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Matilda "Sarah" Wood 1760–1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1760

Birth Location: Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America

Death Date: 14 Nov 1816

Death Location: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA

Father: Thomas Wood

Mother: Rebecca Hall

Spouse(s): Gresham Forrest

Children(s): Memorial Capt., Absalom Forrest, William Forrest

Matilda "Sarah" Wood was born in 1760 in Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America, the child of Thomas Howard Wood And Rebecca Hall. Matilda "Sarah" Wood married Gresham Forrest, and had children including Absalom Forrest, Memorial Forrest Capt, William Forrest. Matilda "Sarah" Wood passed away in 1816 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Matilda "Sarah" Wood was born in 1760 in Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America, the child of Thomas Howard Wood And Rebecca Hall.
  • Matilda "Sarah" Wood married Gresham Forrest, and had children including Absalom Forrest, Memorial Forrest Capt, William Forrest.
  • Matilda "Sarah" Wood passed away in 1816 in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

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Matilda Wood's Ancestors

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Matilda Wood
1760–1816
Birth Place: Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America
Parents
Thomas Howard Wood
1730–1768
Charles County, Maryland, English Colonial America
Rebecca Hall
1735–1829
Wicomico Parish, Lancaster, Virginia, English Colonial America
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matilda Wood's Descendants

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Matilda ("Sarah") Wood (1760–14 Nov 1816) m. Gresham Forrest (Abt. Dec 1752–8 May 1826)
  1. 1. Memorial (Forrest) Capt. 1778–1815 m. Nancy Endicott 1784–1858
    1. 1. John (Milton) Forrest 1807–1860 m. Anna (Belle) Rhea 1810–1866
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ellen) Forrest 1838–1888
      2. 2. Moses (L) Forrest 1827–1858
      3. 3. Amanda (Ester) Forrest 1851–1864
      4. 4. Cordelia (Caroline) Forrest 1829–1885
      5. 5. William (Harrison) Forrest 1842–1900
      6. 6. Martha (Ann) Forrest 1844–1897
      7. 7. Mary (Frances Forrest) (Richards) 1846–1919
      8. 8. John (Randolph) Forrest 1838–1912
      9. 9. Lewis (Cass) Forrest 1834–1897
      10. 10. Sarah (J) Forrest 1835–1917
      11. 11. Richard (Ashley) Forrest 1832–1877
    2. 2. Matilda Forest 1804–1878
    3. 3. Sarah (Mary) Forrest 1808–1896
    4. 4. Louvisa (Grisham) Forrest 1810–1855
    5. 5. Thomas (Endicott) Forrest 1814–1862 m. Susannah (Caroline) Harris 1817–1888
  2. 2. Absalom Forrest 1781–1836 m. Anna ("Anny") Harrison 1784–1847
  3. 3. William Forrest 1781–1836 m. Matilda Anderson 1804–1837

Matilda Wood's Timeline

2 Records

1760
1760
Birth of Matilda "Sarah" Wood in Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America
Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America
1816
14 Nov 1816
Age 56
Death of Matilda "Sarah" Wood in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Eno River, Orange County, North Carolina, English Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Nov 1816
    Event Place: Muhlenberg, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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