Eliphalet Wood (abt. 1705 - aft. 1802)

Born about 1705 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut [uncertain]

Husband of Mary (Hough) Wood — married 2 Oct 1729 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Died after 1802 after about age 97 in Greene, New York, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Billy Huff [send private message]

Biography

Birth prob. Lisbon, New London, Connecticut. Record^[1] shows he was baptized there as an adult in 1724.

He is not the Eliphelet Wood born 15 Aug 1714 in Rowley, Essex. Massachusetts.

Eliphalet married Mary Hough on 2 Oct 1729 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut^[2]

Children of Eliphalet and Mary:

1. John Wood b. 28 Oct 1733 Norwich, New London, Connecticut^[3] bp 4 Nov 1733 Lisbon, Connecticut –
2. Anna Wood (Aug 4, 1731 Norwich, New London, Connecticut^[4]- 24 Mar 1803 Lisbon, Connecticut)^[5]
3. Josiah Wood b. abt. 1730. In Sep 1763 at Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, Josiah Wood the son of Eliphalet Wood and Mary Hough married Eleanor Horsford^[6]

Notes:

• 1752 Record in Lisbon, Connecticut lists Eliphalet and Mary as church members in Dec 1752. Was this his second wife or Mary Hough?

• After Mary's death he apparently moved to Coxsackie, Greene County, New York where he is listed in the 1799, 1800 and 1802 Tax Role^[7].

• 1800^[8] Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Eliphelet Wood

• 1810^[9] Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Israel Wood listed in census - could be son.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920
2. ↑ Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-7PY : 11 February 2018), Eliphelett Wood in entry for John Wood, 28 Oct 1733; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WP-B8S : 11 February 2018), Eliphilet Wood in entry for Ann Wood, 04 Aug 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
6. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F759-ZWZ : 11 February 2018), Eliphalet Wood in entry for Josiah Wood and Eleanor Horsford, Sep 1763; citing Lisbon, New London, Connecticut, United States, reference ; FHL microfilm 4,706.
7. ↑ New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804
8. ↑ New York, Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804
9. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Coxsackie, Greene, New York; Roll: 27; Page: 273; Image: 00158; Family History Library Film: 0181381

• Hough, William W., The Descendants of William Hough Jr. of Connecticut, Third Son of William and Sarah (Calkins) Hough, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., July 2014) Vol. 47, No. 1, Page 7.