Abijah Wood

Abijah Bowen Wood (1663 - 1746), daughter of Thomas Bowen and Elizabeth Nichols, was born 21 May 1663 at Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; she died at the age of 83 on 21 May 1746 at Middleborough and was buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery. She married Abiel Wood (1659 - 1719) on 16 December 1683 at Middleborough.

Children of Abiel and Abijah Wood

1. Elnathan Wood (14 April 1686 - 20 April 1752)
2. Abijah Wood (20 February 1688 - 25 December 1777) married Isaac Tinkham
3. Abiel Wood (19 March 1690 - )
4. Timothy Wood (13 October 1693 - 22 August 1756)
5. Jerusha Wood (11 November 1695 - 30 January 1770) married John Vaughan
6. Ebenezer Wood (4 August 1697 - 5 December 1768)
7. Thomas Wood (30 January 1703 - 27 January 1745)

Headstone Inscription

In memory of Mrs. Abijah Wood widow of Abial Wood who deceaced May ye 21 1746 in ye 83rd year of her age

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 57661268
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Abijah_Bowen_%284%29
  • "Halifax, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 3:31. Abijah Wood of Hallifax widow of abiel Wood of Middleboro died May the 21st 1746
  • "Records from the Nemasket Cemetery, Middleborough, Mass.", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 15:107. Wood, Abijah, widow of Abial, died 21 May, 1746, in her 83d year. [Age 82, so birth about 1664.]