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John Atwood: Birth: 14 DEC 1614 in St. Martin's, London, England. Death: 7 MAR 1674/75 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
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Note: ID: I032895 Name: JOHN ATWOOD , AKA JOHN WOOD 1 Sex: M Birth: BEF. 4 FEB 1581/82 in of Sanderstead, In The Field, Surrey, England 2 Death: 27 FEB 1643/44 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England 3 4 Baptism: 4 FEB 1581/82 Saint Martins, Sanderstead, In The Field, Surrey, London, England 3 4 5 Burial: BET. 1643 - 1644 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, New England 5 Immigration: 1635 Pilgrim Ship the "Mathew" Note: First Generation in America (8th Generation England) John Wood, imigrant ancestor, 1635, arrived at Plymouth Colony; married Joan Coleson of Saint Martin's, England, she did not arrive with her husband, but arrived later on another ship. John's name appears in the register in London, with others; they are first transported to Saint Christophers, in Pilgrim ship, the "Mathew", Richard Goodladd, owner and master, 21st May 1635. Before they are allowed to leave England they are compelled to take the oath of allegiance that they would be true to their mother country-- "ye oath of allegiance supreme". During the reign of Queen Elizabeth the Puritans fared badly in England, many men and women being arrested and thrown into prison because they sought to retain their own religious beliefs which are deemed contrary to the teachings of the Church of England. Many of them fled to Holland. On the death of Queen Elizabeth, she is succeeded by King James who is more lenient with the Puritans and freely allowed them to emigrate to America, the first settlement etablished in Virginia being called Jamestown. Later (1620) the Puritans came to Plymouth. Still later, many settled in Boston and Boston became the Capital of Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Wood arrived first at Boston, but soon removed to Plymouth. The record of his baptism in England lists the date 24th December 1614. He became "propr." of Plymouth Massachusetts, 1635-36; he owned land, is a Constable and on the Grand Jury. March 25th is recognized as New Year in England and her Colonies. His wife Joan Coleson dying soon thereafter he removed to another section of Plymouth which later became the town of Plympton. While there his son John Wood married Sarah Masterson, daughter of Richard Masterson, who had been a Deacon at Leyden, Holland, and whose wife is Mary Goodsell of Lancaster (married 26th November 1619). John Wood later removed to Portsmouth on the Island of New Port which is then a part of Massachusetts. Children of John and Sarah (Masterson) are: Thomas, Henry, Walter, William, John, Elizabeth. The records most frequently mention the sons Thomas and John. The father died in 1643-44, The son John Wood, died about 1675. Father: NICHOLAS ATWOOD b: WFT Est. 1520-1555 in of Sanderstead, Surrey, England Mother: OLIVE HARMAN b: WFT Est. 1534-1555 in of Sanderstead, Covert, Surrey, England Marriage 1 JOAN COLESEN b: ABT. 1584 in of Sanderstead, In The Field, Surrey, England Married: 25 JUL 1612 in Saint Martins, Sanderstead, In The Field, London, London, England 6 Children Phillip Atwood b: AFT. 1612 in of Chancery Lane, London, England Johanna Atwood b: BEF. 23 FEB 1611/12 in of Saint Martins-in-the-Fields, London, Middlesex, England Harmon Atwood Wood b: BEF. 3 OCT 1613 in Saint Martin's, Surrey, England JOHN JOHANEM ATWOOD WOOD, "ALIAS ATTWOOD" b: BEF. 14 DEC 1614 in of Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, New England Henry Atwood Wood b: WFT Est. 1614-1620 in of Chancery Lane, London, England Stephen Atwood , Sr b: 1616 in London, Middlesex County, England Agnes Atwood b: BEF. 18 MAR 1616/17 in of Saint Martins-in-the-Fields, London, Middlesex, England William Atwood b: 1622 in of London, England Sources: Title: "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress" Author: Kenneth Linwood Shaw, III Publication: A collection of data from bibles, town vital records, grave yards and people through out the United States of America and Canada (Copyright c 2001, data as of 11th October 2001) Note: Please E-mail your John Shaw family line to us at <[email protected]@netzero.net> or US Mail address: 37 Taunton Green, Post Office Box 1016, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 02780 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Apr 26, 2001 Date of Import: May 23, 2001 Title: "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress" Author: Kenneth Linwood Shaw, III Publication: A collection of data from bibles, town vital records, grave yards and people through out the United States of America and Canada (Copyright c 2001, data as of 11th October 2001) Note: Please E-mail your John Shaw family line to us at <[email protected]@netzero.net> or US Mail address: 37 Taunton Green, Post Office Box 1016, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 02780 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: May 23, 2001 Title: ATWOOD.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Apr 26, 2001 Title: WOOD.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: Apr 26, 2001 Title: ATWOOD2.ged Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Text: Date of Import: May 23, 2001 Title: "John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress" Author: Kenneth Linwood Shaw, III Publication: A collection of data from bibles, town vital records, grave yards and people through out the United States of America and Canada (Copyright c 2001, data as of 11th October 2001) Note: Please E-mail your John Shaw family line to us at <[email protected]@netzero.net> or US Mail address: 37 Taunton Green, Post Office Box 1016, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts 02780 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic ID: I2634 Name: John Atwood Surname: Atwood Given Name: John Sex: M Christening: 24 Dec 1614 St Martins,London,Middlesex,England Death: BEF 26 Jan 1675/1676 in Plymouth,Plymouth,Massachuseets Ancestral File #: FQ42-XG Reference Number: X LDS Baptism: 16 Oct 1923 Temple: SLAKE Endowment: 2 Oct 1925 Temple: SLAKE _UID: CD19FC8D775DAE4CB290D5CBB1880F1D844F Sealing Child: 22 Nov 1937 Temple: SLAKE Note: It is not proved that the christening date and parents given pertain to this John Atwood. Will dated 22 Nov 1675 and proved 7 Mar 1675/1676. Estate inventory taken 26 Jan 1675/76. !Initial source: Family group sheet in the FGRA collection of the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, submitted by Laurn R. Rice, 4020 E. Slauson, Maywood, Ca. His source: "Ye Atte Wode Annals" by E. F. Atwood, 1203-1928, B10 F19 (call number is now 929.273 At95a) There is another FGRA sheet, submitted by Frances M. Seamans, 116 S. Lesueur St., Mesa Ariz. Sources are "Wood Family of Swansea, Mass"; Par. Reg. of St. Martin-in-the-Field, Lond 1, v. 25; (The call number is now 942 B4ha); "Ye Attewode Annals" B10 F19, pt 1; Mass. 20 V. 3 p. 1941 (This is Mass. Gen." by Cutter and Adams); A2D2 V. 2 p 117 (This is "Snow-Estes Gen." 929.273 Sn61s); Q929.273 W521w ("Wood Family of Swansea" ?); "Mayfl. Desc." v 5 p 153. (This is the will of John Atwood dated 1643 pr 5 June 1644, Plym.) Both FGRA sheets have a "2" before the name of wife, Sarah Masterson, but have no other wife listed. An FGRA sheet of his parents, submitted by the Genealogical Society for Rosalia Kelsch Est., showed a first wife, Ann. I have not been able to find any source for this. There is no mention of a first wife in "Ye Atte Wode Annals" nor in the "NEHGR" ariticle. (see below) LDS proxy temple ordinances are in the 1997 British IGI from temple records. The first FGRA sheet of John and Sarah lists 9 children, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, John, Nathaniel, Isaac, Mercy, Elizabeth and Hannah. The other has four different children as the first four in the family, born at Swansea, Bristol, Mass., then John, Elizabeth and Mary. The deed given in the "NEHGR" article (see below) gives the correct children.shows the daughter Abigail as third child, born abt 1647, but an article "The Mary Atwood Sampler" by Ruth Wilder Sherman, found in "NEHGR" vol 144 (1990) pg 25-26, shows her sixth, born between 1656 and 1660. Since she was married 1676 she may have been born later than 1647 but probably not as late as 1660. !From "Ye Atte Wode Annals": "John Wood, alias Atwood, came to Plymouth 1635-6, evidently with his uncle, John Atwood. ... propounded freeman in 1647. In1648 (with his brothers) received a joint grant of land. Each, in turn was in charge of the herring weir. ... settled in Plympton, the part now Carver." From New Eng Hist and Gen Reg, vol. 144 (1990), pg 25: "John was a proprietor at Plymouth in 1636, juryman in 1638 and in 1643 was on the list of those men aged 16-60 who were able to bear arms (Charles H. Pope, "The Pioneers of Mass.", 1900, pg 511). In his will, dated 22 Nov 1675 and proved 7 Mar 1675/6, John Wood Sr. of Plymouth bequeathed his entire estate to his wife Sarah, after her death to be divided among all his children with a double portion to son John and 'to all the rest both sons and daughters (unnamed) an equall proportion.' Inventory of the estate of John Wood alias Attwood deceased was taken 26 Jan 1675 and it was substantial for the period, totaling 153 pounds 6 shillings 5 pence. This included some eight parcels of land in Plymouth and Middleboro, one of which was on the south side of Captain Bradford's land (Plymouth Colony Probate Records, unpublished, hereinafter Plym. Col. PR, 3:1:155). An inventory of the 'Remainder of Goods chattels & Credits of John Wood formerly of Plimouth deceased and of Mary (sic) his relict & widdow also deceased' was taken 2 April 1701 (Plymouth County Prob. Rec. 1:339). Far more is learned about the family from the probate records of John Wood and from land records. Administration on the estate of John Wood's son John Jr. was granted to Nathaniel Wood on 7 Mar 1675 (Pope, 511). Inventory of the estate of John Wood alias Attwood Jr. was taken 6 Mar 1675/6 and came to 47 pounds 2 shillings. (Plym. Col. PR, 3:1:178). In March 1675/6, the court ordered that Nathaniel Wood, 'appearing to be eldest brother of John Wood Jr. alias Atwood lately deceased,' should have a double portion of the estate, and the rest should be divided equally among the rest of the children of the late deceased John Wood Sr. alias Attwood: Isack Wood, Mistris Mary Holmes, widow, Sarah Fallowell, Abigaill Leanard, Mercye, Elizabeth, and Hannah Wood alias Attwood (Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, "Records of The Colony of New Plymouth in New England" ... [Boston 1855-1861], hereinafter "Plym Col. Recs.", 5:188). On the 24th of June 1685, Nathaniel Wood, alias Attwood, of New Plymouth, New England, sold to Mr. Nathaneill Clarke of said town, for 4 pounds, his portion of land in Plymouth, mentioning 'Sarah, my mother, relict widdow of my late father John Wood, alias Attwood, Mary, Sarah, Abigaill, Mercy, Elizabeth & Hannah, my sisteres, the daughteres of the said John Wood' (ibid., 6:161-163). On the same day the widow Sarah, Mary the wife of Major William Bradford, Sarah the relict of John Followay (Fallowell), Mercy Wood and Hannah Wood released their rights in the land (ibid.). On 10 July 1685, Elizabeth Nye, wife of Caleb Nye, also released her rights (ibid., 6:163)." |
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