Born in Atusville, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Atus
and Fanny (Davis) Atus
Sister of
Elizabeth Atus, John P. Atus, Walter Atus, Ambrose Allen Atus, Henry Harris Atus, Louis Atus, Benjamin S. Atus [half], Moses Atus [half], Sylvia A. (Atus) Rose [half], Fanny (Atus) Bailey [half], William C. Atus [half], Ellen Atus [half] and George Atus [half]
Wife of
Joseph Maxwell
— married
7 Jan 1847 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Lewis F. Maxwell, Henry Theadore Maxwell, Franklin R. Maxwell, Joseph S. Maxwell, James L. Maxwell and Lydia J. Maxwell
Died after
after age 36
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Mary (Atus) Maxwell is a part of US Black heritage.
Mary Jane Atus was born free in Atusville (Machias), Maine on 7 April 1827. She was the daughter of John Atus and Frances "Fanny" Davis. [1]
She married Joseph Maxwell in Machias, 2 Jan 1847. [2][3]
Sources
- ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBT-7XH : 14 January 2020), Mary Jane Atis, 1827. [1] and [2]
- ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48G-J41 : 14 January 2020), Mary Jane Atis in entry for Joseph Maxwell, 1847. Event Type: Marriage, Source Details: 336, Digital Folder Number: 007595755, Microfilm Number: 11562, Image Number: 00217, Originating System: EASY, Indexing Batch: I00649-7 [3]
- ↑ Long, Alice MacDonald, editor, Marriage Returns of Washington County, Maine, Prior to 1892 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 15, Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993, 118 pages, ISBN 0-89725-140-7), p. 66, "Joseph Maxwell of Machias & Mary J. Atis of same m. 20 Jan 1847 by Jonathan Marston Jr. JP." Cit. Date: 25 Sep 2022.
- 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Machias, Washington, Maine; Roll: 273; Page: 34b; Line Number: 30
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Mary J Maxwell (23) in Machias, Washington, Maine, USA. Born in Maine. - 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Machias, Washington, Maine; Roll: M653_455; Page: 907; Family History Library Film: 803455
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Mary J Maxwell (34) in Machias, Washington, Maine.
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