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- Nathan Wood - This pioneer was born in Sharon, Ct., Sept. 16, 1761, where he married Zilpah Sprague, July 31, '83. She was also born there, but died in South Butler, NY, Jan. 20, 1849, and was buried there. He left Sharon in '92, going to Milton, Saratoga Co., and then to Camillas in 1805, where he died May 31, 1839. He enlisted in Capt. Wales' Co. in '77, and served through the war.
Revolutionary Soldiers Resident Or Dying in Onondaga County, N. Y by William Martin
Beauchamp, Franklin Henry Chase
- from "The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations..." by Phoenix, S. Whitney (Stephen Whitney), 1878
Children of Nathan and Zilpah (Sprague) Wood.
I. Abigail Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 29 Sept. 1784; died 24 Jan. 1787.
II. Philinda Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 11 June 1786; married, 12 Feb, 1807, at Camillus, N.Y., John Armstrong, a farmer, born at Newburgh, N.Y., 8 Dec. 1784. They dwelt in Camillus till 1832; and then moved to Ridgeway, N.Y., where they died (he, 11 March 1848; she, 12 Sept. 1863), and were buried in Knowlesville Cemetery.
III. Seth Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 18 May 1788; a farmer; married, 18 May 1816, at Camillus, N.Y., Melinda Dunham, dau. of Jeremiah and Achsah (Reed) Dunham, of Fabius, N. Y., where she was born, 15 July 1798. He died, 14 Ap. 1847, at Savannah, N.Y., where she was still living in Feb. 1877.
IV. Polly Maria Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 22 June 1790; married in 1807, at Camillus, N.Y., Absalom Chandler, a farmer, born at Goshen, N.Y., 14 Oct. 1776, son of Abram and Sarah Chandler. They had five children, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Absalom and Benjamin. They settled in Canada, where he owned a farm of one hundred acres on the River Thames. On the breaking out of the war of 1812, to avoid entering the army in Canada, he returned to Buffalo, enlisted in the U.S. army, and served till its close; when, finding his Canadian farm confiscated, he moved his family to Owego, N. Y., settling finally, in June 1816, at Hamburgh, N. Y., where they died (he, 4 July 1856; she, 7 Oct. 1860), and were buried in East Hamburgh Cemetery.
V. Laura Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 22 July 1792; married, in 1809, Conradt Hess; and was living at Three Rivers, Mich., in Jan. 1877.
VI. Alvin Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 15 Sept. 1794; a tailor and farmer; married about 1 Jan, 1818, at Pompey, N.Y., Fanny Woodworth, dau. of Samuel and Lucinda (Beach) Woodworth, of Pompey, formerly of Goshen, Conn., where she was born 11 Sept, 1798. He had moved with his parents, when eight years old, to Camillus, N. Y., and continued to dwell there about forty-two years; and then settled at South Butler, N. V., where he died, 13 Feb. 1874, and was buried. She was living at South Butler, in Jan. 1876.
VII. Horace Wood, b. at Milton, N. V., 26 Dec. 1796; a farmer; settled, in 1819, at Camillus, N. Y., where he married, 21 Nov. 1819, Mary Shultz, who came with her brother to Camillus. She was born 11 May 1791; and died at Camillus, 11 March 1829, without children. He married (2d), 21 Nov. 1833, at Camillus, Elizabeth Willis, born at Broadalbin, N.Y., 2 Sept. 1804, dau. of Benjamin and Bridget (Cole) Willis, of Batavia, N.Y. They dwelt at Camillus till 1839, at South Butler, N.Y., till 23 Ap. 1853, at Delavan, Wis., till Oct. 1859; and then settled at Milo, Iowa, where he died 1 Nov. 1861. She died at Durand, Wis., 8 March 1874.
VIII. Nathan Schenck Wood, b. at Milton, N.Y., 3 Dec. 1798; a merchant and, after 1836, a farmer; married, 10 May 1829, at Camillus, N.Y., Rebecca Hawley, with whom he settled at Knowlesville, N.Y., where she died, 3 Sept. 1836, and was buried in Knowlesville Cemetery; married (2d), 24 May 1838, at Knowlesville, Dolly Ann Smith, of Knowlesville, dau, of Sears and Jane (Hatch) Smith, who moved from Tolland, Conn., to Galway, N.Y., where she was born 4 Jan, 1813. They moved, in 1839, to Barre, N.Y., where he died 10 Aug. 1840, and was buried at Knowlesville.
IX. James Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 17 Feb. 1801; a farmer; married, 17 Feb. 1821, at Camillus, N. Y., Phebe Gidney, who was born in Newburgh, N.Y., 5 Dec. 1801, and died, 9 June 1826, at Camillus, and was buried there. Her father was brother of Dr. Gidney, of Newburgh; and her mother was sister of Gilbert Totten, of Van Buren, N.Y. He married (2d), 9 June 1832, at Pompey, N.Y., Theodora Woodworth, dau. of Samuel and Anna (Sprague) Woodworth, of Pompey, where she was born 1 March 1806. They dwelt at Camillus, N.Y., till Nov. 1852, and at Battle Creek, Mich., till Ap. 1862, when they settled at Durand, Wis., and were living there in Nov. 1876. He was proprietor, at Camillus, of the Steam Novelty Mills; and at Battle Creek, of the Battle Creek House.
X. Lemira Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 20 March 1802; died, 27 Oct. 1802.
XI. William Edson Wood, b. at Milton, N. Y., 11 Sept. 1804; died, 3 Aug. 1826, at Knowlesville, N. Y., and was buried there.
XII. Zilpah Wood, b., 29 May 1808, at Camillus, N. Y., where she married, 21 Feb. 1831, Hiram Abrams, a farmer, son of Andrew and Jane (Yeomans) Abrams , of Butler, N.Y., formerly of Schodack, N.Y., where he was born, 25 Oct. 1807. They dwelt in Camillus till May 1831, and then settled at Savannah, N. Y., where she died, 20 Feb. 1864. He married (2d), in Dec. 1864, at Lysander, N. Y., Susan Dunham, dau of Jeremiah and Hannah (Meach) Dunham; and was living at Butler, N.Y., in Jan. 1876. (Andrew Abrams was born 18 July 1759, and died 1 Jan. 1850. died 18 Oct. 1849. His wife, born in Holland, Butler, N.Y.)
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1761 - 1839 (77 years)
Dorothy Cole, b. 27 Nov 1714, Hartford, Hartford, CT