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Mary Athearn (Butler)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: April 08, 1741 (88-89)
Tisbury, Dukes, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Place of Burial: West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Butler and Mary Weeks
Wife of Simon Attharn
Mother of Mary Waldron; Sarah Torrey; Jabez Athearn, Esq.; Solomon Athearn; Jethro Athearn, Sr. and 2 others
Sister of John Butler; Lieutenant William Butler; Thomas Butler; Hannah Chadwick and Joseph Butler
Half sister of John Butler; Hannah Chadwick and Joseph Butler

Managed by: Marcus William Bickford, MD
Last Updated:

About Mary Athearn

11. MARY, b. 1652; m. SIMON ATHEARN (l) 4 Oct. 1665.

She is mentioned in the will of Joyce (Baker) Butler, her grandmother, dated March 13, 1680.



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Mary (Butler) Athearn

Daughter of John Butler and Mary (Lynde) Butler
Born 1652 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts
Died 8 Apr 1741 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts
Sister of

  1. John Butler,
  2. Thomas Butler,
  3. Joseph Butler and
  4. Hannah (Butler) Chadwick

Wife of Simon Athearn — married 4 Oct 1665 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts
Mother of

  1. Samuel Athearn,
  2. Mary (Athearn) Waldron,
  3. Sarah (Athearn) Torrey,
  4. Jabez Athearn,
  5. Lydia (Athearn) Torrey,
  6. Samuel Athearn 2nd,
  7. Joyce (Athearn) Rhodes,
  8. Solomon Athearn,
  9. Zerviah (Athearn) Torrey and
  10. Jethro Athearn

An alternate birthplace may be Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Sources
Vital Records of Tisbury, Mass.
Banks Page 57
Banks, Charles Edward.The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts in Three Volumes. (Boston, George H. Dean, 1911) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:The_History_of_Martha%27s_Viney...


http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=20194044&pid...
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid...
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid...

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73336491/mary-athearn MEMORIAL ID 73336491
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/L89S-LVQ

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Mary Athearn's Timeline

1652
1652
Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1671
1671
1674
June 30, 1674
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States
1676
January 1676
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts
1678
October 10, 1678
West Tisbury, Dukes County, New York
1684
1684
1686
March 31, 1686
Tisbury, Dukes County, MA, United States
1692
June 30, 1692
Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1741
April 8, 1741
Age 89
Tisbury, Dukes, Province of Massachusetts Bay