Joseph Atherton (abt. 1672 - 1690)

Born about 28 May 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Died 1690 at about age 17 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

James Atherton, founder of the Worcester county family of this name, first settled in Dorchester (now Milton), then of Nashaway Plantation by 1653, and was one of the founders of Lancaster formed of the Plantation. A son Joseph of James and Hannah Atherton was born in 18: 2 mo., 1672. (p. 182) ^[1] (p. 896) ^[2]

Lancaster Births

ATHERTON, Joseph, s. James and Hannah, 28: 2m: 1672. MCR (p. 14) ^[3]

1672: 2: 18 Joseph Atherton of James and Hannah. (p. 317)^[4]

Military

In Sir William Phip's unfortunate attempt upon Quebec in 1690, Benjamin Willard served as lieutenant and of several Lancaster townsmen who are supposed to have accompanied him included Joseph Atherton, Jonathan Fairbank, John Pope, Samuel Wheeler, and Timothy Wheelock. (p. 10 ) ^[5] (p. 127) ^[6]

In 1736, his nephew James Atherton of Harvard received the rights of property that he received for his service in Dorchester Canada.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Genealogical Magazine, Volume 9: Putnam's Historical Magazine; Salem Press Historic and Genealogical Record Vol. IX; Magazine of New England History: Notes of the Atherton Families by Eben Putnam, Danvers, MA
2. ↑ Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire by Ezra S. Sterns
3. ↑ Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster Massachusetts 1643-1850, Henry Norse, Ed., Lancaster 1890
4. ↑ The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1725, W. J. Coulter, Lancaster, 1884
5. ↑ The Military Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1740-1865: Including Lists of Soldiers Serving in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars, for the Lancastrian Towns: Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Leominster, and Sterling by Henry Stedman Nourse, W. J. Coulter, printer, 1889
6. ↑ The Early Records of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1643-1725 by Henry Stedman Nourse W. J. Coulter, 1884
7. ↑ Watkins, Walter Kendall, Soldiers in the expedition to Canada in 1690 [microform] : and grantees of the Canada townships, Boston, 1898. Page 45, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/cihm_25428/page/n5/mode/2up)

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