John Hathorne (bef. 1621 - 1676)

Born before 20 Apr 1621 in Binfield, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Putnam — married about 1643 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Sarah (Divan) Hathorne — married about 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1676 after age 55 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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NOTES: * Unable to find any source for his wife Sarah's LNAB. She is consistently listed as unknown.]

Biography

John Hathorne was born to William and Sarah Hathorne and was baptized at Binfield, Berkshire, England, April 20, 1621. ^[1] He likely accompanied his brother, William, to New England, and was admitted to the church at Salem in 1637. ^[1]

He first resided at Salem, Massachusetts and later removed to Malden. For a brief period he had a tavern license there, but he was in disfavor of the residents for testifying against Rev. Marmaduke Mathews, and did not prosper in his business, and shortly thereafter removed to Lynn. ^[2] At Lynn he obtained another license for an ordinary, but shortly after lost that license for committing forgery. ^[3]

• 1637: Church member at Salem, Massachusetts. ^[4]
• 1644: December: John Hathorne of Salem made a freeman. ^[5]
• 1648: December 26: John Hathorne, among others assigned to the Jury of Trials as Salem Court. ^[5]
• 1651: March 22: The Middlesex Court issued licenses for 'keeping an ordinary for accomadation of travelers', however John Hathorne petitioned the court and was granted the license for Malden on May 23, 1651. ^[2]
• 1651: November: He removed to Lynn. ^{[2] [1]}
• 1652: May 26: The General Court revoked his license at Malden. ^[2]
• 1652: June 30: He received the license at Lynn for an ordinary/tavern, granted by the Salem Court. ^{[3] [5]}
• 1652: November: John Hathorne charged with not notifying the constable that Charles Phillips was drunk at his house. ^[5]
• 1652/3: Accused of forgery for which he confessed himself guilty. ^[3]
• 1653: May: He petitioned the Court for mitigation or remission of his penalty for which he was then ordered to pay double damages and he was disenfranchised. ^[3]
• 1653: November: John Hathorne of Lynn given liberty to draw and sell strong waters. ^[5]
• 1657: February 24: John Hathorne among others, chosen to lay out the land at Nahant. ^[3]
• 1662: May 15: John Hathorne, among others signed an agreement as to laying the boundary lines between Boston and Lynn. ^[6]
• 1662: November: John Hathorne listed among those taking the oath of freeman. ^[5]
• 1663: He testified against Andrew Mansfield and William Longeley, but was later found to have committed slander and was again fined. ^[3]
• 1669: June: John Hathorne's former license renewed. ^[7]
• 1670: June: John Hathorne's licensed renewed for the ensuing year. ^[7]
• 1670: Nov.: John Hathorne assigned to the Jury of Trials at Salem Court. ^[7]
• 1671: June: John Hathorne's licensed renewed for the ensuing year. ^[7]
• 1672: June: Robert Potter and his wife Ruth, testified that John Hathorne struck them with boards, and Hathorne's wife and children were pulling Potter by the hair. ^[6]
• 1672: June: john Hathorne was complained of for selling strong waters to the Indians and was fined, and was disenabled for a time of keeping an ordinary. Numerous neighbors testified having seen this, and his wife and children were also deposed. ^[6]
• 1673: June: John Hathorne's ordinary license renewed for the ensuing year. ^[6]
• 1674: June 30: John Hathorne, among others assigned to the Jury of Trials at Salem Court. ^[6]
• 1674: June: John Hathorne's ordinary license renewed for the ensuing year. ^[6]
• 1674: john Hathorne served as deputy to Henry Skerrey, marshall of Salem. ^[6]
• 1674: October 20: John Hathorne assigned to the Jury of Trials. ^[6]

He died December 12, 1676. ^[8] His will was dated October 19, 1676, and was proved June 27, 1677. ^[1]

In his will made bequests to: ^[9]

• wife Sarah, Executrix
• daughter Marah
• daughter Phebe
• daughter Priscilla Shore
• son Ebenezer, Executor
• son Nathaniel
• grandaughter Phebe Shore ^[10][11]

He married Sarah _____ by 1644 ^[12] , and she survived him. ^[1] In June 1677, Mrs. Sara Hathorne had her late husband's license renewed to her. ^[9]

Children

1. Sarah baptized at Salem June 2, 1644 ^[13]; died in November, 1676; married John Breed of Lynn December 28, 1663. ^{[8] [1]}
2. John baptized at Salem October 18, 1646 ^{[13] [1]}; died by June 24, 1673, while in the employ of Richard Cutts. (Vol. 2: p. 358)^{[14] [6]}
3. Priscilla, baptized Salem July 22, 1649 ^[13]; married Jonathan Shore of Lynn on January 25, 1688/9, at Charlestown. ^[1]
4. William, baptized at Lynn in November, 1651; died September 14, 1676.^{[8] [1]}
5. Mary, baptized at Lynn in July 1653; died December 31, 1676. ^{[8] [1]}
6. Ebenezer, born at Lynn in March 1656 ^[8] ; married Esther Witt on December 26, 1683. ^[1]
7. Nathaniel, born about 1650; married Mary Gott. ^[1]
8. ___ child born Lynn March 6, 1662/3; died March 17, 1662/3. ^{[8] [1]}
9. Phebe, born at Lynn March 22, 1664. ^{[8] [1]}

Source notes

Parish Registers of Binfield Co., Berks, Baptisms 1551-1690

• 1621: John son of William Hothorne, 20 April. (p. 253) ^[1]

New England Marriages

HATHORNE, John (1621-1676) & Sarah ____, (-1676+); by 1644; Salem/Malden/Lynn. (p. 353) ^[12]

Salem Births Children: Hathorne

Sara, d. John, bp. 2: 4m: 1644. CR1(p. 414)

John, s. John, bp. 18: 8m: 1646. CR1(p. 413)

Priscilla, d. John, bp. 22: 5m: 1649. CR1(p. 414) ^[13]

Lynn Births Children: Hathorne

William, s. John, ––: 9m: 1651. CTR (p. 180)

Mary, d. John, ––: 5m: 1653. CTR (p. 180)

Ebinezer, s. John, ––: 1m: 1656. CTR (p. 180)

___, ch. John, 6: 1m: 1663. CTR (p. 180)

Phebe, d. John, Mar. 22, 1664. CTR (p. 180)

Lynn Marriages

Hathorne, Sara, and John Bread, 28: 10m: 1663. CTR (p. 174)

Lynn Deaths

Hathorne: John, 12: 10m: 1676. CTR (p. 497)

Hathorne, ___, ch. John, 17: 1m: 1663. CTR (p. 497)

Hathorne, Marah, d. John, 31: 10m: 1676. CTR (p. 497)

Hathorne, William, s. John, 14: 7m: 1676. CTR (p. 497)

Bread, Sarah, w. John, abt. Nov. 22, 1676.(p. 432) ^[8]

Research Notes

Needs Relationship Check: Early New England Families Sketch (May 2023), says his wife was "almost certainly" Sarah Putnam (bef.1623-1672). bp 20 April 1621 d after June 1683 prob at Lynn. [Proof in commentary #1, based on research by Jared James Nathan being prepared for publication].^[15]

Questionable immigration date Anderson in his sketch on his brother William, states: "Younger brother John Hathorne had arrived in Salem by the early 1640s [Dudley Wilds Anc 154 (which mistakes the Salem church admission of William for that of John)]^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} French, Elizabeth, Genealogical Research in England: Hathorne, in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 67, 1913, p. 250-260). HathiTrust.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Corey, Deloraine Pendre, The History of Malden, Massachusetts, 1633-1785, The author, Malden, Massachusetts, 1899, p. 115
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Lewis, Alonzo & James Robinson Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts: Including Lynnfield, Saugus, Swampscot, and Nahant, Volume 1, J.L. Shorey Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts 1865
4. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts: A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, Boston, Massachusetts, 1900, Reprint: Heritage Books, Jun 1, 2010, p. 218
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1, 1636-1656, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911, p. 29; 75; 153; 273; 323
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 5, 1672-1674, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1916, p. 59-64; 198; 316; 423-4; 436
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4: 1667-1671, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1914
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1906
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts: Volume 6, 1675-1678,The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1917, p. 310-12
10. ↑ (Essex Quarterly Court Files, Vol. 26, Leaves 124-126)
11. ↑ Vol. 3: p. 144-148: Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1916
14. ↑ Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, Volume 2: p. 358
15. ↑ Alicia Crane Williams, Early New England Families, 1641–1700 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2023), "John Putnam m 1612" pp. 3-4 ); web content (PDF) by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
16. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 1995) Vol. 2, Page 886. AmericanAncestors (with subscription).

• New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register [database on-line], Genealogical Research in England, contributed by Miss Elizabeth French, Vol:67 Page (s) 248-260. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
• The Hathorn families of Maine and the west; with English and American ancestry Compiled By Charles Nelson Sinnett
• The History of Salem, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, 1626-1637, Salem, MA, 1924
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• https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/Essex/vol9/images/essex065.html EQC v 9 p 65: midwife. testified to age