Family:John Atwood and Experience Unknown (1)

Parents: Nathaniel Wood and Mary Unknown Deacon John Atwood b. 1 May 1684 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States d. 6 Aug 1754 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Experience (add)

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

8 Jun 1730

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Experience Atwood	4 Apr 1731 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	19 Jun 1732 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Elizabeth Atwood	23 Apr 1733 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
3.	Experience Atwood	1 Mar 1734/35 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	23 Aug 1808 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
4.	George Atwood	19 Sep 1737 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Bef 1739 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
5.	George Atwood	26 Feb 1738/39 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	Bef 1754 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
6.	Priscilla Atwood	11 Dec 1740 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States	24 Jul 1824 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
7.	Margaret Atwood	Abt 1742 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ "Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
Vol. 14, p. 73.

Deacon John Atwood & mrs Experience Peirce both of Plymouth were married June 8th 1730
[Also, p. 18:121: A Purpose of Marriage between mr JohnAtwood and mrs Experience Peirce both of Plymouth May 19th 1730.]
The use of Mrs. in the marriage record at this time may actually mean Mistress, i.e., an unmarried woman. Source:Shurtleff, Benjamin. Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts, p. 145, identifies her as Experience (Kirk) Pierce, but no support for this can be found. The Mayflower Descendant article cited on John's page (p. 44:141) says, "Elijah Francis Atwood [editor of Ye Atte Wode Annals] thought Experience might be a descendant of Richard and Martha Pearce", but this statement is pretty vague, and no such person, or even candidate, seems apparent in Source:Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Pearce Genealogy : Being the Record of the Posterity of Richard Pearce, an Early Inhabitant of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island,.