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- John Atwood (1576–1644) was an Assistant Governor of the Plymouth Colony, in the future U.S. state of Massachusetts, in 1638.
- Atwood's parents were Nicholas Wood (abt. 1539-1586), of Sanderstead Court in the English county of Surrey (now Greater London), and Olive Harman (1548–1603), daughter of the wealthy London merchant, James Harman (abt. 1527-1581). He had nine brothers, two sisters, and one half brother (from his mother’s marriage to John Buck in 1592).
- His baptism record in Saint Martin in the Fields Church in London is dated 20 Sep 1576 and identifies him as "John Woode." His baptism is also recorded in Sanderstead parish church under the Latin form "Johannes". Despite being baptized as John Woode, he apparently went by the name Atwood, for this is the name he uses in his will prepared in 1643 and is also the name that Governor William Bradford uses when referring to him in his book Of Plymouth Plantation. To add confusion to the family names, John had a younger brother who was also named John (“Johanem” was his younger brother’s baptism name); this younger brother, John Wood (1582–1644), was a leather seller in London who emigrated to America in 1635.
- Atwood is mentioned in a legal proceeding in England in which his half brother, ....
- He married Anne Lee, but they did not have any children; Anne died in Plymouth in about 1654. While he appears to have been a merchant in England before coming to Plymouth, Atwood's reasons for emigrating have never been explained. He was in America at least by 1637, and possibly as early as 1635.
- It appears that Atwood was in Plymouth at least by 1637 as there is a reference to him in Davis' Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth:
- "As nearly as can be ascertained, the remainder of the land fronting on the north side of North Street, below the westerly boundary of the garden lot east of the Winslow house, was occupied by Thomas Prence as a place of residence while he was Governor of the colony, for the first time in 1634, and sold by him in 1637 to John Atwood. After the death of Mr. Atwood, which occurred in 1644, his widow, Ann Atwood, sold it in 1649 to Benjamin Vermayes." (Benjamin Vermayes was the husband of Mercy Bradford, Governor Bradford's daughter.)
- John Atwood became an Assistant Governor in Plymouth in 1638. This position to which ....
- From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Atwood_(Assistant_Governor)_ _____________________________
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Ann Atwood's Timeline
| 1580 |
1580
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of St Martin,Surrey,,England
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| 1654 |
1654
Age 74
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Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
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