Person:Sarah Atherton (5)

Name^[3]	Sarah Atherton
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	25 May 1755	Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	9 Jan 1771	Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto John Whitney
Marriage	21 Nov 1805	Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Peter Bender
Death^[2]	16 Dec 1840	Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917)
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Atherton, Sarah, d. of Joseph and Sarah, May 25, 1755.
↑ Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1910)
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Bender, --, wid --, --, 1840. [Sarah, w. Peter, formerly w. John Whitney, Dec. 16, a. 86, GS3]
[Born about 1754.]
↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis. Major-General Humphrey Atherton, of Dorchester and James Atherton, of Dorchester and Lancaster: and Some of Their Descendants. (Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1936)
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Children of Joseph Atherton and Sarah Hutchins: 2) Sarah, b. 25 May 1755, m. Bolton 9 Jan 1771 John Whitney.
The Whitney Research Group website says Sarah was the daughter of Peter Atherton and Experience Wright, b. 1755. Looking at the Harvard records, the Sarah born 1755 was the daughter of Joseph Atherton and Sarah Hutchins, while the daughter of Peter and Experience was b. 1744. A birth in 1755 matches pretty well the age at death even though it means Sarah married John Whitney before she turned 16. The Sarah b. 1744 is presumably the one who married in 1762 Silas Parkhurst.