Wood, Sarah, relict of William and formerly widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, age 70
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 77.
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Elisha who was a married man is buried in the same ground beside his two infant children, Elisha and Mary; near him lies "Sara Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, who died June 26, 1824, age seventy years."
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781
By William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn
Edition: revised
Published by C. Allyn, 1882
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 5, 2006
399 pages
Sarah AVERY (Simeon AVERY , Dorothy PARK , Mary WITTER , Elizabeth WHEELER , Thomas ) was born 4 Feb 1754 in Groton, New London, CT. She died 26 Jun 1824 and was buried in Starr Burying, Ground, Groton, CT.
Sources: Wood Family Index; The Groton Avery Clan; Hale Collection; Boston Evening Transcript, 11/17/30; Harris/Allyn; CT Probate records, film 5,6066,
Item 2.
Sarah Avery, according to "The Groton Avery Clan," married about 1774 Elisha Perkins, son of Elnathan and Mary (Phillips) Perkins. He was baptized April 5,
1747, First Church of Groton. He was killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781. His father was killed at the same time. Sarah then married William Wood II, son of William (I) and Honor (Adams) Wood. He died Nov. 2, 1800, at Groton, "in the 51st year of his age." (Tombstone in the Wood Family burying ground in Groton).
Hale: "Sarah Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, aged 70 years." (Tombstone in Starr burying ground).
Harris/Allyn: She was buried near her first husband.
Clan: Her children by her second marriage went to "New Milford in the almost unbroken wilderness of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania." This would include Robinson/Robertson Wood and William Wood III, father of
Caroline M. Wood, who apparently was born in New Milford.
BET: Sarah Avery was the last of the family to occupy the old Wood house and died there 26 June 1824. BET names two daughters only by first marriage, Sally and Catherine.
Probate records: Subscribers, on 20 May 1703, awarded Sarah Perkins Wood and children 108 acres from the estate of her father-in-law, Elnathan Perkins, the land being located near the Groton land of her second husband, William Wood (p218, 219). Pages 369 and 438: The probate court names William Wood and wife, (late Sarah Perkins) guardians of Sarah and Catherine Perkins, minors, of Groton. These girls were Sarah's children by her first husband, Elish Perkins.
Benedict Arnold commanded the British troops that attacked Fort Griswold at Groton, CT, and massacred some 70 members of the colonial garrison. If Elisha Perkins had survived, his wife would not have married William Wood
II and there would have been no Caroline Wood to marry into the Brown family and lead her sons to Kansas. So all the descendants of the union of Sarah Avery Perkins and William Wood III are beholden to Benedict Arnold. He may have been a traitor, but he was OUR traitor.
Sarah married (1) Elisha PERKINS Sr., son of Elnathan PERKINS and Mary PHILLIPS. Elisha was born 28 Jan 1746. He died 6 Sep 1781 in Fort Griswold, CT.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~nanc/wheeler/aqwg17.htm
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 77.
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Elisha who was a married man is buried in the same ground beside his two infant children, Elisha and Mary; near him lies "Sara Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, who died June 26, 1824, age seventy years."
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781
By William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn
Edition: revised
Published by C. Allyn, 1882
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 5, 2006
399 pages
Sarah AVERY (Simeon AVERY , Dorothy PARK , Mary WITTER , Elizabeth WHEELER , Thomas ) was born 4 Feb 1754 in Groton, New London, CT. She died 26 Jun 1824 and was buried in Starr Burying, Ground, Groton, CT.
Sources: Wood Family Index; The Groton Avery Clan; Hale Collection; Boston Evening Transcript, 11/17/30; Harris/Allyn; CT Probate records, film 5,6066,
Item 2.
Sarah Avery, according to "The Groton Avery Clan," married about 1774 Elisha Perkins, son of Elnathan and Mary (Phillips) Perkins. He was baptized April 5,
1747, First Church of Groton. He was killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781. His father was killed at the same time. Sarah then married William Wood II, son of William (I) and Honor (Adams) Wood. He died Nov. 2, 1800, at Groton, "in the 51st year of his age." (Tombstone in the Wood Family burying ground in Groton).
Hale: "Sarah Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, aged 70 years." (Tombstone in Starr burying ground).
Harris/Allyn: She was buried near her first husband.
Clan: Her children by her second marriage went to "New Milford in the almost unbroken wilderness of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania." This would include Robinson/Robertson Wood and William Wood III, father of
Caroline M. Wood, who apparently was born in New Milford.
BET: Sarah Avery was the last of the family to occupy the old Wood house and died there 26 June 1824. BET names two daughters only by first marriage, Sally and Catherine.
Probate records: Subscribers, on 20 May 1703, awarded Sarah Perkins Wood and children 108 acres from the estate of her father-in-law, Elnathan Perkins, the land being located near the Groton land of her second husband, William Wood (p218, 219). Pages 369 and 438: The probate court names William Wood and wife, (late Sarah Perkins) guardians of Sarah and Catherine Perkins, minors, of Groton. These girls were Sarah's children by her first husband, Elish Perkins.
Benedict Arnold commanded the British troops that attacked Fort Griswold at Groton, CT, and massacred some 70 members of the colonial garrison. If Elisha Perkins had survived, his wife would not have married William Wood
II and there would have been no Caroline Wood to marry into the Brown family and lead her sons to Kansas. So all the descendants of the union of Sarah Avery Perkins and William Wood III are beholden to Benedict Arnold. He may have been a traitor, but he was OUR traitor.
Sarah married (1) Elisha PERKINS Sr., son of Elnathan PERKINS and Mary PHILLIPS. Elisha was born 28 Jan 1746. He died 6 Sep 1781 in Fort Griswold, CT.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~nanc/wheeler/aqwg17.htm
Wood, Sarah, relict of William and formerly widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, age 70
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 77.
*********************************
Elisha who was a married man is buried in the same ground beside his two infant children, Elisha and Mary; near him lies "Sara Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, who died June 26, 1824, age seventy years."
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781
By William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn
Edition: revised
Published by C. Allyn, 1882
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 5, 2006
399 pages
Sarah AVERY (Simeon AVERY , Dorothy PARK , Mary WITTER , Elizabeth WHEELER , Thomas ) was born 4 Feb 1754 in Groton, New London, CT. She died 26 Jun 1824 and was buried in Starr Burying, Ground, Groton, CT.
Sources: Wood Family Index; The Groton Avery Clan; Hale Collection; Boston Evening Transcript, 11/17/30; Harris/Allyn; CT Probate records, film 5,6066,
Item 2.
Sarah Avery, according to "The Groton Avery Clan," married about 1774 Elisha Perkins, son of Elnathan and Mary (Phillips) Perkins. He was baptized April 5,
1747, First Church of Groton. He was killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781. His father was killed at the same time. Sarah then married William Wood II, son of William (I) and Honor (Adams) Wood. He died Nov. 2, 1800, at Groton, "in the 51st year of his age." (Tombstone in the Wood Family burying ground in Groton).
Hale: "Sarah Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, aged 70 years." (Tombstone in Starr burying ground).
Harris/Allyn: She was buried near her first husband.
Clan: Her children by her second marriage went to "New Milford in the almost unbroken wilderness of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania." This would include Robinson/Robertson Wood and William Wood III, father of
Caroline M. Wood, who apparently was born in New Milford.
BET: Sarah Avery was the last of the family to occupy the old Wood house and died there 26 June 1824. BET names two daughters only by first marriage, Sally and Catherine.
Probate records: Subscribers, on 20 May 1703, awarded Sarah Perkins Wood and children 108 acres from the estate of her father-in-law, Elnathan Perkins, the land being located near the Groton land of her second husband, William Wood (p218, 219). Pages 369 and 438: The probate court names William Wood and wife, (late Sarah Perkins) guardians of Sarah and Catherine Perkins, minors, of Groton. These girls were Sarah's children by her first husband, Elish Perkins.
Benedict Arnold commanded the British troops that attacked Fort Griswold at Groton, CT, and massacred some 70 members of the colonial garrison. If Elisha Perkins had survived, his wife would not have married William Wood
II and there would have been no Caroline Wood to marry into the Brown family and lead her sons to Kansas. So all the descendants of the union of Sarah Avery Perkins and William Wood III are beholden to Benedict Arnold. He may have been a traitor, but he was OUR traitor.
Sarah married (1) Elisha PERKINS Sr., son of Elnathan PERKINS and Mary PHILLIPS. Elisha was born 28 Jan 1746. He died 6 Sep 1781 in Fort Griswold, CT.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~nanc/wheeler/aqwg17.htm
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, pg 77.
*********************************
Elisha who was a married man is buried in the same ground beside his two infant children, Elisha and Mary; near him lies "Sara Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, who died June 26, 1824, age seventy years."
The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc., of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of Its Garrison, and the Burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Brig.-Gen. Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781
By William Wallace Harris, Charles Allyn
Edition: revised
Published by C. Allyn, 1882
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Sep 5, 2006
399 pages
Sarah AVERY (Simeon AVERY , Dorothy PARK , Mary WITTER , Elizabeth WHEELER , Thomas ) was born 4 Feb 1754 in Groton, New London, CT. She died 26 Jun 1824 and was buried in Starr Burying, Ground, Groton, CT.
Sources: Wood Family Index; The Groton Avery Clan; Hale Collection; Boston Evening Transcript, 11/17/30; Harris/Allyn; CT Probate records, film 5,6066,
Item 2.
Sarah Avery, according to "The Groton Avery Clan," married about 1774 Elisha Perkins, son of Elnathan and Mary (Phillips) Perkins. He was baptized April 5,
1747, First Church of Groton. He was killed at Fort Griswold Sept. 6, 1781. His father was killed at the same time. Sarah then married William Wood II, son of William (I) and Honor (Adams) Wood. He died Nov. 2, 1800, at Groton, "in the 51st year of his age." (Tombstone in the Wood Family burying ground in Groton).
Hale: "Sarah Wood, relict of William Wood, formerly the widow of Elisha Perkins, died June 26, 1824, aged 70 years." (Tombstone in Starr burying ground).
Harris/Allyn: She was buried near her first husband.
Clan: Her children by her second marriage went to "New Milford in the almost unbroken wilderness of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania." This would include Robinson/Robertson Wood and William Wood III, father of
Caroline M. Wood, who apparently was born in New Milford.
BET: Sarah Avery was the last of the family to occupy the old Wood house and died there 26 June 1824. BET names two daughters only by first marriage, Sally and Catherine.
Probate records: Subscribers, on 20 May 1703, awarded Sarah Perkins Wood and children 108 acres from the estate of her father-in-law, Elnathan Perkins, the land being located near the Groton land of her second husband, William Wood (p218, 219). Pages 369 and 438: The probate court names William Wood and wife, (late Sarah Perkins) guardians of Sarah and Catherine Perkins, minors, of Groton. These girls were Sarah's children by her first husband, Elish Perkins.
Benedict Arnold commanded the British troops that attacked Fort Griswold at Groton, CT, and massacred some 70 members of the colonial garrison. If Elisha Perkins had survived, his wife would not have married William Wood
II and there would have been no Caroline Wood to marry into the Brown family and lead her sons to Kansas. So all the descendants of the union of Sarah Avery Perkins and William Wood III are beholden to Benedict Arnold. He may have been a traitor, but he was OUR traitor.
Sarah married (1) Elisha PERKINS Sr., son of Elnathan PERKINS and Mary PHILLIPS. Elisha was born 28 Jan 1746. He died 6 Sep 1781 in Fort Griswold, CT.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~nanc/wheeler/aqwg17.htm
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