Wood (Y-DNA)
Status summary
Completed as of October 10, 2020:
- Recruiting patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Henry Wood NGS/WGS testing. Any male who believes they are such a descendant should Read me First
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Still to do as of September 29, 2020
- NGS/WGS test actual descendants of Henry Wood to discover wheir subclade as well as possible descendants lines.
Biography
For first three generations see, Alicia Crane Williams' article in Mayflower Descendant 48:13-20, 135-140
First Generation
Henry Wood was born in England before 1620 and died in Middleborough before 30 Sep 1670.[1] His first known record was 16 Sep 1641 when he was granted 8 acres in Plymouth. He married Plymouth 18 Apr 1644 Abigail Jenney and they had thirteen children (Plymouth): Sarah (1645), John (1646), Samuel (1647), Jonathan (1648/9), David (1651), Joseph (1653), Isaac (1654-1655), Abigail (1655), Benjamin (1655), Mary (1657-1714 unm.), Abiel (son, 1658), James (1660) and Susanna (c1662).
Second Generation
Samuel Wood was born Yarmouth 25 May 1648 and died Middleborough 3 Feb 1717/8. He married before 1 Jun 1675 Rebecca Morton and had eight children (Middleborough): Henry (b1678), Ephraim (1679), Rebecca (1682), Samuel (1684), Joanna (1686/7), Jabez (1690) Joanna and Susannah (c1695).
David Wood was born Plymouth 17 Oct 1651 and died Middleborough 31 Dec 1717. He married Middleborough 5 Mar 1684/5 Mary BARKER Pratt Coombs[2] and they had three children (Middleborough): John (1686), David (1688) and Jabez (1691).
James Wood was born about 1662 and died Middleborough bef. 21 Dec 1728 (probate). He married Middleborough 12 Apr 1693 Experience Fuller and had seven children: Lydia (1694), Jonathan (1697), James (1699), Barnabas (c1701), Benjamin (1703), Abel (1706 m Thankful Landers) and Ichabod (c1709).
Third Generation
Henry Wood was born Middleborough bef 1678 and died there 13 Jul 1747. He married Plymouth 24 Dec 1717 Mary Tinkham and they had: Esther (1720-1721) and Henry (1727).
(Deacon) Ephraim Wood was born Middleborough 16 Jan 1679 and died there 9 Jul 1744. He married twice, first before 1710 Susannah Howland, and second about 1723 Patience Nichols (two children, but no Mayflower link). By his first wife, Deacon Ephraim had five children (Middleborough): Josiah (1710), Samuel (1712/3), Ephraim (1715/6), Rebecca (1717) and Isaac (1719/20-1727).
(Deacon) Samuel Wood (II) was born Middleborough 19 Sep 1684 and died there bef 3 Aug 1747 (probate). He married twice, 1) Elizabeth Smith and 2) Middleborough 7 Aug 1730 Sarah THOMAS Howland[3]
Jabez Wood was born Middleborough 1690 and died aft 1737. He married Middleborough 5 Apr 1716 Mercy Fuller (an mtDNA descendant of Elizabeth TILLEY Howland) and they had: Mary (1719), Rebecca (1719), Jabez (1721 no further rec.), Henry (1723 no further rec.), Benjamin (1725 no further rec.), Joseph (1725 no further rec.), Ebenezer (1729) and Cornelius (1731 unk. if marr.)
Jonathan Wood was born Middleborough in 1697 and died Bridgewater 14 Nov 1761. He married 13 Jan 1725 Persis Robbins and they had at least four children: Jonathan (1726), Jedediah (1728 m Keziah Samson), Elizabeth (1730) and James (1731/2 m Achsah Phinney).
James Wood was born Middleborough in 1699 and died 1772.
Barnabas Wood was born Middleborough about 1701 and died there before 18 Dec 1730. He married Plympton 30 Mar 1726 Hannah Robbins and they had three children: Lydia (1727), Rebecca (c1727) and Experience (1729).
Benjamin Wood was born Middleborough in 1703 and died Sharon, CT 16 Dec 1760. He married Plympton 12 Apr 1733 Priscilla Rickard (descended from Mayflower passenger Peter Brown) and they had eight children: Samuel (1733/4), Barnabas (1735 m Sybil Darby), Joseph (1743), Experience (dau 1745), Deborah (1746), James (1748-1748), Noah (1749) and Sarah (1752).
Abel Wood was born Middleborough in 1706. He married Rochester 25 Mar 1736 Thankful Landers and they had eight children (first born Rochester, last four born Sharon, CT): Elijah (1736), Ephraim (1740), Barnabas (1743), Deborah (1745-1745), Thankful (1748), Mary (1753-1760), Lydia (1756-1756) and Phebe (1759).
Ichabod Wood was born Middleborough about 1709 and died Richmond about 12 Dec 1798. He married twice, first Christian Wheaton and second Gloucester, NJ 14 Jan 1745 Rebeckah Wood. By his first wife, Ichabod had two children: James (1739 m Molly Carpenter) and Comfort (son, 1743 m Huldah ___). By his second wife, Ichabod had one more child: Johannah (1754).
Fourth Generation
Henry Wood (II) was born Middleborough 27 Feb 1727 and died Winthrop, ME 26 Dec 1806. He married Middleborough 16 Mar 1754 Lydia Benson and they had: Mary Jane (1756), Elijah (1769), Enoch (1769) and Henry (1779).
Josiah Wood was born Middleborough 18 Jun 1710 and died there 1 Dec 1768. He married Middleborough 29 Jan 1735/6 Mary SPROUT Holmes [4] (great-granddaughter of Henry Samson) and they had eight children: Isaac (1736 d.y.), Susanna, Josiah (1740 m Salome Woods), Ephraim (1744 m Sarah Wood), Sproat (1747), Mary (1749), Robert (1753 m Abigail Rudd) and Consider (son, c1756 m Mary Adams).
Samuel Wood (II) was born Middleborough 5 Feb 1712/3 and died there 21 Jul 1750. He married Middleborough 6 Jan 1736/7 Joanna Cobb (descendant of George Soule and Degory Priest) and they had six children (Middleborough): Susanna (1738/9), Azubah (1740/1), Abner (1743/4 m Deborah Bease), Rebecca (1744/5), Bathsheba (1748) and Samuel (1750 m Abiah Pierce).
Ephraim Wood was born Middleborough 23 Jan 1715/6 and died before 1752. He married twice, first Middleborough 11 Nov 1742 Mary Lazell and second (int. Middleborough 16 May 1752) Mary LEACH Soule[5] (descendant of Isaac Allerton) By his first wife Ephraim had two children (Middleborough): Isaac (1743 m Luranie Southworth) and Lucia (1744/5). By his second wife Ephraim had six more children (Middleborough): Exra (1753), Mary (1756), Eprhaim (1758 poss. m Susanna Sturtevant), Susannah (1762), Huldah (1765) and Jacob (1768).
- ↑ Inventory of his estate.
- ↑ She married first c1667 Samuel Pratt and second c1678 Francis Coombs.
- ↑ Widow of Isaac Howland.
- ↑ Widow of Thomas Holmes.
- ↑ widow of John Soule.
DNA results FT36574
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Wood/Woods Y-DNA Project Group 13 currently has nine individuals, all close STR matches to each other, with four claiming Henry Wood as their ancestor. FTDNA predicts the family falls under R1b-M269. Plugging in the modal values for the 111 STR markers into the NEVGEN Haplogroup Predictor tool fails to list any clade with any probability. STR marker DYS492=13 is a very strong indicator (>95%) of the family falling under R1b-U106.
NGS/WGS Testing
At least two individuals have apparently done a Big Y test and has been found to fall under R-P312>ZZ11>DF27>Z195>Z198>CTS4188>S14445>Z29704>BY3268>BY139899>BY165849>FT36574 with one under a subclade of FT36574>FT36212.
Further needed testing
We would need Y-DNA descendants of Henry Wood to take NGS/WGS tests to pin down the haplogroup, as well as possibly define subclades for various branches of the family.
References & External Links
- Williams, Alicia Crane "Henry Wood alias Atwood of Middleborough, Massachusetts", Mayflower Descendants vol. 48 pp. 13-20, 135-140.
- Atwood, Elijah Francis, Ye Atte Wode Annals. June 1928, Giving English History, Descendants of Harman, Henry, John, Philip, Stephen, Thomas of Ipswich and Thomas of Wethersfield, Sketch of John and James Atwood, of Henry Wood of Leyden and the Story of Joshua 4 Bradford and the Indians, Etc privately published, WI 1928
- Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 23 (Howland) Part I General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, 2006
- Radasch, Katharine W. & Arthur H. Radasch (rev. by Margaret H. Stover and Robert S. Wakefield), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol: 10 Samuel Fuller General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 1996
