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John Atherton, Jr.
 
 
m. 11 Sep 1798
  1. John Atherton, Jr.
  2. Anna E. Atherton1804 - Aft 1870
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Name John Atherton, Jr.
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John Atherton Jr.

  • Lucy Howard Strait - Atherton Forum - genforum.genealogy.com - 13 Feb 2005 - In Reply to Linda Wilson about John Atherton, b. 1770
The parents of John Atherton Jr. were Charles Atherton and Anna Baize. John was married to Mary called Polly.
In April 1804 Polly Atherton along with Mary Shultz, Nancy Bays, Sarah Leach, Elizabeth Springston, and John Atherton were received as members of the BEAVER DAM BAPTIST CHURCH. Source: A SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE GREEN RIVER MISSION CHURCH 1836-1986 by Wendell Holmes Rone, Sr. P. 13 (Ohio County, KY).
John Atherton Jr. is mentioned in his uncle John Atherton Sr.s will. It was for that uncle that his was likely named. John Atherton SR. was married to Sally.
James Keel, along with John Atherton Sr. and his wife Sally, Aaron Atherton and his wife Christina, constituted Beaver Dam Church, Ohio County Kentucky on March 5, 1798. Source HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-MCLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY, 1843-44.