queens County, one of the original counties of New York.
death is listed as Pimpawaug, Fairfield CT. Pimpawaug was a named area during the history of Wilton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wilton,_Connecticut

Anna Rhodes - 2392 possibly his wife.





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