Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Azubah Collins Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Jun 1817 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 11 Jan 1818 - Chatham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Atwood (1783-1856) 1
         Mother: Patience Howes (Cir 1787-1851) 1



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Bangs Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Aug 1756 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
        Baptism: 
          Death: Abt 1778
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Atwood (1725-      ) 3
         Mother: Abigail Freeman (1723-      ) 4



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Bangs Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Jan 1737 - Eastham, Massachusetts 5
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1745 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Nathanael Atwood (1713-1769) 3
         Mother: Abigail Stevens (1715-1760)



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Bangs Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Mar 1734 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: in (Connecticut)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Atwood (1696-1784)
         Mother: Phebe Mayo (1691-      )



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Bangs Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Mar 1771 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Enoch Atwood (1736-1777)
         Mother: Azuba Cole (1746-      ) 7



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Bangs Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Jun 1711 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Joseph Atwood (Cir 1685-Cir 1740)
         Mother: Bethia Crowell (1689-1752)



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Barbara Frances Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Apr 1925 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Eleazer Harding Atwood (1901-1983)
         Mother: Avis Amelia Rogers (1907-2002) 9
Spouses and Children 
1. *James O Wilkinson (1927 -       )
       Marriage: Cir May 1943 - Texas 10
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Robert Leyburn Wilkinson (1947-      ) 11
                2. Cheryl Lyn Wilkinson (1951-      ) 12



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Barnabas Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Feb 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jun 1801
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Atwood (1728-After 1790) 14
         Mother: Asenath Higgins (1726-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abigail Mayo (Dec 1750 - Bef 1781) 15 
       Marriage: 28 Mar 1769 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
         Status: 

2. Apphiah Higgins (15 Sep 1751 -       ) 17 
       Marriage: Cir 1781 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Apphiah Higgins)
speculative ID of Apphia Cole as Apphia (Higgins) Cole

picture Barnabas Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1770 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Spouses and Children 
1. *Lidia Gill (Est 1780 -       )
       Marriage: Dec 1799 - Eastham, Massachusetts 18
         Status: 



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Barnabas Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Jan 1697 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Feb 1785 - Carver, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Nathaniel Atwood (1651-1724)
         Mother: Mary Morey (Est 1665-1736)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Lydia Shurtleff (28 Feb 1700 - 20 Jan 1784)
       Marriage: 23 Feb 1723 - Plympton, Massachusetts
         Status: 



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Barnabas Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 May 1787 - Harwich, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Jan 1852 - Brewster, Massachusetts 19
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Barnabas Atwood (1744-1811)
         Mother: Rebecca Freeman (1754-1799)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Abigail Rogers (9 Nov 1790 -       )
       Marriage: 11 Aug 1809 - Brewster, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca F Atwood (1810-1838)
                2. Abigail Atwood (1812-      )
                3. Benjamin Freeman Atwood (1814-1838)
                4. Ann Young Atwood (1817-      )
                5. Sally Atwood (1819-      )
                6. Delia Atwood (1821-      )
                7. Barnabus Atwood (1823-      )
                8. Mary Atwood (1824-      )
                9. Freeman Atwood (1827-      )
                10. Dean Rogers Atwood (1831-1839)



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Captain Barnabas Atwood 
      Sex: M
AKA: Barnabus Atwood 20
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Oct 1744 - Eastham, Massachusetts 1 21
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jun 1811 - Brewster, Massachusetts 22 23
         Burial: in Old Burial Ground, Brewster
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Eleazer Atwood (1713-1796) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Young (1715-1790)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Holbrook (5 Apr 1752 - 18 Jun 1782) 24 
       Marriage: 6 Dec 1770 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 25
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally Atwood (1776-Cir 1815)
                2. Rebecca Atwood (1773-      )
                3. Martha Atwood (Abt 1778-      )
                4. Tabitha Atwood (1781-      )

2. Rebecca Freeman (6 Jul 1754 - 18 Jul 1799)
       Marriage: 2 Sep 1782 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Polly Atwood (1785-1865)
                2. Barnabas Atwood (1787-1852)
                3. Thankful Freeman Atwood (1790-1813)
                4. Deliverance Atwood (1797-1846)

3. Anna Young (30 Aug 1781 -       )
       Marriage: 25 Nov 1799 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 26
         Status: 



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Barnabus Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Jan 1823 - Brewster, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Barnabas Atwood (1787-1852)
         Mother: Abigail Rogers (1790-      )



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Barnabus Freeman Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 12 Oct 1808 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 27
        Baptism: 
          Death: Apr 1836 - Lost At Sea 22
         Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Death 22, 1834 Lost At Sea

Parents 
         Father: Jeremiah Atwood (1788-1870) 28
         Mother: Betsey Newcomb (1789-1865) 29
Spouses and Children 
1. *Silvia Freeman (1 Aug 1807 -       )
       Marriage: 26 Nov 1829 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Martha F Atwood (1831-1913) 30 31
                2. Sylvia Atwood (1836-      )
Notes
General:
stone:
MR. ISAAC PAINE
Died Aug. 27, 1855
Æ. 54 Years

MR. BARNABAS ATWOOD
Lost at Sea 1834
Æ. 28 Years 22

picture Bathsheba Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Aug 1723 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 32
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Atwood (1701-      )
         Mother: Lydia Doane (Est 1703-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Berry (29 Aug 1717 -       )
       Marriage: 15 Dec 1741 - North Falmouth, Maine
         Status: 



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Bathsheba Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 19 Jul 1781 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 33
        Baptism: 
          Death: 19 Mar 1865 - Charlestown, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1735-Abt 1789)
         Mother: Bathsheba Crosby (Abt 1745-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *David Chipman (20 Oct 1776 - 10 Sep 1841)
       Marriage: 1803 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mercy Chipman (1806-1843) 34
                2. Polly Bartlett Chipman (1808-      ) 34
                3. David Chipman (1811-      ) 34
                4. Betsey Mayo Chipman (1814-      ) 34
                5. Sally P Chipman (1817-      ) 34
                6. Harriet Atwood Chipman (1821-      ) 34



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Bathshua Atwood 
      Sex: F
AKA: Bathsheba Atwood 35
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1750 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Sep 1832 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: William Atwood (1719-      )
         Mother: Bathshua Smith (1723-Bef 1765)



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Benjamin Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 21 Feb 1731 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1759 - Mendon, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Eldad Atwood (1695-1754)
         Mother: Margaret Snow (1706-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Joanna Cheney b: abt 1728
Married: 13 MAR 1754 in Mendon (Worcester), Massachusetts
Children
Anna Atwood b: 11 SEP 1754 in Mendon (Worcester), Massachusetts
Ebenezer Atwood b: 31 DEC 1756 in Mendon (Worcester), Massachusetts
Silence Atwood b: 27 NOV 1758 in Mendon (Worcester), Massachusetts 1

picture Captain Benjamin Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 15 Oct 1787 - Orrington, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Jan 1880 - Orrington, Maine
         Burial: in Dean Hill Cemetery, Orrington, Maine
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Jesse Atwood (1749-1833) 1
         Mother: Hannah Deane (1753-1820) 1
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Eldridge (19 Oct 1790 - 30 Oct 1866) 1 
       Marriage: 7 Jun 1810 - Orrington, Maine
         Status:
Notes
General:
Census: BET 1850 AND 1870 Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Occupation: Farmer 1850 - 1860
Occupation: Sea Captain
Marriage Notes (Mary Eldridge)
Children
Christopher Taylor Atwood b: 14 SEP 1810 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Charles T Atwood b: 18 JAN 1813 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Hannah D Atwood b: 2 AUG 1815 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Benjamin Atwood b: 21 SEP 1817 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Thomas Atwood b: 1 JAN 1820 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
George H Atwood b: 10 AUG 1822 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Hezekiah Atwood b: 11 DEC 1825 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Mary E Atwood b: 23 MAR 1829 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
Joseph Sawtelle Atwood b: 29 DEC 1832 in Orrington (Penobscot), Maine
(atwood)

picture Benjamin Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Feb 1762 - Eastham, Massachusetts 37
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jan 1803 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 38
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ebenezer Atwood (1729-      )
         Mother: Rachel Harding (Cir 1730-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elisabeth Doane (11 May 1764 - 17 Nov 1836) 39 40 
       Marriage: 1784 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Cynthia Atwood (1784-1853) 39 41
                2. Phebe Atwood (1787-1847) 39
                3. Rachel Atwood (1789-1864) 39
                4. John Atwood (1793-1799) 38
                5. Elisabeth Atwood (1796-1799) 38
                6. Daniel Atwood (1798-1881) 1 39
                7. John Atwood (1801-1878)
                8. Benjamin Atwood (1803-1865)
                9. Elisabeth Atwood (1803-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elisabeth Doane)
1800 Wellfleet census, Benjamin Atwood household:
1 boy under 10, 1 man 26-45, 2 girls under 10, 1 woman 26-45.

unreferenced births, with later children of same name:
John Atwood b: 25 JUN 1791
Elizabeth Atwood b: 9 NOV 1793
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Sources

1 R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 117 (MD24:191). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 36 (MD8:13).

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 63 (MD15:144).

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 106 (19:186.

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 165 (MD32:69).

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 89 (MD17:31).

8 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1925.

9 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1907. Births.

10 Provincetown Advocate (Provincetown, Massachusetts [partial archives online]), 29 Apr 1943.

11 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1947.

12 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1951.

13 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 112 (MD24:88.

14 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 86 (MD16:202).

15 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 119 (MD25:41).

16 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 167 (MD32:113).

17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 111 (MD24:87.

18 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw. numerous transcription errors

19 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online at Google Books and archive.org]), 72.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:550. Marriages.

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 72 (MD16:32).

22 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

23 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online at Google Books and archive.org]), 66.

24 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:142).

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:524, Marriages.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.)

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:99. Jeremiah and Betsey Atwood family.

28 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 719A. Jeremiah & Thomas Atwood families.

29 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:28. the children of James Newcomb and Tabitha his wife.

30 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

31 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:96.

32 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 58.

33 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:78.

34 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:91. David and Bathsheba family.

35 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:238. deaths.

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37 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 113 (MD24:90.

38 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:62.

39 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

40 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 158 (MD32:39).

41 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 814-815.

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