Sarah
Atwood
Born in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ephraim Atwood
and Bethiah (Harding) Atwood
Sister of
Simeon Atwood, Bethiah Atwood, Ephraim Atwood, Beulah Atwood, Thankful (Atwood) Hopkins, Hawes Atwood, Mary Atwood and Joshua Atwood
Wife of
Stephen Atwood
— married
3 Nov 1774 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary (Atwood) Harding, Stephen Atwood, Hawes Atwood Sr., Simeon Atwood Sr., Joel Atwood, Ephraim Atwood, Sally Atwood, William Hutton Atwood, Anthony Atwood and Sally (Atwood) Rich
Died
at age 57
in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2023
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Descendant of Mayflower Passengers:
Stephen Hopkins, John Howland, and John Tilley.
Stephen Hopkins, John Howland, and John Tilley.
Biography
Sarah was born in 1756. She is the daughter of Ephraim Atwood and Bethiah Harding.
On November 3, 1774, in Wellfleet, Stephen Atwood married Sarah Atwood.[1]
Children (recorded in Wellfleet):[2]
- Mary, b. 2 Oct 1778
- Stephen, b. 18 Feb 1781
- Hawes, b. 22 Dec 1782
- Simeon, b. 14 Aug 1785
- Joel, b. 17 Jul 1788
- Ephraim, b. 23 Jan 1791; d. 9 Jan 1800
- Sally, b. 28 Jul 1793; d. 26 Apr 1795
- William Hutton, b. 24 Jan 1796; d. 5 Jan 1800
- Anthony, b. 15 Jun 1798; d. 7 Mar 1819
- Sally, b. 26 May 1802
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCZ-M7SB : 11 May 2022), Stephen Atwood and Sarah Atwood, 3 Nov 1774; citing Marriage, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010732.
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274560-00310
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZXM-37P : 15 January 2020), Sarah Atwood, 1756.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129665290/sarah-atwood: accessed 27 February 2023), memorial page for Sarah Atwood Atwood (7 Oct 1756–11 Aug 1814), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129665290, citing Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ells-Katcher (contributor 47766321).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~0.78%
Sarah (Hawes) Shaw
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