Stephen Atwood, I

Stephen Atwood Sr aka Wood

Stephen Atwood was born in Middlesex, England in 1616 the third child of Johanem John Atwood and Joan Coleson. He came to this country -- date unknown -- with other pilgrims during the period of 1620-1643.

He married Abigail Dunham on 16 Nov 1644 in Barnstable, MA. Abigail was born about 1626 in Leyden, Netherlands, the daughter of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail (Barlow or Ballou).

Stephen was "first recorded at Plymouth in 1643. In 1656 he took an oath of allegiance and shortly after his marriage removed to that part of Eastham MA set off as Wellfleet (Barnstable County), and resided there until his death in 1693."

Among their children were:

1. John (d. 1648)
2. Hannah (b. 14 Oct 1649)
3. Joseph who married Mrs. Apphia (Bangs) Knowles, widow of John Knowles and daughter of Edward Bangs
4. Daniel
5. Eldad
6. Stephen, Jr. had eight children.
7. and likely more daughters."

Notes

From the Boston Transcript, 12 June 1927, #2242

"Stephen was invariably called Wood at Plymouth in all early records, but almost always Atwood on the Cape. Some of his sons were entered on records at times as Wood, but descendants finally all used the name Atwood."

At a town meeting in Plymouth on 10 Feb 1643 it was decided that:

Stephen Wood and Andrew Ring are to repair the hearing ware and to have it for three yeares now next ensuing and are to have xiiiid p thousand for drawing the fish and delivering out the shares during said terme. [Ref, p. 17]

In 1673 Stephen Atwood came to an agreement with the town of Eastham whereby the town took Stephen's land with his new room and chimney in return for a tract of land on the Billingsgate Road, £30 and one day's labour from each of the town's inhabitants. [Ref, 46;132]

In 1674 Jonathan Pratt of Eastham deeded one-third interest in three acres at Plymouth that he had gotten from his father-in-law Stephen Atwood and which were originally part of a grant to John, Henry and Stephen Wood, all alias Atwood. [Ref, 46;131]

In 1680 Stephen was on a committee to stop the Indians from cutting timber, gathering pine knots and running tar on the common lands in Eastham. [Ref, 46;132]

Sources

1. Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts, by Alicia Crane Williams The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 46, number 2, July 1996 (PDF document)

Links

• http://chrisman.org/pedigree/out33.htm#RIN11425
• http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps17/ps17_376.htm
• http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Atwood.htm#Stephen1

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Stephen Atwood Sr aka Wood Born about 1616 in London, Middlesex, Englandmap [uncertain]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Abigail (Dunham) Atwood — married 6 Nov 1644 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Father of Abigail (Atwood) Pratt, John Atwood, Stephen Atwood Jr, Hannah (Atwood) Smith, Eldad Atwood, Daniel Atwood, Medad Atwood and Daniel Atwood

Died 21 Feb 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England

10:41: Dan Kruse deleted a comment from Dan Kruse on the page for Stephen Atwood Sr (abt.1616-1694) [Thank Dan for this]

Stephen Atwood Sr migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

Stephen Atwood's parents are not provide in these sources[1]. His father was Not John Atwood [1]

The earliest record of Stephen was in Plymouth, where he was in charge of a herring weir in 1643 and referred to as Stephen Wood in the records. He settled in Eastham circa 1654, when he received a meadow grant, and was referred to as Atwood in the genealogical records[2] [1]

On November 6, 1644, Stephen Atwood married Abigail Dunham, daughter of John Dunham and his second wife Abigail (Bangs) Barlow[3] [4] [1] [5]. He was noted in the will of John Dunham as my son-in-law Stephen Wood[6] . Their children included:

Abigail, born August 1645, who married Johnathan Pratt[1] John[7], who died 1648 [2] [1] Hannah[7], born October 14, 1649, who married Jeremiah Smith[2] [1] Eldad[2], born July 7, 1651, who married Anna, daughter of Mark Snow Feb 14, 1683[8] [7] [1] Stephen, born 1655, who married Apphia Bangs[2] [9] [7] [1] (who is called Joseph in some records) Medad[2], born Jan 16, 1658[10], who married Esther Cole[8] [7] [1] Daniel[2] [1] Stephen Atwood Sr, also called Stephen Atwood of Wellfleet, died in February 1693/4. Based on the calendar of the time this is consistent with the latter part of the year[11] [8] [12]

Sources

↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts" by Alicia Crane Williams, published in "The Mayflower Descendant," Vol 46, No 2, July,1996 page 131. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The Hamlin Family (1639 to 1902): A Genealogy of James Hamlin of Barnstable, Mass., Eldest Son of James Hamlin, the Immigrant, Who Came from London, England, and Settled in Barnstable, 1639, 2 vols, by Andrews, Henry Franklin, (Exira, Iowa: privately printed, 1902), see page 307 for the children of Stephen and Abigail (Dunham) Atwood ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Plymouth Volume 1, page 655 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states STEPHEN WOOD and ABIGALL DUNHAME married 6 Nov. 1644 ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, page 602 Listing for John Dunham (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995), which cites PCR 2:79 and PVR 655 ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 1, page 53. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states ATWOOD/WOOD?, Stephen (-1694) & Abigail DUNHAM; 11 Nov 1644; Plymouth?/Eastham (WOOD in VR) {MD 6:203, 13:86, 17:113; Linnell-Snow 27; TAG 30:145; Reg. 6:43, 7:178; Cape Cod Lib. 41:2; Plymouth (Davis) 6, 43, 48, 188; Bangs 29; Dunham 13; Hamlin 307; Harris (#11) 17; Snow (1889) 4; Sv 1:78; NYGBR 27:95 ↑ The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history Volume 17 (1915), page 113-114; Published: Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Dunham Genealogy by Dunham, Isaac Watson, (Norwich, Conn.: Bulletin Print, [1907]), see page 13 for the children of Abigal Dunham and Stephen Atwood ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 First Settlers of Eastham, Mass, Volume 6, page 43 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), which states Stephen Atwood, he died Feb _ 1693/4, m. _, ch. Medad, born Jan 16, 1658-9, and includes details for Medad in a separate listing on the same page ↑ Dudley, Dean, History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family with Genealogical Tables and Notes (Montrose, Mass.: priv. print., 1896), page 29, listing for Apphia Bangs ↑ Eastham and Orleans Vital Records, Volume 1, page 32 published in Volume 15, page 227 of the The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history] Published: Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ↑ The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history Volume 6 (1904), page 203; Published: Boston : Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- ↑ A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1962, on the basis of Farmer's Register .. by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Publication date 1860; Publisher Boston, Little, Brown and company See also:

Five Families genealogy (with original sources): http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p99.htm Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "John Dunham", The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 pp599-603. Source: Atwood-Dunham Source: The American Genealogist Vol. 30 pp 148-151, "Dunham Family of Plymouth" by Mrs. John E. Barcley Sources: Ye Atte Wode Annals B10F19,pt3 p1-3. Dunham Gen, B5C17 p13. Mayflower Desc Am Pub A V6 p203. New Engl Regis Am Pub H Vy p43. Savage's Dict R8A4 V1 p78 Hist of Cape Cod, MA C10 V2 p373. On p7-9,pt 1 of Atte Wode Annals, author made case for H (Stephen's) parents to be John Atwood and Joan Coleson.

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