Some Descendants of Willard Atwood (Joseph, Joshua, Joseph, Stephen, Stephen) and Mercy Nickerson of Atwood's Brook in Barrington

Places in Nova Scotia: Atwood's Brook, Baccaro, Barrington Passage, Bear Point, Doctor's Cove, Charlesville, Port LaTour, Shag Harbour and Woods Harbour are communities in Barrington. Cape Sable Island is an island. Clark's Harbour is a town on Sable Island. Hebron (unincorporated), Pubnico and Yarmouth are towns in Yarmouth county. Brazil Lake and Port Maitland are communities in Yarmouth, Yarmouth county. Argyle is a municiple district in Yarmouth county. Northwest Harbour, Port Clyde and Sandy Point are communities in Shelburne, Shelburne county. Lockporte is a town in Shelburne county. Jordan Bay is a municipality in Shelburne, Shelburne county. Waterville is a community and Canning is a village in King's county. LaHave is a village and Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg county. Digby is a town in Digby county. Five Mile River is a community in East Hants, Hants county. Scotch Village is a community in West Hants, Hants county. Windsor in a town in Hants county. Berwick and Middleton are towns and West Dalhousie is a community in Annapolis county. Sydney is a community in Cape Breton Island. Halifax is a regional municipality and the capital.

  1. Joseph Atwood was born in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
  2. Leonard Atwood was born on 9 Nov 1825 in Atwood's Brook. [TS, "Lendall"][BAVR, p. 151, in Barrington] He died on 21 May 1911 in Barrington. [TS] He married Mary Alice Greenwood on 29 Dec 1852 in Barrington. [TS]
  3. John Atwood was born on 2 Oct 1827 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR, p. 151, in Barrington] He died on 25 Oct 1899 in Port LaTour. [TS] He married Temperance Reynolds on 25 Nov 1856 in Baccaro. [TS]
  4. Bethia Atwood was born on 1 May1830 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR, p. 151, in Barrington] She died in 1900. [TS] She is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS] She married Richard Gammon in 1850. [TS] He was born on 10 Oct 1807 in Barrington. [TS] He died on 20 Nov 1889 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] He is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
    1. John Richard Gammon was born on 1 Feb 1863 in Doctor's Cove. [TS] He died on 12 Apr 1942 in Barrington. [TS] He is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Barrington Passage. [TS] He married Alice Elizabeth Swim on 23 Jul 1886. [TS]
  5. Elizabeth Atwood was born on 3 Dec 1835 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR, p. 151, in Barrington] She married Andrew Reynolds on Apr 1858 in Baccaro. [TS]
  6. Susan Atwood was born on 14 Jul 1837 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She died on 9 Aug 1918 in Port LaTour. [TS] She is buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Port LaTour. [TS] She married John Nickerson on 6 Mar 1860. [TS] John, the son of Caleb N. and Mary Ann (Worthen) Nickerson, was born on 20 Aug 1838 in Port Clyde. [TS] He died on 7 Apr 1915 in Port LaTour. [TS] He is buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Port LaTour. [TS]
  7. Alvin N. Atwood was born in 1840 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] He died on 2 Jan 1900 in Barrington. [TS] He married Delina B. Kenney. [TS]
  8. Freeman Atwood was born on 16 Jul 1842 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] He died on 18 Feb 1920 in Barrington. [TS] He is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS] He married first Susanna Collins in 1864. She was born in 1844 in Newfoundland. She died before 1875 in Barrington. [TS] He married second Emma Fraser. She was born on 22 Feb 1859 in LaHave. [TS] She died on 3 Jan 1917 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She was buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
    1. Mae Atwood was born on 6 Jun 1877 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She died on 16 Mar 1923 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Barrington Passage. [TS] She married Martin Leslie Forbes on 8 Nov 1902 in Malden, Massachusetts.
    2. James Garfield Atwood was born on 12 Aug 1881 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] He died on 10 Oct 1960 in Bear Point. [TS] He is buried in the new Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS] He married Bertha Maude Atwood on 17 Nov 1904.
  9. Mary Alice Atwood was born on 12 Oct 1842 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She died on 21 Apr 1927 in Barrington. [TS] She married first Joseph Nickerson. [TS] She married second Nehemiah Kenney on 12 May 1906 in Port LaTour. [TS] Nehemiah, the son of Leonard Nickerson and Priscilla (Nickerson) Kenney, was born on 18 Sep 1838 in Shag Harbour. [TS] He died on 18 Mar 1929 in Shag Harbour. [TS]
  10. Jane Atwood was born in 1847 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She married John Savage. [TS]
  11. Isabella Atwood was born on 25 Dec 1849 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] She died on 23 Mar 1938 in Clyde River. [TS] She married first William Snow on 17 Sep 1880 in Port LaTour. [TS] He 2 Feb 1814 in Barrington. [TS] William, the son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Snow, died on 25 Aug 1894 in Port LaTour. [TS] She married second John Watson Hamilton on 16 Jul 1896 in Port LaTour. [TS] John, the son of Alexander and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Hamilton, was born on 22 Jul 1832 in Clyde River. [TS] He died on 10 Jan 1925 in Clyde River. [TS]

References

BAVR No Author, Barrington & Argyle, Nova Scotia Vital Records, Online Database, AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
TS Smith, Tom, Public member story posted by tomsmith140 on ancestry.com. (well referenced with photos of tombstones)