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Philip ATWOOD

Philip ATWOOD[1]

Male Abt 1620 - 1700  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Philip ATWOOD 
    Born Abt 1620  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Education Able to sign his name 
    Migration 1635  Charlestown [Boston], Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Planter 
    Residence 1676  Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1700  Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Great Migration Study Project
    Immigrant?
    Confirmed Ancestor?
    Died 1 Feb 1700  Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I39956  Main
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

    Father John ATWOOD,   b. 24 Dec 1614,   d. Bef 10 May 1676, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 61 years) 
    Mother Sarah MASTERSON,   b. Abt 1625, Leyden, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 18 Apr 1701, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 25 Jul 1612  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12203  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel BATCHELDER,   b. Abt 1633, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1674, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 41 years) 
    Married Bef Aug 1653  Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rachel ATWOOD,   b. Aug 1653, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1674, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
     2. Mary ATWOOD,   b. Jan 1656, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?
    +3. Capt Philip ATWOOD,   b. Sep 1658, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1722, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
     4. Abigail ATWOOD,   b. Dec 1662, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1714  (Age ~ 52 years)
     5. Elizabeth ATWOOD,   b. Aug 1669, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1689, Sanchecantacket [Edgartown], Dukes, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
     6. Oliver ATWOOD,   b. Apr 1671, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1726, Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F12202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1620 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Bef Aug 1653 - Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1676 - Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1700 - Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Feb 1700 - Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Parents unknown
      m1 Rachel BACHELOR
      m2 1675 Elizabeth GLOVER (d Oct 1676); no children
      m3 Elizabeth _____ (d 3 April 1688)
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      On 28 January 1673[/4?], "Philip Atwood of Maulden ... planter, with the assent & consent of Rachel my wife," sold to John Sprague of Malden "a certain nine-acre lot in Charlestown" [MLR 6:447]. On 1 October 1674, "Philip Atwood of Mauldon ... planter, with the assent & consent of Rachell my wife," sold to Jose Bucknam of Malden seven acres of land, partly in Malden and partly in Charlestown; Philip and Rachel Atwood acknowledged this deed on 24 October 1674, he signing and she making her mark [MLR 7:176].
      In April 1675 "Philip Atwood of Concord" had fifty acres of land surveyed and recorded at the settlement that would become Worcester [Charles Nutt, History of Worcester and Its People (New York 1919), pp. 1-2, citing Worcester Proprietors' Records].
      On 18 January 1680[/1?], "Philip Atwood Senior of Malden ... with the assent & consent of Elizabeth my wife" deeded to "my son Phillip Atwood
      all that moiety or one-half part of a certain dwelling house in Charlestown... which Richard Austin now lives in with a garden plot containing sixteen foot of land one way & twelve foot the other way & one-half part of the yard thereto belonging all which was formerly given to me by my father-in-law Batchelor by his will" [MLR 9:530].
      On 25 December 1685, "Phillip Atwood of Maldon ... planter, with the assent & consent of Elizabeth my wife," deeded to "Phillip Atwood my son ... all my lands as followeth: my houselot, 3 acres more or less... with all my housing, dwelling house, barn, outhouses, stables & houses thereon contained, with my orchards therein contained or anyway belonging; also six acres of land" and "5 acres of land" [MLR 9:532].
      On 17 February 1713/4, "whereas my honored father Philip Atwood late of Bradford deceased did by deed of gift bearing date the 25th day of December 1685 as more fully may appear on record at Charlestowne in Middlesex all his lands in the realm of England and part of said land lying in Worcester in New England which my father began to settle and did plant, but was forced to desert by reason of the war, for several reasons me there moving but more especially for a certain sum of money to me in hand paid by Oliver Atwood of Boston in the County of Suffolke, ferryman, ... I Phillip Atwood, son to the above named Phillip Atwood, deceased," sell the land in Worcester to Oliver Atwood [MLR 16:448]. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I,A-B: 104.

    2. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 38086859.

    3. [S41] The Great Migration Study Project, Anderson, Robert Charles, I,A-B:105.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023