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William Weeks, of Dorchester

Also Known As: "Weekes"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salcombe, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 13, 1677 (49)
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Place of Burial: Columbia Road and Stoughton Street Upham, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of George Weeks and Jane Humphrey
Husband of Elizabeth Atherton, 3837 and Elizabeth Mather
Father of John Weeks, 1918; Elizabeth Williams; William Weeks; Mary White; George Weeks and 6 others
Brother of Thomas Weeks; Ammiel Weeks; Joseph Weeks; Jane Bates; Mary Weeks and 1 other

Managed by: John Albert Rigali
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About William Weeks, of Dorchester

Wililiam Weeks

  • Birth: 1628 - England
  • Death: 1677 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachussetts
  • Wife: Elizabeth UNKNOWN (not Atherton)
  • Child: John Weeks, 23 Dec 1651, Dorchester, MA
  • Child: Elizabeth Weeks, 16 Sep 1653, Dorchester, MA
  • Child: Mary Weeks, 10 Nov 1656, Dorchester, MA
  • Child: George Weeks, 26 Nov 1658, Dorchester, MA
  • Child: Renew Weeks, 12 Aug 1660, Dorchester, MA

Do not confuse this William with that William, who married Mary Lynde.


Father: George WEEKS b: 23 FEB 1608/1609 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England Mother: Jane CLAPP b: ABT 1600 in Salcombe Regis, Devonshire, England

Marriage 1 Elizabeth UNKNOWN (Not Atherton) b: 28 SEP 1628 in Winwick, Lancashire, England Married: 1650 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Children

  • John Weeks (Weekes) b: 23 Feb 1651/52 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Richard Weeks b: 1653 in Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Weeks b: 14 SEP 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • William Weeks b: 20 AUG 1654
  • Mary Weeks b: 10 NOV 1656 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • Renew Weeks (Weekes) b: 12 AUG 1660 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • Jane Weeks b: 30 SEP 1662 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • George Weeks b: 2 OCT 1664 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • Sarah Weeks b: 19 AUG 1666 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • Hannah Weeks b: 13 SEP 1668
  • Samuel Weeks b: 1670
  • Submit Weeks b: 03 Feb 1671/72 in probably Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources:

  • Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
  • Weeks, Robert Dodd. Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes, by R.d. Weekes. Newark, NJ: Hardham, 1885.
  • Savage, James, and Francis Jackson. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May, 1692, on the Basis of the Farmer's Register. Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1995.
  • Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
  • Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. NEHGR 16:157 “Births Marriages and Deaths in Dorchester” Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21080/157/426689312 (1862)
  • Dorchester. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7693/6/142205453 birth p. 6; death p. 25
  • Type: Book Author: Robert D Weeks Periodical: Genealogy of George Weeks Publication: L.J. Hardham Press, Newark NJ, 1885 Author: Robert D. Weeks Periodical: Genealogy of the Family of George Weekes of Dorchester Publication: LJ Hardham Press, Newark NJ, 1885
  • Type: Book Author: James Savage Periodical: A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register Publication: Boston, Little, Brown and Company; reprinted by Higginson Book Co., Salem, MA, c1995 Repository: Lompoc, Pomona, Ventura Public Libraries Text: Vol II
  • Type: Book Periodical: History of Rehoboth Carpenters
  • Type: Gedcom File Title: Ellis-Padgett Family Roots Date: 2005-06-06 Location: Rootsweb.com
  • Type: Gedcom File Title: 15353 Date: 29 APR 1999 Title: MyronC Gedcom file#452, Location: MyronC@gvn.net, Url: FTMW, Family Tree Makers for Windows Publication: 08/16/98, Original Date, 05/02/98 Text: 1628 Title: MyronC Gedcom file#452, Location: MyronC@gvn.net, Url: FTMW, Family Tree Makers for Windows Publication: 08/16/98, Original Date, 05/02/98
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11397629/william-weeks

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William Weeks, of Dorchester's Timeline

1628
September 1, 1628
Salcombe, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1651
February 23, 1651
Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1653
September 16, 1653
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1654
1654
Massachusetts Bay Colony
1656
November 10, 1656
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1658
November 26, 1658
Dorchester, Suffolk Massachusetts Bay Colony
1660
August 12, 1660
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1662
September 30, 1662
Dorchester, Suffolk Massachusetts Bay Colony
1664
1664
Age 35
Dorchester, Norfolk County, Morocco