Stephen was the 2nd of 8 children (1st son) born of Ebenezer Wood (1726-1796) and his wife Philippa Story (1726-1814). Stephen's siblings were: Hepsilbah (1747-1783), Ame (Ann) (b. 1752), Ebenezer (1754-1831), Daniel (b. 1756), John, Andrew and Isaac (1765-1852).
Stephen married a Hannah (maiden name unknown) (1757-1830) by whom he had 6 children (2 sons and 4 daughters): Philippa "Philly" (1779-1849), Amy, Ann, Isaac (1788-1869), Jerusha (1791-1853), and Stephen. He resided in Bennington and Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont before moving to Whitehall, Washington County, New York sometime before the taking of the US Census in 1810.
Stephen may have also resided, with his Uncle Nathaniel Wood or one of his sons, during the latter part of the Revolutionary War in the portion of Tinmouth that was incorporated into the Town of Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont on October 28, 1784.
Stephen served for 6 days in Captain John Spafford's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Gideon Warren's 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia during the month of March, 1780, from the 22nd to the 29th, while they were in the service of the state of Vermont responding to an alarm. In October of the same year, from the 19th to the 23rd, Stephen again served as a Private in the same Company, but then in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment of Miltia at Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont. During the campaign of 1780, Ebenezer Allen was in command of all of the Vermont Forts on its frontier.
In 1781, Stephen saw service twice, from June 10th to the 11th, he served as a Corporal in Captain Jacob Wood's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Thomas Lee Regiment for their tour to Castleton and again in the same capacity in the same Company and Regiment for another tour to Castleton, October 21st until the 31st. Jacob Wood was Stephen's 1st Cousin, the eldest son of Nathaniel. During their 1st tour in June 1781, Captain Woods' Company included a detachment of men from the portion of the Town of Wells which became a part of Tinmouth in 1784. In this detachment was Gideon Searl, who beame Stephen's next door neighbor in Whitehall, New York many years later.
References:
(1) "The Wood Family Index" by John Sumner Wood, Sr., 1966, pages 32, 37, 40, 114, 223, 225, 253, 436, 502 and 505
(2) "First Book of Records - Norwich" Norwick, CT Vital Records 1659-1848, page 246
(3) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont page 180 (176)
(4) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 549
(5) The US Census of 1810 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 418
(6) The US Census of 1820 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 122
(7) "History of Rutland County Vermont with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers" by H. P. Smith and W. S. Rann, 1886, pages 642, 643, 645, 647, 653 and 654
(8) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 166, 234, 381 and 468
Stephen married a Hannah (maiden name unknown) (1757-1830) by whom he had 6 children (2 sons and 4 daughters): Philippa "Philly" (1779-1849), Amy, Ann, Isaac (1788-1869), Jerusha (1791-1853), and Stephen. He resided in Bennington and Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont before moving to Whitehall, Washington County, New York sometime before the taking of the US Census in 1810.
Stephen may have also resided, with his Uncle Nathaniel Wood or one of his sons, during the latter part of the Revolutionary War in the portion of Tinmouth that was incorporated into the Town of Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont on October 28, 1784.
Stephen served for 6 days in Captain John Spafford's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Gideon Warren's 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia during the month of March, 1780, from the 22nd to the 29th, while they were in the service of the state of Vermont responding to an alarm. In October of the same year, from the 19th to the 23rd, Stephen again served as a Private in the same Company, but then in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment of Miltia at Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont. During the campaign of 1780, Ebenezer Allen was in command of all of the Vermont Forts on its frontier.
In 1781, Stephen saw service twice, from June 10th to the 11th, he served as a Corporal in Captain Jacob Wood's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Thomas Lee Regiment for their tour to Castleton and again in the same capacity in the same Company and Regiment for another tour to Castleton, October 21st until the 31st. Jacob Wood was Stephen's 1st Cousin, the eldest son of Nathaniel. During their 1st tour in June 1781, Captain Woods' Company included a detachment of men from the portion of the Town of Wells which became a part of Tinmouth in 1784. In this detachment was Gideon Searl, who beame Stephen's next door neighbor in Whitehall, New York many years later.
References:
(1) "The Wood Family Index" by John Sumner Wood, Sr., 1966, pages 32, 37, 40, 114, 223, 225, 253, 436, 502 and 505
(2) "First Book of Records - Norwich" Norwick, CT Vital Records 1659-1848, page 246
(3) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont page 180 (176)
(4) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 549
(5) The US Census of 1810 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 418
(6) The US Census of 1820 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 122
(7) "History of Rutland County Vermont with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers" by H. P. Smith and W. S. Rann, 1886, pages 642, 643, 645, 647, 653 and 654
(8) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 166, 234, 381 and 468
Stephen was the 2nd of 8 children (1st son) born of Ebenezer Wood (1726-1796) and his wife Philippa Story (1726-1814). Stephen's siblings were: Hepsilbah (1747-1783), Ame (Ann) (b. 1752), Ebenezer (1754-1831), Daniel (b. 1756), John, Andrew and Isaac (1765-1852).
Stephen married a Hannah (maiden name unknown) (1757-1830) by whom he had 6 children (2 sons and 4 daughters): Philippa "Philly" (1779-1849), Amy, Ann, Isaac (1788-1869), Jerusha (1791-1853), and Stephen. He resided in Bennington and Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont before moving to Whitehall, Washington County, New York sometime before the taking of the US Census in 1810.
Stephen may have also resided, with his Uncle Nathaniel Wood or one of his sons, during the latter part of the Revolutionary War in the portion of Tinmouth that was incorporated into the Town of Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont on October 28, 1784.
Stephen served for 6 days in Captain John Spafford's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Gideon Warren's 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia during the month of March, 1780, from the 22nd to the 29th, while they were in the service of the state of Vermont responding to an alarm. In October of the same year, from the 19th to the 23rd, Stephen again served as a Private in the same Company, but then in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment of Miltia at Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont. During the campaign of 1780, Ebenezer Allen was in command of all of the Vermont Forts on its frontier.
In 1781, Stephen saw service twice, from June 10th to the 11th, he served as a Corporal in Captain Jacob Wood's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Thomas Lee Regiment for their tour to Castleton and again in the same capacity in the same Company and Regiment for another tour to Castleton, October 21st until the 31st. Jacob Wood was Stephen's 1st Cousin, the eldest son of Nathaniel. During their 1st tour in June 1781, Captain Woods' Company included a detachment of men from the portion of the Town of Wells which became a part of Tinmouth in 1784. In this detachment was Gideon Searl, who beame Stephen's next door neighbor in Whitehall, New York many years later.
References:
(1) "The Wood Family Index" by John Sumner Wood, Sr., 1966, pages 32, 37, 40, 114, 223, 225, 253, 436, 502 and 505
(2) "First Book of Records - Norwich" Norwick, CT Vital Records 1659-1848, page 246
(3) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont page 180 (176)
(4) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 549
(5) The US Census of 1810 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 418
(6) The US Census of 1820 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 122
(7) "History of Rutland County Vermont with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers" by H. P. Smith and W. S. Rann, 1886, pages 642, 643, 645, 647, 653 and 654
(8) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 166, 234, 381 and 468
Stephen married a Hannah (maiden name unknown) (1757-1830) by whom he had 6 children (2 sons and 4 daughters): Philippa "Philly" (1779-1849), Amy, Ann, Isaac (1788-1869), Jerusha (1791-1853), and Stephen. He resided in Bennington and Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont before moving to Whitehall, Washington County, New York sometime before the taking of the US Census in 1810.
Stephen may have also resided, with his Uncle Nathaniel Wood or one of his sons, during the latter part of the Revolutionary War in the portion of Tinmouth that was incorporated into the Town of Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont on October 28, 1784.
Stephen served for 6 days in Captain John Spafford's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Gideon Warren's 5th Regiment of Vermont Militia during the month of March, 1780, from the 22nd to the 29th, while they were in the service of the state of Vermont responding to an alarm. In October of the same year, from the 19th to the 23rd, Stephen again served as a Private in the same Company, but then in Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment of Miltia at Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont. During the campaign of 1780, Ebenezer Allen was in command of all of the Vermont Forts on its frontier.
In 1781, Stephen saw service twice, from June 10th to the 11th, he served as a Corporal in Captain Jacob Wood's (Tinmouth) Company, Colonel Thomas Lee Regiment for their tour to Castleton and again in the same capacity in the same Company and Regiment for another tour to Castleton, October 21st until the 31st. Jacob Wood was Stephen's 1st Cousin, the eldest son of Nathaniel. During their 1st tour in June 1781, Captain Woods' Company included a detachment of men from the portion of the Town of Wells which became a part of Tinmouth in 1784. In this detachment was Gideon Searl, who beame Stephen's next door neighbor in Whitehall, New York many years later.
References:
(1) "The Wood Family Index" by John Sumner Wood, Sr., 1966, pages 32, 37, 40, 114, 223, 225, 253, 436, 502 and 505
(2) "First Book of Records - Norwich" Norwick, CT Vital Records 1659-1848, page 246
(3) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont page 180 (176)
(4) The US Census of 1800 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 549
(5) The US Census of 1810 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 418
(6) The US Census of 1820 for the Town of Whitehall, Washington County, New York page 122
(7) "History of Rutland County Vermont with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers" by H. P. Smith and W. S. Rann, 1886, pages 642, 643, 645, 647, 653 and 654
(8) "The State of Vermont Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War 1775 to 1783" by John E. Goodrich, 1904, pages 166, 234, 381 and 468
Inscription
Rev. Soldier
Green Mountain Regt.
STEPHEN
WOOD
Died Dec. 27
1831
Aged 83 Yrs.
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