James ATHERTON

1654 -

• Name	James ATHERTON
  Born	13 May 1654	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 about James Atherton Name: James Atherton Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 13 May 1654 Birth Place: Lancaster, Massachusetts Father Name: James Atherton Mother Name: Hanna Atherton
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I27248	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2014

  
  

  Father	James ATHERTON,   b. 1624, Lancashire, England ,   d. 3 Jan 1708, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Hannah HUDSON,   b. 1630,   d. 30 Dec 1713, Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1653	England
  	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about James Atherton Name: James Atherton Gender: Male Birth Place: La Birth Year: 1626 Spouse Name: Hannah Spouse Birth Year: 1630 Marriage Year: 1653 Number Pages: 1
  Family ID	F8504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail HUDSON,   b. 13 Dec 1659, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Married	6 Jun 1684	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  	From US Marriages New England Marriages prior to 1700: NAME: Abigail Hudson [Abigail Waters] GENDER: Female MARRIAGE DATE: 6 Jun 1684 MARRIAGE PLACE: New England, United States SPOUSE'S NAME: James Atherton
  Children	1. James ATHERTON,   b. 27 Feb 1684, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   2. Jonathan ATHERTON   3. Ruth ATHERTON,   b. 1700,   d. 29 Apr 1785, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 85 years)   4. Benjamin ATHERTON,   b. 9 May 1701, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1786, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 84 years)   5. Abigail ATHERTON   6. Marj ATHERTON
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F8507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Atherton, Harvard Massachusetts HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF HARVARD MASSACHUSETTS 1732-1893 BY HENRY S. NOURSE, A.M. HARVARD: PRINTED FOR WARREN HAPGOOD 1894 Page 34 The Athertons sold their homestead upon Lancaster Neck in 1702, and built a new dwelling at the south end of Bare Hill. James and Hannah Atherton were among the earliest comers to the Nashaway Plantation, being from Dorchester. It is supposed that he was a younger brother of Major Humphrey Atherton. His oldest son, James, was born 1654, 3 mo. 13 day, and married Abigail Hudson, June 6, 1684. The father gave his Lancaster home to James, Jr., in 1686,and died at the age of eighty-four years in Sherborn, while living with his daughter, Deborah Bullard, his will being dated January 3, 1707-8. The Harvard Pioneers were James, Jr., and his son, born February 27, 1684-5. Page 537, BIRTHS. ATHERTON. The children of James Jr., and Abigail (Hudson), m. June 6, 1684, were: James, February 27, 1685, Jonathan, Benjamin (m. Eunice Priest, 1727), Abigail (m. John White), Marj (m.___ Goodman), Ruth. Inventory of the father's estate is dated November 19, 1718. The children of James Atherton Jr. (3rd) and Sarah, baptized at Lancaster, were: Simon and Amos, 1708; John, 1710; Abigail, 1712; Sarah, 1714; James, 1716; Moses, 1718; David, 1722; Submit, 1725; Prudence, 1727. Clarification Note: Atherton, James 4th 6 May 1716 - Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts 28 Oct 1798 - Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania Atherton, James 3rd 27 Feb 1684 - Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 1750 - Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Atherton, James 2nd 13 May 1654 - Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts 19 Nov 1718 - Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Atherton, James 1st 1626 - Wigan, Lancashire, England 6 Aug 1710 - Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts