John WOOD
Death

John Wood died at Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1655. He did not leave a will, but two records as to the settlement of his estate, one in Portsmouth Early Records, the other in the New England Register, give invaluable information about the family.

7 May 1655. The Councell of the towne of Portsmouth according to the law of the Collonie for the legall disposing of the estate of John Wood deceast, not having left a will or testament haue chosen John Coggeshall Thomas Cornell Junior Cornell Junior James Babcock and William Hall to prise the landes buildings and fences and other apurtenances of the aforenamed deceast, who haue prised that which is in John Woods hand…

The document goes on to list his property and mentions his sons, Thomas Wood, John (Jr.), William, George the eldest son; Elizabeth Wood the late wife of the deceast (appointed sole executrix); his daughters Susanna and Elizabeth, described as the two younge Children of the deceast. The settlement does not mention his daughter Margaret by name or the elder Susannah (by his first wife), both of whom were already married by 1655.

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