Born in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Atwood
and Jemima (Arey) Atwood
Sister of
Christopher Adams Atwood, Jemima Atwood, Hannah (Atwood) Andrews, Samuel Atwood, Richard Arey Atwood Sr. and Timothy Arey Atwood
Wife of
William Andrews Jr.
— married
3 Jan 1795 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 48
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2018
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Descendant of Mayflower Passengers:
William Brewster and Stephen Hopkins.
William Brewster and Stephen Hopkins.
Biography
Thankful Atwood was born on 18 Sep 1776 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the daughter of Samuel Atwood and Jemima Arey.[1]
On January 3, 1795, in Eastham, intentions of marriage were filed between William Andrews, of Eastham, and Thankful Atwood, of Wellfleet.[2]
She married William Andrews on 3 Mar 1795 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. [3]
Children: Walter, Abraham, Isaac, Deborah, jacob, Ephrium, Mina Atwood, Lucy, Penninah, Christopher Atwood Adams.
She died on 14 Jun 1825 in Boston, Massachusetts.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZXM-B4C : 15 January 2020), Thankful Atwood, 1776.
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274554-00573
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-4SKH : 19 April 2021), William Andres and Thankfull Atwood, 3 Jan 1795; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40902_264064__0467-00014
- ↑ Death Record, Columbian Centinel Newspaper Image. Boston, 15 Jun 1825
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H13a1a, FTDNA kit #484160 - Mary (McGrath) Klier :
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Rejected matches › Thankful (Atwood) Holbrook (1773-)
Thankful is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 28 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 12 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 18 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 15 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.