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Humphrey Atherton, 16071661 (aged 54 years)

Name
Humphrey /Atherton/
Surname
Atherton
Given names
Humphrey
Family with parents
father
15761613
Birth: about 1576 26 22 Winstanley, Lancashire, England
Death: 10 April 1613England
Marriage Marriagebefore 1610
-23 months
himself
16071661
Birth: about 1607 31 Lancashire, England
Death: 16 September 1661
Family with Mary Wales
himself
16071661
Birth: about 1607 31 Lancashire, England
Death: 16 September 1661
wife
Marriage Marriage1641
-3 years
daughter
16381672
Birth: 30 April 1638 31 25 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Ma
Death: 17 August 1672
-12 years
daughter
16251678
Birth: 1625 18 12
Death: 1678
4 years
daughter
16281708
Birth: 1628 21 15
Death: 3 November 1708
1 year
son
16281669
Birth: 1628 21 15
Death: 1669
2 years
daughter
16291719
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 11 April 1719
1 year
daughter
16291661
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 18 December 1661
1 year
daughter
16291675
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 1675
1 year
son
16291677
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 8 June 1677
1 year
son
16291683
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 1683
1 year
daughter
16291691
Birth: 1629 22 16
Death: 12 July 1691
8 years
daughter
16361692
Birth: about 1636 29 23 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Ma
Death: 17 September 1692
11 years
son
16461687
Birth: about 1646 39 33 Dorchester, Suffolk County, Ma
Death: 26 April 1687
Birth
Marriage of parents
Death of a father
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Christening of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Christening of a daughter
Marriage
1641 (aged 34 years)
Christening of a daughter
Christening of a son
Birth of a son
Marriage of a daughter
Christening of a son
Christening of a daughter
Marriage of a daughter
Marriage of a daughter
Death
16 September 1661 (aged 54 years)
LDS baptism
19 November 1929 (268 years after death)
LDS endowment
19 March 1932 (270 years after death)
LDS child sealing
27 November 1950 (289 years after death)
Temple: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Unique identifier
977944F7245A314985DF4537912567D7171D
Last change
26 August 201100:00:00
Note

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Major
Stedman.ged, Provided by John B Lisle.
From Savage's dictionary
Humprey, Dorchester 1636, came perhaps from Preston in Lancashir
e where the name continues as late as 1780; was freem. 2 May 163
8, ar.co. the same year and it captain 1650. often selectman an
d rep nine years from 1638, but not in successive years and an A
ssistant, chos. ann. 1654 to his deathand in 1656, succeeded Se
dgwick as Major Gen. He died 16 Sep 1661, says theinscriptio
n print in Alden's Ept. and as that was MonDay, and prob. refer
sto the cause of his death, thrown from his horse, on return fr
om kilitary rev. on Boston common by riding over a cow, I prefe
r to say 17 Sept (a. one o'clock. A.M. acc. the MS of John Hull'
s Diary). Capt Johnson in Wonderwork Provid. of Zion's Saviour
; gives him good character; and Hubbard excites our fears, tha
t everybody did not value him so highly when he remarks that b
y some"the manner of his eath was noted as judgement" Of wha
t sin this judgementwas thus noted, we may hardly venture to gu
ess, tho. when mortals direct thebolts of eternal justice, thei
r aim is commonly unanimous. Strange, it seemsto me, is the in
definiteness of our knowledge of so prominent a man; for even th
e name of his wife is not seen. Yet ten or eleven children ar
e known at least by name, and one or more there may have been o
f names; one ormore born in England, one or more of unk
nown sex, if we are compelled to guess by their names; and one o
r more died before the f. Of s. the oldest was Jonathan; of d
s Cathearine (sometimes called Elizabeth), but which of the tw
o both b in Eng was elder is uncertain. Other children were Res
t, bapt 26 May 1639; Increase 2 Jan 1642, Thankful, 28 Apr 1644
; Hope, 30 Aug 1646, H.C. 1665, bef. ment. Mary who must not b
e the same as Margaret, whose dates of b.or baptism are equall
y indiscovered. Watching bapt 24 Aug 1651; Patience, 2Apr 1654
; and Consider. Great perseverance was needed to learn that Ca
tharine m 1650 Timothy Mather; Margaret m 30 Dec 1659 James Tro
wbride and d 17june 1672; Rest m 15 Mar 1661 Obadia Swift; Tha
nkful m 2 Apr 1665, Thomas Bird Jr. Mary m 9 apr 1667 Joseph W
eeks and Patience m Isaac Humphrey.