Wood (Y-DNA)
Status summary
Completed as of October 10, 2020:
- Recruiting direct male-line descendants of Henry Wood for further SNP testing - anyone interested in submitting their DNA for testing should contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
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
First Generation
Henry Wood was born in England before 1620 and died in Middleborough before 30 Sep 1670. His first known record was 16 Sep 1641 when he was granted 8 acres in Plymouth. He married Abigail Jenney and they had twelve children: Sarah (c1645), John (c1646-1673 unm.), Samuel (1648), Jonathan (1649/50-1675 unm.), David (1651 m Mary Barker), Joseph (1653 m Hester Walker & Abigail Paul), Abigail (c1654), Benjamin (1655-1694 unm.), Abiel (c1658 m Abijah Bowen), James (c1662), Susanna (c1665) and Mary (c1667).
Second Generation
Samuel Wood was born Yarmouth 25 May 1647 and died Halifax 3 Feb 1718. He married before 1 Jun 1675 Rebecca Morton and had eight children (Middleborough): Joanna (c1674), Henry (b1678), Ephraim (1679), Rebecca (1682), Samue (1684), Anne (1686/7), Jabez (c1690) and Susannah (c1695).
James Wood was born about 1659 in Middleborough and died there 24 Dec 1728. He married Bridgewater 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
(Deacon) Ephraim Wood was born Middleborough 16 Jan 1679 and died there 9 Jul 1744. He married twice, first before 1710 Elizabeth Vaugh(a)n, and second about 1723 Patience Nichols (two children, but no Mayflower link). By his first wife, Deacon Ephraim had six children (Middleborough): Josiah (1710), Samuel (1712/3), Ephraim (1715/6), Rebecca (1717) and Isaac (1719/20-1727).
Jonathan Wood was born
James Wood was born
Barnabas Wood was born
Benjamin Wood was born
Fourth Generation
Josiah Wood was born Middleborough 18 Jun 1710 and died there 1 Dec 1768. He married Middleborough 29 Jan 1735/6 Mercy SPROUT Holmes[1] 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 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.[2] 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).
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 Testing
One individual has 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
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.
