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From: Linda & Gary Walfield <>
Subject: [ATWOOD-L] Isaac Atwood Family-MA to VT
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:59:43 -0400


To Brad Potts & the list: here's my take on this family.
Descendants of Isaac Atwood
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FIRST GENERATION

1. Isaac Atwood was born on 24 Nov 1760 in Plymouth Co., MA.
Death Cert in VT vital Records gives year of birth as 1760
He died on 14 Mar 1847 in Leicester, Addison Co., VT. Death
Cert in VVR: Died at age 87 on March 14, 1847, Wife: Elizabeth.
Born: 1760. Buried Brookside Cem. Leicester, VT. Benjamin
Shurtleff' s book on the Atwoods at NEHGS lists different
children from those in land records.
Shurtleff lists this Isaac's children as Jane, Royal, Daniel,
Prudence b. 1790 and Learned b. 1805 all born in Warwick , MA
Brandon VT land records of 1820-2 lists three sons, Seba, Isaac,
Jr., and Leonard and daughter Malinda Atwood. It also lists wife
Elizabeth. Other land records list Caroline Howard as daughter
of Isaac Atwood.
Shurtleff lists Learned as married to Hannah Howland while VVR
lists Leonard as marrying her so this appears to be the same
person.
He was married to Elizabeth Dodge (daughter of William Dodge and
Elizabeth Thoits) on 19 Apr 1785 in Winchester, Cheshire Co.,
NH.1 Elizabeth Dodge was born on 29 Jan 1762 in Dudley,
Worcester Co., MA. She died on 14 Jan 1852 in Leicester, Addison
Co., VT. She was buried in Brookside Cem.. Elizabeth is named
as wife of Isaac Atwood in a deed in Brandon, Vol. 2, p 7, Aug 3
1820. She is also named on the death Cert, of Isaac as his wife
or widow.
Isaac Atwood and Elizabeth Dodge had the following children:
+2 i. Caroline Atwood.
+3 ii. Seba Atwood.
+4 iii. Mary (Polly) Atwood.
+5 iv. Prudence Atwood.
+6 v. Betsey Atwood.
+7 vi. Isaac Atwood Jr..
+8 vii. Malinda Atwood.
+9 viii. Jane Atwood.
+10 ix. Lucy Atwood.
+11 x. Leonard Atwood.

SECOND GENERATION

2. Caroline Atwood was born about 1785 in MA?. Birth probably
about 1785 since that is the supposed year of her parents
marriage, yet census for 1810 and 1820 place birth at 1775 to
1784. Need to confirm date of parents marriage and find
documentation of her birth. Probably born in Mass. since her
father bought property in VT in 1807 and is listed as from
Harwich, Mass., but probably this should be Warwick, Mass.
Atwood is maiden name given on death cert. of her son, Squire
Jefferson, d. Feb. 28, 1905 at Sudbury, VT.

She was married to Abner Howard about 1805. No record of this
marriage found yet. Abner Howard was born between 1774 and 1784
in MA?. He appeared on the census in 1810 in Brandon, Rutland
Co., VT. 1810 with wife and 1 son, 1 dau. He appeared on the
census in 1820 in Pembroke, Genessee Co., NY.

Caroline Atwood and Abner Howard had the following children:

12 i. Leonard Howard was born on 30 May 1807 in Brandon, Rutland
Co., VT.
+13 ii. Squire Jefferson Howard.
+14 iii. Soloman Burr Howard.
+15 iv. Lucy Emma Howard.
+16 v. Erastus C. Howard.

3. Seba Atwood was born in 1786 in MA. He died in 1879 in WI.
He was married to Elizabeth Ferris in 1811.2

4. Mary (Polly) Atwood was born about 1788 in Warwick, Franklin
Co., MA.
She was married to Abner Hendee in 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland
Co., VT.

5. Prudence Atwood was born on 22 Dec 1790 in Warwick, Franklin
Co., MA.
She was married to John Dwinell on 12 Mar 1812.

6. Betsey Atwood was born in 1792 in Warwick, Franklin Co., MA.
She was married to Asa Fay.

7. Isaac Atwood Jr. was born on 12 May 1796 in Warwick, Franklin
Co., MA.
Isaac Atwood Jr. and Betsy Farr had the following children:
17 i. Daniel Atwood was born in 1835.
18 ii. Royal Atwood was born in 1840.

8. Malinda Atwood was born about 1798 in Warwick, Franklin Co.,
MA.
She was married to Avery/Avoy Wellington.

9. Jane Atwood was born in Warwick, Franklin Co., MA.

10. Lucy Atwood was born in 1804 in Warwick, Franklin Co., MA.
She was married to Nathan Whitmore.

11. Leonard Atwood was born on 5 Aug 1805 in Warwick, Franklin
Co., MA. He died on 13 Sep 1883.

Linda Walfield
Braintree, VT

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