Person:John Atherton (12)

John Atherton

• "Right Worshipful John Atherton, of Atherton, Esq., High Sheriff of the County Palatine of Lancaster," printed in 1657.

1.   Nightingale, B. (Benjamin). Lancashire nonconformity, or, Sketches, historical and descriptive, of the Congregational and old Presbyterian Churches in the county. (Manchester [England]: John Heywood, 1891-1893)
   Vol. 4. Page 100, 1890.

   Mr. Livesey married a relative of Humphrey Chetham, the founder of Chetham's Hospital in Manchester. He was the author of several little works and two funeral sermons, one for the "Right Worshipful John Atherton, of Atherton, Esq., High Sheriff of the County Palatine of Lancaster," printed in 1657;

2. ↑ Roderick A. Davis, 2nd. Atherton Family 1199 - 1654.
3.   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   Atherton, Greater Manchester
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_Greater_Manchester

4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   Vol. 35, Pages 67-72., 1881.

   The Atherton Family in England
   Communicated by John C.J. Brown, Esq., of Boston.
   Pages 67-72

   p: 69: "... upon the death of John Atherton, who died Jan. 17, 1655."

5.   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)
   pgs. 415-417, 1884.
6.   John Atherton (15), in Patrick Hogue (Samples). Transcribed Atherton Text.