Humphrey ATHERTON

Born

abt. 1607 , Preston, Lancester, Minwick, England

Died

16 September 1661 , Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Cause of Death: Thrown from his horse in Boston Common

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Born: abt. 1607 in Preston, Lancester, Minwick, England

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Humphrey was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1638.

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Humphrey married Mary WALES . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mary WALES was born 30 April 1613 in Winwick, Lancashire, England. Mary died 17 August 1672 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset).

Humphrey ATHERTON died 16 September 1661 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony .
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Catherine Elizabeth ATHERTON

Born: abt. 1628, , England
Died: 20 February 1710, Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Timothy MATHER 1650 Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Mary ATHERTON

Born: abt. 1636, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 17 September 1692, Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Joseph WEEKS

Margaret ATHERTON

Born: 30 April 1638, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 17 August 1672, Newton, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Married: James TROWBRIDGE 30 December 1659 Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

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Humphrey Atherton was admitted as a freeman at Dorchester on May 2, 1638. He began his Massachusetts military career as a member of the artillery company in 1638, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1645, to Captain in 1650, to Major 1652,and to Major General in 1661.

Robert de Atherton lived in the time of King John 1199–1216. From this we trace down through the centuries to Humphrey Atherton who was born Lancashire, England, about 1609, and came with his wife (Mary Wales) and their t young children, in the ship, James, from Bristol, England, in 1635, to Dorchester, in New England. ... At about the time when Humphrey Atherton arrived with his young family in Dorchester, the larger part of the Dorchester Church, with its pastor, removed to Windsor, Connecticut, and Humphrey Atherton, with his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Wales, assisted Richard Mather, (Rev) (who came in the same ship with them) in nurturing the Dorchester Church back into thrifty life again. As the years went on,...Read full story

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1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1638 Birth of Child
Margaret ATHERTON was born 30 April 1638, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1659 Marriage of Child
Margaret ATHERTON married 30 December 1659, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset) to James TROWBRIDGE

Humphrey ATHERTON - Grave HERE LYES OUR CAPTAIN AND MAJOR OF SUFFOLK WAS WITHALL A GODLEY MAGISTRATE WAS HE AND MAJOR GENERALL TWO TROUPS OF HORS WITH HIM HERE CAME

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HERE LYES OUR CAPTAIN AND MAJOR OF SUFFOLK WAS WITHALL
A GODLEY MAGISTRATE WAS HE AND MAJOR GENERALL
TWO TROUPS OF HORS WITH HIM HERE CAME SUCH WORTH HIS LOVE DID CRAVE
TEN COMPANYES OF FOOT ALSO MOURNING MARCHT TO HIS GRAVE
LET ALL THAT READ BE SURE TO KEEP THE FAITH AS HE HATH DON
WITH CHIRST HE LIVS NOW CROWND
HIS NAME WAS HUMPRY ATHERTON

Dorchester North Burying Ground Dorchester Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA

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