Atherton, Humphrey b. Abt 1597 of Wigan,Lancs,Eng d. 17 Sep 1661 Dorchester,Suffolk,MA: Our Generations Ancestors

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Name	Atherton, Humphrey
Born	Abt 1597	of Wigan,Lancs,Eng
Gender	Male
Died	17 Sep 1661	Dorchester,Suffolk,MA
Buried	North Burying Ground,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA
Notes	BIRTH: Date of birth is an approximation. Residence of Wigan is given on mar rec, below. MAR: Robert Dickinson, ed, THE REGISTER OF WINWICK PARISH CHURCH, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 113 (1974):72 (FHL #942.72 K29pr). DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 26 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). For a detailed account of his death, see Joseph Besse, A COLLECTION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, 2 vols. (London, 1753), 2:270 (FHL #599671). Also see Suffolk Co. Probate, #275, (o.s.); most important docs: 4:31, adm of estate, 27 Sep 1661 (FHL #584127). 20:63-65, adm of remaining estate, 9 Oct 1717 (FHL #584134). 28:203-204, adm of remaining estate, 26 Oct 1730 (FHL #548138). Abstracts of much of Atherton's probate file were published in William B. Trask, "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on Record...in the County of Suffolk," NEHGR, 32(1878):197-204 (FHL #974 B2ne). Also see additional probate from the Hartford, Connecticut Probate District, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:174-75 (FHL #974.6 P2m). BUR: "Epitaphs at Dorchester," NEHGR, 2(1848):382 (FHL #974 B2ne). Died on "16" Sep 1661. OCC: Magistrate, military officer, Major-general of militia in 1656.
Person ID	I5761	Our Generations Ancestors
Last Modified	2 Jan 2000

Family Kenyon, Mary, b. Abt 1603, of Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. (wp) 3 Oct 1672, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age 69 years)

Married 29 Mar 1625 Winwick,Lancs,Eng

Children

	1. Atherton, Mary, d. 17 Sep 1692, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA
+	2. Atherton, Elizabeth, c. 28 Sep 1628, Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. 15 May 1678, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 49 years)
	3. Atherton, Jonathan, c. 26 Dec 1629, Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. Aft 1 May 1677 (Age ~ 48 years)
	4. Atherton, Isabel, c. 23 Jan 1630/1631, Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. 18 Dec 1661, Boston,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 30 years)
	5. Atherton, Margaret, b. Abt 1632, d. 17 Aug 1672, Cambridge,Middlesex,MA (Age 40 years)
	6. Atherton, Consider, b. Abt 1634, d. (adm) 18 Feb 1691/2, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA
	7. Atherton, Rest, c. 26 May 1639, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 3 Nov 1708, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 69 years)
	8. Atherton, Increase, c. 2 Jan 1641/1642, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. (adm) 15 Aug 1673, At Sea (Age ~ 31 years)
	9. Atherton, Thankful, c. 29 Apr 1644, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 11 Apr 1719, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 74 years)
	10. Atherton, Hope, c. 30 Aug 1646, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 8 Jun 1677, Hatfield,Hampshire,MA (Age ~ 30 years)
	11. Atherton, Watching, c. 24 Aug 1651, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. Bef 9 Oct 1717 (Age ~ 66 years)
	12. Atherton, Patience, c. 2 Apr 1654, 1st Church,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 12 Jul 1691, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 37 years)

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