Atwood Ancestors v12 #1c (1994) by Claudette Maerz ======================== Table of Contents History of Lake Mills, Wisconsin New Hampshire Censuses Monroe County, New York Record Richmond County, Georgia Record Will of Denis Atwood Cattaraugus County, New York Census We Get Letters Queries Group Records ======================= [continued from v12 #1b] Will of Denis Atwood In the Name of God Amen. The xxth day of August the yere of our Lord Good mcccccxxx. I Denes Atwood layte wyf of John Atwood of Saunderstede in the counte of Surr and dioc of Winchester wedow beyng in good mynde and pfyte remembrance lawd be to god make thys testament and last wyll in manner and form folowyng -- ffyrst I bequeth my Soull to allmyghty god to the virgyn Mary and to all the copany of hevyn and my body to be buryed w'in the church of Sanderstede before the aulter of Saynt Kateryne. Itm I bequeth unto the hye alter of the same churche of Sawndersted iiii (Penny) Itm to the mother church of Winchester iiii (Penny) Itm I bequeth unto the buylldyng of the yelle of Seynt Kateryn w'in the said churche of Saunderstede vii (Pounds) Itm I bequeth unto Richard Atwood my son vii (Pounds) Itm I bequeth unto John Atwoode my younges Son xl (?) Itm I bequeth unto Agnes my daughter my best gowne and best kyrtell I bequeth unto John Atwood my secunde son otherwyuse callyd Hewson xl shepe wt the ffetherbed complet wt all that longyth thereto also the same John Atwood to have halfe brasse and pewter and my sonne Richard Atwood to have the other halfe Itm I bequeth to the sylyng [ceiling] of the body of the said churche of Saunderstede x angell nobylls Itm I bequeth to a brance of brasse to bere a lyght a for seynt Kateryn xvi (Shilling) Itm I bequeth 2 (Shilling) to have v trentalls as the pson wyll dispose yt Itm I bequeth John Atwood the elder vii (Pounds) Itm I bequeth also to the said John at xl (Shilling) in the hands of Henry Atwood I constitute and ordeyn my executor of thys may last wyll John Atwoode the Elder and the pson to be oversear of thys my last wyll. Thes to witnes Sr Edward prestland pson peter harman wt mayny other wemen. Proved in the parishc church of Kyngeston xvii March 1530 [Principal Registry - Court of Probate, Wills Archdeaconry of Surrey, 174 Mychell.] ========================== Cattaraugus County, NY Censuses 1860 Randolph Township Atwood, Jesse A age 28 b in NH Miller Alma 28 NY wife Eva 7 NY Gilbert 1 NY Johnson, Louisa 17 Sweden Domestic Atwood, Susan 24 NH Domestic (page 700) Atwood, Joshua (page 703) 1865 Randolph Township Atwood, Joshua age 66 b in NH Farmer Eley 66 NH wife Joshua C 26 NH son/ farmer Kate 26 NH wife/ daughter-in-law Nellie 1yr 10mo NY grandchild Henry S 6/12 NY grandchild (this family was also found in the 1875 Cattaraugus County, NY Census) =============================== We Get Letters As you know from my periodic queries to AA, I have been researching the Chester, VT Atwoods for almost 10 years looking for the parents of my ggf Abner ATWOOD. In so doing I have amassed alot of data on the Chester, VT Atwoods. So when I read the Vol X No 1, page 18 run-down on the Chester Atwoods, I felt I should correct some errors, "jumped-to" conclusions, and fill in some omissions. I have had substantial help in the documentation of this data from Winona Bargrede of Chester, VT (now deceased), Grace Atwood of Alvin, TX, and Connie Butterfield of Cincinnati, Ohio; all of whom have family members who were direct decendants of Chester's Atwoods. The Chester town records and "Childs Gazeteer" published c1880 have the geginnings of the Chester Atwoods with William Atwood and his wife Joanna, who removed from Cranston, RI and went by ox-cart to Chester in 1774. William, according to EF Atwood's "Ye Atte Wode Annals", was of the Atwood Bristol Line. His father Francis married Mary Williams, who had direct roots to Roger Williams of Rhode Island founding fame and his wife Mary. Tabulated below are a couple of generations of William's descendants: 1 William Attwood Atwood b. cir 1734 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. 1 Oct 1796 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. abt 1758 Joanna Saunders b. cir 1737 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. 5 Sep 1826 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 2 Oliver Atwood b. 14 Sep 1759 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. 3 Mar 1843 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 19 Sep 1782 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Meriam Bacon b. 1 Mar 1764 Dudley (Worcester), Massachusetts d. 25 Mar 1862 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 3 James Atwood b. 25 Jun 1784 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. abt 1848 Andover (Windsor), Vermont m. 4 Jun 1807 Eunice Gile b. abt 1785 3 Charlotte Atwood b. 21 Jan 1786 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 6 Jan 1807 Whipple Lovett b. abt 1785 3 Stephen Atwood b. 17 Jul 1787 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 16 Aug 1788 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 3 Susannah Atwood b. 11 Jun 1789 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. Feb 1791 3 Nathan Atwood b. 26 May 1791 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 3 Feb 1885 Castleton, Vermont m. abt 1820 Hanna *Atwood b. abt 1795 3 Leland Atwood b. 17 Nov 1792 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 3 Feb 1873 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. abt 1820 Sarah Holbrook b. cir 1799 Vermont d. 9 May 1851 3 Amy Atwood b. 7 May 1795 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 20 Mar 1872 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 17 Apr 1834 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Amasa Snell b. 27 Jan 1794 Hubbardston (Worcester), Massachusetts d. 6 Mar 1881 3 Jeremiah Atwood b. 30 Nov 1797 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 25 Feb 1883 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. abt 1830 Elisa Andrews b. cir 1804 d. 29 Apr 1842 m. abt 1845 Polly Preston Howard b. cir 1807 d. 19 Jul 1864 3 Eda Atwood b. 4 Apr 1798 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 13 Oct 1874 Colchester (Chittenden), Vermont m. 27 Jan 1820 Joshua Chever Fowler b. 1 Feb 1798 Surry (Cheshire), New Hampshire d. cir 1880 Colchester (Chittenden), Vermont 3 Oliver Atwood b. 26 Mar 1800 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. bef 1805 3 Susan Atwood b. cir 1802 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 10 Mar 1813 Vermont 3 Meriam Atwood b. abt 1803 m. abt 1825 unknown Spafford b. abt 1800 3 Oliver Atwood b. 4 Feb 1805 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 6 May 1869 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 5 Dec 1841 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Eliza Guild b. 10 Jul 1823 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 17 Jul 1872 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 2 Jeremiah Atwood b. 29 Mar 1760 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. 18 Mar 1837 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 18 Sep 1788 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Zilpha Willard b. cir 1774 d. 29 Sep 1837 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 3 Phebe Atwood b. 28 Nov 1789 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. cir 1811 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Waitstill Randolph Ranney b. abt 1785 3 Nahum Atwood b. 18 Apr 1792 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 1 Aug 1849 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. abt 1815 Hannah Paine b. abt 1800 m. abt 1824 Sabra Roundy b. cir 1799 d. 2 Jan 1854 3 Oliver Atwood b. 16 Jul 1795 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 13 Jun 1842 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 31 Mar 1822 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Dolly *Pierce Baker b. 29 Apr 1795 d. 17 Aug 1879 3 Artemus Atwood b. Jun 1798 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 1 Oct 1824 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 4 Aug 1818 Jane Wilson b. abt 1800 3 Stephen Atwood b. cir 1801 Vermont d. cir 1815 Vermont 3 Alpheus Henry Atwood b. 21 May 1803 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 14 May 1888 m. 26 Jan 1826 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Nancy Clapp b. abt 1800 d. Aug 1872 m. abt 1872 Abigail S Tarbell b. cir 1813 d. cir 1900 3 Esek Atwood b. Oct 1809 Vermont d. 15 Aug 1872 m. abt 1837 Arvilla *Atwood b. cir 1812 Vermont 3 Louisa Atwood b. 10 Jul 1810 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 8 Jan 1861 Vermont m. 26 Dec 1837 Enoch Ware b. abt 1810 d. 16 Mar 1875 3 Zilpha Atwood b. abt 1820 m. 27 Feb 1842 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Willis B Howard b. abt 1815 2 James Atwood b. 5 Dec 1762 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. abt 1848 Rhode Island 2 Lydia Atwood b. abt 1763 m. 11 Nov 1784 Nathan Hodgmen b. abt 1760 2 William Atwood b. abt 1764 2 Anthony Atwood b. 9 Aug 1769 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 29 Oct 1845 Depauville (Jefferson), New York m. abt 1807 Chester (Windsor), Vermont Persis "Polly" *Larkins Chandler b. 18 Feb 1772 Chester (Windsor), Vermont 3 Isaac L Atwood b. 1 Nov 1809 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 9 Mar 1892 m. abt 1838 Luthera Stetson b. abt 1810 3 Cynthia Atwood b. abt 1813 3 Oliver P B Atwood b. 23 Dec 1814 Depauville (Jefferson), New York 3 Zillia Atwood b. 16 May 1818 Depauville (Jefferson), New York 3 Covilla Atwood b. 15 Dec 1820 Clayton (Jefferson), New York 3 William Chandler Atwood b. Apr 1824 Depauville (Jefferson), New York 2 Freelove Atwood b. cir 1776 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 18 Oct 1795 Chester (Windsor), Vermont John Hawkes b. abt 1775 2 Rufus Atwood b. 4 Mar 1773 Cranston (Providence), Rhode Island d. 27 Jan 1863 Vermont m. 5 Apr 1799 Esther Gile b. 31 Dec 1780 d. 10 Oct 1856 3 Amos Gile Atwood b. cir 1799 3 Maria Atwood b. cir 1801 3 Eusebia Atwood b. cir 1803 3 Joanna Saunders Atwood b. 18 Jun 1805 Chester (Windsor), Vermont m. 28 May 1822 Providence (Providence), Rhode Island Isaac Washburn Jr b. abt 1795 3 Esther Atwood b. cir 1808 d. cir 1862 Vermont m. abt 1835 Barney A Cook b. abt 1810 3 William Seymore Atwood b. 12 Jun 1810 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. 4 Dec 1897 Nashua (Hillsborough), New Hampshire m. abt 1838 Adeline Foster b. 25 Dec 1809 Derryfield d. 20 Dec 1894 Nashua (Hillsborough), New Hampshire m. 9 Dec 1895 Lowell (Middlesex), Massachusetts Louisa * Bradley Litchfield b. abt 1830 Duxbury (Plymouth), Massachusetts 3 Caroline Atwood b. cir 1812 d. cir 1887 3 Mary Williams Atwood b. cir 1815 3 Drusilla Watkins Atwood b. cir 1818 m. 31 Oct 1838 Francis Luther Upham b. 9 Feb 1815 d. 25 Oct 1907 3 Harriet Atwood b. cir 1820 m. abt 1840 unknown Penn b. abt 1815 3 George Atwood b. cir 1823 2 Esek Atwood b. 28 Feb 1785 Chester (Windsor), Vermont d. cir 1863 New York m. 26 Feb 1808 (Saratoga), New York Margaret Lockrider b. 17 Jan 1790 Halfmoon (Saratoga), New York d. 8 Feb 1825 Floyd (Oneida), New York m. 26 Feb 1826 (Oneida), New York Harriet Park b. 22 Oct 1801 d. 22 Jan 1853 3 William Atwood b. 17 Nov 1808 Saratoga Springs, New York 3 Elizabeth Atwood b. 7 Aug 1810 Saratoga Springs, New York m. 22 Sep 1829 Gardner Hinkley b. abt 1810 3 Charles Atwood b. 21 Nov 1812 Floyd (Oneida), New York 3 Thomas Atwood b. 16 Jan 1815 Floyd (Oneida), New York m. abt 1837 Abigail Wheeler b. abt 1815 3 Solomon Atwood b. 4 Sep 1817 Floyd (Oneida), New York d. abt 1869 (Clayton), Iowa m. abt 1845 Bertha Plumb b. abt 1820 3 Mary Lockrider Atwood b. 5 Mar 1820 Floyd (Oneida), New York 3 Merritt Atwood b. 22 Apr 1822 Floyd (Oneida), New York d. 24 Jul 1825 3 baby Atwood b. 8 Aug 1824 d. 2 Feb 1825 3 Margaret Lockrider Atwood b. 12 Mar 1827 (Oneida), New York d. 17 Sep 1849 Ohio m. 29 Mar 1846 Samuel Colwell b. abt 1825 3 Gardner Hinckley Atwood b. 19 Feb 1831 Florence, New York d. 3 Aug 1910 Northwood (Worth), Iowa m. 12 May 1861 Northwood (Worth), Iowa Martha Ann Dunning b. 17 May 1843 Ashtabula, Ohio d. 3 Jul 1922 Northwood (Worth), Iowa 3 Martha Atwood b. 3 Jan 1836 d. 6 Jul 1837 3 Rosina D Atwood b. 15 Aug 1838 3 Martha Maria Atwood b. 5 Oct 1841 2 Joanna Atwood b. 8 Feb 1786 d. 8 Jun 1834 m. 3 Jun 1804 Winhall (Bennington), Vermont John Butterfield b. abt 1775 Wallace Atwood Smith 71 So Easter Island Circle, Englewood, FL 34223 ==================================== [continued in v12 #1d] Brad [email protected] <= Please note my email address change the mindspring email address will not be in effect after August 1, 2000 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ Add your GEDCOM today !!!