Thomas Wood (1711 – 14 December 1778) was a minister for the Church of England at St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1752–64). After 1746, he served as a surgeon in Commander William Shirley's regiment during the occupation of

Louisbourg Louisbourg is an unincorporated community and former town in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. History The French military founded the Fortress of Louisbourg in 1713 and its fortified seaport on the southwest part of the harbour, ...

. In August 1752, with Governor Edward Cornwallis's approval, Wood arrived in Halifax and became an assistant at St. Paul's. In July 1766, Wood gave a sermon in the

Mi'kmaq language The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northe ...

in which the service was attended by many

Mi'kmaq people The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations in Canada, First Nations people of the Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's ...

and other dignitaries. In 1767, Wood married the son of a Mi'kmaq chief. In 1769, Wood wrote about his missionary work on the Saint John River and giving prayers in Mi'kmaq. He died at Annapolis Royal and is buried at

Garrison Cemetery (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) Garrison Cemetery is a cemetery located on the grounds of Fort Anne in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located next to the old Court House, at the intersection of George St. and Nova Scotia Trunk 1. History Initially used as a burial ...

.List of burials at Garrison Cemetery
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References

Other reading

*Herbert Lee, An historical sketch of the first fifty years of the Church of England in the province of New Brunswick (1783-1833), Saint John, N.B., 1880 *F. Pascoe, Two Hundred Years of the S.P.G., an Historical Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701–1900, London, 1901 * O. Raymond, History of the St John River, AD 1604–1784, Saint John, N.B., 1905
Thomas Wood. A sermon occasioned by the death of ... mrs. Abigail Belcher. 13 October 1771
1711 births 1778 deaths Canadian surgeons 18th-century Canadian Anglican priests History of Nova Scotia {{Canada-Christian-clergy-stub