Joshua Atherton

1656 - 1721  (64 years)

• Name	Joshua Atherton
  Birth	6 May 1656	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Married	17 Mar 1679 (22 years)	Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Mary Gulliver, the daughter of Anthony and Eleinor (Kingsley) Gulliver. She was born in 1656. [This marriage] She died 17 October 1754 in Harvard, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Peter Atherton (1705-1764)
  Will	3 Jan 1707/08 (51 years)	Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  He is mentioned in his father's will.
  Death	1721	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. James Atherton,   b. 13 May 1654, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1717/18, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)   2. Joshua Atherton,   b. 6 May 1656, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1721, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 64 years) + 3. Hannah Atherton,   b. 10 Jan 1657/58, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Jan 1737/38, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) ▻ Lt. John Wilder,  m. 17 Jul 1672 ;   John Houghton, Jr. Esq,  m. 27 Jan 1724/25   4. Mary Atherton,   b. 17 Jan 1660/61, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Nov 1670, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 9 years)   5. Elizabeth Atherton,   b. 7 Oct 1666, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   6. Deborah Atherton,   b. 1 Jun 1669, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Jan 1759, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 89 years)   7. Joseph Atherton,   b. 28 Apr 1672, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Abt 1690  (Age 17 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edmund Atherton   d. 10 Apr 1613, Winstanley, Lancashire, England   (Grandfather)  Hannah   d. 30 Dec 1713, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19663
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: His birth date was recorded as 6 (3) 1656. [1] Birth: Ward (1862) and Voter give his birth date as 13 May 1656 (13 (3) 1656. [2, 3]

  
  

Father	James Atherton,   b. Before 1624, Winstanley, Lancashire, England d. 6 Aug 1710, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 86 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Hannah   d. 30 Dec 1713, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Joshua Atherton(1656 – 1721) 2James Atherton(1624 – 1710) 4Edmund Atherton( – 1613) 5Elizabeth 3Hannah( – 1713) 6 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 May 1656 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 17 Mar 1679 - Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 3 Jan 1707/08 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 1721 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S993] O'Gorman, Ella Foy. Atherton-West and Allied Families, (manuscript, 1953). [S35] Voter, Delmar V. "One Line of Descent from James Atherton", (Oakland, Maine: Maine Genealogical Inquirer volume 2, number 10, no date). [S994] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).