Benjamin ATHERTON

1701 - 1786  (84 years)

• Name	Benjamin ATHERTON
  Born	9 May 1701	Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Apr 1786	Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I28166	Atherton One Name Study
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	James ATHERTON,   b. 13 May 1654, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Abigail HUDSON,   b. 13 Dec 1659, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  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
  Family ID	F8507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eunice PRIEST,   b. 1710,   d. 27 May 1792, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1726	Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 about Benjamin Atherton Name: Benjamin Atherton Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1726 Marriage Place: Lancaster, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Eunice Preist
  Children	1. Jonathan ATHERTON,   b. 14 Jun 1729, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1793, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 63 years)   2. Elizabeth ATHERTON,   b. 8 Oct 1731, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1793, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 61 years)   3. Eunice ATHERTON,   b. 28 Nov 1733, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 7 Nov 1817, Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA  (Age 83 years)   4. Relief ATHERTON,   b. 29 May 1736,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Abigail ATHERTON,   b. 24 Feb 1739, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1819, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 80 years)   6. Silence ATHERTON,   b. 12 Jun 1745, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Benjamin ATHERTON,   b. 26 Aug 1747, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary ATHERTON,   b. 3 Oct 1749, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F8730	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Benjamin Atherton 1701-1786

  
  

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  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. From Find a Grave: Capt Benjamin Atherton Birth: May 9, 1701 Massachusetts, USA Death: Apr. 15, 1786 Worcester County Massachusetts, USA 84 yrs, 11 mos & 6 days Family links: Spouse: Eunice Priest Atherton (____ - 1792)* *Calculated relationship Burial: Old South Burying Ground Bolton Worcester County Massachusetts, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: Star Rhodes Record added: Nov 18, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 31501005