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Rebecca Wood (Benedict)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Southold, Suffolk County, New York, Colonial America
Death: 1709 (49-50)
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Deacon Thomas Benedict and Mary Benedict
Wife of Samuel Ellis Wood, MD
Mother of Samuel Ellis Wood and Tradition Wood
Sister of Thomas Benedict, II; Samuel Benedict; Deacon John Benedict; Daniel Benedict; James Benedict and 8 others

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
Last Updated:

About Rebecca Wood

Rebecca Benedict was born at Southold . She married Doctor Samuel Wood . He was an able physician, born and educated in England . He was one of the first settlers of Danbury after the first eight families. Dr. John Wood and David Wood are also among the 19 principal sufferers by the British attack in 1777 .


GEDCOM Note

!"Benedicts in America" FHL 929.273 B434b History of Thomas Benedict as written by his grandson, James Benedict, and dated "Ridgefield, March ye 14, 1755"

!Also AFN 8VNJ-6C, LT4S-78, PLKM-2N, PM3M-CT

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Rebecca Wood's Timeline

1659
March 20, 1659
Southold, Suffolk County, New York, Colonial America
1687
1687
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1690
February 28, 1690
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1709
1709
Age 49
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
1930
April 22, 1930
Age 50
April 22, 1930
Age 50
August 13, 1930
Age 50
August 13, 1930
Age 50
1932
March 9, 1932
Age 50
March 9, 1932
Age 50