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Benjamin Athearn

Benjamin Athearn

Male 1776 - 1794  (18 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Athearn was born in 1776 (son of Jethro Athearn and Mercy Chase); died on 5 Oct 1794.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jethro Athearn was born on 23 Jun 1742 (son of Jethro Athearn and Mary Mayhew); died on 11 Jul 1819.

    Jethro married Mercy Chase on 5 Dec 1765. Mercy (daughter of Abraham Chase and Deliverance Nickerson) was born on 17 Feb 1743; died on 27 Jul 1820. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mercy Chase was born on 17 Feb 1743 (daughter of Abraham Chase and Deliverance Nickerson); died on 27 Jul 1820.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Athearn was born in 1767.
    2. Deacon Timothy Athearn was born on 22 Feb 1769; died on 7 Feb 1828; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    3. Sarah Athearn was born in 1771; died on 18 Dec 1849.
    4. Mercy Athearn was born on 24 Jul 1773; died on 21 Apr 1819.
    5. Lucy Athearn was born on 24 Jul 1773; died on 2 Oct 1856 in Tisbury, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    6. 1. Benjamin Athearn was born in 1776; died on 5 Oct 1794.
    7. Abigail Athearn was born in Sep 1778; died on 16 Mar 1813.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jethro Athearn was born on 30 Jun 1692 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA (son of Simon Athearn and Mary Butler); died on 3 Feb 1784 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.

    Jethro married Mary Mayhew on 8 Sep 1720 in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA. Mary (daughter of Paine Mayhew and Mary Rankin) was born on 26 Sep 1700 in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA; died on 7 Apr 1778 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary Mayhew was born on 26 Sep 1700 in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA (daughter of Paine Mayhew and Mary Rankin); died on 7 Apr 1778 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    Children:
    1. Sarah Athearn was born on 29 Nov 1721.
    2. Zerviah Athearn was born on 23 Aug 1723.
    3. James Athearn was born on 16 Oct 1725; died on 10 Nov 1814.
    4. Eleanor Athearn was born on 4 Dec 1727; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    5. Mary Athearn was born on 16 Sep 1731; died on 1 Jan 1819.
    6. Martha Athearn was born on 9 Aug 1733.
    7. Susanna Athearn was born on 1 Nov 1735 in Tisbury, Dukes County, MA; died on 30 Dec 1778.
    8. Dinah Athearn was born on 24 Jan 1737.
    9. 2. Jethro Athearn was born on 23 Jun 1742; died on 11 Jul 1819.

  3. 6.  Abraham Chase was born on 14 Feb 1716 (son of Abraham Chase and Abigail Barnard); died in 1752.

    Abraham married Deliverance Nickerson. Deliverance (daughter of Ensign William Nickerson and Deliverance Lombard) was born in 1712 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died on 3 Sep 1788 in Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Deliverance Nickerson was born in 1712 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA (daughter of Ensign William Nickerson and Deliverance Lombard); died on 3 Sep 1788 in Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, MA.
    Children:
    1. Abigail Chase was born about 1738.
    2. Elizabeth Chase was born about 1740; died on 2 May 1818.
    3. 3. Mercy Chase was born on 17 Feb 1743; died on 27 Jul 1820.
    4. Timothy Chase was born on 22 Jun 1745; died on 28 Apr 1818; was buried in Crossways cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes County, MA.
    5. Benjamin Chase was born about 1747.
    6. Mary Chase was born in Jan 1749; died on 26 Aug 1843; was buried in Crossways cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes County, MA.
    7. Deliverance Chase was born about 1761.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Simon Athearn was born about 1642 in Boughton, Blem, Kent, England; died on 20 Feb 1714/1715 in West Tisbury, Dukes County, MA.

    Simon married Mary Butler on 4 Oct 1665. Mary (daughter of John Butler and Mary Lynde) was born in 1652 in Edgartown, Dukes County, MA; died on 8 Apr 1741 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary Butler was born in 1652 in Edgartown, Dukes County, MA (daughter of John Butler and Mary Lynde); died on 8 Apr 1741 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA.
    Children:
    1. Samuel Athearn was born on 17 Sep 1671 in Massachusetts; died on 4 Mar 1766.
    2. Mary Athearn was born on 3 May 1674.
    3. Sarah Athearn was born on 1 Jan 1676 in Tisbury, Dukes County, MA; died on 1 Mar 1745 in West Tisbury, Dukes County, MA; was buried on 1 Mar 1745 in West Tisbury, Dukes County, MA.
    4. Jabez Athearn was born on 10 Oct 1678 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; died on 29 Nov 1761; was buried in 1761 in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    5. Lydia Athearn was born on 22 Sep 1681; died in 1729.
    6. Joyce Athearn was born on 22 Sep 1684.
    7. Solomon Athearn was born on 31 Mar 1686 in Massachusetts; died on 12 Dec 1762; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.
    8. Zerviah Athearn was born on 25 Aug 1689.
    9. 4. Jethro Athearn was born on 30 Jun 1692 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; died on 3 Feb 1784 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.

  3. 10.  Paine Mayhew (son of Matthew Mayhew and Mary Skiffe).

    Paine married Mary Rankin on 8 Dec 1699 in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mary Rankin (daughter of Andrew Rankin and Martha Merry).
    Children:
    1. Sarah Mayhew was born on 7 Aug 1708 in Chilmark, Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, MA; died on 11 Jul 1734 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, MA.
    2. 5. Mary Mayhew was born on 26 Sep 1700 in Chilmark, Dukes County, MA; died on 7 Apr 1778 in Holmes Hole, Dukes County, MA; was buried in West Tisbury cemetery, Dukes County, MA.

  5. 12.  Abraham Chase was born on 10 Jan 1683 (son of Isaac Chase and Mary Tilton); died between 1760 - 1764; was buried in Crossways cemetery, Tisbury, Dukes County, MA.

    Abraham married Abigail Barnard about 1709. Abigail (daughter of Nathaniel Barnard and Mary Barnard) was born in 1685; died on 15 Oct 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Abigail Barnard was born in 1685 (daughter of Nathaniel Barnard and Mary Barnard); died on 15 Oct 1731.
    Children:
    1. Mary Chase was born about 1710.
    2. Eleanor Chase was born on 8 Oct 1712.
    3. Abigail Chase was born on 30 Oct 1714.
    4. 6. Abraham Chase was born on 14 Feb 1716; died in 1752.
    5. Timothy Chase was born on 23 Jul 1717.
    6. Hannah Chase was born on 15 Mar 1725.

  7. 14.  Ensign William Nickerson was born in 1668 in Monomoit, Barnstable County, MA (son of William Nickerson and Mercy Williams); died after 13 Sep 1739 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.

    William married Deliverance Lombard. Deliverance (daughter of Caleb Lombard) was born in 1670 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died in 1716 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Deliverance Lombard was born in 1670 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA (daughter of Caleb Lombard); died in 1716 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    Children:
    1. William Nickerson was born on 15 May 1701 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died in Feb 1763 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    2. Joshua Nickerson was born in 1702 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    3. James Nickerson was born in 1704 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    4. Elizabeth Nickerson was born in 1706 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died before 13 Sep 1739.
    5. Mercy Nickerson was born in 1710 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    6. 7. Deliverance Nickerson was born in 1712 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died on 3 Sep 1788 in Martha's Vinyard, Dukes County, MA.
    7. Caleb Nickerson was born in 1713 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA; died on 18 Dec 1749 in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.
    8. Nathaniel Nickerson was born in in Chatham, Barnstable County, MA.