Eunice (Foss) Atus
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Eunice (Foss) Atus (1766 - 1854)

Eunice Atus formerly Foss aka Ates, Attes
Born in Machias, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married before 1789 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 87 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

Eunice Foss was born at Machias, Maine, 31 Aug 1766 (FindAGrave), the daughter of Benjamin Foss and Sarah Mitchell; [1] died there, 13 Jul 1854, and is buried in the Court Street Cemetery. [2]

She married, before 20 Mar 1789 (birth of twins, Betsy and Louisa), former slave and Revolutionary War soldier London Atus. [1] Their marriage was one of the few interracial marriages in Maine at the time.

Children, born in Atusville, Machias, Maine:

  1. Betsey "Betts" Atus, b 20 Mar 1789[1][3][4]
  2. Louisa Atus, b 20 Mar 1789[1][5]
  3. Louis Atus, b 25 Feb 1791[3][6]
  4. George Atus b 1792[1]
  5. Patience Atus, b 8 Apr 1793[1][3][7]
  6. Eunice Atus, b 31 Aug 1795[1][3][8]
  7. John Atus, b 1 Aug 1797[1][3][9]
  8. Moses Atus, b Jan 1800[1][3][10]
  9. Susan Atus, b 2 Apr 1802[1][3][11]
  10. Nathaniel Atus, b 24 Jun 1804[1][12][13]
  11. Stephen Atus, b 4 Jun 1806[12][14]
  12. Sophronia Atus, b 1807[1]

Lived at Machias. [15]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Drisko, George Washington, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 425. Cit. Date: 23 Apr 2021.
  2. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 September 2022), memorial page for Eunice Foss Atus (31 Aug 1766–13 Jul 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #170717742, citing Court Street Cemetery, Machias, Washington County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Jo E (contributor 46986225).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Jackman, Mrs. Beulah G., Earliest Records of Machias, Maine (1767-1827) (Concord, NH, 1937?, 55 pages), p. 8. Cit. Date: 24 Sep 2022.
  4. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-V31 : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Bets Attis, 1789.
  5. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-V7Z : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Louis Attes, 1789.
  6. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBB-C86 : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Louis Attes, 1791.
  7. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-V7K : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Pat... Attes, 1793.
  8. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-VQS : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Eunice Attes, 1795.
  9. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-V76 : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for John Attes, 1797.
  10. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-V7N : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Moses Attes, 1800.
  11. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBY-VQ7 : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Susah. Attes, 1802.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Jackman, op. cit., p.12. Cit. Date: 24 Sep 2022.
  13. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBB-F7N : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Nathaniel Ates, 1804.
  14. "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBB-F7K : 14 January 2020), Eunice Attes in entry for Stephen Attes, 1806.
  15. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VZ-GQM : 22 December 2020), Janice Atus in household of Hiram Scott, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




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Foss-1132 and Foss-600 appear to represent the same person because: They are the same person.
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