Ruth Wood

Biography

Ruth was born in 1723.[1]

Her husband Peleg Wood passed away in 1796 in Little Compton.

She passed away in 1810 according to this source, and was buried in Madison, New York.[2]

Her record in Find A Grave shows a death date of 1817.[3]

Her son Abner Wood is also buried in the same cemetery.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shaw-211

Ruth (Shaw) Wood (1723 - abt. 1817)

Ruth Wood formerly Shaw

Born 29 Sep 1723 in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Anthony Shaw and Rebecca (Wood) Shaw

Sister of Benjamin Shaw, Mary Shaw, Anthony Shaw, Elizabeth (Shaw) Wilbor, Rebecca (Shaw) Potter, Arnold Shaw, Thomas Shaw and John Shaw

Wife of Peleg Wood — married 17 Dec 1746 in Little Compton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mother of Elizabeth (Wood) Wilbor, Reuben Wood and Abner Wood

Died about 1817 at about age 93 in Madison, Madison, New York, United States

Profile last modified 13 Aug 2020 | Created 14 Apr 2010

Sources

↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87V-8BS : 17 December 2019), Ruth Shaw, 1723. ↑ Ancestry.com. One hundred ninety-six grandparents : some descendants of John Wood of Rhode Island (1655) and some of their ancestors [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data:Ewers, Dorothy Wood,. One hundred ninety-six grandparents : some descendants of John Wood of Rhode Island (1655) and some of their ancestors. Crete, Ill.: unknown, 1961. Page 149. Transcription from top of page SHAW:
Ruth Shaw ~ 1746 Peleg Wood 1D5A3
b. September 29, 1723 Little Compton, R.I.
d. 1810 Madison Co., New York
r.
m. December 18, 1746 by Richard Billins, Justice
c.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 August 2020), memorial page for Ruth Shaw Wood (1723–1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #39545161, citing Wood Family Cemetery, Madison, Madison County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Andrew L. (contributor 46818829) .[Gravestone inscription is not legible.]
Name: Ruth Wood
Birth Date: 1723
Death Date: 1817
Cemetery: Wood Family Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Madison, Madison County, New York, United :States of America
Has Bio?: Y
URL: [1]
Research Notes

Her date of death is given in Ewers, Dorothy Wood,. One hundred ninety-six grandparents as 1810, however no additional vital record source has emerged. The transcription in Find A Grave says 1817, but this could be wrong. Needs a proper vital record source and/or a better photo of the headstone that may clarify the year of death.

Further research could be done in the records of Morrisville, NY where her son Abner Wood died. Perhaps she had been living with him.