Born in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ephraim Wood
and Mary (Westcott) Wood
Sister of
Susannah (Wood) Brewster, Mary (Wood) Parker, Nehemiah Wood, Ephraim Wood, Charles Lawrence Wood, Samuel Wood, William Wood, Thomas Wood, Hannah Wood, Desire (Wood) Parker and David Wood
Wife of
Caleb Clark Burgess
— married
before 1816 in Woodside, Kings County, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Ephraim Edward Burgess, James Philip Burgess, Elisha Burgess, Mary (Burgess) Dill, Michael Burgess, Jeffery Burgess, Charles Harris Burgess, James Weir Burgess, Elizabeth Hovey (Burgess) McLearn, Sarah Ann (Burgess) Knowles and John Clement Burgess
Died
at age 77
in South Rawdon, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Apr 2010
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Biography
Sarah Wood, daughter of Ephraim Wood and Mary Westcott, was born on March 27, 1789 in Cornwallis, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. She married Caleb Clark Burgess. Sarah passed away on August 5, 1866 in South Rawdon, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia.
Sources
- "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5N-7XW : accessed 12 July 2015), Sarah Burgess in entry for John C. Burgess and Eliza Barron, 05 Nov 1867; citing Rawdon, Halifax, Nova Scotia; FHL microfilm 1,298,868.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 21 February 2021), memorial page for Sarah Wood Burgess (27 Mar 1789–5 Aug 1866), Find a Grave Memorial no. 144169052, citing South Rawdon Baptist Church Old Cemetery, South Rawdon, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Barbara Lea (contributor 47213935) Find A Grave: Memorial #144169052.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~1.56%
Paul Steele
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Alan Whitman :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Sharon (Anderson) Delio :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sdelio
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~1.56%
Kathy (Litwin) Curths :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Atkinsonfamily178
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~1.56%
James Wood :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member James_S_Wood
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Denise Rhynold :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XS9247618 [compare], yourDNAportal DEN90c9f5b2, Ancestry member denise_rhynold
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Rejected matches › Sarah (Wood) Butler (1789-1864) › Sarah (Wood) Lane (abt.1791-) › Sarah (Dodson) Wood (abt.1787-) › Sarah (Gilleland) Wood (1788-1850) › Sarah (Skynner) Wood (abt.1762-) › Sarah Anne (Wood) Shipley (abt.1874-) › Sarah (Smith) Wood (abt.1820-) › Sarah (Briggs) Wood (abt.1825-) › Sarah Ann Wood (1897-) › Sarah E. (Wood) Cockram (1835-1927) › Asenath H. Wood (abt.1846-abt.1910) › Sarah Louise Wood › Sarah (Wood) Darby (1892-1945) › Sarah Wood › Sarah (Wood) Beckwith (abt.1750-) › Sarah Wood › Sarah Ann (Wood) Collier (abt.1765-abt.1833) › Sarah Hazel (Crouch) Wood (abt.1792-1866) › Sarah (Wood) Shaw (1843-abt.1871) › Sarah (Wood) Doty (1772-1862)
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