Alpheus Woods (1726/27-1794) of Marlborough, Mass., participated as a member of "a Company of 52 men, Officers Included," who served as volunteers under Capt. William Morse of Marlborough as part of Col. Jonathan Read's regiment. They were in service from 2 October 1777 to 8 November 1777 and marched to assist General Gates at Saratoga. Woods served as a member of the town's Committee of Correspondence, 1772-1775, as a town assessor in 1775, 1778, and 1783, and as a selectman in 1776 and in 1787.
From the description of Journal, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207182148