His parents were Joseph Atwood, (fka, Joseph Wood), and Hester (Walker) Atwood. He "married Ruth, daughter of Col. Sylvester Richmond, and he represented Dighton in the General Court in 1718. He was town clerk for several years, as was his father Joseph before him. Ephraim and Ruth's children were Silvester, born in 1725 ; Ruth, born in 1727 ; Ephraim, born in 1737, and Joanna, born after her father's death."
Source: p. 258 of "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, ed, 1883, Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
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His parents were Joseph Atwood, (fka, Joseph Wood), and Hester (Walker) Atwood. He "married Ruth, daughter of Col. Sylvester Richmond, and he represented Dighton in the General Court in 1718. He was town clerk for several years, as was his father Joseph before him. Ephraim and Ruth's children were Silvester, born in 1725 ; Ruth, born in 1727 ; Ephraim, born in 1737, and Joanna, born after her father's death."
Source: p. 258 of "History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men", by Duane Hamilton Hurd, ed, 1883, Philadelphia, J. W. Lewis & Co.
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