Atwood Ancestors v12 #2b (1994) by Claudette Maerz [continued from v12 #2a] ------------------------ Hampstead County, New Hampshire p15 - "The pew at the left hand before Dr John Bonds pew to Moses Atwood" p18 - "Assessment of Rates, about 1764, on the Lands Possessed By those Persons whose names are underwritten; assess't By Virture of a vote of the freeholders of the Town of Hampstead: in order to Settle the Long and unhappy Dispute that has Subsisted between the said freeholders of Hampstead that Settled under Haverhill & Amesbury Title, and the Proprietors of Kingston or claims under them: John Atwood Dr Benjamin Kimball p44 - "John Atwood died 1 Jan 1812, aged ninety-seven years and seven months. He was born in Haverhill, Mass" p59 - At a meeting of the ladies, held in accordance with the above invitation, it was voted that families in town be invited to contribute provisions for the tables. It was also voted, to decorate the grove with flowers and evergreen. The following ladies were chosen a committee to carry out thes propositions:....... Mrs Mary J Atwood" p143 - "The Womans's Foreign Missionary Society" 1902 members included: "Mary C Atwood" p156 - "James Atwood, born in 1712, the centenarian, and his wife, Molly Lowell, and their thirteen children, settled early near the home of Mr Horace Adams." p376 - "It has been a tradition that Mehitable Atwood, who married Moses Williams, was an aunt of Harriet Newell, the missionary, which is an error. The father of Mehitable Atwood was cousin to Moses Atwood, who was married to Mary Tenney, who were the parents of Mrs Newell (see Atwood sketch)" Atwood Mr Charles Atwood, distinguished scholar and prominent lawyer, who died in Boston in 1887, made an extensive research of the Atwood family in England and America. From his MS, in the possession of Mrs George W Warren, of Somerville, Mass, a niece of Mr Atwood, we read: "The name of Atwood originated in Coulsdon, a parish in Surrey county, twelve miles south of London, and adjoining Croydon and Sanderstead. As early as 1313 tenants of estates of the Abbey of Cherster were Peter, John, and Geoffrey Atte-Wodee, named from their residence "at the wood". This estate had 150 acres of land, and had been in the family 150 years. The first Atwood buried in the church in the village of Sanderstead was in 1520 AD. [There is more history, then the Harman Atwood line.... RBP] 1 Harman Atwood - Ann Copp 2 John Atwood b 30 Aug 1647 - m1 Sarah Travis 3 James Atwood b 1673 4 John Atwood b 1714 - m1 Abigail Sanders (built the 'Horace Adams' house in Hampstead, which was in the Atwood family until 1851, when it was sold to Mr Adams by grandson Moses Atwood. John weighed about 260 pounds, and was over six feet, and lifted a barrol of cider in his hands, and carried 500 feet of lumber up a hill) 5 Abigail Atwood b 13 Aug 1735 - Alexander Hoog 5 Jonathan Atwood b 29 Sep 1736 - m1 Elizabeth Plummer m2 Dolly Wells 6 Elizabeth Atwood b 30 Oct 1760 - Thomas Colby 6 Joshua Atwood b 16 Apr 1762 - m1 Susan Cram m2 Mrs Anna Russer 6 Ruth Atwood b 13 Jul 1764 6 Philip Atwood b 29 Jul 1766 - Sarah Dustin 7 William D Atwood b 1789 - Sally Simonds 6 John Atwood b 18 May 1768 - Dolly Prescott 6 Dolly Atwood b 1768 6 Peter Atwood b 9 Jun 1771 6 Jonathan Atwood b 9 Oct 1772 - Mary Cheney 7 Roxana Atwood b 26 May 1793 - Alexander Thrall 6 Dolly Atwood b 2 Oct 1774 6 Elijah Atwood b 7 May 1777 - Polly Dustin 7 Peter P Atwood b 12 May 1796 6 Jessey Atwood b 10 Jul 1779 6 David Atwood b 6 Jul 1781 - Polly Barnard 6 Mehitable Atwood b 7 Mar 1784 6 Sarah Atwood b Dec 1786 - William Eastman 5 Caleb Atwood b 28 Dec 1738 (twin) (moved to Weare from Hampstead in the spring of 1760, and built a cabin on the side of Mt Dearborn, the highest house in town...) 6 Samuel Atwood b 22 Sep 1763 - Lydia Persons 6 Abigail Atwood b 3 Sep 1765 - Charles Colburn 6 Caleb Atwood b 25 Sep 1767 - Hannah Persons 6 Mehitable Atwood b 4 Dec 1769 - Hezekiah Emerson 6 Elizabeth Atwood b 6 Nov 1772 6 Eunice Atwood b 16 Sep 1774 - William Rowe 6 Stephen Atwood b 27 Mar 1777 - Fanny Seal 6 Joshua Atwood b 26 Jun 1779 - ( ) Patten (lived in Antrim and later Deering) 6 Moses Atwood b 21 Sep 1781 5 Joshua Atwood b 28 Dec 1738 (twin) 5 Joanna Atwood b 7 Jul 1740 5 Ruth Atwood b 20 May 1742 - Bond Little 5 Sarah Atwood b 20 Mar 1746 - ( ) Straw 5 John Atwood - Meridith Roberts 6 Daniel Atwood b Jun 1770 m2 Ruth Whitaker 5 James Atwood - Molly Lowell 6 Levi Atwood b 4 Nov 1781 - Betsey Francis (lived in Nashua in later life) 7 Amos Atwood b 15 Jan 1812 - Mary C Mills 8 Belinda G Atwood 8 Charles Edwin Atwood 6 John Atwood b 9 Jun 1787 6 Moses Atwood - Betsy Mills 6 Sylvanus Atwood - Mary Leavitt (lived in Andover) 7 Laura Ann Atwood - George W Cilley 7 Moses Atwood - Mary Ann Emery5 Moses Atwood (built a house in Hampstead, around 1780, which was burned in 1884) m2 Mary Long 3 John Atwood - Hannah Bond 4 Joseph Atwood - Sarah Chresdee 5 Moses Atwood - Mary Tenney 6 Harriet Atwood - Samuel Newell4 James Atwood - Molly Lowell ================================ [continued in v12 #2c] Brad -- R Bradley Potts [email protected] - Email http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesis - Website (508) 416-0451 x1113 - Voicemail/Fax __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. 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