Mehitable Wood

7th great-grandparent – 1 of 512 504 in this generation

(1695-1754)

Mehitable was born on 18 Dec 1695 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, which is situated in the northeast corner of the state near the border of New Hampshire. She was the 7th of at least nine children born to Thomas Wood and Mary Hunt.

When Mehitable was just 6 years old, her father passed away on 1 December 1702, in Rowley, Massachusetts, at the age of 44.

Mehitable was nearly 21 when she married 37-year-old James Hall in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, on 15 October 1716. They had ten children:

1. Mary Hall, b.27 Sep 1717 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
2. James Hall, b. 20 Apr 1720 in Mansfield
3. Mehitable, b. 18 Feb 1722 in Mansfield
4. Elizabeth, b. 18 Apr 1723 in Mansfield
5. Jane, b. 5 Mar 1725 in Mansfield
6. William, b. 12 Jul 1728 in Mansfield
7. Thomas, b. 14 Jun 1730 in Mansfield
8. Ephraim, b.21 Sep 1732 in Mansfield
9. Gershom, b.25 Feb 1735 in Mansfield
10. Josiah, b.27 Mar 1738 in Mansfield

Mehitable was 46 when her husband James passed away in Mansfield on 16 June 1742.

Her mother lived a long life of 90 years. She died in Mansfield on 7 November 1754 when Mehitable was 58 years old. Mehitable herself died only four years later at the age of 62. She was buried in Olde Mansfield Center Cemetery.