Samuel Wood1,2,3,4

M, #100, b. 17 July 1760, d. 5 May 1844
Father*Samuel Wood4 b. 6 May 1735, d. 1762
Mother*Freelove Wright4 b. 1734
Relationship4th great-grandfather of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceWOOD17
Samuel Wood
Samuel Wood (From an original India Ink drawing by Dr. Alexander Anderson)

Names and TItles

Birth: William Wood (his birth name, until death of father.)4
William Wood was born on 17 July 1760 in Oyster Bay, Queens County, New York.4 He was the son of Samuel Wood and Freelove Wright.4 Samuel Wood married Mary U. Searing, daughter of John Searing and Mary Prior, on 8 August 1782 in Cow Neck, Long Island, New York.4,5 Samuel Wood died on 5 May 1844 at age 83.2,4 He was buried at Friends' Burying Ground (Now part of Prospect Park), Brooklyn, New York City, New York.4
He met for worship at at Westbury Monthly Meeting, Westbury, New York.6 He met for worship at at Purchase Monthly Meeting.2 He was born into the Church of England in 1760.4 He became a Quaker early in life.4 He became the father of Phebe Wood on 20 July 1783.4 Samuel Wood became the father of Sarah Wood on 2 July 1785.2,4 Samuel Wood became the father of Silas Wood on 16 May 1787.4 Samuel Wood became the father of Samuel S Wood on 9 May 1789.4 Samuel Wood became the father of John Wood on 20 April 1791.4 Samuel Wood became the father of Issac Wood on 21 August 1793.4 As of 1794, Samuel Wood lived in Clinton Town, Nine Partners, New York.4 He became the father of Mary Wood on 7 July 1795.2,4 As of 1796, Samuel Wood lived in New Rochelle, New York.4 He became the father of William Wood on 6 May 1797.2,4 Samuel Wood became the father of Anna Wood on 21 March 1799.2,4 Samuel Wood became the father of Richard Wood on 9 January 1801.2,4 Samuel Wood became the father of George S. Wood on 28 August 1802.2,4 As of 1803, Samuel Wood lived in New York City, New York.4 He became the father of Lydia Wood on 18 August 1803.2,4 Samuel Wood and Mary U. Searing were certificate from (with 11 children) at Purchase Monthly Meeting on 5 December 1803.2 Samuel Wood was a Bookseller & Publisher in 1804.4 He became the father of Hannah Wood on 15 December 1804.2,4 Samuel's daughter Hannah Wood died on 29 September 1805.2,4 Samuel's son was married at wedding of Silas Wood and Julia Ann Chew Brock on 17 April 1816 at Home of Ann Chew, Fredericksburg, Virginia.4 Samuel's son was married at wedding of John Wood and Sarah Mott on 19 October 1816 at New York Monthy Meeting.4,2 Samuel's son was married at wedding of Issac Wood and Nancy Morrell on 20 April 1818.4 Samuel's daughter was married at wedding of Phebe Wood and Isaac Hatch on 14 July 1819.4 Samuel's daughter was married at wedding of Mary Wood and Manning L. Seymour on 5 June 1823 at New York Monthy Meeting.4,7 Samuel Wood and Mary U. Searing were disowned (by Hicksite) with children at New York Monthy Meeting (Hicksite) in 1829.2 Samuel's son was married at wedding of Issac Wood and Mary Bennett on 25 August 1829.4 Samuel's son was married at wedding of William Wood and Mary Sutton Underhill on 11 November 1835 in New York City, New York.8,9 Samuel's son was married at wedding of Richard Wood and Evelina Bridges on 12 June 1837.4 Samuel's son was married at wedding of Issac Wood and Margaret Hicks on 10 May 1840.4

References

Samuel Wood has ID 36 in Taber Family Tree.3 Samuel Wood is mentioned in ID 1066 in Underhill Genealogy for Mary Sutton Underhill.9
Samuel Wood has ID 17 in The Wood Family.4

14 Children of Samuel Wood and Mary U. Searing, daughter of John Searing and Mary Prior,

Children
ChartsPedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Big)
Indented Pedigree of Robert Damon (Limited)
Descendant Chart for Wood Family
Indented Descendant Chart of Wood Family
Last Edited9 Jul 2007

Citations

  1. Name changed after death of father.
  2. [S12] William Wade Henshaw, Encylopedia of Quaker Genealogy (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1936-1950: Inc. Broderbund Software, 1994). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in, Vol III, page 365. Hereinafter cited as Encylopdia of Quaker Genealogy.
  3. [S34] Barbara Wood Taber, Taber Family Tree, (Repository: Richard Smith Damon), (Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in).
  4. [S122] Arnold Wood, John Wood of Attercliffe, Yorkshire, England and Falls, Buck County, Pennsylvania and His Descendants in the United States (Privately Printed, 1903). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in. Hereinafter cited as Wood Family.
  5. [S12] William Wade Henshaw, Encylopdia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol III, page 475.
  6. [S12] William Wade Henshaw, Encylopdia of Quaker Genealogy, Volume 3, page 446.
  7. [S12] William Wade Henshaw, Encylopdia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol III, Page 284.
  8. [S12] William Wade Henshaw, Encylopdia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol III, Page 366.
  9. [S177] Josephine C Frost, Editor, Underhill Genealogy (The Underhill Society of America by Myron C. Taylor, 1932; reprint Salem, Massachusetts: Higginson Book Company). Repository: Richard Smith Damon Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in.