compromise. It took two years, however, before the situation was finally resolved in 1642. Atwood did not live long in his new home in Plymouth, for he died less than ten years after coming to America. It is not known precisely when he died—it was sometime between the date of his will, 20 October 1643, and the date that his will was probated on 5 June 1644. E. F. Atwood provides a transcript of his will in Ye Atte Wode Annals, and his wife Ann is named his sole executrix "to whom I will and bequeath all the rest of my estate". His will was witnessed by William Bradford and Robert Hicks. His wife, Ann (Lee) died in 1654. References Atwood, Charles, History of the Atwood Family in England and the United States, to which is Appended a History of the Tenney Family, 1888 Atwood, Elijah Francis, Ye Atte Wode Annals, Sisseton, SD: Atwood Publishing Co., June 1928 Bradford, William, Bradford’s History of Plymouth Plantation, 1606–1646, edited by William T. Davis, New York: Scribner’s, 1920 Davis, William T., Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth, Part I, Historical Sketch of Titles and Estates, Part II, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, Boston, A. Williams & Co., 1883 Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. and Pulsifer, David (eds.), Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, New York: AMS, 1968, reprint edition 1576 births 1644 deaths People of colonial Massachusetts People from Sanderstead People from Westminster 17th-century English politicians 17th-century American people English emigrants