Individuals from Chrisman Pedigree, page 33

Notes:

!Marriage: NEHGR 111:319.

Ann Ward

m: Elisha Hedge

Children:

Notes:

Name of parents from Verne Chambers, letter of Aug 1997.

Rebecca Bangs

m: Jonathan Sparrow (ABT 1633-21 MAR 1707)

Children:

Notes:

Note: Probably also had a dau. Elizabeth Sparrow, who resided with Thomas-2 Howes and his wif e and widow Sarah (Bangs) Howes, and named in both their wills.

!Burial: MD 8:4

Jonathan Bangs

m: Mary Mayo (1645-26 JAN 1711)

Children:

m: Sarah [---] (-BEF 23 JUL 1720)

m: Ruth Cole

Notes:

Was Deputy (of Eastham) for Several Years, and representative for many years. [Freeman 1:639]

!Marriage: Will of John Sunderland [MD 17:99]: "The ...daughter of my wife...Mary, wife of Jonathan Bangs"
!Marriage: Shurtleff 8:56 (Records of Eastham): "*Jonathan Banges and Mary Mayo were marryed the 16th day of July, 1664." Also contains burths of children Edward, Rebeckah, Jonathan, and death Jonath.

!Intention(Mrs.Ruth Young): MD 28:111

Lydia Bangs

m: Benjamin Higgins (JUN 1640-14 MAR 1691)

Children:

m: Nicholas Snow

Notes:

Probably died around 1706 or 1707 in Eastham.

Apphia Bangs

m: John Knowles (-3 JUN 1675)

Children:

m: Stephen Atwood (1650-BEF 12 JUL 1722)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth: Shurtleff 8:15 (twin)
On 1 Mar 1677, the court entered that the relict of John Knowles had married Steven Wood.

Jonathan Sparrow

m: Rebecca Bangs (ABT 1636-BEF 19 OCT 1679)

Children:

m: Hannah Prence (BEF 1635-BEF 23 NOV 1698)

Children:

m: Sarah Lewis (2 FEB 1643-11 FEB 1735)

Notes:

The second marriage is based on Barbara Lewis Williams, "400 Years with a New England Lewes-L ewis Family" pg. 15: "Sarah Lewes" widow of James Cobb, "m. 2nd, 23 Nov 1698, Capt. Jonathan Sparrow, Esq.".

However, some care should be taken to ensure that the Capt. Jonathan Sparrow is the same person.

!Burial: MD 8:4

Benjamin Higgins

m: Lydia Bangs (ABT 1642-AFT 24 JUN 1691)

Children:

Notes:

!Marriage-Children: MD 8:12 (Eastham & Orleans VR p.72): "Beniamin Higgens was marryed with L idya Banges the 24 day of December 1661"

!Death: stated in his Inventory MD 12:89. Inventory mentions: "Lydia Higgens ye Relict of Benjamin Higgins; children: Ichabod Higgins, Richard Higgins, Joshua Higgins, Lydia Higgins, Isaac Higgins, Samuel Higgins, Benjamin Higgins"

!Birth: Mayf.Des 5:23: "Richard Higinse his Children...a sonn there born allso named Beniamin born in June in the yeere 1640"

"Benjamin Higgins", Selectman of Eastham, 1688 (1 yr) [Freeman 2:414]

Other sources:
1.Plymouth Colony Its History and People 1620-1691, by Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Ancestry Pub., Salt Lake City, 1986.
2. Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, #29, Bangs Family Papers, Yarmouthport, MA C W Swift Publishers and Printers, 1917.

Stephen Atwood

m: Apphia Bangs (15 OCT 1651-AFT 12 JUL 1722)

Children:

Notes:

Will: proved 12 Jul 1722.

Birth: From David S. Martin. However, Ye Old Atte Wode Annals, p. 1, claims "possibly born 1647-8, but usually placed [between Eldad and Medad]. died in the spring of 1722..."

!Will: Dated 20 May 1715, proved 12 July 1722. Names wife and children. Proprietors list for Eastham 1715, [Lands and Ways 1711-1747, compiled by Edward Leodore Smith 1913: Lot 90 in Undivided Uplands and Meadows and Swamps, and Lot 11 in Wooded Lots.]

!Spouse: The Barnstable Court Record, 1 Mar 1676, states: "Steven Wood has married the relict (of John Knowles)" [Genealogy of the Atwood Family, by C. H. Wight, 1900, p. 6]

Samuel Bangs

m: Mary Hinckley (22 JUL 1678-1740/1741)

Children:

Notes:

!Marriage-DescentToPresidentBush-Death: Bush Genealogy Database from Net.

Ann

m: James Hamblen (-1690)

Children:

Austin (Augustine) Bearse

m: Mary Hyanno (1625-)

Children:

Notes:

He arrived April 24, 1638, from Southampton, in the ship "Confidence", and joined the Barnsta ble church April 29, 1643, of which he was a consistent and highly respected member.

!Children: Shurtleff 8:41-2 (Barnstable records): "Austine Beirse his daughter Mary borne 1640. Martha, 1642. Presilla, 10th of March, 1643.. Sarah the 28th of March, 1646. Abigaill the 18th of December, 1647. Hannah the 16th of Nouember, 1649. Joseph, the 25th of January, 1651. Hester, the 2cond of October, 1653. Lydia the latter end of September, 1655. Rebecka, September 26, 1657. His son James the latter end of July, 1660."

Although the Utah Mag. of Genealogy article claimed he was a gypsy in continental Europe, it has alternatively been suggested that he was a son of Gauche Bearse and a Miss Matchowitch of Southhampton, Co. Hampshire, England.

Elisabeth Vickerie

m: Jonathan Collins (20 AUG 1682-24 MAR 1765)

Children:

Notes:

She was allegedly captured during the French War while traveling on a fishing boat from Trur o to Boston at the age of 18. A great storm carried them to the Isle of Sable where they were shipwrecked for the entire winter. In the spring the men were made prisoners and Elizabeth was resumed, taken to Halifax, and thence to Truro.

!Birth-Marriage-Parentage-Children: Mayflower Families, Stephen Hopkins Volume, page 232.

Stephen Deane

m: Elizabeth Ring (-ABT MAY 1687)

Children:

Notes:

!Immigration: On "Fortune" in 1621.

probably from Southwark. Had 3 daus. Built first Corn Mill in New England. [Hills p.79]

Stephen Wood

m: Abigail Dunham (ABT 1626-17 AUG 1684)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth-Death: E-mail message from J. Brian Smith Sep.1993.
!Birth: Letter from Helen M. Pratt to J.Brian Smith.
!Death: MD 6:203 (note: Sue Andrews has 21 Dec 1694)

He immigrated circa 1643 to Eastham [Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Whittemore, 1906.]

In Genealogy and Biography of Southwestern Massachusetts, Volume 3, it is mentioned that Stephen made his home in the part of Eastham, Mass. that became known as Wellfleet. He is said to be the ancestor of all the Cape Cod Atwoods. In his history: Ye Atte Wode Annals, of October 1929, Elijah Francis Atwood says, "Stephen was invariable Wood at Plymouth in all early records, but almost always Atwood on the Cape. On August 16, 1641, Stephen and Henry Wood were given 8 acres each at Loute Pond, Plymouth. In 1645 he was appointed surveyor of highways for Eastham. He was one of the founders of Eastham, on the east side of Cape Cod Bay, nearly opposite Plymouth. The Atwood homestead stood near the spot where the exploring party of Pilgrims had their first encounter with the Indians previous to the landing at Plymouth. In his Genealogical Directory of 1st settlers, Savage says Stephen of Plymouth 1643, had John b. 1648, Hannah 14 Oct 1649; in the will of John Dunham 25 Jan 1669 Stephen Wood is called his son-in-law.

!Children: Sue Andrews.

He received 8 acres at Plymouth in 1641. ATBA at Plymouth 1643; Freeman 1 June 1647; on list of freeman at Eastham 1648; though probably not a resident there yet; grand jury, Plymouth 1650; constable at Eastham 3 June 1650; meadow grand (appears to be an addition) at Eastham, 3 Juen 1650; surveyor of highways for Eastham.

Short bio. also printed in "Gen. of Atwood Family" by C.H. Wight, 1900, pg. 5

Ye Atte Wode Annals, p.3:1, by Elijah Francis Atwood, 1928, says this:"Stephen was invariably Wood at Plymouth in all early records, but almost always Atwood on the Cape. Some of his sons were entered on records at times as Wood, but descendants finally all used the name Atwood. \\ The following are notices of Stephen Wood, alias Atwood, which have come to my notice: \\ 1641, August 16, Stephen and Henry Wood, 8 acres each at Loute Pond, Plymouth; John receiving additional grant of 6 acres, he having been there since 1636. Dec 31, Henry and Stephen, garden plot. These records indicate that Stephen was born by 1620 at the latest, as he would naturally be of age to receive land.
1643, John Henry and Stephen Wood able to bear arms. Plymouth 1643, Stephen Wood in charge of herring weir at Plymouth 1647, May 7, John, Henry, and Stephen Wood propounded Freeman: admitted June 1 1648: John, Henry, and Stephen Wood join grant of 3 acres next to former grant at Loute Pond.
1650, June 4, Stephen Wood, Grand Jury, Plymouth; Oct 2, on petty jury. He had been on petty jury Oct 4.
1650, June 3, Constable at Plymouth, to be sworn in at Eastham.
We find no record of Stephen's earliest grant at Eastham, but in 1654 he had a meadow grant at Eastham which seems an additional grant. In 1655, Eastham, feeling the need of a "common store" arranged for inhabitants to contribute voluntarily and Stephen assessed himself 16 shillings.
In 1655, the inhabitants of Eastham were set off in groups of five, for the propagation of cattle; one group consisted of Thomas Prence, Nicholas and Mark Snow, Stephen Atwood and Thomas Atkins.
In 1654, Plymouth appointed Stephen Wood surveyor of highways for Eastham.
In 1673, Eastham and Stephen Atwood made an agreement: Eastham took his land with his "new room and chimney" and granted him a tract on the Billingsgate road, with until October to move the rest of his buildings; they also paid him thirty pounds and each inhabitant was to give him one day's labor, provided it was not demanded in planting time or harvest.
In 1680, one Stephen Atwood was one of five specially delegated to put a stop to Indians cutting timber, gathering pine knots and running tar on the common lands of Eastham; the Indians were allowed one week in which to remove results of past labor.
He died in February 1693/4."

Abigail Dunham

m: Stephen Wood (ABT 1620-10 FEB 1694)

Children:

John Hewson Atwood

m: Margaret [---] (ABT 1494-1558)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth-Death: J. Brian Smith.

Margaret

m: John Hewson Atwood (1489-MAR 1562)

Children:

James Harman

Children:

Notes:

Source: J. Brian Smith, who reports Larry Lawson research.

John Atwood

m: Denes [---] (ABT 1449-17 MAR 1530)

Children:

Notes:

!Birth-Death: J. Brian Smith, who cites Larry Lawson research.

Denes

m: John Atwood (ABT 1445-30 JUL 1525)

Children:

John Atte Wode

m: Isabella [---] (ABT 1405-)

Children:

Notes:

From here down I believe is from "Ye Atte Wode Annals" by Elijah Francis Atwood, 1921. The a ncestry from here back in time comes from a descendancy sent to me from Jeff Trembath <72701.1075@compuserve.com).

Isabella

m: John Atte Wode (ABT 1400-AFT 1459)

Children: