Some Descendants of Joseph Atwood (Joseph, Stephen, Stephen) and Deborah Sears of Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

  1. Bethia Atwood was born on 3 Feb 1743/3. [SAE, 47;127][NENS, p. 9][RMSM, 3;1334] She married Benjamin Godfrey on 27 Jul 1762. [NENS, p. 9]
  2. David Atwood was born on 3 Feb 1745. [SAE, 47;127][RMSM, 3;1334] He died on 25 Jun 1751. [SAE, 47;127][RMSM, 3;1334] He is buried in the Chatham Old Burial Ground. [FG] Click here to see a photo of his grave on the Findagrave website.
  3. Deborah Atwood was born on 3 Sep 1748. [SAE, 47;127][RMSM, 3;1334] She married Joshua Rogers [RMSM, 3;1334] or Isaiah Young on 9 Dec 1769 [AWA, p. 3.12].
  4. Phebe Atwood was born on 25 Jun 1751. [AWA, p. 3.12] She married Joshua Knowles on 25 Jun 1751. [AWA, p. 3.12]
  5. Joseph Atwood was born on 25 May 1752. [SAE, 47;127][RMSM, 3;1334] He died on 13 May 1774. [RMSM, 3;1334] He is buried in the Chatham Old Burial Ground. [FG] Click here to see a photo of his grave on the Findagrave website.
  6. Sarah Atwood was born on 15 May 1754. [SAE, 47;127, 4 or 15 May][RMSM, 3;1334] She died on 3 Apr 1828. [RMSM, 3;1334]
  7. Salome Atwood was born on 31 Aug 1758. [SAE, 47;127] She married Uriah Cushman on 8 Mar 1783. [AWA, p. 3.12]
    Uriah and Salome lived in Maine. [AWA, p. 3.12]
  8. Sears Atwood was born on 26 Jul 1761. [SAE, 47;127][RMSM, 3;1334] He died on 1 Mar 1832. [RMSM, 3;1334] He married Azubah Collins on 31 Oct 1782. [RMSM, 3;1334] Azubah, the daughter of Solomon Collins, died on 13 Nov 1832. [RMSM, 3;1334]

References

AWA Atwood, Elijah Francis, Ye Atte Wode Annals, Sisseton, SD, Atwood Pub. Co., 1928.
NENS Crowell, Fred E., New Englanders in Nova Scotia, Manuscript R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.
RMSM No author, Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1912.
FG www.findagrave.com
SAE Williams, Alicia Crane, "Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant 46, 1996, 131-136; 47, 1997, 33-40, 123-130.