Maria  WOOD

There is a suspicion that she might be the Maria Wood mentioned in the Saratoga Cemetery Records of Elisha Thompson - see person 11017

It is also possible that this is a different Maria Wood. A Mary Polly Thompson m. Abraham William Ostrander. The Ostrander name is prevalent in the records of Elisha Thompson.


Is she the daughter of Josiah Wood and Mary Reed of Littleton, MA? If so, her brother Artemas Reed Wood ended up in Rensselaer, NY

Hmmm... Is she the daughter of Daniel Wood of Venice, Cayuga, NY? According to his will of 13 June 1823, he had a daughter Lois Maria, a brother David, a son Edward. His wife had passed away before him. No name given.

Also, the will of Jonas Wood, Venice, Cayuga, NY dated 10 Feb 1829 states that Jonas has a grandson, Charles Wood and granddaughter, Mary Jane Wood (son and daughter of Daniel Wood, dec'd). Jonas also mentions daughters Eunice and Lois.

This is a long shot. NOTE: Could this Daniel Wood be the Wood who married Mary Salisbury, daughter of Thomas Salisbury and Rebecca Bushee.
NOTE: Lois Wood is mentioned as 17 years old in 1824. She petitions Joseph Pancost to be her guardian.
1824 Wood Daniel Cayuga P. 901
Edward Wood is also mentioned in 1824 at age 13. He petitions that his uncle, David Wood, be his guardian.
NEHGS
Abstracts of Wills, Administrations and Guardianships in NY State, 1787 - 1835., (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), (From material originally compiled by William A. D. Eardeley, now held by the Brooklyn Historical Society.)


Another long shot: 1801 WOOD Mary, d. of Jabez and Nabby, b. June 10, 1801, Harvard, MA.
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. According to Ancestry World Tree, Jabez Wood married Nabby Moor (possible alias Abigail Stone). They had a daughter Abigail Wood b: 23 SEP 1810 in Harvard, Mass. Jabez appears to have died in Harvard in 1850. He is in Harvard in 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 according to the US Census.

Other Wood children all born in Harvard to this couple: 1805 WOOD Lucy, d. of Jabez and Nabby, July 27, 1805 (July 29, 1805 dup.)

1807 WOOD Flavel, s. of Jabez and Nabby, Dec. 28, 1807.

1810 WOOD Nabby, d. of Jabez and Nabby, Aug. 23, 1810.

1812 WOOD Lydia, d. of Jabez and Nabby, Nov. 12, 1812.
1799 WOOD Benjamin, s. of Jabez and Nabby, Aug. 22, 1799.
1803 WOOD Emery, s. of Jabez and Nabby, June 28, 1803.
1815 WOOD Jonathan, s. of Jabez and Nabby, Oct. 2, 1815.
1818 WOOD Jabez, s. of Jabez and Nancy (Nabby dup.), June 10, 1818.
Possible marriage in Harvard 1799 STONE Abigail and Jabez Wood, Mar. 14, 1799.
NOTE: This probably not a match because the family never moves to NY. The family above is a more likely match.

UPDATE: Daniel Wood (above) is NOT the man who married Mary Salisbury - see below
Birth: 1764
Death: Jun. 25, 1838

His parents were Thomas Wood and Lucy Winslow. Daniel married Mary Salisbury in 1790 and they had nine children:
Sally Wood Mead
1792 –
Samuel B Wood
1793 – 1858
Winslow Joseph Wood
1794 – 1868
Preservid Wood
1796 – 1819
Mary Wood Scofield
1799 – 1868
Jacob Wood
1801 – 1856
Sarepta Wood Deake
1803 – 1826
Lydia Wood Sherman
1806 – 1839
Asenath Wood Deake
1808 – 1840

More About Maria WOOD

Additional background about this ancestor, including surname history and other family-history context.

Wood Name Meaning

English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages such as French Bois and Dubois and Polish Les . English: in a few cases a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person from Middle English wode ‘frenzied wild’ (Old English wōd). In some cases also an Americanized form of French Gadbois and Houde .


Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Wool, Wold, Good, Hood, Woods, Root, Gold, Hoad, Woody, Look


Is she related to Oliver R Wood, b. 14 November 1830 in NY, d. 7 June 1882. He m. Cornelia C. White. He practiced law in Union Springs, NY from about 1852-1854, before moving to Ledyard and then Auburn, NY.