Captain Jonathan Wood

1701 - 1796  (94 years)

• Name	Jonathan Wood
  Birth	2 Nov 1701	Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3, 5, 7, 8, 11]
  Moved To	1717 (15 years)	Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [5]
  In 1717 he moved from Mendon to Upton with his family.
  Age: 16
  Offices Held	say 1720 (18 years)	Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [11]
  He was the first Town Clerk of Upton, Massachusetts. He served for almost 20 years.
  Land/House	1723 (21 years)	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [5]
  In 1723 he bought numerous lots of land in Mendon, Massachusetts.
  Military	1765 (63 years)  [11]
  Jonathan was made Captain of the Training Band during the French and Indian War.
  Death	4 Feb 1796	Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [6, 8, 9, 12, 13]
  Burial	Aft 4 Feb 1796	Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Massachusetts   [8]
  	Gravestone of Jonathan Wood IN Memory of Mr Jonathan Wood who died Feb. 4, 1796 in ye 95 r of his age.
  Siblings	6 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. James Wood,   b. 28 Apr 1696, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Sep 1777  (Age 81 years)   2. Ebenezer Wood,   b. 6 Dec 1698, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Jan 1792, Somers, Tolland County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years) > 3. Captain Jonathan Wood,   b. 2 Nov 1701, Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 Feb 1796, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 94 years) ▻ Margaret Thayer,  m. 15 Dec 1720 ;   Dorothy Brown,  m. 15 Dec 1720   4. David Wood,   b. 30 May 1704, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. + 5. Samuel Wood,   b. 21 May 1706, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Dec 1799, Upton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years) ▻ Mary Albee,  m. 12 Nov 1730   6. Jane Wood,   b. 02 Mar 1708/09, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Feb 1810, Townshend, Windham County, Vermont, U.S.A.  (Age 100 years) + 7. Moses Wood,   b. 3 Apr 1712, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Priscilla Taft,  m. 5 Feb 1738   8. Eliphalet Wood,   c. 15 Aug 1714, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Elizabeth Wood,   b. Sep 1718, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Wood,   b. Abt 1598, England d. 27 Nov 1642, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 44 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Margaret Page   d. 13 Jul 1699, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, U.S.A.   (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14919
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Capt. Ebenezer Wood,   b. 29 Dec 1671, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Mother	Rachel Nichols,   b. 13 Nov 1677, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1717/18, Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Margaret Thayer,   b. 17 Dec 1701, Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 22 Oct 1749, Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1720	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 4, 10]
  	Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood
  Age at Marriage	He : 19 years and 1 month - She : 19 years.
  Information	The were married by Mr. Joseph Dorr.  [4]
  Children	From 1723 to 1742  [5]
  1. Ezra Wood (c1723-1815) 2. Daniel Wood 3. Jonathan Wood 4. Lois Wood (1740-____) 5. Simeon Wood (1741-____) 6. Unice Wood (1742-____)
  Family ID	F8751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Dorothy Brown,   b. 1 Jan 1705, Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 14 Aug 1782, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 77 years)  Other Partners: Samuel Crosby  m. 29 Dec 1729
  Marriage	15 Dec 1720	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Age at Marriage	He : 19 years and 1 month - She : 15 years and 11 months.
  Children	1726  [1]
  1. Ezra Wood (1726-1815)
  Marriage Intent	2 Jan 1749/50  [5]
  Family ID	F8752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Jonathan Wood(1701 – 1796) 2Capt. Ebenezer Wood(1671 – ) 4Thomas Wood(1633 – 1687) 8Edward Wood(Abt 1598 – 1642) 9Ruth Lea(1602 – 1642) 5Ann Hunt(1637 – 1714) 10 11 3Rachel Nichols(1677 – 1717/18) 6Thomas Nichols(1630 – 1720) 12Walter Nichols 13 7Mary Moulton(Abt 1632 – ) 14 15Margaret Page( – 1699)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Nov 1701 - Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Moved To - 1717 - Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Offices Held - say 1720 - Upton, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Land/House - 1723 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 4 Feb 1796 - Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 4 Feb 1796 - Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S716] Blodgette, George Brainard. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts - A Genealogical Record of the Families Who Settled in Rowley Before 1700 with Several Generations of Their Descendants, (Rowley, Massachusetts: Amos Everett Jewett, 1933). [S132] Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809, (Provo, Uah: Ancestry.com, 2000). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S2056] Draper, James. History of Spencer, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the year 1860, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Henry J. Howland, 1860). [S717] Essex Institute. Vital Records of Rowley, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume 1, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1928). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 133650681 Jonathan Wood. [S1947] Gravestone Inscription. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Margaret Thayer and Jonathan Wood. [S1007] Poor, William George. 1735 - June 25 - 1935 Upton, Massachusetts , (Upton, Massachusetts: Charlescraft Press, 1935). [S2055] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Spencer, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1909). [S1563] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Family Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury, Mass, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847).