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From: "R Bradley Potts" <>
Subject: [ATWOOD] v4 #3b Atwood Ancestors
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:05:57 -0500

Atwood Ancestors v4 #3b (1986)
by Claudette Maerz

The Jamestown Journal (Chautauqua County, NY)
submitted by JoAnn Martin

November 19, 1895
Suicide of Homer S Atwood

Hung himself Monday Morning in His Grocery on West Third Street

Homer S Atwood, a grocer at 112 West Third Street, hung himself this
morning in his store.
Mr Atwood lived on Francis Street. He came to the store from his home
this morning in company with his son, Elmer Atwood, about 6:30 o'clock.
The young man did not stop at the store but leaving his father there
went on to his place of employment. It was nearly 8 o'clock when
another son, Walton, who is employed as delivery clerk in his father's
store arrived there. Not finding anyone he went into the rear room, a
small densely croweded apartment. On opening the door into this room
he was startled to see his father hanging from a rafter, with a small
piece
of rope around his neck.
He called his brother and B W Hayward who cut the body down. Drs
Scofield and Eastman were called but nothing could be done toward
resuscitation, as death had ensued, according to the opinion of the
physicians, an hour before.
Coroner Bowers was at once called but deemed an inquest unnecessary.
Undertaker Partridge took charge of the body, preparing it for burial.
Mr Atwood was aged 44 years, 11 months, and 14 days and besides
the two sons spoken of leaves a wife; also a mother and sister at
Cheyene [sic], Wyoming, and a half sister at Washington, DC.
Appearances indicated that he had climbed upon a box and
attached the rope to the rafter, made aloop at the other end, and
passing it around his neck, jumped from the box.
The family could assign no cause for the unfortunate act. He had
appeared in his usual health and spirits up to the time of leaving
his home this morning. It is thought that a temporary attack of
insanity must have been responsible for the deed.
Mr Atwood was an active member of the Second M E church, being
treasurer of the church society and secretary of the Sunday school
at the time of his death.
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History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut V2
by Henry R Stiles, AM, MD (1903)
submitted by JoAnne Martin

[this contains 4 pages of the descendants of Thomas Atwood, who
lived in the town of Wethersfield, Ct; for time purposes I will not
copy this to the list; BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A LOOK UP
please don't hesitate to write - RBP]
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>From NEGHS Register v124 p4-19
submitted by Bettie Serfes

Chadwick Ancestry
Mercy Chadwick m1 John Jackson, m2 Joshua Warren
by her first husband she had Giles Jackson, baptized Weston,
28 Jan 1732/3; d Tyringham, Ma, 4 May 1810.
Giles Jackson m1 in Tyringham, Ma, 29 May 1755, Anne Thomas,
daughter of Ephraim & Abigail Porter, b in Farmington, Ct,
24 Feb 1740. He married 2nd, Sarah ATWOOD Orton, daughter
of jonathan & Hannah ATWOOD, widow of Thomas Orton.....
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Laurens County, South Carolina
Will Book "D"
page 13

Atwood, James 17 Jan 1816
probated Jan 1816
wife, Polly
son, William
son-in-law, William Ball
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Daughters & Founders and Patriots of America
Connecticut Chapter, Family Records (1935)
submitted by Joanne Martin

pages 16-17 ATWOOD
Bible: Evert Duyckinck, John Tiebout and others, Albany, NY 1813
owner: Mrs Guysbert Vroom, East Haddem

Elijah Attwood, Father of Oliver Attwood B Apr 17,1725
Anna Attwood, wife of Elijah Attwood B Apr 24, 1734
John Attwood, son of Elijah Attwood B Apr 1755
Anna Attwood B Feb 19, 1757
Elija Attwood B Nov 3, 1760
Isaac Attwood B Oct 12, 1763
Oliver Attwood B Oct 14, 1765
Joseph Attwood B Aug 4, 1767
Lucinda Attwood B June 19, 1769
Alice Attwood B Apr 12, 1772
Lucinda Attwood 2nd B March 4, 1774
Joseph Attwood 2nd B Sept 20, 1775
Kelly Attwood B Mar 12, 1777
Rachel Attwood B Jan 27, 1779
Sally Attwood B March 30, 1783
Temperence Attwood B July 25, 1785

Joseph Attwood Died July 7, 1773
Lucinda Attwood d July 15, 1773
Anna Attwood, wife of Elijah Attwood died April 11, 1774
Isaac Attwood d Oct 17, 1791
Anna Attwood d Jan 15, 1791
Elija Attwood d Aug 4 1806 in the 82 year of his age
Elija Attwood Jr d June 9, 1806
Sally Attwood d Sept 1825
Joseph Attwood died May 28, 1827
Kelly Attwood d ____________
John Attwood died March 11, 1829 in the 74th year of his age
Alice Tyler died Aug 5, 1837
Oliver Attwood d Nov 9, 1853
Dorothy Attwood died Nov 21, 1853

Oliver Attwood married to Dorothy Chapman Jan 23, 1792
Anna Attwood daughter of Oliver and Dorothy Attwood
married Lord Spet 29, 1811
Maria Attwood m David Cornwall June 30, 1815
Gennette Attwood m Warren Russel Feb 19, 1817
Charles Attwood m Esther Holmes
Almira Attwood m Epaphroditus Dickinson

Oliver Attwood b Oct 14, 1765
Dorothy Chapman wife of Oliver Attwood B May 30, 1770
Anna Attwood born Oct 4, 1792, dr of Oliver and Dorothy Attwood
Charles Attwood b March 19, 1795
Maria Attwood b July 20, 1796
Gennette Attwood b Feb 29, 1799
Julia Attwood b April 12, 1801
Almira Attwood b May 17, 1806
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Proceedings Constitution, By-Laws, Surveyor's Association
of West New Jersy by Leah Blackman, Camden, NJ (1880)
submitted by Mrs J Martin Hall

pages 378-9 The Atwood Family

The Atwoods are of English origin. At rather an early date they
came from England and settled in Massachusetts. Christopher
Atwood was located at Cape Cod. He had a son Anthony, who
settled in Egg Harbor, and was the forefather of the Atwoods at
that place. Anthony Atwood, Sr, was a seaman and followed the
West India trade. Captain Anthony Atwood Sr and Captain
Hezekiah Brown came together to Egg Harbor, where they
purchased homes and ended their days in the place of their
adoption. The properties which they purchased now constitute
the Samuel S Atwood farm in the neighborhood of Down Shore.
The Atwood is a Methodist family; Anthony Atwood Sr, was a
local preacher; his daughter married a local preacher, his son
Samuel is an unusually smart local preacher. His son Anthony
Jr is a minister of deep learning and of high standing in the
Methodist Church. His son Joseph is a minister of good
repute in the Methodist Church, and his grandson Albert
Atwood, is a minister in the Methodist Church.
Captain Anthony Atwood Sr, married before he came to
New Jersey, his wife being the widow of Samuel Snow, of
Massachusetts. Her maiden name was Hannah Freeman
Gross; she had one child by her first husband, and she
married Samuel Lippincott, of Egg Harbor.
Anthony Atwood's children were Ann, Gideon, Samuel,
Anthony, Joseph and Susan.
Ann Atwood married Samuel Weaver. Their children: Jospeh,
John, Samuel, Susan, Charles, Cyrus, Anthony, and William.
...Gideon Atwood married in Norfolk, Virginia, and died
soon after his marriage.
Samuel S Atwood married first, Ruth Mathis, second Sarah
____, third ____, who was the mother of Albert and Samuel,
and fourth Hannah Young, who was the mother of Ellen, Oliver,
Louisa, Roxana, and Paster C Atwood.
Albert Atwood married Amanda Robinson of Toms River.
Alida Atwood married Captain Charles Cale.
Anthony Atwood married Rebecca Vanneman. Their children:
Hannah Louisa, Emma, William, Anthony, Watson and Daniel.
Joseph Atwood in the early part of his life taught several
terms of school in Egg harbor, and the author of this work was
one of his pupils, and she has always felt very grateful to him
for the pains he took in instructing her in the ____ which
were taught in his school, and she cannot sufficiently express
her gratutude to him for assisting to make her a proficient in
geography.
Joseph Atwood's first wife was Louisa, daughter of John C
Craumer of Ocean County. Louisa's children were Noah
Jennings, Huldah Ann, Hannah and Joseph Freeman. The
second wife, Abigail, was widow of Paul Sears Jr.
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continued in v4, #3c

Brad Potts
(Researching Atwood, Berner, Pereira, and Potts)
(also Kelly, MacDonald, Novotny, and Page)

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~genesi

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