Mary (Tenney) Atwood (1769 - 1853)

Born 27 Apr 1769 in Bradford, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Moses Atwood — married 17 Nov 1788 in Bradford, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1853 at age 84 in Boston, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Tenney was born in Bradford, Massachusetts, in 1769.^[1] She was the daughter of Thomas Tenney and Hannah Stickney.^[2] She married Moses Atwood, also of Bradford, on November 17, 1788.^[3][4] About three years after their marriage, the couple moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where her husband bought the Mansion House in 1791.^[5]

Her husband died in 1808, leaving her with nine children. ^[6][5]

Children :^[7]

1229 *Mary, b. 2 Aug., 1789.

1230 *Elizabeth, b. 9 Oct., 1791.

1231 *Harriet, b. 10 Oct., 1798.

1232 *John Muliken, b. 4 Aug., 1795.

1233 Sarah, b. 27 June, 1797; d. 23 May, 1822, "just before her wedding day and very beautiful."

1234 *Caroline, b. 13 June, 1799.

1235 *Moses, b. 11 Mch., 1801.

1236 Charles, b. 17 May, 1803; graduated at Yale College, 1821; A. M.; a lawyer; d. in Boston, Mass., 13 Feb., 1887; unmarried.

1237 *Emily, b. 25 Mch., 1805.

She died in Boston, Massachusetts, July 4, 1853.^[8][5]

514.— VI.~217.

Mary Tenney (Polly, more often called Molly), born in Bradford, Massachusetts, 27 Apr., 1769, daughter of Deacon Thomas and Hannah (Stickney); married in Bradford, 17 Nov., 1788, Moses Atwood of Bradford. Residence, Haverhill, Mass., on the site now occupied by the high school building ; a merchant, afterwards manufactrued shoes. He died 8 May, 1808, of consumption. "A man of energy, truth, and charity." She was a superior woman, and lived many years " to bless her children and adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour, and fell asleep 4 July, 1853." Burial in Pentucket cemetery. ^[2]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Atwood, p. 26
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Tenney Family, 127 [1]
3. ↑ Haverhill Vital Records, Vol. II, pp. 14 and 308.
4. ↑ Atwood, p. 26
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Atwood, p. 26
6. ↑ Atwood, p. 14
7. ↑ The Tenney Family, 127 [2]
8. ↑ Atwood, p. 14

Sources

• Atwood, Charles, and Woodgate, Henry Arthur. History of the Atwood Family, in England and the United States, Boston: Press of George H. Ware, 1888.
• Tenney, M. J. The Tenney family, or, The descendants of Thomas Tenney of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638-1904, revised with partial records of Prof. Jonathan Tenney. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1904.
• Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Vol. II - Marriages and Deaths. Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1911.

Acknowledgments

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