On the north side of his son William's grave marker is the inscription: "Nat Wood 1725-1803 Rev. War Soldier lies in unmarked grave on Long Hill."
He was the son of Samuel Wood and Elizabeth Smith Wood.
Per contributor Reg Thompson Nathaniel died on June 25.
From Penbooks:
Nathaniel Wood was born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel married his second wife only three months after his first wife, Martha, died. His birth listed in Vital Records of Vermont as well as Massachusetts. First Church of Middleborough records indicate he was "discharged" to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783 and died there in 1803.
He is identified as "Ensign Nathaniel Wood" on his daughter's birth record in 1768. He was discharged from the First Church of Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783. Church records indicate that his brother was Ichabod and his second wife Mary Winslow. Nathaniel's tombstone in the South Woodstock Methodist Cemetery (Vermont) simply says "Nat. Wood 1725 - 1803."
In Hurd's History of Plymouth he is identified as a Selectman for several years: 1767, 1768, 1769 (for the last two years he is identified as Ensign Nathaniel Wood). While a Selectman he signed a document in 1767 declaring Mary Ashley non compos (she was the daughter of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival and a sister to Thomas Ashley who fathered Eunice Ashley, wife of Thomas Wood).
In 1776, 1777, 1778 Captain Nathaniel Wood was a Selectman. This may be the same Nathaniel Wood. Hurd's History of Plymouth states that Nathaniel Wood was an Ensign of the First Company from 1762 - 1776; Hurd also indicates that Nathaniel was a Captain of the First Company from 1776 - 1781. He does not indicate that this is the same person, but it seems logical to conclude that he was given a promotion to Captain.
Nathaniel received his commission prior to the Revolutionary War based on his assumed support of the King. Middleborough raised three companies of "Minute Men" who agreed to respond to a call of arms to oppose the King, if needed, on the spur of the moment. This force of 173 men included several men from the Wood family, including:
Private Edmund Wood, Jr. in the First Company;
Corporal Samuel Wood & Private Thomas Wood, Jr. in the Second Company;
Ensign Lemuel Wood and Private Elnathan Wood in the Third Company.
These companies of "Minute Men" from Middleborough responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
"In addition, the First Company of the regular Middleborough Militia commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood also responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775 proving his loyalty to the cause of the Patriots who opposed King George. In his company was Corporal Amos Wood and Privates Nathan Wood, William Wood, and Edmund Wood.
"Officers of the Second Company of the regular Middleborough Militia would not commit to aiding the Patriots during the Lexington Alarm, so new officers were found who were loyal to the Patriots. Caleb Wood was a Private in this Company.
"Nathaniel then raised a Company of men for Col. Simeon Cary's Regiment in the Continental Army. The inspection role for 1 April 1776 included Capt. Nathaniel Wood and Privates Amos Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Wood, Ephraim Wood, Jacob Wood and Samuel Wood.
"Abiel Pierce, who was put in charge of the regular Middleborough Militia in order to respond to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 also raised a new company for the Continental Army for Col. Dike's Regiment. Private Ichabod Wood joined with that company.
"In December 1776 Middleborough sent 4 companies of men to respond to the Rhode Island Alarm when it appeared that Rhode Island was being threatened by British forces. The First Company included Corporal Nathaniel Wood and Privates Ephraim Wood and Edward Wood, Jr. The Third Company included Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemuel Wood, Ephraim Wood and Ebenezer Wood.
"In 1777 a Company from Middleborough was sent again to Rhode Island and included Non-comissioned offers Amasa Wood and Joseph Wood and Private Manessah Wood.
"In 1777 Capt. William Tupper also headed a Company from Middleborough that went to Rhode Island. Names of Wood family members who enlisted for six months included: Joshua Wood, Francis Wood, Ephraim Wood, 3rd, and William Wood.
"In 1778 Capt. Perez Churchill's Company was on duty in Rhode Island. The duty roster for 25 Aug 1778 included these Wood family members: Sergeant Amos Wood and Privates Perry Wood and Ephraim Wood.
"In 1780 at the Second Rhode Island Alarm, Middleborough sent the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Companies of the local Militia to Rhode Island. In the Third Company were Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemeul Wood and Ephraim Wood. In the Fifth Company were Privates Caleb Atwood and Ichabod Atwood. Joseph Wood was mustered in on 18 Sep 1780 for three months service, but his company is not noted by Hurd.
War of 1812
"On Septemeber 17, 1814 a Company of men from Middleborough who had been held in reserve was sent to defend the coast in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass. Wood family members who formed a part of this company included Sergeants Ezra Wood and Ichabod Wood. Also in the Company were Privates Jeremiah Wood, Levi Wood, Sylvanus T. Wood, Lorenzo Wood, and Joshua Atwood, Jr.
"Three Companies of men were already serving as coast guards. The First Company included Privates Sylvanus S. Wood, Ichabod Wood, 2nd, and Alby Wood. The Second Company included Private T. Wood. The Third Company included Privates Thomas Wood and Lemeul Wood as well as Stephen Atwood. Men from these companies served until July 1814."
Source: Sorry, citation missing--please supply if available, GW
"Wood, Nathaniel, Middleborough.Captain, 1st Middleborough co. of militia, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 2 days; also, Captain; list of officers of Col. Cary's regt. raised to reinforce the army until April 1, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simon Cary's regt.; service, 7 days; roll dated Roxbury, April 1, 1776; also, Captain, 1st co., 4th Plymouth Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Ebenezer Sproutt and Ebenezer White, field officers; ordered in Council May 9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 9, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simeon Cary's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance to New York, the place of rendezvous, dated New York, Aug. 17, 1776; also, receipt given to Col. Cary, dated Chelsea Camp, Aug. 20, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, for mileage for himself and company; also, receipt given to Col. Simeon Cary, dated “Cortlandts Manor,” Dec. 3, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, and other officers of Col. Cary's regt., for wages for themselves and their companies for the months of Oct. and Nov., 1776, and 12 days in Dec., 1776; also, Captain, Col. Ebenezer Sproutt's regt.; entered service May 6; discharged May 9; entered service Sept. 6; discharged Sept. 12; service, 9 days; company marched on two alarms at Dartmouth in 1778."
Source: Mass. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
According to Swan's History of Woodstock, Vermont he moved from Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1780. In 1779 he bought 450 acres in the town. "Next to John Call, Capt. Nathaniel Wood was reputed the man of the greatest physical strength who ever resided in Woodstock and marvelous feats are sometimes are related of him in the exercise of his muscular powers." He attended all barn raising in the community and attended one in 1803, but died the same day.
According to Thomas Weston's History of the Town of Middleborough, Nathaniel left Middleborough for Woodstock, Vermont in 1779 (p. xxii). Also leaving in the same year from Middleborough were Eleazar Wood and Caleb Wood from Middleborough.
He was the son of Samuel Wood and Elizabeth Smith Wood.
Per contributor Reg Thompson Nathaniel died on June 25.
From Penbooks:
Nathaniel Wood was born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel married his second wife only three months after his first wife, Martha, died. His birth listed in Vital Records of Vermont as well as Massachusetts. First Church of Middleborough records indicate he was "discharged" to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783 and died there in 1803.
He is identified as "Ensign Nathaniel Wood" on his daughter's birth record in 1768. He was discharged from the First Church of Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783. Church records indicate that his brother was Ichabod and his second wife Mary Winslow. Nathaniel's tombstone in the South Woodstock Methodist Cemetery (Vermont) simply says "Nat. Wood 1725 - 1803."
In Hurd's History of Plymouth he is identified as a Selectman for several years: 1767, 1768, 1769 (for the last two years he is identified as Ensign Nathaniel Wood). While a Selectman he signed a document in 1767 declaring Mary Ashley non compos (she was the daughter of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival and a sister to Thomas Ashley who fathered Eunice Ashley, wife of Thomas Wood).
In 1776, 1777, 1778 Captain Nathaniel Wood was a Selectman. This may be the same Nathaniel Wood. Hurd's History of Plymouth states that Nathaniel Wood was an Ensign of the First Company from 1762 - 1776; Hurd also indicates that Nathaniel was a Captain of the First Company from 1776 - 1781. He does not indicate that this is the same person, but it seems logical to conclude that he was given a promotion to Captain.
Nathaniel received his commission prior to the Revolutionary War based on his assumed support of the King. Middleborough raised three companies of "Minute Men" who agreed to respond to a call of arms to oppose the King, if needed, on the spur of the moment. This force of 173 men included several men from the Wood family, including:
Private Edmund Wood, Jr. in the First Company;
Corporal Samuel Wood & Private Thomas Wood, Jr. in the Second Company;
Ensign Lemuel Wood and Private Elnathan Wood in the Third Company.
These companies of "Minute Men" from Middleborough responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
"In addition, the First Company of the regular Middleborough Militia commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood also responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775 proving his loyalty to the cause of the Patriots who opposed King George. In his company was Corporal Amos Wood and Privates Nathan Wood, William Wood, and Edmund Wood.
"Officers of the Second Company of the regular Middleborough Militia would not commit to aiding the Patriots during the Lexington Alarm, so new officers were found who were loyal to the Patriots. Caleb Wood was a Private in this Company.
"Nathaniel then raised a Company of men for Col. Simeon Cary's Regiment in the Continental Army. The inspection role for 1 April 1776 included Capt. Nathaniel Wood and Privates Amos Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Wood, Ephraim Wood, Jacob Wood and Samuel Wood.
"Abiel Pierce, who was put in charge of the regular Middleborough Militia in order to respond to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 also raised a new company for the Continental Army for Col. Dike's Regiment. Private Ichabod Wood joined with that company.
"In December 1776 Middleborough sent 4 companies of men to respond to the Rhode Island Alarm when it appeared that Rhode Island was being threatened by British forces. The First Company included Corporal Nathaniel Wood and Privates Ephraim Wood and Edward Wood, Jr. The Third Company included Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemuel Wood, Ephraim Wood and Ebenezer Wood.
"In 1777 a Company from Middleborough was sent again to Rhode Island and included Non-comissioned offers Amasa Wood and Joseph Wood and Private Manessah Wood.
"In 1777 Capt. William Tupper also headed a Company from Middleborough that went to Rhode Island. Names of Wood family members who enlisted for six months included: Joshua Wood, Francis Wood, Ephraim Wood, 3rd, and William Wood.
"In 1778 Capt. Perez Churchill's Company was on duty in Rhode Island. The duty roster for 25 Aug 1778 included these Wood family members: Sergeant Amos Wood and Privates Perry Wood and Ephraim Wood.
"In 1780 at the Second Rhode Island Alarm, Middleborough sent the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Companies of the local Militia to Rhode Island. In the Third Company were Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemeul Wood and Ephraim Wood. In the Fifth Company were Privates Caleb Atwood and Ichabod Atwood. Joseph Wood was mustered in on 18 Sep 1780 for three months service, but his company is not noted by Hurd.
War of 1812
"On Septemeber 17, 1814 a Company of men from Middleborough who had been held in reserve was sent to defend the coast in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass. Wood family members who formed a part of this company included Sergeants Ezra Wood and Ichabod Wood. Also in the Company were Privates Jeremiah Wood, Levi Wood, Sylvanus T. Wood, Lorenzo Wood, and Joshua Atwood, Jr.
"Three Companies of men were already serving as coast guards. The First Company included Privates Sylvanus S. Wood, Ichabod Wood, 2nd, and Alby Wood. The Second Company included Private T. Wood. The Third Company included Privates Thomas Wood and Lemeul Wood as well as Stephen Atwood. Men from these companies served until July 1814."
Source: Sorry, citation missing--please supply if available, GW
"Wood, Nathaniel, Middleborough.Captain, 1st Middleborough co. of militia, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 2 days; also, Captain; list of officers of Col. Cary's regt. raised to reinforce the army until April 1, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simon Cary's regt.; service, 7 days; roll dated Roxbury, April 1, 1776; also, Captain, 1st co., 4th Plymouth Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Ebenezer Sproutt and Ebenezer White, field officers; ordered in Council May 9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 9, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simeon Cary's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance to New York, the place of rendezvous, dated New York, Aug. 17, 1776; also, receipt given to Col. Cary, dated Chelsea Camp, Aug. 20, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, for mileage for himself and company; also, receipt given to Col. Simeon Cary, dated “Cortlandts Manor,” Dec. 3, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, and other officers of Col. Cary's regt., for wages for themselves and their companies for the months of Oct. and Nov., 1776, and 12 days in Dec., 1776; also, Captain, Col. Ebenezer Sproutt's regt.; entered service May 6; discharged May 9; entered service Sept. 6; discharged Sept. 12; service, 9 days; company marched on two alarms at Dartmouth in 1778."
Source: Mass. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
According to Swan's History of Woodstock, Vermont he moved from Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1780. In 1779 he bought 450 acres in the town. "Next to John Call, Capt. Nathaniel Wood was reputed the man of the greatest physical strength who ever resided in Woodstock and marvelous feats are sometimes are related of him in the exercise of his muscular powers." He attended all barn raising in the community and attended one in 1803, but died the same day.
According to Thomas Weston's History of the Town of Middleborough, Nathaniel left Middleborough for Woodstock, Vermont in 1779 (p. xxii). Also leaving in the same year from Middleborough were Eleazar Wood and Caleb Wood from Middleborough.
On the north side of his son William's grave marker is the inscription: "Nat Wood 1725-1803 Rev. War Soldier lies in unmarked grave on Long Hill."
He was the son of Samuel Wood and Elizabeth Smith Wood.
Per contributor Reg Thompson Nathaniel died on June 25.
From Penbooks:
Nathaniel Wood was born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel married his second wife only three months after his first wife, Martha, died. His birth listed in Vital Records of Vermont as well as Massachusetts. First Church of Middleborough records indicate he was "discharged" to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783 and died there in 1803.
He is identified as "Ensign Nathaniel Wood" on his daughter's birth record in 1768. He was discharged from the First Church of Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783. Church records indicate that his brother was Ichabod and his second wife Mary Winslow. Nathaniel's tombstone in the South Woodstock Methodist Cemetery (Vermont) simply says "Nat. Wood 1725 - 1803."
In Hurd's History of Plymouth he is identified as a Selectman for several years: 1767, 1768, 1769 (for the last two years he is identified as Ensign Nathaniel Wood). While a Selectman he signed a document in 1767 declaring Mary Ashley non compos (she was the daughter of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival and a sister to Thomas Ashley who fathered Eunice Ashley, wife of Thomas Wood).
In 1776, 1777, 1778 Captain Nathaniel Wood was a Selectman. This may be the same Nathaniel Wood. Hurd's History of Plymouth states that Nathaniel Wood was an Ensign of the First Company from 1762 - 1776; Hurd also indicates that Nathaniel was a Captain of the First Company from 1776 - 1781. He does not indicate that this is the same person, but it seems logical to conclude that he was given a promotion to Captain.
Nathaniel received his commission prior to the Revolutionary War based on his assumed support of the King. Middleborough raised three companies of "Minute Men" who agreed to respond to a call of arms to oppose the King, if needed, on the spur of the moment. This force of 173 men included several men from the Wood family, including:
Private Edmund Wood, Jr. in the First Company;
Corporal Samuel Wood & Private Thomas Wood, Jr. in the Second Company;
Ensign Lemuel Wood and Private Elnathan Wood in the Third Company.
These companies of "Minute Men" from Middleborough responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
"In addition, the First Company of the regular Middleborough Militia commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood also responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775 proving his loyalty to the cause of the Patriots who opposed King George. In his company was Corporal Amos Wood and Privates Nathan Wood, William Wood, and Edmund Wood.
"Officers of the Second Company of the regular Middleborough Militia would not commit to aiding the Patriots during the Lexington Alarm, so new officers were found who were loyal to the Patriots. Caleb Wood was a Private in this Company.
"Nathaniel then raised a Company of men for Col. Simeon Cary's Regiment in the Continental Army. The inspection role for 1 April 1776 included Capt. Nathaniel Wood and Privates Amos Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Wood, Ephraim Wood, Jacob Wood and Samuel Wood.
"Abiel Pierce, who was put in charge of the regular Middleborough Militia in order to respond to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 also raised a new company for the Continental Army for Col. Dike's Regiment. Private Ichabod Wood joined with that company.
"In December 1776 Middleborough sent 4 companies of men to respond to the Rhode Island Alarm when it appeared that Rhode Island was being threatened by British forces. The First Company included Corporal Nathaniel Wood and Privates Ephraim Wood and Edward Wood, Jr. The Third Company included Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemuel Wood, Ephraim Wood and Ebenezer Wood.
"In 1777 a Company from Middleborough was sent again to Rhode Island and included Non-comissioned offers Amasa Wood and Joseph Wood and Private Manessah Wood.
"In 1777 Capt. William Tupper also headed a Company from Middleborough that went to Rhode Island. Names of Wood family members who enlisted for six months included: Joshua Wood, Francis Wood, Ephraim Wood, 3rd, and William Wood.
"In 1778 Capt. Perez Churchill's Company was on duty in Rhode Island. The duty roster for 25 Aug 1778 included these Wood family members: Sergeant Amos Wood and Privates Perry Wood and Ephraim Wood.
"In 1780 at the Second Rhode Island Alarm, Middleborough sent the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Companies of the local Militia to Rhode Island. In the Third Company were Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemeul Wood and Ephraim Wood. In the Fifth Company were Privates Caleb Atwood and Ichabod Atwood. Joseph Wood was mustered in on 18 Sep 1780 for three months service, but his company is not noted by Hurd.
War of 1812
"On Septemeber 17, 1814 a Company of men from Middleborough who had been held in reserve was sent to defend the coast in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass. Wood family members who formed a part of this company included Sergeants Ezra Wood and Ichabod Wood. Also in the Company were Privates Jeremiah Wood, Levi Wood, Sylvanus T. Wood, Lorenzo Wood, and Joshua Atwood, Jr.
"Three Companies of men were already serving as coast guards. The First Company included Privates Sylvanus S. Wood, Ichabod Wood, 2nd, and Alby Wood. The Second Company included Private T. Wood. The Third Company included Privates Thomas Wood and Lemeul Wood as well as Stephen Atwood. Men from these companies served until July 1814."
Source: Sorry, citation missing--please supply if available, GW
"Wood, Nathaniel, Middleborough.Captain, 1st Middleborough co. of militia, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 2 days; also, Captain; list of officers of Col. Cary's regt. raised to reinforce the army until April 1, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simon Cary's regt.; service, 7 days; roll dated Roxbury, April 1, 1776; also, Captain, 1st co., 4th Plymouth Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Ebenezer Sproutt and Ebenezer White, field officers; ordered in Council May 9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 9, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simeon Cary's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance to New York, the place of rendezvous, dated New York, Aug. 17, 1776; also, receipt given to Col. Cary, dated Chelsea Camp, Aug. 20, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, for mileage for himself and company; also, receipt given to Col. Simeon Cary, dated “Cortlandts Manor,” Dec. 3, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, and other officers of Col. Cary's regt., for wages for themselves and their companies for the months of Oct. and Nov., 1776, and 12 days in Dec., 1776; also, Captain, Col. Ebenezer Sproutt's regt.; entered service May 6; discharged May 9; entered service Sept. 6; discharged Sept. 12; service, 9 days; company marched on two alarms at Dartmouth in 1778."
Source: Mass. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
According to Swan's History of Woodstock, Vermont he moved from Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1780. In 1779 he bought 450 acres in the town. "Next to John Call, Capt. Nathaniel Wood was reputed the man of the greatest physical strength who ever resided in Woodstock and marvelous feats are sometimes are related of him in the exercise of his muscular powers." He attended all barn raising in the community and attended one in 1803, but died the same day.
According to Thomas Weston's History of the Town of Middleborough, Nathaniel left Middleborough for Woodstock, Vermont in 1779 (p. xxii). Also leaving in the same year from Middleborough were Eleazar Wood and Caleb Wood from Middleborough.
He was the son of Samuel Wood and Elizabeth Smith Wood.
Per contributor Reg Thompson Nathaniel died on June 25.
From Penbooks:
Nathaniel Wood was born in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel married his second wife only three months after his first wife, Martha, died. His birth listed in Vital Records of Vermont as well as Massachusetts. First Church of Middleborough records indicate he was "discharged" to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783 and died there in 1803.
He is identified as "Ensign Nathaniel Wood" on his daughter's birth record in 1768. He was discharged from the First Church of Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1783. Church records indicate that his brother was Ichabod and his second wife Mary Winslow. Nathaniel's tombstone in the South Woodstock Methodist Cemetery (Vermont) simply says "Nat. Wood 1725 - 1803."
In Hurd's History of Plymouth he is identified as a Selectman for several years: 1767, 1768, 1769 (for the last two years he is identified as Ensign Nathaniel Wood). While a Selectman he signed a document in 1767 declaring Mary Ashley non compos (she was the daughter of Joseph Ashley and Elizabeth Percival and a sister to Thomas Ashley who fathered Eunice Ashley, wife of Thomas Wood).
In 1776, 1777, 1778 Captain Nathaniel Wood was a Selectman. This may be the same Nathaniel Wood. Hurd's History of Plymouth states that Nathaniel Wood was an Ensign of the First Company from 1762 - 1776; Hurd also indicates that Nathaniel was a Captain of the First Company from 1776 - 1781. He does not indicate that this is the same person, but it seems logical to conclude that he was given a promotion to Captain.
Nathaniel received his commission prior to the Revolutionary War based on his assumed support of the King. Middleborough raised three companies of "Minute Men" who agreed to respond to a call of arms to oppose the King, if needed, on the spur of the moment. This force of 173 men included several men from the Wood family, including:
Private Edmund Wood, Jr. in the First Company;
Corporal Samuel Wood & Private Thomas Wood, Jr. in the Second Company;
Ensign Lemuel Wood and Private Elnathan Wood in the Third Company.
These companies of "Minute Men" from Middleborough responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775.
"In addition, the First Company of the regular Middleborough Militia commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood also responded to the Lexington Alarm of April 19, 1775 proving his loyalty to the cause of the Patriots who opposed King George. In his company was Corporal Amos Wood and Privates Nathan Wood, William Wood, and Edmund Wood.
"Officers of the Second Company of the regular Middleborough Militia would not commit to aiding the Patriots during the Lexington Alarm, so new officers were found who were loyal to the Patriots. Caleb Wood was a Private in this Company.
"Nathaniel then raised a Company of men for Col. Simeon Cary's Regiment in the Continental Army. The inspection role for 1 April 1776 included Capt. Nathaniel Wood and Privates Amos Wood, Peter Wood, Robert Wood, Ephraim Wood, Jacob Wood and Samuel Wood.
"Abiel Pierce, who was put in charge of the regular Middleborough Militia in order to respond to the Lexington Alarm in 1775 also raised a new company for the Continental Army for Col. Dike's Regiment. Private Ichabod Wood joined with that company.
"In December 1776 Middleborough sent 4 companies of men to respond to the Rhode Island Alarm when it appeared that Rhode Island was being threatened by British forces. The First Company included Corporal Nathaniel Wood and Privates Ephraim Wood and Edward Wood, Jr. The Third Company included Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemuel Wood, Ephraim Wood and Ebenezer Wood.
"In 1777 a Company from Middleborough was sent again to Rhode Island and included Non-comissioned offers Amasa Wood and Joseph Wood and Private Manessah Wood.
"In 1777 Capt. William Tupper also headed a Company from Middleborough that went to Rhode Island. Names of Wood family members who enlisted for six months included: Joshua Wood, Francis Wood, Ephraim Wood, 3rd, and William Wood.
"In 1778 Capt. Perez Churchill's Company was on duty in Rhode Island. The duty roster for 25 Aug 1778 included these Wood family members: Sergeant Amos Wood and Privates Perry Wood and Ephraim Wood.
"In 1780 at the Second Rhode Island Alarm, Middleborough sent the Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Companies of the local Militia to Rhode Island. In the Third Company were Privates Elnathan Wood, Lemeul Wood and Ephraim Wood. In the Fifth Company were Privates Caleb Atwood and Ichabod Atwood. Joseph Wood was mustered in on 18 Sep 1780 for three months service, but his company is not noted by Hurd.
War of 1812
"On Septemeber 17, 1814 a Company of men from Middleborough who had been held in reserve was sent to defend the coast in the vicinity of Plymouth, Mass. Wood family members who formed a part of this company included Sergeants Ezra Wood and Ichabod Wood. Also in the Company were Privates Jeremiah Wood, Levi Wood, Sylvanus T. Wood, Lorenzo Wood, and Joshua Atwood, Jr.
"Three Companies of men were already serving as coast guards. The First Company included Privates Sylvanus S. Wood, Ichabod Wood, 2nd, and Alby Wood. The Second Company included Private T. Wood. The Third Company included Privates Thomas Wood and Lemeul Wood as well as Stephen Atwood. Men from these companies served until July 1814."
Source: Sorry, citation missing--please supply if available, GW
"Wood, Nathaniel, Middleborough.Captain, 1st Middleborough co. of militia, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; service, 2 days; also, Captain; list of officers of Col. Cary's regt. raised to reinforce the army until April 1, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simon Cary's regt.; service, 7 days; roll dated Roxbury, April 1, 1776; also, Captain, 1st co., 4th Plymouth Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Ebenezer Sproutt and Ebenezer White, field officers; ordered in Council May 9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned May 9, 1776; also, Captain, Col. Simeon Cary's regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance to New York, the place of rendezvous, dated New York, Aug. 17, 1776; also, receipt given to Col. Cary, dated Chelsea Camp, Aug. 20, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, for mileage for himself and company; also, receipt given to Col. Simeon Cary, dated “Cortlandts Manor,” Dec. 3, 1776, signed by said Wood, Captain, and other officers of Col. Cary's regt., for wages for themselves and their companies for the months of Oct. and Nov., 1776, and 12 days in Dec., 1776; also, Captain, Col. Ebenezer Sproutt's regt.; entered service May 6; discharged May 9; entered service Sept. 6; discharged Sept. 12; service, 9 days; company marched on two alarms at Dartmouth in 1778."
Source: Mass. Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
According to Swan's History of Woodstock, Vermont he moved from Middleborough to Woodstock, Vermont in 1780. In 1779 he bought 450 acres in the town. "Next to John Call, Capt. Nathaniel Wood was reputed the man of the greatest physical strength who ever resided in Woodstock and marvelous feats are sometimes are related of him in the exercise of his muscular powers." He attended all barn raising in the community and attended one in 1803, but died the same day.
According to Thomas Weston's History of the Town of Middleborough, Nathaniel left Middleborough for Woodstock, Vermont in 1779 (p. xxii). Also leaving in the same year from Middleborough were Eleazar Wood and Caleb Wood from Middleborough.
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