?Sarah? Eason

b. circa 1755
  • ?Sarah? Eason was born circa 1755.
  • She married Mark Wood, son of William Wood and Lydia Ballentine, circa 1775.
  • Court Minutes, Johnston County, North Carolina (May 1778): John Wood came into Court and Resigned his Guardianship to Ashley Wood Orphan of Mark Wood Desd, whereupon Soloman Wood was appointed Guardian to the said Orphan who entered into a Bond with William Wood Senr. and John Wood his Securitys in the Sum of One thousand pounds for the faithful performance of his Guardianship. Ordered that John Wood be allowed Ten pounds for his Expence in maintain-- Ashley Wood orphan of Mark Wood Desd. heretofore. Issued.
  • While it first appeared that Elizabeth Eason was the mother of Ashley Wood based on court minutes and Sarah Bentley Eason's will naming him a grandson, it seems more likely that Ashley actually was the son of Solomon Wood's brother Mark and a yet unknown sister (possibly Sarah) of Elizabeth Eason. Solomon and Elizabeth's grandson Campbell Wood wrote in a letter to his sister-in-law Mary Jane LeGrand Wood (July 1894): "Cousin Wood Spaight said [his] Grandfather Ashly Wood was a double first cousin of Pa's. Grandfather and Grandmother Wood raised him from infancy, as both his parents died when he was an infant."
  • Last Edited: 27 May 2016

Family: Mark Wood b. 13 May 1752, d. circa 1777