Born in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Archelaus Smith
and Elizabeth (Nickerson) Smith
Sister of
Hezekiah Smith, John Kenney Smith, Mercy (Smith) Cunningham, Eunice (Smith) Newell, James Smith, Stephen Vincent Smith, Stephen Smith, Archelaus Smith Jr and Hannah (Smith) Coffin
Wife of
Joseph Atwood
— married
10 Aug 1767 in Barrington, NS, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Bethsheba (Atwood) Smith, Tamzin (Atwood) Curtis, Susanna (Atwood) Spinney, Ruth (Atwood) Nickerson, Joshua Atwood, Lettise (Atwood) Kendrick, Hannah (Atwood) Nickerson, Joseph Atwood, Stephen Knowles Atwood and Willard Atwood
Died
at about age 85
in Barrington, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
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Biography
SUSANNA was born 1753 in Chatham Mass., and died 1838 in Barrington N.S. Canada. She married JOSEPH ATWOOD August 10, 1767 in Barrington N.S. Canada, son of JOSHUA ATWOOD and MARY KNOWLES. He was born 1749, and died 1833.
Sources
- Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5G-919 : 7 February 2020), Susanna in entry for Joshua Attwood, 1779.
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5G-9Z5 : 7 February 2020), Susanna in entry for Hannah Attwood, 1783.
- "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2P6-HJG : 6 November 2020), Susan in entry for Willard Atwood, 1872.
- A History of Barrington Township and Vicinity, FHL book #971.625/B1 H2c.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susanna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Susanna:
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~2.34%
~9.38%
Joseph Wilton 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JMWilton71
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~2.34%
Alton Crowell :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Bruce Blair :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MN8755525 [compare], Ancestry member microrotor
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~1.56%
Kevin Reynolds :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T872084 [compare], FTDNA kit #480575
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~1.17%
Jennie (Atkinson) Blades :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A971434 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Ed Flaherty :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Bette (Pye) Wing :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Dwight Davis :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~0.78%
Terrie Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member magical_merlin
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~0.78%
R Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Lloyd Robinson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN57711
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Robert Riley :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H784467 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB009619e7, FTDNA kit #B306813
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch H784467 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB009619e7
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~0.39%
Curtis Prevo :
23andMe, yourDNAportal CUR39ef0c6e
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read interesting comments, thanks to cousin ckirn2810809 !Stephen Hopkins Family-Mayflower Famile
!Stephen Hopkins Family-Mayflower Familes Thru Five Gene. Vol. 6-pg 154-155, 281 <see 123> !FAV-Gene. of Mayflower Famileis, KEENEY, KENY Family of Milton, MA and Nova Scotia, CAN - John KENNEY m. 16 Nov 1752 Elizabeth NICKERSON. On 16 Dec 1757 Elizabeth KENNEY was appointed administratix of the estate of John KENNEY of Chatham, MA, and on 17 Sep 1761 Nehemiah NICKERSON was appointed guardian of a minor son of John KENNEY. !Nickerson Family - Vol. 1 - pg. 43 - Elizabeth NICKERSON b. 8 Aug 1832 Harwich md. John KENNY, 16 Nov 1752; (? m/2 Eliphalet HAMILTON).