He was one of the inhabitants of Taunton, who, on the 28th of December, 1659, had a division of land made in the proportion of two acres on each shilling of the rate paid by the individual, two acres on each head in the family, and two acres to the lot. Mr. Wetherell's rate was seven shillings and tenpence; and there were five heads in his family (supposed to be himself, wife, and three children); and twenty-eight acres of land were assigned him. His wife's name was Dorothy --. When they were married is uncertain: but it is supposed to have been about 1650; for, in 1672, William Wetherell, and William Wetherell, jun. (supposed to be his son), were among the proprietors of the South Purchase of Taunton, including what is now Dighton and a portion of Berkley.
