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Benjamin Atwood (abt. 1762 - 1803)

Benjamin Atwood
Born about in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 30 Dec 1784 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , and
Died at about age 40 in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Descendant
Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.

Benjamin was born about 1762. He is the son of Ebenezer Atwood and Rachel Harding. [1]

On December 30, 1784, in Eastham, Benjamin Atwood married Elizabeth Doane.[2]

Children (recorded in Wellfleet):[3]

  1. Cynthia, b. 3 Aug 178[5]
  2. Phebe, b. 20 Aug 1787
  3. Rachel, b. 10 Aug 1789
  4. John, b. 25 Jun 1793; d. 7 Jan 1799
  5. Elizabeth, b. 22 Feb 1796; d. 6 Jan 1799
  6. Daniel, b. 9 Nov 1798
  7. John, b. 28 Jan 1801
  8. Benjamin, b. 28 Aug 1803
  9. Elizabeth, b. 28 Aug 1803

Sources

  1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Elizabeth Pease, Sunday, December 7, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCW-4JHK : 11 May 2022), Benjamin Atwood and Elizabeth Doane, 30 Dec 1784; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010726.
  3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274560-00331

See also:

  • "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-8XP : accessed 1 July 2022), Benjamin 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.




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