Ephraim
Atwood
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Atwood
and Thankful (Williamson) Atwood
Brother of
William Atwood [half], Mary Atwood, John Atwood, Thankful Atwood, Timothy Atwood and Simeon Atwood
Husband of
Bethiah (Harding) Atwood
— married
8 Oct 1755 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Atwood, Simeon Atwood, Bethiah Atwood, Ephraim Atwood, Beulah Atwood, Thankful (Atwood) Hopkins, Hawes Atwood, Mary Atwood and Joshua Atwood
Died
at age 77
in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2018
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Biography
Ephraim Atwood was born in Eastham on 09 March 1728/9, the son of John Atwood and his second wife Thankful Williamson.[1]
He married three times:[1]
- Bethiah Harding
- Elizabeth Hutton
- Tenney Harding
He died on 29 October 1805 and was buried in the Duck Creek Cemetery in Wellfleet.[2] Heirs named in estate division:[3]
- Joshua Atwood, son [dec'd; to heirs of:]
- Mary Atwood, granddaughter [minor]
- Bethiah Atwood (w/o Gideon Atwood), daughter
- Thankful Hopkins (w/o Theophilus Hopkins), daughter
- Ephraim Atwood, son
- Sarah Atwood (w/o Stephen Atwood), daughter
- Simeon Atwood, son
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], page 131.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 January 2021), memorial page for Ephraim Atwood (9 Mar 1728–29 Oct 1805), Find A Grave: Memorial #42556962, citing Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642). (Includes gravestone photo.)
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9069/images/007705363_00028
- "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8X5 : accessed 21 February 2023), Ephraim Atwood, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 70, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 13; FHL microfilm 205,611.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 January 2021), memorial page for Ephraim Atwood (9 Mar 1728–29 Oct 1805), Find A Grave: Memorial #42556962, citing Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642). (Includes gravestone photo.)
- General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). Stephen Hopkins #2101 (Application #29902, 1966) (Link by $ubscription).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ephraim by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Arthur Nelson
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160 - Mary (McGrath) Klier :
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