Person:John Atherton (21)

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Deacon John Atherton
b.13 May 1714 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.4 Oct 1785 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1701
  1. Elizabeth Atherton1701 -
  2. Capt. Humphrey Atherton1707 - 1786
  3. Anna Atherton1710 -
  4. Deacon John Atherton1714 - 1785
  5. Capt. Consider Atherton1716/17 - 1812
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Jan 1741
  1. John Atherton1747 - 1825
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon John Atherton
Gender Male
Birth[3] 13 May 1714 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 26 Jan 1741 to Rachel Wentworth
Death[4] 4 Oct 1785 Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[2] Pearl Street Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, and William Frederick Adams. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1910)
    Vol. 4, Page 2646.

    (IV) Deacon John, son of Humphrey Atherton, was born May 13, 1714. He married, January 26, 1741 (intentions dated October 10, 1740), Rachel, daughter of Charles and Bethia Wentworth. She was of Stoughton, born March 13, 1714-15, died August 11, 1798. He died at Stoughton, October 4, 1785. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born May 20, 1744; married ____Tucker, of Milton. 2. John, July 21, 1747; mentioned below. 3. William, February 7, 1721-22. 4. Samuel, April 24, 1728.

  2. ↑ Find A Grave: Pearl Street Cemetery, in Find A Grave
    Deacon John Atherton.

    Inscription:
    "The sweet remembrance of juft / That floweth when they sleep in / Duft. His works of piety and / love remain before the lord / Honrour on earth & joy above / Shall be his fare reward"
    [Note: stone unreadable due to lichen]

  3. ↑ Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston: Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825. (Boston, Massachusetts: Rockwell and Churchill, city printers, 1890)
    p. 60.

    John the Son of Humphry Atherton and Elizabeth his Wife was Born May 13: 1714.

  4. ↑ Endicott, Frederic. The Record of Births, Marriages And Deaths And Intentions of Marriage, in The Town of Stoughton From 1727 to 1800, And in The Town of Canton From 1797-1845: Preceded by the Records of the South Precinct of Dorchester, from 1715 to 1727. (Canton, Massachusetts: Printed by W. Bense, 1896)
    p. 164.

    Decon John Atherton Died October ye 4th 1785 in the 72 year of his age.
    [Age 71, so born about 1714.]

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