Descendants of Richard Wood
Jenks Lineage
The Wood family is connected to two Jenks lines: Mehitable Wood (3rd generation) married Joseph Mores and sister Sarah married Thomas Bass.
1. Richard Wood married Margaret (?).
Children:
+2. i Nicholas Wood born 1620.
Second Generation
2. Nicholas Wood (1.Richard1) born 1620, Colchester, Kent, England, married 1642, in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, Mary Pidge, born Feb 11, 1620, Romfield, Middlesex, England, (daughter of Thomas Pidge and Mary Sothey) died Feb 19, 1662, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA. Nicholas died Feb 7, 1669, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
Children:
+3. i Sarah Wood born Dec 25, 1642.
4. ii Mary Wood born Dec 25, 1642, married John Thurston. Twin of Sarah
5. iii Hannah Wood born c. 1649, Roxbury, MA, married Nov 26, 1665, John Harding.
+6. iv Jonathan Wood born Jan 3, 1652.
7. v Elizabeth Wood born Jan 3, 1652. Not listed by Catherine Deming.
+8. vi Mehitable Wood born Jul 22, 1655.
9. vii Abigail Wood born Sep 13, 1657.
10. viii Bethiah (Bethia) Wood born Jul 26, 1660.
11. ix Eleazer Wood born Mar 14, 1662, married Dorothy Badcock.
Third Generation
3. Sarah Wood (2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Dec 25, 1642, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, married Oct 4, 1660, in Medfield, Norfolk, MA, Thomas Bass, born 1635/7, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA, (son of Samuel Bass and Anne (Saville) Savell) died Jan 8, 1719/20, Braintree, Norfolk, MA. Sarah died Dec 24, 1678, Braintree, Norfolk, MA. Twin of Mary.
Children:
12. i (?) Bass born c. 1661, Medfield, Norfolk, MA, died Medfield, MA.
13. ii Abigail Bass born Jan 2, 1667, Medfield, MA.
14. iii Samuel Bass born Dec 20, 1669, Medfield, Norfolk, MA, married Mercy Marsh. Samuel died Aug, 1690. Died of smallpox on board ship at Nantaskit, MA. His body was thrown overboard among others who died of the same thing. Mercy: After Samuel's death, Mercy may have married his cousin.
+15. iv Sarah Bass born Feb 7, 1670.
+16. v Mary Bass born Apr 20, 1672.
17. vi John Bass born Mar 26, 1675, married 1694, Elizabeth Neale, baptized: Jun 28, 1675, (daughter of Henry Neale and Hannah Pray). John died Oct 10, 1753, Windham, CT.
18. vii Mehitable Bass born Sep 18, 1678, died Jan 24, 1679.
6. Jonathan Wood (2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Jan 3, 1652, married May 26, 1674, in Milton, Norfolk, MA, Mary Daniels, (daughter of William Daniels and Catherine Grenaway) died Feb 22, 1676. Jonathan died Feb 21, 1675. Killed by Indians.
Children:
19. i Silence Wood born Feb 22, 1676, married c. 1694, John Holbrook. Silence died May 11, 1756, Sherborn, MA.
8. Mehitable Wood (2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Jul 22, 1655, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Oct 16, 1671, Joseph Morse, born Sep 26, 1649, (son of Joseph Morse and Hannah Phillips) died Feb 19, 1718, buried: Holliston, Middlesex, MA. Mehitable died Nov 12, 1681.
Children:
20. i Mehitable Morse born Apr 25, 1673, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, died bf 1681, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
21. ii Joseph Morse born Apr 3, 1676, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, died Jun 12, 1676, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
22. iii Elisha Morse born Dec 12, 1677, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
+23. iv Joseph Morse born Mar 25, 1679.
24. v Mehitable Morse born Nov 2, 1681, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married John Breck.
25. vi James Morse born Jul 1, 1686, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Ruth Sawin. James died Jun 5, 1725.
26. vii Hannah Morse born Apr 5, 1689, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Isaac Coolidge. Hannah died Dec 11, 1774.
27. viii Sarah Morse born Apr 12, 1692, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married William Barron, born Nov 19, 1685, (son of Moses Barron and Mary Learned).
28. ix David Morse born Dec 31, 1694, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Sarah Dyer. David died Jan 7, 1773.
29. x Isaac Morse born Sep 14, 1697, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married (1) Elizabeth Drury, married (2) Jane (?). Isaac died 1750, Worcester, Worcester, MA.
30. xi Keziah Morse born Jun 30, 1700, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Sep 4, 1718, Samuel Holbrook, born Aug 23, 1699. Keziah died Feb 18, 1754.
31. xii Asa Morse born Aug 24, 1703, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Mary Rider. Asa died Oct 7, 1770.
Fourth Generation
15. Sarah Bass (3.Sarah3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Feb 7, 1670, Medfield, Norfolk,MA, married Jan 7, 1690, in (Briantree?) Mendon, Worcester, MA, Josiah Thayer, born Jan 14, 1669/70, Mendon, MA, (son of Ferdinando Thayer and Huldah Hayward) died 1728. Sarah died Mendon, Worcester, MA.
Children:
32. i Miriam Thayer born Jun 3, 1699, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married Mar 18, 1716, in Bellingham, MA, Isaac Thayer, born Sep 24, 1695, Mendon, MA, (son of Isaac Thayer and Mercy (Marcy) Rockwood) died aft 1724. Miriam died 1750. Marriage date may be May 18, 1716 Mendon, MA. She was his cousin.
16. Mary Bass (3.Sarah3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Apr 20, 1672, Braintree, Norfolk, MA, married 1690, in Mendon, Worcester, MA, Samuel Thayer, born Nov 15, 1666, Mendon, Worcester, MA, (son of Ferdinando Thayer and Huldah Hayward) died Dec 19, 1721, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
Children:
33. i Huldah Thayer.
34. ii Mary Thayer.
35. iii Sarah Thayer.
36. iv Oliver Thayer.
37. v Benjamin Thayer.
38. vi Maria Thayer.
39. vii Stephen Thayer.
40. viii Comfort Thayer.
41. ix Margaret Thayer.
42. x Samuel Thayer born Dec 1, 1691, Mendon, Worcester, MA, died Jun 21, 1764, Mendon, Worcester, MA.
43. xi Joseph Thayer born 1707, married Hannah Hayward. Joseph died 1733.
44. xii Zilpah Thayer born Sep 14, 1722, Mendon, Worcester, MA, married Mar 11, 1741/2, John Holbrook. Zilpah died bf Oct 16, 1761, Uxbridge, Worcester, MA.
23. Joseph Morse (8.Mehitable3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Richard1) born Mar 25, 1679, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Apr 14, 1702, Prudence Adams, born Apr 10, 1683, Medfield, Norfolk, MA, (daughter of Henry Adams and Prudence (Frairy) Frary) died Feb 23, 1772. Joseph died Apr 18, 1754, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
Children:
45. i Henry Morse born Jun 14, 1703, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Apr 11, 1725, Sarah (Kibbe) Kibby, born 1708, Sherborn, MA, (daughter of Joshua (Kibbe) Kibby and Mary (Comy) Comey) died Nov 17, 1762, Medway, MA. Henry died Apr 5, 1766, Medway, MA.
46. ii Joseph Morse born Nov 15, 1705, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married (1) May 17, 1733, Experience Morse, married (2) Sarah Stacy. Joseph died 1780, Sturbridge, Worcester, MA.
47. iii Seth Morse born Sep 12, 1708, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Abigail Battle.
48. iv Elisha Morse born Apr 13, 1715, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.
49. v Jacob Morse born Apr 12, 1717, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Mary Merrifield. Jacob died Mar 30, 1800.
50. vi Judith Morse born Oct 13, 1720, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, married Caleb Leland. Judith died Oct 26, 1774.
51. vii John Morse born Dec 31, 1724, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA, died 1725, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.