Supplement to Norwalk, Conn., Volume One: Genealogy

Samuel, born in Long Island, removed to Stamford, and then to Bedford, N. Y. ; Obadiahlst, born in Long Island 1698-99; Experience, born in Long Island ; Mary, born in Long Island. SECOND GENERATION. Jonathan Wood'2"'1 was born on Long Island 1691-2, and removed with his parents in 1706 to Pimpewaug, Norwalk, Conn. He married, November 5, 171 5, Elizabeth, daughter of David Munrow, of Norwalk (Ridgefield Records). She was born August, 1693 (Norwalk Records). David Munrow's will is in the records of the Probate Court at Fairfield, and in it is named his daughter "Elizabeth the wife of Jonathan Wood of Norwalk." The dates of the death of Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth are unknown, but the records of his land trans- actions with his children show him to have reached the age of nearly one hundred years. Children : Martha, born September 27, 1716; David, born January 7, 1718; Elizabeth, born May 9, 1720 ; John, born June 28, 1722; Daniel, born January 23, 1724; Solomon, born May 23, 1726; Susannah, born December 8, 1728, died November 28, 1729; Stephen, born November 24, 1730, died December 24, 1744; Ezekiel ; Nathan, born June 12, 1738, died July 3, 1758; James, born October 11, 1739, died October 25, 1739. Isaac, son of Jonathan Wood1", was born on Long Island 1693, and removed to Nor- NORWALK. 473 walk, Conn., with his parents in 1706. He married Patience, daughter of Timothy and grand- daughter of Matthew Campfield of Norwalk. The records of the Presbyterian Church of South Salem, N. Y., give the date of his death April 2, 1775. Titus, son of Jonathan Woodlst, was born on Long Island. He removed with his parents to Pimpewaug (Wilton) in 1706, and married January 13, 1719. He lived in Pimpe- waug at Egypt Rocks, so called, and during his life accumulated considerable property. His children were : Abigail, born October 18, 1719, died November 2, 1719; John ; Timothy ; Rebecca, died February 6, 1733, a young child ; An infant, died May, 1736, a young child. Samuel Woodlst was born on Long Island and removed to Pimpewaug in Norwalk in 1706. He inherited his father's farm in Pimpewaug. He removed to Stamford, and then to Bedford, N. Y. The children of Samuel Wood were; Marcy, born March 30, 171 7; Hannah, born April 9, 1725. Obadiah Woodlst was born on Long Island in 1698-99. He removed with his parents to Pimpewaug, in Norwalk in 1706, and married, previous to 1730, in which year he joins with his wife Anna in signing a deed of property (Norwalk Records). He was one of the executors of his father's will. At different times he purchased land in the Limestone Dis- trict, Ridgefield, and in the immediate vicinity of Umpawaug Pond. Later still he purchased the farm in South Salem, where he lived until his death, which occurred February 16, 1791, as shown by the records of the Presbyterian Church of that place. It is shown also that with his wife Anna he was admitted to full communion in this church July 7, 1754. In the records of Ridgefield his death is recorded one day later than as above given. He was probably buried in the church yard at South Salem, where many of his descendants he, although there is no inscribed stone to mark his grave. His children were: Obadiah21"1, born July 8, 1725; Deborah, born September 4, 1729; Ebenezer, born July 18, 1 73 1 ; James, baptized May 8, 1739. William, went to locality known as Cherry Street, west of Katonah, Westchester County, N. Y.; Micah, went to Ballston Springs, Saratoga County, N. Y. ; Lemuel ; Molly, married a Whitlock and went to Ridgebury, Conn.; Sarah, married a Keeler (probably Paul) and lived at South Salem, N. Y. Mrs. B. M. Gage of 937 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, is a granddaughter ; Deborah2"'1, baptized at South Salem March 19, 1758; Milley, baptized at South Salem July 13, 1760; Mary, baptized at South Salem July 13, 1762. 474 N O R W A L K. Experience Wood was born on Long Island and removed with her parents in 1706 to Pimpewaug, Norwalk, where she afterwards married Edward Biddick. She is mentioned as a legatee in her father's will and at that date, 1727, was apparently a widow. They had one daughter, Hannah, born June 22, 1723. Mary Wood was born on Long Island. Removed in 1706, with her parents, to Pimpe- waug, in Norwalk. At the date of her father's will. 1727, she was unmarried. THIRD GENERATION. Martha, daughter of Jonathan Wood2"'1, married Lemuel Abbott, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Olmsteadj Abbott (page 346), of Norwalk, December 20, 1732. Lemuel was born March 21, 1713-14, and died July 15, 1791. Martha died May 17, 1795. Ridgefield, Conn., records give the following children: Lemuel, born June 15, 1734; Stephen, born January 20, 1735-6; John, born April 1, 1738; Martha, born March 16, 1739-40; Sarah, born March 30, 1742 ; Elizabeth, born February 27, 1743-4; Mary, born October 29, 1747; Phebe, born May 24, 1750; Hannah, born May 7, 1752; James, born June 15, 1754; Ezra, born July 21, 1756, a Revolutionary soldier. David, son of Jonathan Wood'2"'1, married, first, Dorothy, widow of Jonah Rockwell, of Wilton, Conn., February 27, 1734, and, second, Hannah . He lived in Ridgefield, New Patent, so called, until 1754, when he removed to Sharon, and in 1777 removed to Ballston, N. Y., where he died about 1805, his widow Hannah surviving him. David Wood was one of the legatees named in the will of his grandfather, David Munrow of Norwalk, as shown by the Probate records of Fairfield, Conn. His children were Dolly, Caleb, David, Enoch, Abigail, Benjamin, Elijah, Nathan and Stephen. John, son of Jonathan Wood2"3, apparently married, first, Abigail , and, second, Susannah Pickett (John, James, James, John), of Pickett's Ridge District, in the northwest- ern corner of Redding township. He died in 1798, and letters of administration were granted to the widow, Susannah, at Danbury. The children appear to be as follows: By wife Abigail : Abigail, born December 9, 1752; Anna, born, February 13, 1754; John, born April 27, 1755; Titus, born November 6, 1756. By wife Susannah : Ruth ; Daniel ; NORWALK. 475 Eunice ; Ruhannah ; Chloe. Daniel, son of Jonathan Wood2"'3, married Mary . The land records of Ridge- field, Conn., seem to indicate that he lived in that town, at one time in the Bennett's Farms district. His children were : Susannah, born April 20, 1748 ; Martha, born September 20, 1752; Nathaniel, born November 24, 1754; Ruth, born April 20, 1757; Betty, born September 26, 1759. Solomon, son of Jonathan Wood'21"1, owned land in Egypt district in Norwalk, and probably lived there', and afterwards in the vicinity of Ridgefield and South Salem. His children were : Sarah, baptized at Ridgefield June 21, 1750; Child, baptized at South Salem January 15, 1758. Stephen, son of Jonathan Wood2"'1, was born at Norwalk, Conn., November 24, 1730, and died there December 24, 1744. Ezekiel, son of Jonathan Wood2'"3, married Mary Collins April, 1752, and lived in Pimpewaug district. The children were : Ezekiel, baptized June 21, 1753; Daniel, baptized April 17, 1757; Stephen, born 1759; David, baptized May 25, 1760; Betsey, born April 18, 1762; Polly, baptized August 8, 1765; , baptized February 7, 1769; Tamasin, baptized February 21, 1770. WOOD NOTES. Abigail, daughter of Titus Wood, was born in Norwalk October 18, 1719. Timothy, son of Titus Wood, married November 22, 1749, and had one child, Rebecca, born August 15, 1750. Obadiah2"4, son of Obadiah Woodlst, was born at Norwalk July 8, 1725. He had a home lot near his father's on the borders of Umpewaug Pond in Redding in 1753. Ebenezer, son of Obadiah Woodlst, was born at Norwalk July 18, 1731, and married, May 17, 1759, in South Salem, Rachel Lockwood, who was born January 30, 1739, and died July 21, 1825. Mr. Wood lived on the South Salem farm (his father's before him) until his death, October 20, 1824. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wood are buried in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard. Several of his descendants are living in South Salem at the present time, among whom are Daniel J. Wood and Margaret Louisa Wood. The last named resides at the old Obadiah Wood homestead. The children of Ebenezer and Rachel Wood were Prudence 47& NORWALK (died young), Rachel (Mrs. Conkling), Sarah (Mrs. Andrew Wood), Mary (Mrs. Nathaniel Close), Ebenezer, born November 20, 1773, and Joseph. Ebenezer2ud, son of Ebenezerlst and Rachel Wood, married, first, Hannah Keeler, June 6, 1798 (she was born 1778). They had one son, Jeremiah, born March 14, 1799. Hannah died March 30, 1799, and Ebenezer married, second, Margaret Strang, born December 6, 1783, and died July 22, 1822. They had: Ebenezer, born February, 1809; Hannah, born June 22, 181 3, Mrs. D. C. Keeler, Ridgefield, Conn.; Sally Ann, Mrs. Abram Reynolds. FIFTH GENERATION. Jeremiah, son of Ebenezer Wood2'"1, married, first, Mary Ann Horton, November 1, 1820. She was born September 2, 1798, and died May 19, 1823. They had Daniel H., born May 18, 1823, and died September 4, 1823. Jeremiah Wood married, second, Margaret Horton, October, 1824. She was born April 26, 1804, and died August 27, 1884. They had : Mary Ann, born April 13, 1827, married, December 30, 1846, Elias Quereau Lyon; Margaret Louisa, born April 5, 1844, unmarried. SAMUEL WOOD LINEAGE. "LEAVES FROM THE WOOD."