{{Short description|American politician (1772–1834)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Abiel Wood | image = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 17th congressional district|17th]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1813 | term_end1 = March 3, 1815 | preceded1 = [[Francis Carr (District of Maine politician)|Francis Carr]] | succeeded1 = [[James Carr (Massachusetts politician)|James Carr]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1807-1811<br>1816 | birth_date = {{birth date|1772|7|22}} | birth_place = [[Wiscasset, Maine|Pownalborough]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] <small>(now Wiscasset, Maine)</small> | death_date = {{death date and age|1834|10|26|1772|7|22}} | death_place = [[Belfast, Maine|Belfast]], [[Maine]], U.S. | resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery, [[Wiscasset, Maine]] | party = [[Democratic-Republican]] | spouse = Hannah Hodge, died May 14, 1814, <br>Jane Anderson, died March 15, 1827,<br> Lydia Theobald | relations = [[Gen. Abiel Wood]] | children = Betsey, b. October 1794; <br>Willmot, b. February 2, 1796; <br>Helen, b. July 13, 1799; <br>Isabella, b. 1802; <br>Abiel, b. February 22, 1807; <br>Hannah; <br>Margaret. | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Abiel Wood''' (July 22, 1772 – October 26, 1834) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

== Early life == Born in Pownalborough in [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay's]] [[Province of Maine]] (now known as [[Wiscasset, Maine|Wiscasset]]), he was the son of [[Gen. Abiel Wood]] (1743–1811) and Betsey Tinkham, both originally of [[Middleborough, Massachusetts|Middleborough]]. He was the second of eleven children.

== Education and career == Wood attended the common schools, then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] 1807–1811, and again in 1816.

Wood was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth]] Congress (March 4, 1813&nbsp;– March 3, 1815). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the [[14th United States Congress|Fourteenth]] Congress, but served as delegate to the constitutional convention of [[Maine]] in 1819. He was a Maine State councilor, after which he resumed mercantile pursuits and also engaged in shipping. He served as Bank commissioner for Maine until his death in [[Belfast, Maine|Belfast]] on October 26, 1834. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in Wiscasset.

== Personal life == He married Hannah Hodge on November 30, 1793, in Wiscasset. They had one child, a daughter named Helen, who married John Hannibal Sheppard.

==References== {{CongBio|W000687}} *Davis, William T., ''Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth'', Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1883. *Knowlton, Charles Bowles, ''Marriage Notices For The Whole United States, 1785 – 1794'', Salem Mass.: 1900. *''Massachusetts: Vital Records to the Year 1850'', Boston, 1910. *[https://books.google.com/books?id=e88UAAAAYAAJ&q=Abiel+Wood+1772%27%27New&pg=PA281 ''England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the Achievements of her people in the making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation''], Volume 1 page 281, (1914). Edited by [[William Richard Cutter]].

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