Person:Hope Atherton (1)
Rev. Hope Atherton
chr.30 Aug 1646 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.8 Jun 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1627/28
  1. Jonathan Atherton1627 - 1673
  2. Elizabeth Atherton1628 - 1678
  3. Isabel Atherton1629/30 - 1661
  4. John Atherton1635 - 1661
  5. Mary Atherton1636 - 1692
  6. Margaret Atherton1638 - 1672
  7. Rest Atherton1639 - 1708
  8. Increase Atherton1641/42 - 1673
  9. Thankful Atherton1644 - 1719
  10. Rev. Hope Atherton1646 - 1677
  11. Consider Atherton1646 - 1687
  12. Watching Atherton1651 -
  13. Patience Atherton1654 - 1691
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1674
  1. Hope Atherton1674/75 -
  2. Joseph Atherton1674/75 -
  3. Sarah Atherton1676 - 1728/29
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Hope Atherton
Gender Male
Christening[2] 30 Aug 1646 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Degree[3] 1665 Harvard College.
Religion[1][3] Mar 1671 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United StatesOrdained first minister
Marriage Abt 1674 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States(her 1st husband)
to Sarah Hollister
Death[3] 8 Jun 1677 Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Hope - bap. Aug. 30, 1646; d. Jun. 8, 1677. Graduated Harvard 1665; ordained 1671; freeman 1672; minister at Hatfield, MA, and Chaplain. Married 1674 Sarah HOLLISTER (b. about 1654; d. 1691), daughter of Lt. Joseph of Wethersfield. Sarah (d. Dec. 8, 1691) married second about 1680 Timothy BAKER of Northampton, MA, son of Edward and Joan. Children of Hope and Sarah ATHERTON: twin Hope died in infancy; twin Joseph married first Mary TAYLOR, and second Mindwell BROWN; and Sarah married John PARSONS.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Hollister Family Tree.
  2. ↑ First Church (Dorchester, Massachusetts). Records of the First Church at Dorchester in New England, 1636-1734. (Boston, Massachusetts: G. H. Ellis, 1891)
    158.

    Hope Atherton [baptized] 30 - 6 mo - 46
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the sixth month is August. More info may be found here.]

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Cambridge, Mass.: C.W. Sever, 1873- 1885)
    Vol. 2, pp. 193-4.

    Rev. Hope Atherton, s/o Major-General Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester, Mass, bp. 30 Aug 1646, B.A. from Harvard 1665, ordained at Hatfield March 1671, freeman May 1672, in Indian attack of 17 May 1676 was lost, wandered until 22 May, and never recovering, d. 8 Jun 1677. In 1674 he m. Sarah Hollister and had 1674/5 twins Joseph and Hope (d. young), and 1676 Sarah.

  4.   Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men. (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1884)
    Pages 415-417, 1884.
  5.   Patrick Hogue (Samples). Transcribed Atherton Text.
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