Although Judge Savage expresses incredulity, and both the Foster and Peabody genealogists are extremely cautious on the point, there seems to be adequate proof that Daniel Wood's wife was Mary Foster, daughter of Renald Foster of Ipswich, and that after his death in 1649 she married Lieut. Francis Peabody: (a) As stated above, Wood's estate was administered by his widow for the benefit of their two children, (b) In 1680, Renald Foster mentions in his will "my daughter Mary wife of ffrancis Paybody." [Probate Records of Essex County, III:420.] (c) In 1679 Hepsibah (Peabody) Rea, daughter of Lieut. Francis and Mary Peabody, called Judith (Wood) Dorman "my sister." [Records and Files, VII:300.] (d) Francis Peabody, in his will made in 1695/6, gave land to his "son-in-law" (stepson) Daniel Wood "in consideration of what I was obliged to do for him when come of age." [Peabody Genealogy, S. H. Peabody, 1909, p. 12.] Thus we can identify the two Wood children, Daniel being named for his father and Judith for her grandmother, Judith, wife of Renald Foster. By her second marriage with Lieutenant Peabody, Mary Foster had a large family of children.
