Prudence (Unknown) Atwood (abt. 1666 - aft. 1713)

Born about 1666 in Truro, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, New England [uncertain]

Wife of Joseph Rogers — married about 1691 (to 24 Apr 1696) in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England [uncertain]

Wife of Malchiel Atwood — married 25 Oct 1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England

Descendants

Died after 28 Jul 1713 after about age 47 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England [uncertain]

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Biography

Prudence, whose maiden name is not known, married Lt. Joseph Rogers by 1691 (birth of first child), perhaps at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay Province, New England.^[1]
They had 3 children born Eastham:^[2][3]

1. Sarah Rogers, b: 20 Nov. 1691, in Eastham
2. Elizabeth Rogers, b: 22 Sep. 1693, in Eastham
3. Joseph Rogers Jr., b: 1694, in Eastham

Joseph Rogers Sr. died at Eastham on April 24, 1696, of a "Strange distemper of which he had long lain Sick." (Deacon John Payne).^[4] He was only 28 years old. His estate was settled May 22, 1696, divided among his widow, Prudence Rogers, and their 3 young children: Joseph, Sarah and Elizabeth.^[5][6][7]

On October 25, 1700, Prudence Rogers remarried to Malchiel Atwood.^[8] They had the following children together, all in Truro, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Bay Province, New England:^[9][10]

1. Joseph Atwood b: 1 Oct 1701 in Pamet (Truro), Barnstable, MA
2. Rebeckah Atwood b: 3 Aug 1704 in Pamet (Truro), Barnstable
3. Machiel Atwood b: 5 Aug 1706 in Pamet (Truro), Barnstable
4. Prudence Atwood b: 4 Jul 1709 in Pamet (Truro), Barnstable
5. Nathaniel Atwood b: 20 Jul 1711 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass.
6. Apphia Atwood b: 28 Jul 1713 in Truro, Barnstable, Mass. Bay

Prudence Atwood died on July 28, 1713 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, New England, giving birth to her last child, daughter Apphia Atwood.^[11] (A better source is needed for this death, not found in any of the Barnstable Co. vital records, as Atwood or Wood.)

Disputed maiden name and parents

This may be the wife of Lt. Joseph Rogers, though the Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, says her maiden name is unkown:
Prudence Harding was born in 1666 in Truro, Barnstable County, Plymouth Colony, New England. Her parents were Joseph Harding, b: 1629 in Plymouth, New England, and his wife Bethia (Cooke) Harding, b: 1640 in Plymouth, New England.^[12][10]

Name: Prudence /Harding/^[7]

Birth Date: 1666 in Truro, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, New England.^[7]

Death Date: 28 July 1713 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [1st printing]), p. 19.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9XG2?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7MF%3A353349701%2C353418401%2C353418402 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Eastham, Orleans > Births, marriages, deaths, land grants 1649-1722 > image 140 of 157; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   Eastham & Orleans Births, Marriages & Deaths 1649-1722, Land Grants, p. 74a
3. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant Vol 8:16.
4. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Deacon John Paine's Journal," The Mayflower Descendant Vol 8(1906):182.

   April the 24th 1696 Joseph Rogers died of a Strang distemper of which he had long lain Sick

5. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Rogers Notes," The Mayflower Descendant Vol 11(1909):178.
6. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records Vol. 2:21-22
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Ancestry.com Public Member Trees, Records for Prudence Harding & Apphia Atwood
8. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records," The Mayflower Descendant Vol 9(1907):7.

   Machiel Attwood and Prudence Rogers were Married the 25th day of octobr : 1700

9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97M-RK9Y?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-3TT%3A353349701%2C353431001%2C353431002 : 20 May 2014), Barnstable > Truro > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1709-1771 vol 1 > image 48 of 163; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Nauset & Vicinity - Prudence Harding - Rootsweb profile (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)
11. ↑ Nauset & Vicintiy - Apphia Atwood - Rootsweb profile (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)
12. ↑ NOTE: Some genealogies state she was born in 1676 not 1667; others state that her surname may not have been Harding but offer no alternative. Joseph & Bethia Harding were among the 1st settlers of Truro, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony. No other suitable parents have been found for a daughter, Prudence, born there and then. Marking parents "Uncertain" in keeping with WikiTree style guidelines. Chet Snow, July 7, 2017.

See also:

• Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [3rd printing]), p. 19. (Calls her Prudence ____.)
• My Family & the People Around Them on RootsWeb - Prudence Harding (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)
• Amelia A. Linnell, Ancestors and Descendants of Eva May (Snow) Linnell (Wellesley, Mass. : Wellesley Press, 1945), pp. 19, 27.