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STEPHEN ATWOOD (c. 1645/1649–by 1722), son of Stephen Atwood and Abigail Dunham
APPHIA BANGS (1651–aft. 1722), daughter of Edward Bangs and Rebecca Bangs
Stephen Atwood was born about 1645/1649. He married as her second husband Apphia Bangs on 6 March 1677 in Eastham. [1][2]
Apphia Bangs, the daughter of Edward and Rebecca Bangs, was born on 15 October 1651 in Eastham. [2][3] She married first John Knowles on 28 December 1670—the same day her twin sister married—in Eastham. [1][2]
In his 19 October 1677 will, Edward Bangs left his daughter Atwood four pounds. [3] In his 1766 will, Joshua Bangs named his eight sisters, among them Apphia Atwood. He named her sons John Knowles and Joseph Atwood executors and left them each a house and land. [3]
In the estate papers of John Knowles the court made an entry on 1 March 1676 that his widow had married Steven Wood. [3] The court had appointed Lieutenant Sparrow and Jonathan Bangs to administer John Knowles's estate, but noting Stephen's marriage, the court released them from this obligation and appointed Stephen ("Stephen Wood, Jr.) in their place on 6 March 1676/7. [4]
Stephen Atwood, Sr. and Stephen Atwood, Jr. are on a 1695 list of inhabitants of Eastham. [5]
Stephen made his will on 20 May 1715; it was proved on 12 July 1722. He left his wife Apphia the improvement of his property in Eastham for her widowhood. He named his sons Stephen (who received a double portion of his movable estate), Eleazer and Joshua (who had received their portions), and Thomas (who received the remainder of the estate). The movable estate was divided among his children Machiel and Joseph Atwood and his daughters Hannah and Apphia Atwood. On 12 July 1722 his widow Apphia made oath to the inventory. [5][6]
Children of Stephen Atwood and Apphia Bangs:
i. Stephen Atwood was born say 1675. [5] He married Martha Pike on 26 June 1700 in Eastham. [7, 8:247] She was baptized on 4 February 1727/8 in Truro. [8]
Stephen and Martha lived in Provincetown. [8]
ii. Machiel Atwood was born say 1677. [5] He married Prudence Rogers on 25 October 1700 in Eastham. [7, 9:7] Prudence was the widow of Joseph Rogers. [5]
Machiel and Prudence lived in Truro. [3]
iii. Eleazer Atwood was born about 1681. He died on 25 March 1729, age 48, in Eastham. [3][7, 3:179] He married Joanna Strout on 14 June 1709 in Eastham. [7, 8:13] Sarah was the daughter of Christopher and Sarah (Pike) Strout. [3] She died on 16 January 1736, age 44. [5] She married second William Covell, Jr. on 27 June 1734 in Eastham. [7, 17:143]
Eleazer and Joanna are buried in the Chequesset Cemetery in Wellfleet, Barnstable County. [9]
Eleazer was appointed agent to procure a minister for the north precinct of Eastham on 28 October 1728. [5]
iv. Joseph Atwood was born about 1685 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He died by 20 March 1737/8. He married Bethiah Crowell.
v. Hannah Atwood was born say 1690. She married Samuel Horton on 28 January 1713/4 in Eastham. [7, 5:195] Samuel, the son of Captain John and Hannah Horton, was born on 31 January 1676. [8] Samuel, the son of Capt. John and Hannah Horton, was born on 31 January 1686. [3] He died after 8 May 1775, when he signed his will. [3]
Samuel made his will on 8 May 1775. [8]
Samuel and Hannah lived in Eastham. [3]
vi. Apphia Atwood was born say 1692. She married Joseph Mayo on 5 April 1715 in Eastham. [7, 15:56]
Joseph and Apphia lived in Chatham. [3]
viii. Joshua Atwood died in 1724, unmarried. [3]
Administration of the estate of Joshua Atwood of Eastham was given to Maicah [Machiel] Atwood on 10 November 1724. Inventory, taken the same day, included marsh owned jointly with his brother Eleazar. [5]
viii. Thomas Atwood died in 1782 in Mansfield, Connecticut. [3] He married first Phebe Mayo on 23 August 1724 in Eastham. [7, 16:69] He left a widow Hannah. [3]
References:
1. Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History & People 1620–1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1986), 238–9.
2. "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620–1633, Volumes I-III," digitized book, AmericanAncestors.org, originally Published as: Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 86–89.
3. Elijah Francis Awood, Ye Atte Wode Annals, October 1929, Sisseton, SD, Atwood Pub. Co., 1929.
4. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Court Orders, 6 vols. (Boston: William White, 1855, 1866), vol. 5, 220.
5. Alicia Crane Williams, "Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant 46 (1996): 131–6; 47 (1997): 33–40, 123–130.
6. "Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685–1789," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org > volume 4, images 63–65.
7. "Massaachusetts, Vital Records, 1620–1850," database with images, AmericanAncestors > Eastham-Orleans, volume and page numbers refer to location in the Mayflower Descendant.
8. New Englanders in Nova Scotia, manuscript, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, online database, AmericanAncestors, 8–9.
9. Find a Grave, database and images, accessed 29 November 2022, memorial pages for
Eleazer Atwood (1681–25 Mar 1729), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21354629, citing Chequessett Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable County, MA; maintained by Keeper of the Stars (contributor 47216601) .
Mrs Joanna Strout Atwood Covel (1693–16 Jan 1737), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21354676, citing Chequessett Cemetery; maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
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