Person:William Wood (174)

William Wood, the first of that name in the township, moved to Hurdtown about 1804 or 1805. He married Susannah Berry. Their children were: Freeman, who married Mary B. Jackson, and is now a judge of the court of common pleas for Morris county and resides at Dover; Maria Wood, who married John M. Losey, and Willaim A. Wood, who married Caroline, daughter of James L. Hurd, and after her decease Phoebe A., daughter of David B. Hurd. His daughter by his first wife married Mr. McPherson, a brother of Senator McPherson, and is now resident in Chicago. The children of Freeman Wood were: William F. Wood, who married Miss Frances P. Howe, was a paymaster in the army with the rank and pay of major, and resides in Hartford, Conn.; Susan, who married N. P. Neff, of Cincinnati, O., where they now reside; John F. Wood, who married Irene Bright and resides in Dover; Florence, who married A. C. Smith and resides in Dover, and Clement Wood, M. D., who resides at Haverstraw, New York.

Source: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/munsellhistory/h-chpt27.htm

1.   History of Morris County, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers. (New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882).
2.   Obituary.

   Obituary of his son, Judge Freeman Wood, is posted in his notes and was provided by Anthony Troha, Ph.D., of the Canal Society of NJ.