Cynthia Atwood

Female3 August 1784–13 September 1852

Brief Life History of Cynthia

When Cynthia Atwood was born on 3 August 1784, in Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Atwood, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Doane, was 20. She married Theodore Brown on 22 October 1803, in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. She died on 13 September 1852, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Theodore Brown
1779–1850
Cynthia Atwood
1784–1852
Marriage: 22 October 1803
Ruth Brown
1804–
Phebe Atwood Brown
1806–1864
Caroline Brown
1808–1885
Cynthia Brown
1810–1879
Almaria Brown
1813–
Alice F. Brown
1816–1870
Elisabeth Doane Brown
1820–1893
Nancy Brown
1822–
Theodore Brown
1825–1897
James S. Brown
1829–1854

Sources (21)

  • Cyntha Brown in household of Theadore Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Cynthia Atwood, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Cynthia Atwood, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 October 1803Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 2

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

    Age 3

    The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

    1803

    Age 19

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English atte wode (Old English æt thǣm wuda) ‘by the wood’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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