John Hathaway (1653 - bef. 1732)

Born 17 Sep 1653 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Pope) Hathaway — married 15 Mar 1683 (to 25 Dec 1695) in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Patience (Hunnewell) Hathaway — married 29 Sep 1696 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 15 Aug 1732 before age 78 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Hathaway was born on 17 September 1653 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, the son of Arthur and Sarah (Cooke) Hathaway. ^[1][2] He married first to Joanna Pope on 15 March 1682/3 in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony,^[3] probably the daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Jenney) Pope. Joanna was born possibly in Plymouth before 1667 and died in Dartmouth on 25 December 1695.^[2] John married, as his second wife, Patience Hunnewell on 29 September 1696 in Dartmouth, (then) Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[3] She was probably the daughter of Captain Richard and Elizabeth (Stover) Hunnewell born about 1674 in Scarboro, (now) Maine. Patience died after 11 July 1732 when she was named in her husband's will of that date.^[4]

John died in Dartmouth between 11 July and 15 August 1732, the dates his will was written and proved.^[4] The will of John Hathaway of Dartmouth, yeoman, named his wife Patience; sons John, Jonathan, Richard, Honiwell, Abiah, Benjamin, James, Ebenezer and Arthur Hathaway; daughters Sarah Cannon, Joannah Blackwell, Mary Duglas, Hannah Bomer, Patience Peckham and Elesebeth Hathaway. Based on receipts in the file in 1733, daughter Joannah was wife of Nathaniel Blackwell, Sarah was wife of John Cannon, Patience was wife of Reuben Peckham, Mary was wife of George Dugles, Hannah Boomer's receipt did not name a husband.^[5][6]

Children of John and Joanna (Pope) Hathaway born Dartmouth:^[2]

1. Sarah, b. 24 Feb 1683/4
2. Joanna, b. 28 Jan 1685[/6]
3. John, b. 18 Mar 1687[/8]
4. Arthur, b. 03 Apr 1690
5. Hannah, b. 16 Feb 1692
6. Mary, b. 04 Jun 1694

Children of John and Patience (Hunnewell) Hathaway born Dartmouth:^[2]

1. Jonathan, b. 23 Jun 1697
2. Richard, b. 21 May 1699
3. Thomas, b. 05 Feb 1700; d. bef. 11 Jul 1732, not named in father's will
4. Hunnewell, b. 21 Apr 1703
5. Abiah/Abial, b. 21 Oct 1705; d. aft. 21 Feb 1757; m. Mary Taber 1735 Dartmouth.
6. Elizabeth, b. 06 May 1708; d. shortly bef. 06 May 1760
7. Patience, b. 27 Apr 1710
8. Benjamin, b. 10 Jan 1712
9. James, b. 24 Jan 1713/4
10. Ebenezer, b. 12 May 1717

Events

• November 13, 1694, Maj. William Bradford gave a quitclaim deed to the Inhabitants of Dartmouth^[7]

• August 18, 1708, petition^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, ed; Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894, ed, [http://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo08newp Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England] (Boston : Press of W. White, 1855), Vol. 8:15.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Vol. 12 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1996), pp. 114-116.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1929), Vol. 2:232.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Bristol County Probate Records, Vol. 7:395-9
5. ↑ Bristol County (Mass.) probate records 1687-1916, Vol. 7:395, Will of John Hathaway, Dartmouth, 1732.
6. ↑ >Bristol County (Mass.) probate records 1690-1881, file John Hathaway, Dartmouth 1732.
7. ↑ See Pg 48-9 of Vol I "Early Rehoboth - documented historical studies of the families and events in the Plymouth Colony Township" by Richard LeBaron Bowen, privately printed Rehoboth Massachusetts, 1945 and available in Love Library UNL, reference is given to Bristol County Deeds, Vol I, pp. 365-367 "On 13 Nov. 1694 Maj. William Bradford gave a quitclaim deed to the Inhabitants of Dartmouth, naming fifty-six Inhabitants. No consideration mentioned. Recorded 28 Feb. 1695/6: ..Arthur Hathaway.. ..John Hathaway.. ..Jonathan Delano.. ..Joseph Tripp.."
8. ↑ See Pg 6 of Vol I "Early Rehoboth - documented historical studies of the families and events in the Plymouth Colony Township" by Richard LeBaron Bowen, privately printed Rehoboth Massachusetts, 1945 and available in Love Library UNL also in Mass State Archives Vol CXIII p 452 "Dartmouth Mass 18th of the 8th month 1708. To the Govenor and council and representatives in the general court assembled in Boston the 20th instant. A humble petition of the major part of the householders of the town of Dartmouth" signed by: James Tripp Jun.. Richard Tripp.. Ebenezer Tripp.. John Hathaway.. Thomas Hathaway.. James Tripp.. Peleg Tripp.. John Tripp..

See also"

• Wood, Ralph V., Jr. Francis Cooke of the Mayflower: The First Five Generations Mayflower Families (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1999)
• Versailles, Elizabeth Starr, Hathaways of America (Northampton, Mass, 1970)
• Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols.; (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
• Simon, Sholom, Descendants of Richard Warren of the Mayflower
• Pope, Charles Henry. A History of The Dorchester Pope Family, 1634-1888 (Boston, 1888) Page 285