An American Family History

Joanna Dwinnell Hood was born on September 5, 1688 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Michael and Mary Dwinnell.

According to the Topsfield record of marriages she married Nathaniel Hood on October 16, 1706. The Reverend Mr. Joseph Capen performed the ceremony.

Nathaniel was born on June 9, 1669 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Richard Hood and Mary Newhall.

They moved from Lynn to Topsfield in 1712 and settled in the northwest part of town by a pond which was named Hood's Pond (Pritchard's Lake). He was a member of the Society of Friends and so their children were not baptized.

Nathaniel and Joanna's children were all born in Topsfield.
Nathaniel Hood (1707),
Nathan Hood (1710),
Joseph Hood (1712),
Susanna Hood Cummings (1714, married Samuel Cummings),
Amos Hood (1716),
Richard Hood (1718),
Mercy Hood (1721/22),
Mary Hood (1721/22), and
John Hood (1723/24, married Elizabeth Redington).

Her father provided in his will “Joseph shall pay to my Daught . . . Johanna Five pounds."

Joanna died on March 1 1731/1732 when she was 47 and Nathaniel died on October 20, 1748 in Topsfield.