My 3rd-great-grandfather, Ebenezer Atwood, son of Samuel & Patience (Cobb) Atwood, was born 3 September 1803 in Carver, Massachusetts, and died there 28 December 1865. He married 12 October 1830 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, his second cousin, twice removed, Waitstill Lucas, who was born 7 October 1807 in Carver, and died there 30 March 1876, daughter of Caleb & Asenath (Shurtleff) Lucas.
Ebenezer started farming with his father when he was 16, but also worked as a charcoal burner, lumber jack and butcher. Waitstill was a homemaker.
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Ebenezer & Waitstill lie buried in Central Cemetery in Carver, Massachusetts.
They were the parents of eleven children:
1. Mary Ann Atwood, born 31 July 1831 in Carver, died there 28 January 1897. She married (as his third wife) 17 January 1858 in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, Zenas Tillson, who was born 1 September 1816 in Carver, and died there 31 May 1876, son of John & Susanna (Shurtleff) Tillson, and widower of Hannah Sampson (Perkins) Tillson and widower of Louisa Jane (King) Tillson.
2. Samuel Stillman Atwood, born 27 May 1833 in Carver, died there 2 December 1910. He married 29 December 1858 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, Paulina Isabella Reed, who was born 29 March 1841 in Abington, Massachusetts, and died there 31 January 1896, daughter of Joel J. & Bethany (Churchill) Reed.
3. Sarah Lucas “Sally” Atwood, born 15 November 1834 in Carver, died there 3 March 1866. She married 31 May 1857 in Middleborough, Jacob Thomas, who was born there 3 June 1824, and died there 30 June 1891.
4. Waitstill Maria Atwood, born 21 August 1836 in Carver, died 31 March 1877 in Taunton, Massachusetts.
5. Abby Cushman Atwood, born 8 February 1838 in Carver, died c. 1921. She married 17 August 1856 in Carver, Marcus Morton Tillson, who was born there 23 March 1834, and died there 19 November 1890, son of John & Susanna (Shurtleff) Tillson.
6. Louisa Jane Atwood (my 2nd-great-grandmother), born 6 April 1840 in Carver, and died 12 January 1928 in Abington. She married 26 November 1860 in Middleborough, Reuel Gardner Atwood, who was born there 5 February 1833, and died 19 August 1908 in Henniker, New Hampshire, son of Reuel & Abigail (Savery) Tillson.
7. Ebenezer Elbridge Atwood, born 8 March 1842 in Carver, died 21 August 1912 in Kingston, Massachusetts. He married 9 January 1870 in Carver, Elizabeth Tillson “Lizzie” Ward, who was born there 2 August 1828, and died 14 April 1886 in Kingston, daughter of Eliab & Elizabeth (Tillson) Ward.
8. Josiah Warren Atwood, born 3 April 1844 in Carver, died 29 August 1925 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He married 29 October 1864 in Middleborough, Lydia Frances Gammons, who was born there 29 October 1836, and died 28 August 1897 in Carver, daughter of Samuel Newell & Deborah (Thomas) Gammons.
9. Charles Harvey Atwood, born 18 February 1846 in Carver, died c. 1928. He married 4 February 1874 in Carver, Margaret Elizabeth Cassidy, who was born 19 March 1848 in Saint John, New Brunswick, and died c. 1927.
10. George Shurtleff Atwood, born 18 March 1848 in Carver, died 10 March 1901 in Abington. He married 21 June 1877 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, Angeline Holmes, who was born 19 March 1846 in Kingston, and died c. 1923, daughter of Josiah & Ruth Barrows (Shurtleff) Holmes.
11. Hannah Priscilla Atwood, born 16 July 1850 in Carver, died there 4 December 1863.
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