James Atherton

James Atherton BIRTH 1626 Lancashire, England DEATH 6 Aug 1710 (aged 83–84) Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old South Cemetery Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA MEMORIAL ID 155764375 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155764375/james-atherton

• Not the son of Mary Atherton
• Maj.-Gen. Humphrey Atherton is said to have been his brother
• born in 1624 and died on 6 Aug 1710 per internet searching

Founders and Patriots of America Index

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48090/FoundersPatsAmerica-0052...

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lotus525/pafg796.htm#14216

Another source has: "James Atherton. b. 1624, Lancashire, Middlesex, Eng. Arrived Ne wEngland with mother 1635.(according to his mother's profile she died in England?) Others say he accompanies his brother Humphrey. Lived Milton (then part of Dorchester) Mass. Tanner in 1653. married Hannah, 1653. Later lived Nashua, Harvard, Groton. A founder of Lancaster,Mass., where he lived in 1676. Returned to Dorchester, where he was in 1707. Removed to Sherburne, Middlesex Co. (on Nanticket) 1707. Died there, same year."

(note of 9/15/1950)

===archbold genealogy===

James Atherton was born before 1624 in probably, Winstanley, Lancashire, England.(1,2) He was the son of Edmund Atherton. James Atherton emigrated in 1635 from Lancashire, England, on board the James.(1,2) James, married Hannah unknown.(1,2) James Atherton was granted land on 15 March 1653 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.(1) He was living in 1678 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.(1) He left a will on 3 January 1707/8 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.(1 )He died on Wednesday, 6 August 1710 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts(.1,2) James's will was proved on 19 September 1710 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

1 O'Gorman, Ella Foy. Atherton-West and Allied Families. Unknown: ms., 1953.

 2  Voter, Delmar V.. "One Line of Descent from James Atherton", Maine Genealogical Inquirer volume 2, number 10 (no date).

3   Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XVI (1862).

 4  Nourse, Henry S.. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850. 1890. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.

 5  MacKenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1966.

  6 Burr, Annie Lane and Gage, Thomas Hovey. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXIX (1925).

The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1725

By Lancaster (Mass.), Henry Stedman Nourse James Atherton came here from Dorchester with wife Hannah. He is thought to have been a brother of Major General Humphrey Atherton. In Lancaster children were born to him as follows: James, 1654; Joshua, 1656; Hannah, 1657; Mary, 1660; Elizabeth, 1666; Deborah, 1669; Joseph, 1672. In 1697, being then of Milton, he conveyed his land in Lancaster to his eldest son James, Jr. In 1703 the eastern part of the home lot is found in possession of Joseph Wheelock, he having purchased it from Isaac Temple of Marlborough. The western portion had been bought by William Divoll. James and James, Jr., were then resident near Bare Hill, and Joshua near Still River in Harvard. James, the father, died at Sherborn in 1707, aged 84 years. The highway from the brick store east to the neck road probably lies on the south side of the Atherton lot.

Annals of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1725 p 252-253 description of James Atherton property and bio.

The Military Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1740-1865: Including Lists ...

By Henry Stedman Nourse..Shays' Insurrection P. 257

Pay Roll of Capt. John Whiting's Company, of Colonel Ebenezer LoveWs Regiment in the service of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for wages and deficient rations.

[Service: January 30 to February 18.]

Capt. John Whiting,

James Atherton,

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Feb 27 2018, 3:41:13 UTC

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Description: James Atherton, Genealogical Column

Date: January 10 1938

Newspaper published in: Boston

Source: California State Library, Sutro

Note 2983. Part 1. A few days ago an inquiry was made through these columns concerning James Atherton of Lancaster and in time past many other inquiries have been made about this family. Inasmuch as no genealogy of this family has been published, the following notes may be of use and interest to a large number of descendants. 1. James (1) Atherton, who probably came from Wigan, Lancashire, England, was born in 1626 and died at Sherborn, Mass., Aug. 6, 1710, aged eighty-four years. His widow Hannah died at Sherborn, Dec. 29, 1713. By trade he was a tanner. On March 15, 1643, he signed the church covenant at Lancaster and owned lands in the center of the town. After the massacre at Lancaster, Feb. 10, 1675-6, he returned to Dorchester, removing thence to Milton in 1678. Their last remove was to Sherborn where they died. In 1679, being then of Milton, he con- veyed his lands in Lancaster to his eldest son, James. His will was dated at Sherborn, Jan. 3, 1707-8, and proved Sept. 19, 1710, in which he named his widow, Hannah, administrator, sons James and Joshua, daughters Hannah, Elizabeth and Deborah; son-in-law Samuel Bullard, overseer. (Middlesex Probate, 19:37.) Children, all born in Lancaster: 2. James, born May 13, 1654. 3. Joshua, born May 13, 1656. 4. Hannah, born Feb 10, 1657-8. 5. Mary, born Feb. 17, 1660-1; died Lancaster, Nov. 4, 1670. 6. Elizabeth, died Lancaster Aug. 10, 1665. 7. Elizabeth, born Oct. 6, 1666; married Milton, Aug. 28, 1691, Isaac Grosse. 8. Deborah, born Jun 1, 1669. 9. Joseph, born April 28, 1672; soldier in the reduction of Canada, 1690, in the company of Captain John Withington of Dorchester. Of the 75 soldiers of this company who set out only 46 returned; doubtless Joseph Atherton was one of those killed, for his nephew, James Atherton, Jr., of Harvard, was assigned his township rights in Ashburnham, which were due him as a veteran of this campaign."