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Abigail Atwood (Dunham)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
Death: August 17, 1684 (57)
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dea. John Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony and Abigail Dunham
Wife of Stephen Atwood, I
Mother of Abigail Pratt; John Atwood; Hannah Smith; Eldad Atwood; Daniel Atwood and 2 others
Sister of Samuel Dunham, of Plymouth; Rev. Jonathan Dunham; Joseph Dunham, of the Plymouth Colony; Hannah Rickard; Persis Shaw and 6 others
Half sister of John Dunham, II; Humility Dunham and Rev. Thomas Dunham

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About Abigail Atwood

Abigail Dunham was born on 6 May 1627 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.1 She was the daughter of Deacon John Dunham and Abigail Balliou.1,2,3

From Ancestry of Robert Roy & related families

On 6 November 1644 Abigail, at age 17, married Stephen Atwood, in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.3,2

Children of Abigail Dunham and Stephen Atwood

  1. Joseph Atwood2
  2. Stephen Atwood Jr.2
  3. John Atwood2 (1648 - )
  4. Hannah Atwood2 (14 Oct 1649 - )
  5. Eldad Atwood2 (7 Jul 1651 - 1715)
  6. Medad Atwood2 (16 Jan 1658/59 - )

notes

First child born in Plymouth Colony. In the Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia it mentions another girl being the first born, but his latter girl was born on the 'Mayflower'.

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Abigail Atwood's Timeline

1627
May 6, 1627
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
1645
August 10, 1645
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1648
1648
Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1649
October 14, 1649
Eastham, Massachusetts, USA
1651
July 2, 1651
Eastham, (Present Barnstable County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts)
1655
October 15, 1655
Plymouth, (Present Plymouth County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts), (Present USA)
1655
of the, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts
1658
January 16, 1658
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1684
August 17, 1684
Age 57
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts