Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Aug 1776 - Harwich, Massachusetts 1
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1815
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Barnabas Atwood (1744-1811)
         Mother: Sarah Holbrook (1752-1782) 2
Spouses and Children 
1. *Ezekiel Atwood (Cir 1774 - Abt 1850)
       Marriage: 1792 - Harwich, Massachusetts 3
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Ezekiel Atwood (1800-      )
                2. Elijah Atwood (1802-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Ezekiel Atwood)
Children
Barnabas Atwood b: 12 JUN 1795
Sally Atwood b: 6 NOV 1796
Ezekiel Atwood b: 21 JUN 1800 in Maine
Elijah Atwood b: 3 APR 1802 in Maine
George Rider Atwood b: 8 MAR 1804
Melinda Atwood b: abt 1806
Marana Atwood b: abt 1808
Martha Atwood b: 1 DEC 1815
(atwood)

picture Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
AKA: Sarah Atwood
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 May 1802 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Jan 1887 - Melrose, Massachusetts 5
         Burial: in Pine Grove Cemetery, South Truro 6
 Cause of Death: paralysis
Events
• Alt Birth, Mar 1803 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Captain Stephen Atwood (1751-1829) 7 8
         Mother: Sarah Atwood (1756-1814)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thatcher Rich (18 Sep 1798 - 21 Mar 1823) 9 
       Marriage: 1821
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Anthony Atwood Rich (1822-1891)
Notes
Medical:
age 83-6 (Mass VR), 83-10 (gravestone)
b Wellfleet, bur Truro
d/o Stephen Reich [sic] 5

picture Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Mar 1819 - Brewster, Massachusetts 10
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Barnabas Atwood (1787-1852)
         Mother: Abigail Rogers (1790-      )



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Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Jul 1822 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1776-1866) 11
         Mother: Anna Snow (1778-1868)



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Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Jul 1793 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Apr 1795 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Stephen Atwood (1751-1829) 7 8
         Mother: Sarah Atwood (1756-1814)



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Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Oct 1790 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Oct 1856 13
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 13, 10 Oct 1790

Parents 
         Father: Captain Thomas Atwood (1762-1831) 14
         Mother: Abigail B Hatch (1761-1836) 7 15 16
Spouses and Children 
1. *Solomon Rider (8 Nov 1788 - 27 Oct 1857) 17 
       Marriage: 27 Dec 1810 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Peggy Higgins Rider (1812-      ) 19
                2. Deliverance Atwood Rider (1814-      ) 19
                3. Thomas Rider (1817-      ) 19
                4. Martha Lombard Rider (1819-1895) 19 20
                5. Laura Keith Rider (1822-1884) 19
                6. Chloe R Rider (1834-1897) 19 21
Notes
Medical:
not seen in Wellfleet deaths

picture Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
AKA: Sarah Atwood 22
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Dec 1769 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 22
        Baptism: 8 Apr 1770 - Truro, Massachusetts 23
          Death: 18 Apr 1850 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: old age 24

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1735-Abt 1789)
         Mother: Bathsheba Crosby (Abt 1745-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *David Pierce (31 Aug 1769 - 1 Nov 1851)
       Marriage: 15 Mar 1794 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Samuel Pierce (1795-1841) 25 26
                2. Sarah Pierce (1797-1853)
                3. Polly Pierce (1799-      ) 26
                4. Hannah Pierce (1802-1803) 26
                5. David Pierce (1804-1870) 26
                6. Hannah Pierce (1808-1893)
Notes
Medical:
age 80-5
Sarah Pierce
married
b Wellfleet
wife of David Pierce

picture Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Aug 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Atwood (1763-1819)
         Mother: Betsey Cobb (1765-1851)



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Sally Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Oct 1797 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elisha Atwood (1763-1819)
         Mother: Betsey Cobb (1765-1851)



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Sally Rich Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Mar 1815 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
        Baptism: 
          Death: 15 Jan 1854 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, 23 Mar 1815

Parents 
         Father: Uriah Atkins Atwood (1782-1856)
         Mother: Mary Newcomb (1788-1832) 29
Spouses and Children 
1. *Richard Rich (5 Nov 1813 - 23 Feb 1880) 30 
       Marriage: 8 Dec 1835 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
         Status: 



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Salome Atwood 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 Aug 1758 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Joseph Atwood (1721-1794) 32
         Mother: Deborah Sears (1722-1796)
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Uriah Abial Cushman b: ABT 1765 in New Bedford (Bristol), Massachusetts
Married: 26 MAY 1783 in Chatham

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Mar 1695 - Eastham, Massachusetts 33
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1 Dec 1732 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Medad Atwood (1659-1694)
         Mother: Esther Cole (1665-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hannah Doane (5 Mar 1704 - 22 Sep 1776)
       Marriage: 17 Oct 1722 - Eastham, Massachusetts 34
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. David Atwood (1724-      ) 34



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Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Aug 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35 36
        Baptism: 
          Death: 16 Feb 1883 37
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Elijah Willard Atwood (1809-1885)
         Mother: Grace Harding Newcomb (1813-1904) 38



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Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1 Aug 1841 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 39
        Baptism: 
          Death: 5 Aug 1842 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 39
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: canker 39

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1809-1844)
         Mother: Drusilla Hamblen (1811-1843) 40



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Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Jun 1776 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 22
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Sep 1866 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 41
         Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1735-Abt 1789)
         Mother: Bathsheba Crosby (Abt 1745-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Anna Snow (2 Jul 1778 - 22 Mar 1868)
       Marriage: Dec 1806
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Stephen Atwood (1806-1871)
                2. Captain Nathaniel Ellis Atwood (1807-1886)
                3. Polly Atwood (1809-1837)
                4. John Atwood (1811-      )
                5. Mercy K Atwood (1814-      )
                6. Samuel Atwood (1817-      )
                7. Lydia S Atwood (1820-      )
                8. Jeremiah Atwood (1820-      )
                9. Sally Atwood (1822-      )
                10. Mehitable Atwood (1826-      )
Notes
Medical:
age 90-3-12

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Aug 1735 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 42
        Baptism: 
          Death: Abt 1789
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Atwood (Abt 1702-      )
         Mother: Sarah Hatch (Abt 1715-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Bathsheba Crosby (Abt 1745 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Joshua Atwood (1767-1846) 7
                2. Henry Atwood (1768-1841)
                3. Sally Atwood (1769-1850)
                4. Mary Atwood (1773-      )
                5. Samuel Atwood (1776-1866) 41
                6. Elisabeth Atwood (1779-      )
                7. Bathsheba Atwood (1781-1865)
                8. John Atwood (1784-1871) 7
Notes
General:
Provincetown town clerk in 1770s

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
AKA: Samuel Atwood Atwood 43
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Nov 1809 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 43
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 Mar 1844 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 44
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: consumption 44

Parents 
         Father: Eleazer Atwood (1780-1857)
         Mother: Jemima Atwood (1781-1865)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Drusilla Hamblen (29 Oct 1811 - 13 Jan 1843) 40 
       Marriage: 10 Dec 1833 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 45
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Elliott Newell Atwood (1839-1856) 39
                2. Samuel Atwood (1841-1842) 39
                3. Perez W Atwood (1836-1839)
Notes
Medical:
age 35
widowed
mariner
b Wellfleet
s/o Eleazer Atwood 46

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 8 Oct 1800 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 47
        Baptism: 
          Death: 6 Nov 1872 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: heart, dropsy

Parents 
         Father: Henry Atwood (1768-1841)
         Mother: Betsy Rich (1767-1802) 7
Notes
General:
Census: 1850 - 1870 Provincetown (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Occupation: Fisherman 1850 - 1870
Occupation: Mariner 1872

Marriage 1 Lucinda Corbet b: 11 MAY 1804 in Boston (Suffolk), Massachusetts
Married: abt 1835
(atwood)

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1725
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joseph Atwood (1701-      )
         Mother: Lydia Doane (Est 1703-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Mary Cocks b: abt 1725
Married: abt 1745
(atwood)

picture Samuel Atwood 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 29 Nov 1817 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Samuel Atwood (1776-1866) 41
         Mother: Anna Snow (1778-1868)
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Sources

1 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 83. Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no 'Harwick.'

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 79 (MD16:142). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

3 Harwich Massachusetts vital records (http://plymouthcolony.net/barnstable/vitalrecords/harwich/harlinktable.html
pages numbers refer to "Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850" 1982. Harwich Historical Society), 183.

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:20. the family of Stephen Atwood and Sarah his wife.

5 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), Melrose 383:178.

6 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 162.

7 R Bradley Potts, "The Atwood Families of New England ..." (Rootsweb file atwood).

8 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:237. deaths (21 Aug 1829).

9 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

10 George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online at Google Books and archive.org]), 72.

11 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:37.

13 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 764. Gray, Rider, Atwood.

14 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 719A. Jeremiah & Thomas Atwood families.

15 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 719B. Thomas & Abigail Atwood family.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:240. deaths.

17 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:55.

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:561. Marriages.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:103. Solomon and Sally Rider family.

20 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 42. 1897, 3.

22 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 12:26.

23 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 4. has transcription errors

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 82. frequently differ from other records

25 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 661. Peirce.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:84. David and Sally Pierce family.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:53.

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:100. Uriah S. and Mary Atwood family.

29 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:51. family of Jeremiah and Mary Newcomb.

30 Evelyn Rich, "Richard Rich of Eastham on Cape Cod and some of his descendants" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), 84:132. in 5 parts. vol. 83: 261-278 , 394-414 (1929) and vol. 84: 34-62, 117-134, 294-304 (1930)
Numerous small mistakes.

31 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:589. Marriages.

32 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 36 (MD8:13).

33 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 64 (MD15:227).

34 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 70 (MD16:28).

35 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 5.

36 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:167. The children of Elijah W. and Grace Atwood.

37 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), lot 717. Elijah W. & Grace H. Atwood family.

38 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:75: family of Simon Newcomb jr. and Hannah his wife.

39 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:184. The children of Samuel Atwood & Druzilla his wife.

40 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:91. Joshua & Drusilla Hamblen family.

41 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

42 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 11:47.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:83. Eleazar jr & Jemima Atwood family.

44 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:246. Deaths.

45 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:587. Marriages.

46 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1843-1859 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 74.

47 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:170.

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