# Abiel Wood

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American politician (1772–1834)

Abiel Wood Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 17th district In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 Preceded by Francis Carr Succeeded by James Carr Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1807-1811 1816 Personal details Born (1772-07-22)July 22, 1772 Pownalborough, Massachusetts Bay, British America (now Wiscasset, Maine) Died October 26, 1834(1834-10-26) (aged 62) Belfast, Maine, U.S. Resting place Woodlawn Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine Party Democratic-Republican Spouse(s) Hannah Hodge, died May 14, 1814, Jane Anderson, died March 15, 1827, Lydia Theobald Relations Gen. Abiel Wood Children Betsey, b. October 1794; Willmot, b. February 2, 1796; Helen, b. July 13, 1799; Isabella, b. 1802; Abiel, b. February 22, 1807; Hannah; Margaret.

**Abiel Wood** (July 22, 1772 – October 26, 1834) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).

## Early life

Born in Pownalborough in [Massachusetts Bay's](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay) [Province of Maine](/source/Province_of_Maine) (now known as [Wiscasset](/source/Wiscasset%2C_Maine)), he was the son of [Gen. Abiel Wood](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gen._Abiel_Wood&action=edit&redlink=1) (1743–1811) and Betsey Tinkham, both originally of [Middleborough](/source/Middleborough%2C_Massachusetts). 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](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives) 1807–1811, and again in 1816.

Wood was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) to the [Thirteenth](/source/13th_United_States_Congress) Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the [Fourteenth](/source/14th_United_States_Congress) Congress, but served as delegate to the constitutional convention of [Maine](/source/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](/source/Belfast%2C_Maine) 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

- United States Congress. ["Abiel Wood (id: W000687)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000687). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- 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.

- [*England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the Achievements of her people in the making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation*](https://books.google.com/books?id=e88UAAAAYAAJ&q=Abiel+Wood+1772%27%27New&pg=PA281), Volume 1 page 281, (1914). Edited by [William Richard Cutter](/source/William_Richard_Cutter).

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Francis Carr Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 17th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 Succeeded by James Carr

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

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