William Wetherell

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William Witherell
1597–Deceased •

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William Witherell
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about 1597
England
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William Witherell
1597–Deceased • 9K7X-FTT​​
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1599–Deceased • HVB8-RFM​​

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William Wetherell I
1625–1691 • LZVC-K94​​

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William Wetherell
1565–1621 • LZ29-ZF9​​
Marriage: 1589
Maidstone, Kent, England

Ufn Rogers
1570–1635 • LZGH-HF7​​

Children of Ufn Rogers and William Wetherell (4)
Sarah Wetherell
1589–1664 • LCYM-7QD​​

John Wetherell
1594–1672 • KZ8Q-KKB​​

William Witherell
1597–Deceased •

Rev. William Wetherell II
1600–1684 •

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William Wetherell
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1565–20 May 1621

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Brief Life History of William
When William Wetherell was born in 1565, in York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Wetherill, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Smithe, was 20. He married Ufn Rogers in 1589, in Maidstone, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 20 May 1621, in St Martin Ludgate, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 56, and was buried in Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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William Wetherell
Male
1565–1621

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Ufn Rogers
Female
1570–1635

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Marriage
1589
Maidstone, Kent, England

Children (4)

Sarah Wetherell
Female
1589–1664

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John Wetherell
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1594–1672

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William Witherell
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1597–Deceased

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Rev. William Wetherell II
Male
1600–1684

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John Wetherill
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1530–1625

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Margaret Smithe
Female
1545–1622

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Siblings (1)

William Wetherell
Male
1565–1621

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The following is from Threlfall, Twenty-six great migration colonists to New England & their origins, 1993:

"There has been an effort, in several genealogical monographs, to assign William Witherell to various families. Peter Charles Witherell and Edwin Ralph Witherell's well documented "History and Genealogy of the Witherell/Wetherell Family of New England" repeats the tradition that he was a descendant of Rev. John Rogers the Martyr of Smithfield, but there is no reason to believe this. It has also been suggested by Savage, as well as others, that Rev. William was related to Sarah, the wife of Stephen Fosdick (1584-1664), and that he was a brother to John Wetherell of Watertown, and an uncle of William Witherell of Taunton, Mass. All of these claims have no proven basis. Most likely the discovery of William Witherell's birthplace will resolve these questions."

Earlier, Threlfell notes that our William seems to be from the Yorkshire area of England -- as it seems he moved to Kent for a job after he got his Mastres. Venn's "Alumni Cantabrigienses" notes: [he] matriculated sizar from Corpus Christi, Easter 1619. Of Yorkshire. B.A. 1622/3; M.A. 1626; Schoolmaster of Maidstone..."

Fifteen years later, researches have still not found his origins (Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 2008), 7: 317-22.)