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From: "Fred and Margaret Grover" <>
Subject: Re: [ATWOOD] The Atwood Name.
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:08:57 -0400
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Hello All,
In answer to your question about Atwoods marrying Mayflower
descendants...
James Wood, son of Henry Atwood (of Middleboro) and Abigail Jenney, married
Experience Fuller, granddaughter of Samuel Fuller, a physician and Mayflower
passenger. They are my direct ancestors.

Margaret Wood Grover

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From: "Jonga" <>
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Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 12:08 AM
Subject: RE: [ATWOOD] The Atwood Name.


> Dick and All,
>
> I have found the same from numerous sources, but I like to push the
> envelope. It presents opportunities for discovery, and usually will
> present new avenues of information. This presented itself when I
> started looking into the Mayflower party, and their descendents. I was
> wondering the following:
>
> How was it possible for strangers to become passengers?
> Who were the Separatists?
> Were there any Atwood's that belonged to that movement?
> Did any of the Atwood's marry any descendents of the movement?
>
> So, what I found was good history on the movement, the Mayflower
> "strangers" and their descendents. I also found that Stephen Atwood
> arrived in Plymouth sometime between the Mayflower's landing and his
> marriage to Abigail Dunham:
>
> ID: I1194
> Name: Stephen Atwood
> Sex: M
> Birth: abt 1616
> Death: FEB 1694 in Eastham (Barnstable), Massachusetts
>
> Father: Johanem John Atwood b: abt 1582
> Mother: Joan Coleson b: abt 1585
>
> Marriage 1 Abigail Dunham b: abt 1626 in Leyden, Holland
> Married: 6 NOV 1644 in Eastham (Barnstable), Massachusetts
>
> Thank you for that information Brad! Abigail was born in Holland, which
> was my first clue, and from there it was easy to trace the Dunham's to
> Scrooby, England, where the movement was the strongest. I don't know if
> any of you have looked into this, but it's so fascinating that I feel a
> need to regurgitate whenever possible. I'm still looking for ship
> passenger lists for Danish ships that sailed to Plymouth during that
> period, but they seem to be obscure. Any luck?
>
> I also started looking into Peter De Whychurst, and I'm almost certain
> that he adopted a Norman name, but the University Library I've been
> using hasn't updated their Middle English translation to "Wa" in their
> database. So, I keep plugging, and thinking of new avenues. Have any
> of you looked into any of these areas?
>
> I will shortly have a number of, hopefully, credible references at my
> disposal, which should enhance the potential for new discoveries.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stewart Atwood
>


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