Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - What Did Genea-Santa Bring You and Your Family?

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1)  What genea-gift did Genea-Santa bring you and/or your family this Christmas season?

2)  Tell us in a comment to this blog post, in your own blog post, in a Facebook post, and be sure to leave a link to your post.

Here's mine:

*  I received See's Dark Chocolate peppermints from Linda and M&Ms from Lori's boys.  We received a framed photo of Lori and her boys in front of their tree.  I received a t-shirt from Lori and her boys, and a hoodie sweatshirt with the grandkids photos on it from Tami and her family.  Santa brought me a San Diego Memories photo book covering the 1960s and 1970s, and we received 14 metal spoons to replace the spoons lost over the past years (we were down to two).

Here's a photo of my gifts ...

Drat - forgot the spoons!  Oh well... maybe more will come in the mail after Christmas.  I know of one package held up in Newark NJ.

*  Santa was good to Linda too - See's peanut brittle, a sweatshirt with Tami's kids photos on it, a fancy sweatshirt, slippers, several word puzzle books, a Yahtzee game, a shawl, a jewelry set, and more is coming from Newark.  

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 19 to 25 December 2020

  I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 25 December 2020, there are 2,938 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from Marshall are:

--- Collections Added ---

*  France, Eure, Parish and Civil Registration, 1526-1902  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460907); 4,129,635 indexed records with 4,129,635 record images, ADDED 18-Dec-2020
*  Indiana, Voter Registers, 1850-1931     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113739); 187,003 indexed records with 187,003 record images, ADDED 21-Dec-2020

--- Collections Updated ---

Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,672,542 indexed records with 534,995 record images (was 1,651,989 records with 528,722 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 247,722 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 243,743 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 296,253 indexed records with 124,628 record images (was 281,288 records with 118,666 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 135,270 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 134,510 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2074276); 130,221 indexed records with 942,374 record images (was 95,326 records with 942,374 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020

Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 234,752 indexed records with 107,986 record images (was 230,333 records with 105,774 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Maryland, Allegany County, Tax and Voter Records, 1798-1948     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2175760); 148,475 indexed records with 9,629 record images (was 54,364 records with 3,563 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020
South Dakota, School Records, 1879-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1389778); 4,753,815 indexed records with 200,731 record images (was 4,753,816 records with 200,731 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,404,330 indexed records with 90,498 record images (was 1,388,243 records with 90,160 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020
Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 190,714 indexed records with 135,221 record images (was 190,637 records with 135,181 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 697,023 indexed records with 696,629 record images (was 667,258 records with 666,889 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Texas, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1916-1990  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734716); 28,244 indexed records with 7,763 record images (was 25,662 records with 6,635 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
Isle of Man Parish Registers, 1598-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784428); 438,382 indexed records with 42,844 record images (was 438,382 records with 42,844 images), UPDATED 21-Dec-2020
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 50,653 indexed records with 39,190 record images (was 49,746 records with 38,488 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 71,973 indexed records with 37,880 record images (was 71,754 records with 37,323 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,341 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,341 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 1,327,376 indexed records with 1,316,702 record images (was 1,283,037 records with 1,272,497 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385727); 553,236 indexed records with 479,987 record images (was 553,236 records with 479,987 images), UPDATED 21-Dec-2020
Ohio, Voter Records, 1893-1960  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3937280); 1,668,152 indexed records with 32,149 record images (was 1,668,115 records with 32,149 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
United States Census, 1920      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411); 107,660,167 indexed records with 2,387,416 record images (was 107,660,169 records with 2,387,416 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 654,617 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 654,342 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 6,667 indexed records with 11,590 record images (was 4,247 records with 11,471 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 173,259 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 172,926 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
Illinois, Chicago, Voter Registers, 1888-1892   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116436); 598,753 indexed records with 15,455 record images (was 286,578 records with 7,453 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 209,744 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 194,460 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 21-Dec-2020

Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397); 4,682,107 indexed records with 1,259,299 record images (was 4,348,474 records with 1,259,299 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020
United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2546162); 1,252,320 indexed records with 48,993 record images (was 1,252,320 records with 48,993 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2020
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 560,642 indexed records with 10,435 record images (was 519,078 records with 9,750 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 250,912 indexed records with 13,761 record images (was 247,175 records with 12,981 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 189,596 indexed records with 185,728 record images (was 182,655 records with 178,989 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

Arkansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917 - ca.1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114266); 43,521 indexed records with 12,299 record images (was 11,704 records with 5,345 images), UPDATED 23-Dec-2020
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 204,214 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 203,753 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,485,134 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,485,134 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 5,274,227 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 5,076,550 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 53 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 0 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

Montana, Flathead County Records, 1871-2007     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1387035); 73,188 indexed records with 151,157 record images (was 73,188 records with 151,157 images), UPDATED 20-Dec-2020
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,076,461 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,073,698 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 250,851 indexed records with 2,137 record images (was 246,834 records with 2,110 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020
Arizona, Gila County, Voting Registers, 1881-1920       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734465); 81,164 indexed records with 4,277 record images (was 80,865 records with 4,259 images), UPDATED 21-Dec-2020
Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 155,502 indexed records with 69,223 record images (was 153,386 records with 68,262 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 35,411,512 indexed records with 4,830,472 record images (was 35,411,512 records with 4,830,472 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,206,470 indexed records with 1,967,753 record images (was 7,205,869 records with 1,967,590 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757740); 50,191 indexed records with 42,221 record images (was 50,165 records with 42,195 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020
Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 797,792 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 797,792 records with 942,817 images), UPDATED 19-Dec-2020
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 223,458 indexed records with 148,251 record images (was 210,679 records with 135,827 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 75,123 indexed records with 75,058 record images (was 70,776 records with 70,714 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,202,143 indexed records with 96,048 record images (was 1,193,476 records with 95,462 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 414,951 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 414,349 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Virginia, Various Counties, Marriage Bonds, 1706-1901   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016437); 1,767 indexed records with 308 record images (was 830 records with 116 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020
Mississippi, Voter Registration, 1871-1967      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3308840); 178,315 indexed records with 313 record images (was 129,591 records with 3,230 images), UPDATED 22-Dec-2020

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307826); 2,050,112 indexed records with 942,237 record images (was 2,050,112 records with 942,237 images), UPDATED 20-Dec-2020
Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 4,189 indexed records with 2,648 record images (was 3,905 records with 2,389 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744864); 5,367 indexed records with 5,344 record images (was 5,367 records with 5,344 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 82,959 indexed records with 9,617 record images (was 82,899 records with 9,609 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 14,733 record images (was 1,941 records with 14,678 images), UPDATED 25-Dec-2020

Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 126,342 indexed records with 11,320 record images (was 125,908 records with 11,296 images), UPDATED 24-Dec-2020

--- Collections with new images ---

Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 359,300 indexed records with 4,719 record images (was 359,300 records with 4,295 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
Arizona, Nogales, Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1905-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041280); 502,795 indexed records with 496,137 record images (was 502,795 records with 495,863 images), last updated 21-Apr-2020
South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3040532); 639,973 indexed records with 82,260 record images (was 639,973 records with 81,578 images), last updated 09-Oct-2020
Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041284); 76,332 indexed records with 24 record images (was 76,332 records with 23 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2477957); 697,277 indexed records with 589,395 record images (was 697,277 records with 589,337 images), last updated 10-Nov-2020

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,298 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 302,433 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 160,077 indexed records with 108,093 record images (was 159,542 records with 108,034 images), last updated 18-Dec-2020
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 314,785 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 302,426 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 3,869,490 indexed records with 24,136 record images (was 3,869,490 records with 23,437 images), last updated 02-Nov-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,652,934 indexed records with 143,825 record images (was 3,652,934 records with 157,673 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt, Civil Registration, 1874-1982      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2212665); 180,514 indexed records with 178,994 record images (was 180,514 records with 179,072 images), last updated 20-Nov-2020
United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2822767); 438,236 indexed records with 31,774 record images (was 438,236 records with 31,779 images), last updated 28-Aug-2020
California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029261); 9,256 indexed records with 9,226 record images (was 9,256 records with 9,229 images), last updated 31-Jul-2020
Hungary Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858355); 6,076,320 indexed records with 312,387 record images (was 6,076,320 records with 312,704 images), last updated 01-May-2012

North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 7,926,454 indexed records with 158,575 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 160,721 images), last updated 05-Oct-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,676,650 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,676,655 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,559 record images (was 441,574 records with 316,614 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 468,003 indexed records with 27,488 record images (was 468,003 records with 35,263 images), last updated 08-Dec-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,472 indexed records with 435,098 record images (was 439,472 records with 435,372 images), last updated 27-Aug-2020

Norway Census, 1801     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733603); 878,979 indexed records with 13,207 record images (was 878,979 records with 13,261 images), last updated 19-Oct-2020
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,973 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,978 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with new records ---

Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 1,280,224 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 1,279,475 records with 4,192,353 images), last updated 18-Dec-2020

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamlySearch record collections list to the previous week's list.  

In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 25 December 2020

  Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  MyHeritageDNA Introduces New Genetic Groups Feature

*  What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like

*  The Mystery of Harriet Tubman’s Family Cabin

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Findmypast Christmas Releases

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Scottish Virtual Conference January 23, 2021

*  RootsTech Connect 2021 - 25-27 February 2021 (Online, Free)

*  Family History Federation's Really Useful Show returns in April 2021

*  41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (Philadelphia PA, 2-5 August 2021)

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  MyHeritage Online Events for December

*  Appleton, Wisconsin Library Presents a FREE "Find Your Ancestors" Webinar Series

*  Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) Virtual Seminar is Saturday, 30 January 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 30 December, 11 a.m.:  Ten Databases You Need to Know About, by Shannon Combs-Bennett

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  5 Chrome Extensions for Genealogists, by Cheri Hudson Passey

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #235r - Swedish Records

*  Ancestral Findings:  What Were Your Ancestors Doing in the 1890s? | AF-408

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends:Understanding Copyright with Special Guest-Judy Russell

*  DNA Family Trees:  Did MyHeritage Re-Invent DNA Ethnicity reporting? NEW! DO NOT MISS THIS!

*  Family History Fanatics:  How to Convince Relatives to Take a DNA Test?

*  Family History Fanatics:  Finding Elusive Records in FamilySearch Through Browsing Unindexed Images

*  Family History Fanatics: Beginning Genealogy: Search These 5 Records First to Build Your Family Tree

*  Genealogy Software Showcase:  Importing a Genealogy GEDCOM File into RootsMagic 7

*  Genealogy Software Showcase:  Importing a Genealogy GEDCOM File into Heredis 2020

*  Genealogy Software Showcase:  Importing a Genealogy GEDCOM File into Family Tree Maker 2019

*  Genealogy TV:  How to add an Emojis or Symbols to Your Family Tree on Ancestry or MyHeritage

*  GeneaVlogger:  Irish People Take A DNA Test | Facts - Professional Genealogist Reacts

*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Looking Through Boxes

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  A Cup of Christmas Tea with Author Tom Hegg

*  MyHeritage:  Connecting the Dots – Introduction to Auto Clusters at MyHeritageDNA

*  MyHeritage:  We're live with James Tanner to Explore MyHeritage Records Collections! Join us!

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 22 December 2020 ?

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52 Ancestors - Week 362: #571 Apphia (Bangs) (Knowles) Atwood (1651->1722) of Eastham, Massachusetts

Apphia (Bangs) Knowles (1651-after 1722)   is number 571 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #570 Stephen Atwood (1653-1722)  in 1677  in Eastham, Barnstable County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #285 Hannah Atwood (1686-1771) who married #284 Samuel Horton (1686-1778) in 1714.

*  their son #142 Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) who married #143 Eunice Snow (1722-1816) in 1742.

*  their daughter #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797)who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1839)  in 1782.

*  their daughter  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married  #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)  in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

   

*  Name:                        Apphia Bangs[1,5-6]    

*  Alternate Name:        Apphyah Banges[2]    

*  Alternate Name:        Apphia Attwood[3–4]  

*  Sex:                            Female    

*  Father:                       Edward Bangs (1591-1677)    

*  Mother:                     Rebecca Hobart (1611-1655)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Birth:                       15 October 1651, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]    

*  Distribution:            5 March 1677/8 (age 26), father's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[3]    

*  Distribution:            12 July 1722 (age 70), husband's will proved; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[4]    

*  Death:                     after 12 July 1722 (after age 70), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Spouse 1.                John Knowles (1644-1675)    

*  Marriage 1:            28 December 1670 (age 19), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1]    

*  Child 1:                  Edward Knowles (1671-1740)    

*  Child 2:                  John Knowles (1673-1757)    

*  Child 3:                  Rebecca Knowles (1675-1758)  

*  Spouse 2:               Stephen Atwood (1653-1722)    

*  Marriage 2:            March 1676/7 (about age 25), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5-6]    

*  Child 4:                  Stephen Atwood (1678-1745)    

*  Child 5:                  Malchiel Atwood (1679-1728)    

*  Child 6:                  Joseph Atwood (1680-1740)    

*  Child 7:                  Apphia Atwood (1681-????)    

*  Child 8:                  Eleazer Atwood (1682-1729)    

*  Child 9:                  Joshua Atwood (1683-1724)    

*  Child 10:                Hannah Atwood (1686-1771)    

*  Child 11:                Thomas Atwood (1696-1784)  

 

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 

The Bangs Family genealogy book[1] provides a short sketch for Apphia Bangs on page 20 and on pages 28-29 for her family information.

Apphia Bangs was born 15 October 1651, a twin with sister Mercy, the 8th and 9th children of Edward and Rebecca (Hobart?) Bangs of Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts[1-2].  

She married, first, to John Knowles (1644-1675), on 28 December 1670 in Eastham[1].  John was the son of Richard and Ruth (Bowers) Knowles of Plymouth and Eastham.  He died on 3 June 1675 in Taunton during King Philips's War, leaving Apphia with three small children, all recorded in Eastham town records:

*  Edward Knowles (1671-1740), married (1) 1700 Ann Ridley (1674-1712), and (2) 1712 Sarah Elkins (1672-1753).

*  John Knowles (1673-1757), married (1) 1693 Mary Sears (1672-1745), and (2) 1745 Rebecca --?-- (1680-1773).

*  Rebecca Knowles (1676-1758), married about 1700 Thomas Tobey (1676-1757).

Apphia (Bangs) Knowles married, second, to Stephen Atwood (1653-1722), perhaps in March 1676/7[5-6].  Stephen was the son of Stephen and Abigail (Dunham) Atwood of Plymouth and Eastham. Stephen and Apphia had eight children, all born in Eastham, but only the last one recorded in the town records:

*  Stephen Atwood (1678-1745), married 1700 Martha Pike (1679-1729).

*  Malchiel Atwood (1679-1728), married 1700 Prudence Harding (1680-1713).

*  Joseph Atwood (1680-1740), married 1710 Bethia Crowell (1689-1752).

*  Apphia Atwood (1681-????).

*  Eleazer Atwood (1682-1729), married 1709 Joanna Strout (1685-1736).

*  Joshua Atwood (1683-1724), married 1721 Lydia Doane (1703-????).

*  Hannah Atwood (1686-1771), married 1714 Samuel Horton (1686-1778).

*  Thomas Atwood (1696-1784), married 1724 Phebe Mayo (1709-1783).

In his will dated 19 October 1677, and proved 5 March/ 1677/8, Apphia's father Edward Bangs gave his daughters[3]:

"...to "my daughter Howes, my daughter Higgens, my daughter Done, my daughter Hall, my daughter Merricke, and my daughter Attwood, four pounds apiece at my decease..."

In husband Stephen Atwood's will dated 20 May 1715 and proved 12 July 1722, Apphia (Bangs) (Knowles) Atwood was bequeathed[4]:

"Imp^s. I give and bequeath unto my Loveing wife Apphia Attwood the whole Improvement of all my houseing Lands Marsh or meadow ground that I am Possest of In the Town of Eastham Dureing her Naturall Life if she Remain my widdow until her Death but if she see Cause to Marry again she shall have the bed whereon we now Lodge with therefore Curtains and what Ever ^of^ Right belongeth to said bed; whence I Like wise Constitute make & ordaine my soul Executrix of this my Last will & Testament."

When the inventory was taken, widow and executrix Apphia Atwood made an oath in the probate court that the inventory was the truth.  Hence, she survived her husband.

Their youngest son, Thomas Atwood, was bequeathed possession of Stephen Atwood's lands after the death of Apphia, and she probably lived in her home in Eastham until her death.

 

The death date and place of Apphia (Bangs) (Knowles) Atwood is not known, nor is her burial place.

5)  SOURCES

 

1. Dean Dudley, History and Genealogy of The Bangs Family In America, with Genealogical Tables and Notes (Montrose, Mass. : the author, 1896), pages 28-29, Apphia Bangs sketch.

2. New England Society in the City of New York, Plymouth Church Records, 1620-1859 (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1975), page 15, Apphyah Banges birth entry, 15 October 1651.

3. "Plymouth Colony Records, Wills, 1633-1686, Vols. 1-4,"  transcriptions, Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,567,794, Volume 3, page 106 (image 448 of 616), Edward Bangs will, written 19 October 1677, proved 5 March 1677/8.

4. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Barnstable County, "Probate Records, Vol. 4-5, 1721-1741," Volume 4, pages 67-69, Stephen Atwood, 1722 probate papers.

5. Elijah Francis Atwood, Ye Atte Wood Annals, June 1928 (Sissteon, D.D., Atwood Publishing Co., 1928), pages 71-72, #S5, Stephen Atwood sketch.

6. Alicia Crane Williams, "Stephen Wood alias Atwood of Eastham, Massachusetts," The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 46, No. 2 (May 1996), pages 131-136, pages 133-134, #3 Stephen Atwood sketch.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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