Thomas Wood

   Find a Grave ID: 151808280.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Miscellaneous. Thomas Wood was a Revolutionary War Veteran and an early settler in Centerville, New York. As of the summer of 2013 Thomas Wood's memorial in the Rogers Cemetery is no longer there. A number of monuments are now severely degraded, some laying on the ground totally covered with dirt, the lettering now indecipherable; others are scattered about on the gound, broken with nearly illegible. I saw Thomas Wood's memorial in about 1975 and confirm the information contained here, and it was also recorded by Gertrude Jones in 1945.

Thomas Wood was born in Freetown, Massachusetts, son of Abiel Wood (abt 1726-aft 1758) and Dorcas Smith (abt 1726-aft 1751), both of Middleborough, Mass. area. Thomas married Eunice Ashley who was the daughter of Thomas Ashley (1705-abt 1762) and Mary Gifford (1721-aft 1764), both of the Middleborough, Mass. area.

Thomas and Eunice were among the first pioneer settlers in Poultney, Vermont. They were there by 1781. Six of Eunice's brothers also removed from Massachusetts to Poultney, and her step brother Thomas Ashley was one of the two founders of Poultney in 1761.

Thomas Wood is listed on the Grand List of Poultney for 1781. He also served in the Revolutionary War at the Alarm of Castleton, Vermont in 1781 with a number of other men from Poultney.

Thomas' son, Thomas Jr., purchased land in Centerville in 1825, and it appears that Thomas Sr. came to live with his son. We do not find a separate entry for him in the 1830 federal census, but this is not surprising since he died in March and the census was normally taken in June. The only census record in Allegany County in 1830 appears to be for that of his son, Thomas, Jr.

Thomas Wood Sr. died in Centerville, NY and his weathered memorial was in the Rogers Cemetery. It read:

Thomas Wood
Died Mar 5, 1830
Age 78 Yrs 7 Mo

I saw this monument in 1980 and transcribed the information, but sadly ran out of film for my camera so do not have a photograph. Gertrude Jones also transcribed this monument in 1945. I was unable to find the monument in the cemetery in a 2013 visit. Many of the stones in the Rogers Cemetery are in an alarming state of decay, and it appears that vandals have broken many of the stones as well.

Thomas married Eunice Ashley, daughter of Thomas Ashley and Mary Gifford, on 23 Aug 1773. (Eunice Ashley was born in 1753.)