My 6th-great-grandfather, Dea. Nathaniel Atwood, son of John & Sarah (Masterton) Atwood, was born 25 February 1652 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died there 17 December 1724. He married c. 1683, Mary (—), who was born c. 1660, and died 5 December 1736 in Plympton, Massachusetts.
The Mayflower Society does not accept Mary Morey as the wife of Nathaniel Atwood, so the identity of this Mary remains unknown. She is possibly the daughter of Thomas Lucas (1630-1679) of Plymouth.
Mary & Nathaniel were the parents of eight children:
1. Dea. John Atwood, born 1 May 1684 in Plymouth, died there 6 August 1754. He married (as his first wife) 10 February 1708, Sarah Leavitt, who was born 27 November 1688 in Hingham, Massachusetts, and died 22 January 1726 in Plymouth, daughter of Israel & Lydia (Jackson) Leavitt.
John married (as his second wife) 8 June 1730 in Plymouth, Experience Pierce, who was born c. 1704, and died 14 April 1762 in Plymouth, daughter of Ephraim & Hannah (Holbrook) Pierce.
2. Elizabeth Atwood (my 7th-great-grandmother), born 24 April 1687 in Plymouth, died c. 1736. She married (as his first wife) 3 December 1713 in Plympton, Jonathan Shaw, who was born 1 April 1689 in Plymouth, and died c. 1760, son of Jonathan & Mehitable (Pratt) Shaw.
3. Joanna Atwood, born 27 February 1689 in Plymouth, died c. 1690.
4. Mary Atwood, born 26 April 1691 in Plymouth, died c. 1691.
5. Lt. Nathaniel Atwood (my 5th-great-grandfather), born 3 October 1693 in Plymouth, died 20 January 1767 in Plympton. He married (as his first wife) 14 January 1723 in Plymouth, Mary Adams, who was born there 10 November 1704, and died there 6 October 1744, daughter of Francis & Mary (Buck) Adams.
Nathaniel married (as his second wife and as her second husband) 9 October 1747 in Plympton, Abigail (Shaw) Lucas, who was born c. 1712 and died 27 January 1782 in Plympton, daughter of Benoni & Lydia (Waterman) Shaw, and widow of Lt. Samuel Lucas.
6. Isaac Atwood, born 29 December 1695 in Plymouth, died 26 February 1718 in Plympton.
7. Barnabas Atwood (my 7th-great-grandfather), born 1 January 1698 in Plymouth, died 2 February 1785 in Plympton. He married 28 February 1723 in Plympton, Lydia Shurtleff, who was born 28 February 1701 in Plymouth, and died 20 January 1784 in Plympton, daughter of Abiel & Lydia (Barnes) Shurtleff.
8. Joanna Atwood, born 8 June 1700 in Plymouth, died there 23 July 1739.
Last Revised: 28 September 2024