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Joseph Atwood 1749–1833 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1749

Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 20 Sep 1833

Death Location: Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: Joshua (Loyalist)

Mother: Mary Atwood

Spouse(s): Susanna Smith

Children(s): Susanna Atwood, Temperance Crowell, Mercy Spinney, Willard Atwood, Bathsheba Atwood, Betty Atwood, Tamsin Atwood, Ruth Atwood, Molly Atwood, Joshua Atwood, Lettice Atwood, Hannah Atwood, Temptance Atwood, Joseph Atwood, John Atwood, Stephen Atwood, Bethiah Atwood

The story of Joseph Atwood began in 1749 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA. In 1770, Joseph Atwood resided in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. Joseph Atwood married Susanna Smith, and had children including Bathsheba Atwood, Bethiah Atwood, Betty Twin Atwood, Eliza Atwood, Hannah Atwood, John Atwood, Joseph Atwood, Joshua Atwood, Lettice Atwood, Mercy Atwood Spinney, Molly Atwood, Ruth Atwood, Stephen Knowles Atwood, Susanna Atwood, Tamsin Twin Atwood, Temperance Crowell, Temptance Atwood, Willard Atwood. Joseph Atwood passed away in 1833 in Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Atwood began in 1749 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA.
  • In 1770, Joseph Atwood resided in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Joseph Atwood married Susanna Smith, and had children including Bathsheba Atwood, Bethiah Atwood, Betty Twin Atwood, Eliza Atwood, Hannah Atwood, John Atwood, Joseph Atwood, Joshua Atwood, Lettice Atwood, Mercy Atwood Spinney, Molly Atwood, Ruth Atwood, Stephen Knowles Atwood, Susanna Atwood, Tamsin Twin Atwood, Temperance Crowell, Temptance Atwood, Willard Atwood.
  • Joseph Atwood passed away in 1833 in Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joshua (Loyalist)
1722–1833
Birth Location: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
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Mary Atwood
1727–1775
Birth Location: Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
MA

Spouses(s)

Susanna Smith
1753–1838
Birth Location: Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
SS

Children(s)

Susanna Atwood
1773–1817
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
SA
Temperance Crowell
1794–1854
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
TC
Mercy Spinney
1785–1863
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
MS
Willard Atwood
1800–1872
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
WA
Bathsheba Atwood
1768–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
BA
Betty Atwood
1770–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
BA
Tamsin Atwood
1770–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
TA
Ruth Atwood
1775–1845
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
RA
Molly Atwood
1777–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
MA
Joshua Atwood
1779–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
JA
Lettice Atwood
1781–1838
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
LA
Hannah Atwood
–1823
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
HA
Temptance Atwood
1787–1788
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, NS, Nova Scotia, Canada
TA
Joseph Atwood
1789–1874
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, NS, Nova Scotia, Canada
JA
John Atwood
1791–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
JA
Stephen Atwood
1795–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
SA
Bethiah Atwood
1798–
Birth Location: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
BA

Joseph Atwood's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Atwood
1749–1833
Birth Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Joshua Atwood (DNA) (Loyalist)
1722–1833
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Atwood
1727–1775
Truro, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Atwood's Descendants

1.
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Joseph Atwood (1749–20 Sep 1833) m. Susanna Smith (1753–1838)
  1. 1. Susanna Atwood 1773–1817 m. Jacob Spinney 1765–1845
    1. 1. Ebenezer Spinney 1807–1894 m. Rhoda Spinney 1811–1888 m. Deborah Hamilton 1801–1875 m. Hannah Banks 1796–1828
      1. 1. Benjamin (Franklyn) Spinney 1847–1936 m. Elizabeth (Emma) MARTIN 1865–1943 m. Emmaline (( Gardiner )) Smith 1853–1892 m. Eugeine Spinney 1860–1926
        1. 1. Orren Martin 1889–1984 m. Edith (Luewella) WALTER 1890–1981
        2. 2. Thelston (D) Spinney 1875–1957 m. Ada (Phoebe) Dakin 1880–1957
        3. 3. Emerson (Duval) Spinney 1883–1968 m. Mable (T) Lane 1888–1965
        4. 4. Anna (Grace Nickerson Spinney adopted biological parents Jacob Nickerson and Melissa) Hayes 1872–1943 m. James (Whitman) McGray 1869–1940
        5. 5. Dressa Spinney 1881–1965 m. Charles (Jeffery) Frost 1883–1972
      2. 2. Jeremiah Spinney 1839–1915 m. Ann Frost 1836–1909
        1. 1. Alice Spinney 1859–
      3. 3. David (McLarren) Spinney 1844–1922 m. Dorcas (Anne) Goodwin 1852–1920
        1. 1. Doward ("Dow" Delmont) Spinney 1875–1948
        2. 2. Marsden (Harry) Spinney 1880–1942 m. Helen (A) Erickson 1897–
        3. 3. Granville (Benjamin) Spinney 1873–1951 m. Alice (Viola) Raymond 1877–
      4. 4. Jacob (Whitman) Spinney 1837–1907
      5. 5. Letitia (Elizabeth) Spinney 1852–1926 m. Nicholas Goodwin 1845–
      6. 6. Eliza (Anne) Spinney 1834–1857
      7. 7. James (Spinney) Jr. 1829–1919 m. Jane (Elenor) Goodwin 1843–1911
        1. 1. Eugeine Spinney 1860–1926 m. Benjamin (Franklyn) Spinney 1847–1936 m. William (H) Hines 1859–1895
        2. 2. George (Avard) Spinney 1875–1901
        3. 3. Wesley (F) Spinney 1859–1918
        4. 4. Ina (M) Spinney 1877–1958
        5. 5. Laurena Spinney 1856–1917
        6. 6. Linda Spinney 1866–1895
        7. 7. Eldred (H) Spinney 1863–1903
    2. 2. Mary Spinney 1793–1829 m. Morris Hobbs 1786–
    3. 3. Deborah Spinney 1797–1812
    4. 4. Joseph Spinney 1797–1876
    5. 5. James Spinney 1799–1890
      1. 1. Whitfield Spinney 1834–1866 m. Amelia (J) Crittenden 1838–
    6. 6. Freeman Spinney 1801–1890
      1. 1. Alfred (K) Spinney 1842–
      2. 2. Ruth Spinney 1833–
    7. 7. Elizabeth Spinney 1802–1812
    8. 8. Jeremiah Spinney 1810–1839
    9. 9. Rebecca Spinney 1811–1826
    10. 10. Deborah Spinney 1813–1901
    11. 11. Thomas (W) Spinney 1817–1889 m. Eunice GAYTON 1818–1886
      1. 1. Ellen (Gayton) Spinney 1841–1909 m. Frederick (Amos Webster) Sims 1839–1895
        1. 1. Esther (Catherine Simms |) Symes 1866–1948
        2. 2. Robert (Leslie Simms |) Symes 1884–1923
        3. 3. George (Whitfield Simms |) Symes 1876–1940
        4. 4. James (Randolph Harley Simms |) Symes 1869–1934
        5. 5. Thomas (Gordon Simms |) Symes 1873–1918
        6. 6. Eunice (Elizabeth Simms |) Symes 1871–1881
        7. 7. Frederick (Amos Simms |) Symes 1881–1890
        8. 8. Frederick (A. Simms |) Symes 1864–1870
        9. 9. Annie (Simms |) Symes 1878–1947
        10. 10. Thomas (F Simms |) Symes 1864–1870
      2. 2. Maurice ((Morris) Forbes) Spinney 1850–1901
      3. 3. Jacob Spinney 1844–1884 m. Mary Whitehouse 1847–1914
        1. 1. Ella Spinney 1866–1890
        2. 2. Edmund (William) Spinney 1868–1960 m. Jannie (Lucia) Currie 1875–1932
        3. 3. Ada Spinney 1870–1962
        4. 4. Eva Spinney 1873–1966
        5. 5. Orpha Spinney 1874–1907
        6. 6. Laura Spinney 1876–1933
        7. 7. Addison Spinney 1880–1962
        8. 8. Agnes Spinney 1882–1963
      4. 4. Matilda Spinney 1852–1919
      5. 5. Esther Spinney 1848–1862
    12. 12. Jacob (Spinney) 2nd 1795–1845
  2. 2. Temperance Crowell 1794–1854
  3. 3. Mercy (Atwood) Spinney 1785–1863
  4. 4. Willard Atwood 1800–1872
  5. 5. Bathsheba Atwood 1768–
  6. 6. Betty ((twin)) Atwood 1770–
  7. 7. Tamsin ((twin)) Atwood 1770–
  8. 8. Ruth Atwood 1775–1845
  9. 9. Molly Atwood 1777–
  10. 10. Joshua Atwood 1779–
  11. 11. Lettice Atwood 1781–1838
  12. 12. Hannah Atwood –1823
  13. 13. Temptance Atwood 1787–1788
  14. 14. Joseph Atwood 1789–1874
  15. 15. John Atwood 1791–
  16. 16. Stephen (Knowles) Atwood 1795–
  17. 17. Bethiah Atwood 1798–

Joseph Atwood's Timeline

3 Records

1749
1749
Birth of Joseph Atwood in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1770
1770
Age 21
Joseph Atwood resided here in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
1833
20 Sep 1833
Age 84
Death of Joseph Atwood in Atwoods Brook, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
Atwoods Brook, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1749
    Event Place: Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 05
    [2] Canada, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Nova Scotia, Canada, Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records, 1770-1795, 1827, 1838, Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Reference: Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives Rg 1 Vol. 443 No. 9 P. 2

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Nova Scotia, Canada; Year: 1776; Page Number: 23

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Sep 1833
    Event Place: Atwoods Brook, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Canada, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find a Grave Index
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