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is now the town of Middleboro. He was quite
prominent in the affairs of the Colony. He
July 4, 1737; Mary, Dec. 29, 1739 (died Sept.
14, 1784; she married Dec. 3, 1763, Elisha
Dean) ; and Rebecca, Nov. 12, 1743 (died
young).
(V) Nathaniel Wood, son of Stephen, was
born in the town of Norton July 4, 1737. He
made his home in the town of Norton, where
he was quite prominent both in town affairs
and in the Colonial wars and the war of the
Revolution. He served as private in the
French and Indian war from May 12, 1759,
SOUTHEASTEEN MASSACHUSETTS 845
GEORGE STEPHEN WOOD, a wellknown
wool merchant of Boston, and one of
the leading citizens of the town of Norton, is
a native of Bristol county, Mass., bom in the
town of Norton Sept. 7, 1863. He is a descendant
in the ninth generation from Henry
Wood, the emigrant ancestor of a most respected
family in the Colony.
(I) Henry Wood, the founder of the Wood
family in New England, was a native of England.
He settled in Plymouth in 1641, in
which year he bought a house and lot there.
He later removed to Barnstable county, locating
at Yarmouth, to Jan. 2, 1760, in Capt.
where he remained but
two years, returning at the end of that time
to Plymouth, where he remained until 1665.
About this time he became a resident of what
Nathan Hodges'
company, during the campaign in which Ticonderoga
and Crown Point were captured
and the French driven from Lake Champlain.
During the Revolution he served as sergeant
in Capt. Isaac Hodge's company, in defense
of Boston, serving from Aug. 12, 1776, to Oct.
1, 1776; copies of company receipts for wages
show him sergeant in Captain Hodges' company,
Ebenezer Francis's regiment, from Aug.
12, 1776, to Nov. 30, 1776, dated Dorchester;
also same company and regiment, ipay abstracted
for travel allowance from camp home,
sworn to Nov._ 29, 1776, said Wood credited
with allowance for two days, thirty-five miles
travel, company drafted from Rehoboth, Attleboro,
Mansfield and Norton. He again enlisted
in same company. Col. George Williams'
died in 1670 in Middleboro, a year after its
incorporation as a town. Mr. Wood married
April 28, 1644, Abigail, daughter of John
Jenney, and their children were: Samuel,
John, David, Joseph, Benjamin, Abiel, James,
Sarah, Abigail, Susanna and Mary.
(II) David Wood, son of Henry, was born
in Plymouth Oct. 17, 1651, and there he spent
his entire life. He married March 5, 1684,
Mary Williams, daughter of John and Anna
(Williams) Barker, of Duxbury, and widow
of Samuel Pratt. She aftenvard married
Francis Coombs, whom she survived, her death
occurring in Middleboro, where Mr. Wood also
died. David and Mary Wood had children as
follows: John, born in 1686; David, born in
1688; and Jabez, born in 1689.
(III) John Wood, son of David, was born
in Middleboro in 1686, and there spent his
life. He and his wife Sarah both died in Middleboro.
(IV) Stephen Wood, son of John and
Sarah, was born in Middleboro Sept. 21, 1712.
He located in the town of Norton, Bristol
county. In 1733 he married Remember
Hodges, born Aug. 16, 1713, daughter of Nathaniel
Hodges, and they had four regiment,
children,
viz.: Elkanah, born Nov. 1, 1734; Nathaniel,
for service between Sept. 25, 1777,
and Oct. 31, 1777, period of thirty-six days,
on a secret erpedition roll sworn to at Norton.
;
During the Revolutionary war, in company
with Noah Wiswall, he built a factory in Norton,
for the making of molasses from cornstalks,
but this did not prove successful. Mr.
Wood married Feb. 24, 1763, Abigail Carver,
born May 12, 1734, daughter of Nathaniel and
Abigail (Allen) Carver, of Taiinton, and their
children were: Polly, bom Nov. 17, 1763; Nathaniel,
Jan. 12, 1767 (who settled in New-
York) ; Carver, April 14, 1768; Elkanah, Nov.
7, 1769; Peggy, March 20, 1771 (died in infancy)
; Peggy (2), March 22, 1773; and Abigail,
March 12, 1776.
(VI) Elkanah Wood, son of Nathaniel ancl
Abigail (Carver), was born in the town of
Norton Nov. 7, 1769, and there he made his
home and died. He married May 17, 1798,
Melinda White, born May 19, 1779, in Norton,
daughter of Maj. Zebulon White, who was
a Revolutionary soldier. She died April 15,
1817, aged thirty-eight years, and he married
(second)— intentions expressed May 13, 1818
— Olive Field, of Taunton, widow of Jesse
Lincoln. She died Oct. 25, 1822, aged thirtysix
years. Children, all born to the first marriage,
were: Elkanah, born Sept. 14, 1799,
who married Sept. 15, 1822, Lemira Bland-
ing, and they have two sons living in Norton,
Elkanah Carver and Nathaniel Holden; Eli,
born Aug. 25, 1801 ; Melinda, born Feb. 5,
1804, who married Dec. 31, 1829, George
Clapp, of Grafton; Abigail Ann, born July
24, 1806, who married Sept. 29, 1824, Josephus
White, of Hanson, Mass. ; and Polly,
born Feb. 20, 1815, who married Dec. 8, 1840,
CjTus Hicks, of Boston, Massachusetts.
(VII) Eli Wood, son of Elkanah, born Aug.