Atwood Ancestors Volume SIX, Volume 1 (probably 1989) by Claudette Maerz (this is the first of two volume SIXes, I believe the were misnumbered originally) Table of Contents ------------------------- Atwood Coat of Arms The Atwood Genealogy (Boston Transcripts) Who's Who in America 1948 1880 Washington Territory Census Woodbury, Connecticut Vital Records 1674-1850 Eastham & Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records Atwood House - Chatham, Massachusetts We Get Letters Atwood Ancestor A211 Atwood Ancestor A205 Queries - ----------------------------------- The Atwood Coat of Arms illustrated on the cover was drawn by an heraldic artist from information officially recorded in ancient heraldic archives. Documentation for the Atwood Coat of Arms design can be found in Burkes General Amory. Heraldic artists of old, developed their own unique language to describe an individual Coat of Arms. In their language, the Arms (Shield) is as follows: "Ar. on a fesse raguly az. three fleurs-de-lis or." Above the shield and helmet is the Crest which is described as: "On a branch of a tree trunked lying fesscays or, a fleur-de-lis az. betw. two sprigs vert." When translated the blazon also describes the original colors of the Atwood Arms and Crest as it appeared centuries ago. Family mottos are believed to have originated as battle cries in medieval times. A motto was not recorded with this Atwood Coat of Arms. Individual surnames originated for the purpose of more specific identification. The four primary sources for second names were: occupation, location, father's name, or personal characteristic. The surname Atwood appears to be locational in origin meaning "at the Wood", from residence thereby. Every English county has representatives of this surname. Differant spellings of the same origianal surname are a common occurence. Dictionaries of surnames indicate probable spelling variations of Atwood to be Attwood, Atewode, Attewode. Although bearers of the old and distinguished Atwood name comprise a small fraction of the population, there are a number who have established for it a significant place in history. The include: PETER ATWOOD (1643- 1712), Dominican friar, condemned to death because of his sacerdotal character; Charles II sent him a reprieve when on his way to be executed. Atwood governed his brethren as provincial from 1698-1706. GEORGE ATWOOD (1746-1807), English mathematician and physicist, Royal Society member, Cambridge (1776). Author of mathematical works and inventor of Atwood's Machine for verifying laws of acceleration of motion. CHARLES B ATWOOD (1849-1895), American architect, noted principally as the designer of the W H Vanderbilt House, Fifth Avenue, NYC; Chief of Design, of the World's Fair in Chicago (Columbia Museum) and Peristyle Court. WALLACE WALTER ATWOOD (1872-1949), American geologist and geographer, Professor of Physiology, Harvard (1913), President, Clark University (1920), Founder and editor of "Economic Geography" (1925), his chief work was the coal measures of Alaska. No genealogical representation is intended or implied by this report and it does not represent individual lineage or family tree. - ------------------------------------ Boston Transcripts (these are quite long and cover much of what was found in Elijah Francis Atwood's books "Ye Atte Wode Annals" (1928-1932); I will mention some of the families covered and if anyone wants more information they should contact me - RBP) Atwoods of Lempster, NH; Sandwich, NH Bradbury C Atwood and descendants Paul Atwood of Monkton VT Paul Atwood of Pelham, NH Nathaniel Fales of Bradford, MA Henry Wood of Middleboro, MA Stephen Atwood of Eastham, MA - ---------------------------------- Who's Who in America (1949) submitted by: A99 Grace Atwood (these are a brief synopsis, more is available - RBP) Harrison ATWOOD, b1886 in Auburn, ME to Tascus and Helen (Jameson) Atwood. VP of Advertising, Scarsdale, NY Henry ATWOOD, b1892 in Kesseville, NY to John and Harriet (Jocelyn) Atwood. President of National Bank of Minneapolis. James "Arthur" ATWOOD, b1864 in Wauregan, CT to James and Julia (Haskell) Atwood. President of Brooklyn (CT) Savings Bank. John Leland ATWOOD, b1904 in Walton, KY to Elmer and Mabel (Babgy) Atwood. VP of North American Aviation, Inglewood, California John Murray ATWOOD, b1879 in Brockton, MA to Isaac and Almira (Church) Atwood. President of NY Convention of Universalists, Canton, NY Rufus Ballard ATWOOD, b1897 in Hickman, KY to Pomp and Annie (Parker) Atwood. President of Kentucky State College, Frankfort, KY Wallace Walter ATWOOD, b1872 in Chicago, IL to Thomas and Adalaide (Richards) Atwood. President of Clark University, Worcester, MA - -------------------------------------- 1880 Washington Territory Census, Walla Walla County p217b name race sex age occup birth father mother ATWOOD, Fielding W M 63 Farmer IN NY IN , Rosanna B W F 53 OH NJ OH , Jane W F 27 WS IN OH , Willie W M 8 WA IN OH , Esli [sic] W M 7 WA IN OH - ------------------------------------ Woodbury Connecticut - Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1674-1850 submitted by A22 Joanne Martin (3 pages of VR, these are descendants of Thomas Atwood, all of these entries are available at my website. If there is an interest I will publish here) - ------------------------------------ Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts - Vital Records Eldad and Margaret Atwood and their children: Benjamin, Margaret, Lydia, Deborah, Jemima - ---------------------------------- Atwood House - Chatham, Massachusetts (suggest a visit to their website - http://www.atwoodhouse.org/ thanks Gwen !! ) - ---------------------------------- We Get Letters.... Dear Claudette - Vol 4 #4 p44 at the bottom has an inconsistency, in the first two sentences. In William Bradford's "History of Plimoth Plantation" (1651) it is stated that John Atwood was the treasurer. My understanding is that he arrived in Plymouth in 1635 and died without issue. I am descended from John Atwood and Sarah Masterson and would gladly claim the colony's treasurer if it were justified. I realize that this is a quotation from a work by W M Newton (1928) and that you are not responsible for the inconsistency. I continue to be grateful for your work. It is not only interesting but also very helpful. John S Atwood, 620 Plymouth Rd #4, Claremont, CA 91711 Dear Claudette - Have you ever been exposed to cup plates ? They were in fashion during the first two thirds of the 18th century, when it was fashionable to drink your hot tea out of a saucer and needed a place to put your handleless cup. It was handleless because it was made that way, since the handles broke off during the sea voyage from England. Sometime around 1860 some dude wrote that it was uncouth to drink out of the saucer, that you always drank out of the cup, so cup plates went out of fashion. About 100 years later, some enterprising individual began makeing cup plates again, but as fund raisers for exempt organizations. I have been wondering if the Atwood Crest might not be a logical choice for a cup plate subject. The price would be something in the neighborhood of $6-8 depending on who makes the plate. Early plates were of leaded glass and current leaded glass is more costly than the more common soda ash glass. Direct costs would be between $3-5, so the amount above that might be used to support the paper. I will be interested to hear your views on this matter, without any consideration of financing or logistics in connection with the distribution of a plate. There is a Pairpoint plate from the Atwood House, a museum on Cape Cod, that represents one branch of the family. I have enclosed some info on this plate... (Chatham Historical Society honored their headquarters and museum on this plate. The Atwood House was built in 1752 and is one of the older houses in Chatham, Massachusetts. It is architecturally unique in the Cape Cod area for its gambrel roof. It now has twenty rooms showing period furniture, local artifacts and memorabilia. The Tea Cup Plate was made by Andrew Bourbon in clear, emerald, white opal, or ruby glass.) Charles W Atwood, 27400 Chardon Rd, Willoughby Hills, OH - --------------------------------------------- In antique shops one may find bitters bottles made by Moses Atwood of Georgetown, Massachusetts, in the late 1800s when booze was hard to get. - --------------------------------------------- Helen Atwood, 765 Mesa View Dr, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420 Joseph Atwood 1803 - Ruth Whitaker Enoch Atwood - Susannah Frane John Jacob Atwood b 17 Dec 1861 - Nancy Morrison Glenn M Atwood b 28 Mar 1893 - Gladys Welch Robert Atwood b 14 Sep 1919 - Helen Kieser I am reasearching the Atwoods. I have traced them, for sure, to Joseph Atwood, who married Ruth Whitaker. From there back I'm not sure... would appreciate hlep. I have charts on all of these, and if they would be of use to anyone. - --------------------------------------------- Lila Bascom, 12500 N Dry Fork, Vernal, UT 84078 Hezekiah Atwood b 1786 d 1868 m Chloe Ann Rawley Simeon Atwood b 1814 d 1889 m Melissa Turrell There does not seem to be much information on Hezekiah Atwood III. I would think there were more children born to he and Chloe. The only child I have is Simeon Atwood. Simeon and Melissa had the following children: Alonzo T, William, Walter H, Charles B, Chloe A, Stephen T, Doctor T, Hannah M, Melissa A, and George N. Simeon and Melissa joined the Mormon Church in 1861 and moved to Utah in 1865. - -------------------------------------------- Queries ATWOOD Massachusetts Can anyone tell me anything about Moses Atwood of Atwood's Bitters fame. The bottle I have says: "ATWOOD'S JAUNDICE BITTERS, formerly made by Moses Atwood, Georgetown, Mass". This is a 12 sided bottle of bluish-green color... I understand that the bitters were about 78% alcohol. Shirley Martin (member of this list) ATWOOD * HERDEE Vermont * Wisconsin My GGGGM was Polly Atwood born 1790-1 (probably Pittsford, Vermont), married to Abner HERDEE, son of (Deacon) Caleb Herdee of Pittsford. Polly is buried in Newark County, Wisconsin. Randel Herdee, PO Box 218, Glen Ellyn, IL 60138 ATWOOD * FERGUSON Pennsylvania I'm most interested in corresponding with the person A29 on page 22 of the May issue of 1987. I've been wondering if this M Atwood belongs to my family as I think my Atwoods may have come from Bradford County, PA. Joanne Marting, 6358 S Josephine Way, Littleton, CO 80121 ATWOOD Connecticut Would like to correpsond with any descendants of Henry Skilton Atwood of Woodbury/Watertown Connecticut area 1770-1843 Diane Delbridge (member of this list) ATWOOD California * Pennsylvannia Trying to locate a birth and death place of Robert A Atwood who was listed in the 1906 Philadelphia City Directory as a Civil Engineer, later lived in San Francisco area where he died in 1940s or 50s. Dorothy Miller, 495 Liberty Bell, Beaverton, OR 97006 end Brad Potts [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis