Joel Atwood (1797 - 1870)

Born 27 Apr 1797 in Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Polly (Curtis) Atwood — married 4 Apr 1827 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Dec 1870 at age 73 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Born 27 APR 1797. Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut. ^[1]

Marriages

Husband Joel Atwood. Wife Nancy Guernsey. 4 JUL 1819. ^[2]

Husband Joel Atwood. Wife Polly Curtis. 4 APR 1827. Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[3]

Husband Joel Atwood. Wife Eliza Platt. 6 DEC 1863. Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut. ^{[4] [5]}

Died 17 DEC 1870. Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. ^{[6] [7]}

Buried Old Cemetery, Watertown, Connecticut. ^[8] Find A Grave

Probate Litchfield Co Probate 4:442 has his will, dated at Woodbury 4 June 1868 and proved 21 Dec 1870. His wife to have all the furniture and personal property that originally belonged to her, and the income from 20 shares of stock Joel owns in Citizens Bank of Waterbury for the rest of her life. Three thousand dollars to son Marshall to make him equal with his brothers. He set up a trust for his daughter Celia A. Peck to be controlled by his son Henry S. Atwood, and after she dies the property she lives on in Bethlehem to be vested in her children as they reach 21. A trust to be controlled by son in law Elam B. Burton of Woodbury for his children Adelaide and Mary Burton that they are to receive as they turn 21. Rest and residue to be divided in 4 equal parts for sons Henry S., Marshall, Francis A., and Amos B. or their heirs. Sons Henry S. and Francis A. to be executors. The residual legatees divided the estate to their mutual satisfaction on 13 April 1871. (p. 447) Inventory pp 448-52 included $2079 personal, $1216 real estate, 37 notes for about $28,700, plus cash and bank stock almost $5700, for a grand total of $35,648.94. Then on p. 460: The undersigned appointed Distributors of the estate recovered from the Naug. R. R. Co. by the Executors of the estate of Joel Atwood dec'd for damages to his personal property and for the causing his death by Railroad Co's Train of Cars -- whole amount $2347; $93.88 for the waggon divided between the four sons, then half of the remaining by railroad law to the widow, the remaining $1126.56 divided $187.76 each to six legal heirs - Henry S. Atwood, Amos B. Atwood, Marshall Atwood, F. A. Atwood, Mrs. Celia Peck and Adelaide and Mary Burton. The widow named as Mrs. Eliza Atwood. 2 Jan 1872

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S18 p. 43, 71
2. ↑ Source: #S18 p. 71
3. ↑ Source: #S18 p. 71
4. ↑ Source: #S18 p. 73
5. ↑ Source: #S1 from Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997 at familysearch.org: Name: Joel Atwood Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 6 Dec 1863 Event Place: Connecticut, United States Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Eliza Platt Spouse's Sex: Female GS Film Number: 3304 Digital Folder Number: 007593356 Image Number: 07492 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01582-0 System Origin: EASY Record Number: 416
6. ↑ Source: #S18 p. 43
7. ↑ Source: #S7 from The Meriden Daily Republican (Meriden, Connecticut), Wed., Dec. 21, 1870, p. 2: Saturday afternoon, Joel Atwood, a wealthy farmer living in Watertown, while driving across the Naugatuck railroad track near Waterbury, was struck by a passing engine and killed.
8. ↑ Source: #S144 "aged 74"

• Source: S18 John Davis Skilton, Dr. Henry Skilton and His Descendants (1921) https://archive.org/details/doctorhenryskilt00doct/page/70/mode/2up

• Source: S1 marriage record

• Source: S7 newspaper

• Source: S144 tombstone inscription