Some Descendants of Willard
Atwood (Joseph, Joshua,
Joseph, Stephen,
Stephen) and Mercy
Nickerson of Atwood's Brook in Barrington
Places in Nova Scotia: Atwood's Brook, Baccaro, Barrington Passage,
Bear Point, Doctor's Cove, Charlesville, Port LaTour, Shag Harbour and Woods
Harbour are communities in Barrington. Cape
Sable Island is an island. Clark's Harbour is a town on Sable Island. Hebron
(unincorporated), Pubnico and Yarmouth are towns in Yarmouth county. Brazil
Lake and Port Maitland are communities in Yarmouth, Yarmouth county. Argyle
is a municiple district in Yarmouth county. Northwest Harbour, Port Clyde and
Sandy Point are communities in Shelburne, Shelburne county. Lockporte is a town
in Shelburne county. Jordan Bay is a municipality in Shelburne, Shelburne county.
Waterville is a community and Canning is a village in King's county. LaHave
is a village and Bridgewater is a town in Lunenburg county. Digby is a town
in Digby county. Five Mile River is a community in East Hants, Hants county.
Scotch Village is a community in West Hants, Hants county. Windsor in a town
in Hants county. Berwick and Middleton are towns and West Dalhousie is a community
in Annapolis county. Sydney is a community in Cape Breton Island. Halifax is
a regional municipality and the capital.
- Joseph Atwood
was born in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
- Leonard
Atwood was born on 9 Nov 1825 in Atwood's Brook. [TS,
"Lendall"][BAVR,
p. 151, in Barrington] He died on 21 May 1911 in Barrington. [TS]
He married Mary Alice Greenwood on 29 Dec 1852 in Barrington. [TS]
- John Atwood was born
on 2 Oct 1827 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR,
p. 151, in Barrington] He died on 25 Oct 1899 in Port LaTour. [TS]
He married Temperance
Reynolds on 25 Nov 1856 in Baccaro. [TS]
- Bethia
Atwood was born on 1 May1830 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR,
p. 151, in Barrington] She died in 1900. [TS]
She is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
She married Richard Gammon in 1850. [TS] He
was born on 10 Oct 1807 in Barrington. [TS]
He died on 20 Nov 1889 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
He is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
- John Richard
Gammon was born on 1 Feb 1863 in Doctor's Cove. [TS]
He died on 12 Apr 1942 in Barrington. [TS]
He is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Barrington Passage. [TS]
He married Alice
Elizabeth Swim on 23 Jul 1886. [TS]
- Elizabeth Atwood
was born on 3 Dec 1835 in Atwood's Brook. [TS][BAVR,
p. 151, in Barrington] She married Andrew
Reynolds on Apr 1858 in Baccaro. [TS]
- Susan
Atwood was born on 14 Jul 1837 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She died on 9 Aug 1918 in Port LaTour. [TS]
She is buried in the Camp Hill Cemetery, Port LaTour. [TS]
She married John Nickerson on 6 Mar 1860. [TS]
John, the son of Caleb N. and Mary Ann (Worthen) Nickerson, was born on 20
Aug 1838 in Port Clyde. [TS] He died on 7 Apr
1915 in Port LaTour. [TS] He is buried in the
Camp Hill Cemetery, Port LaTour. [TS]
- Alvin N. Atwood
was born in 1840 in Atwood's Brook. [TS] He
died on 2 Jan 1900 in Barrington. [TS] He married
Delina
B. Kenney. [TS]
- Freeman
Atwood was born on 16 Jul 1842 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
He died on 18 Feb 1920 in Barrington. [TS]
He is buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
He married first Susanna Collins in 1864. She was born in 1844 in Newfoundland.
She died before 1875 in Barrington. [TS] He
married second Emma Fraser. She was born on 22 Feb 1859 in LaHave. [TS]
She died on 3 Jan 1917 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She was buried in the old Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
- Mae Atwood
was born on 6 Jun 1877 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She died on 16 Mar 1923 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is buried in
the Forest Hill Cemetery, Barrington Passage. [TS]
She married Martin
Leslie Forbes on 8 Nov 1902 in Malden, Massachusetts.
- James Garfield
Atwood was born on 12 Aug 1881 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
He died on 10 Oct 1960 in Bear Point. [TS]
He is buried in the new Atwood's Brook Cemetery. [TS]
He married Bertha
Maude Atwood on 17 Nov 1904.
- Mary Alice Atwood
was born on 12 Oct 1842 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She died on 21 Apr 1927 in Barrington. [TS]
She married first Joseph
Nickerson. [TS] She married second Nehemiah
Kenney on 12 May 1906 in Port LaTour. [TS]
Nehemiah, the son of Leonard Nickerson and Priscilla (Nickerson) Kenney, was
born on 18 Sep 1838 in Shag Harbour. [TS] He
died on 18 Mar 1929 in Shag Harbour. [TS]
- Jane
Atwood was born in 1847 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She married John Savage. [TS]
- Isabella
Atwood was born on 25 Dec 1849 in Atwood's Brook. [TS]
She died on 23 Mar 1938 in Clyde River. [TS]
She married first William Snow on 17 Sep 1880 in Port LaTour. [TS]
He 2 Feb 1814 in Barrington. [TS] William,
the son of William and Elizabeth (Smith) Snow, died on 25 Aug 1894 in Port
LaTour. [TS] She married second John Watson
Hamilton on 16 Jul 1896 in Port LaTour. [TS]
John, the son of Alexander and Mary Elizabeth (Thompson) Hamilton, was born
on 22 Jul 1832 in Clyde River. [TS] He died
on 10 Jan 1925 in Clyde River. [TS]
References
BAVR |
No Author, Barrington & Argyle, Nova Scotia Vital Records, Online
Database, AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society,
2011. |
TS |
Smith, Tom, Public member story posted by tomsmith140 on ancestry.com. (well referenced with photos of tombstones) |
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