Ancestry of
Oliver Platt

Movie Actor

John Wood

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Oliver Platt — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 126 
  • Father:
  • George Wood 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Conner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Jul 1785 
  • Birth Location:
  • Shepherdstown, Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia) 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jan 1848 
  • Death Location:
  • Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Eleanor Strong
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Mar 1823 
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio 
  • Child:

  Ellen Wood (Ahnentafel No:63 )

  • Notes: 
  • John's tombstone is dated 1847 but this apparently conflicts with his will which was dated 21 JAN 1848 and proved 03 FEB 1848.

• Sources for John Wood

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/25/2012).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1982, Vol. 136, pp. 93-94.
  • ³ New York, U.S., Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection), New York Evening Post, 09 JUL 1863, Obituary for wife Eleanor Wood.
  • ⁴ Evans, Richard K., The Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 19.
  • ⁵ Kidd, Charles, Debrett Goes to Hollywood, New York: St. Martin's Press (1986), 122.
  • ⁶ McGhan, Judith, Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2006), 635-636.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 578.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 22-23.
  • ⁹ West, Edmund, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Record for John Wood.

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