Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton

Abt 1609 - 1661  (52 years)    Has 4 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Humphrey Atherton
  Prefix	Maj. Gen.
  Birth	Abt 1609	Lanchester, Minwick, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Sep 1661	Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  Association	Hannah Atherton (Relationship: Related ???)
  Person ID	I177024	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2001

  
  

  Father	Edmund Atherton,   b. Abt 1576, Winstanley, Wigan, Lancastershire, England d. 10 Apr 1613, England (Age 37 years)
  Mother	NN,   b. Abt 1580, Winstanley, Wigan, Lancastershire, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F71348	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wales,   b. Abt 1610, Lanchester, Minwick, England d. 1672, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1628	Preston, Lancashire, England
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Atherton,   c. 28 Sep 1628, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1678, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 49 years) + 2. Catherine Atherton,   b. 28 Sep 1628, Warwickshire, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jonathan Atherton,   b. Abt 1626, England d. 15 Aug 1673 (Age 47 years) + 4. Isabele Atherton,   c. 23 Jan 1630, Lanchester, Minwick, England d. 18 Dec 1661 (Age ~ 31 years) + 5. Mary Atherton,   b. Abt 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1718 (Age 82 years) + 6. Margaret Atherton,   b. 30 Apr 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Aug 1672, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)   7. Best Atherton,   c. 26 May 1639, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Nov 1708 (Age ~ 69 years)   8. Increase Atherton,   c. 2 Jan 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 1675 (Age ~ 33 years)   9. Thankful Atherton,   c. 28 Apr 1644, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 11 Apr 1719 (Age ~ 74 years) + 10. Consider Atherton,   b. Abt 1646, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Apr 1687, Dorcester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 41 years)   11. Hope Atherton,   c. 30 Aug 1646, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 8 Jun 1677 (Age ~ 30 years) + 12. Watching Atherton,   c. 24 Aug 1651, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Jun 1672 (Age ~ 20 years)   13. Patience Atherton,   c. 2 Apr 1654, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA d. 12 Jul 1691 (Age ~ 37 years)
  Family ID	F71335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2000

  
  

• Notes

  SEE; "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" page 23; Atherton, Humphrey & Mary [WALES?] (doubtful); in England, ca 1629/30; Dorchester. To America on 'James' from Bristol 1635. Possibly son of Edmund. Lived at Lancashire, England and Dorchester and Boston, MA. Admitted freeman at Dorchester May 2, 1638; member of artillery company 1638; Lt. 1645; Capt. 1650; Maj. 1652; Speaker of the House 1653; Maj. Gen. 1661. Tradition says death resulted from a fall when his horse stumbled over a cow lying in the road. Humphrey was married "when an infant."