Born in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Bush Sr.
and Deziah (Rider) Bush
Sister of
Martha (Bush) Cook, Desire (Bush) Lurten, William Bush Jr., Rebecca (Bush) Atkins and Sally (Bush) Rider
Wife of
William Newcomb Atwood Sr.
— married
10 Aug 1815 in Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
David Atwood, Hannah Doane (Atwood) Stone, William Newcomb Atwood Jr., Polly Rider (Atwood) Johnson, Eunice Newcomb (Atwood) Wight, Joseph Rich Atwood, Nancy Beals (Atwood) Stone, Silas Atkins Atwood, Amos Fisher Atwood, James Monroe Atwood and Matthias Bradley Atwood
Died
at age 87
in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Apr 2022
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Biography
Descendant of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.
Polly was born in 1795. She is the daughter of William Bush and Deziah Unknown.
On August 10, 1815, in Provincetown, William N. Atwood married Polly Bush.[1]
Children (recorded in Wellfleet):[2]
- David, b. 5 Dec 181[6]
- Hannah Daniels, b. 6 Jan 1819
- William Newcomb Jr., b. 6 Apr 1821
- Polly Rider, b. 15 Apr 1823
- Eunice Newcomb, b. 9 May 1826
- Joseph Rich, b. 28 Jan 1828
- Nancy Beals, b. 5 Jan 1831
- Silas Atkins, b. 10 Feb 1833
- Amos Fisher, b. 23 Feb 1835
- James Monroe Daniels, b. 6 Jan 1837
- Matthias Bradley, b. 3 Feb 1838
Sources
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274551-00009
- ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274560-00356
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD6-DZG : 14 January 2020), Polly Bush, 1795.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD98-1JR : 22 December 2020), Polly R Atwood, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4FQ-2WR : 2 March 2021), Polly Bush Atwood, 30 Aug 1882; citing Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, v 337 p 19, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,222.
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