Major-General Humphrey Atherton

1607 - 1661  (54 years)

• Name	Humphrey Atherton
  Title	Major-General
  Born	1607	Preston, Lancashire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Sep 1661	Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA   [2]
  Person ID	I104501	Day Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Edmund Atherton,   b. Abt 1576, Winstanley, Lancashire, England ,   d. 10 Apr 1613, England  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Rudd
  Family ID	F36504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Wales,   b. Abt 1613, Lanchester, Minwick, England ,   d. 1672, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Married	1628	Preston, Lancashire, England   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Atherton,   b. 28 Sep 1628, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England ,   d. 15 May 1678, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA  (Age 49 years)   2. Jonathan Atherton,   b. Abt 1626, England ,   d. 15 Aug 1673  (Age ~ 47 years)   3. Catherine Elizabeth Atherton,   b. 28 Sep 1628, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 15 May 1678  (Age 49 years)   4. Isabel Atherton,   b. 1630, Winwick, Warrington, Cheshire, England ,   d. 18 Dec 1661  (Age 31 years)   5. Mary Atherton,   b. 30 Apr 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA ,   d. 17 Sep 1692, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA  (Age 56 years)   6. Margaret Atherton,   b. 30 Apr 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA ,   d. 17 Jun 1672, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA  (Age 34 years)   7. Rest Atherton,   d. 3 Nov 1708, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA   8. Increase Atherton,   b. 2 Jan 1642,   d. 1675  (Age 32 years)   9. Thankful Atherton,   b. 28 Apr 1644,   d. 11 Apr 1719  (Age 74 years)   10. Reverend Hope Atherton,   b. 30 Aug 1646, Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA ,   d. 8 Jun 1677, Hatfield, Hampshire County, MA  (Age 30 years)   11. Consider Atherton,   b. Abt 1646, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA ,   d. 26 Apr 1687  (Age ~ 41 years)   12. Watching Atherton,   d. 17 Jun 1672   13. Patience Atherton,   b. 2 Apr 1654,   d. 12 Jul 1691  (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F36501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1607 - Preston, Lancashire, England Married - 1628 - Preston, Lancashire, England Died - 16 Sep 1661 - Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was freeman 2 May 1638. Artillery Company the same year. Its Captain 1650. Often selectman and Representative nine years from 1638, but not in successive years, and an Assistant chosen annually 1654 to his death. Succeeded Sedgwick as Major-General. Probable cause of his death was by thrown from his horse. [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S422] Descendants of Clement Briggs and Joan Allen of England and New England (Reliability: 3). [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 73 (Reliability: 3). [S322] Descendants of Humphrey Atherton and Mary Wales of England and New England (Reliability: 3). [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.