Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999

Image IDs 007714780_00345, 007714780_00346

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 1/4, tier index.
The citation is for the will of Phillip Wood in Windham County probate. Without an image or transcript, there is no evidence that Samuel is named or that the will gives his birth date or place. At most it is a possible relationship context, so it does not establish the 27 January 1787 birth in Marlboro.
Matches: Probate record is from Windham County, Vermont, the same county as the claimed birthplace (Marlboro); Will of a Wood family member (Phillip Wood) could plausibly name Samuel Wood as a relative
Limits: No image attached and no transcription, so the content of the will cannot be checked; A will of Phillip Wood does not normally state Samuel's birth date or place; Citation does not show that Samuel Wood is named in the will, or how he relates to Phillip; Phillip was 'late of Brattleboro', not Marlboro, and the will was proved 1845, before Samuel's death in 1848, so it cannot confirm the death or the birth; Index/compiled Ancestry database, not an original record view