Daniel Wood was one of the soldiers who took part in the three-day expedition to disarm the sachem of the Merrimac, Passaconoway, for which he was paid 3s. by the town of Ipswich on December 4, 1643. He died before March 27, 1649, when his widow, Mary, was appointed administratrix of his estate, all of which was assigned to her for the purpose of bringing up their two children. The inventory, taken March 23 by Robert Lord and Thomas Wells, lists a house with the ground about it, six acres at Heartbreak hill, ten acres beyond Chebacco river and simple household utensils and furnishings. [Probate Records of Essex County, I:106.]