William Hathorne (1607 - 1681)

Born 1607 in Bray, Berkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Johnson) Hathorne — married 1635 in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died Apr 1681 at about age 74 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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William Hathorne migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 881) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

William Hathorne was born in Berkshire, England.

Hathorne was the first Speaker of the House of Deputies in Massachusetts, and served five different terms as Speaker.

Born probably in Bray, Berkshire, about 1606, son of William and Sarah (_____) Hathorne of Binfield, Berkshire. His SISTER (not his daughter) m. Richard Davenport. His younger brother John Hathorne had arrived in Salem by the early 1640s.

“In 1884 Henry FitzGilbert Waters published three Hathorne wills from Berkshire which were sufficient to prove the ancestry of the immigrant [NEHGR 38:201-04]. In 1913 Elizabeth French published more wills an other recors for this family, and compiled a genealogy of the immigrant's ancestry four generations [NEHGR 67:248-60]. In 1925 G. Andrews Moriarty added several more English documents to the collection [NEHGR 79:311-16]. Walter Goodwin Davis used this material in compiling his own account of the family of William Hathorne [Dudley Wildes Anc 147-59]."

He emigrated to New England in 1633 (Anderson does not include the claim that he sailed on the Arabella with Winthrop in 1630), settling initially in Dorchester, then to Salem by 1637. He was a soldier, whose intellect was sufficient to be commented upon by Winthrop:

“we still retain among our Democracy the godly Captain William hathorn, whom the Lord hath endued with a quick apprehension, strong memory, and rhetoric, volubility o f speech, which hath caused the people to make use of him often in public service, especially when they have had to do with any foreign government" [WWP 143]

He married by 1634 Ann ______; she survived him.

"Based on the letters of Mrs. Lydia Banks, Paul Prindle has proposed that Ann, wife of William Hatorne the immigrant, was sister of Roger Mowry. Prindle thought this because Lydia Bankes called both Roger Mowry and William Hathorne brother; but she called so many people brother that we conclude she was using the term in the senes of brotherhood in the church and no genealogical conclusions should be derived from her statements." (GMB, page 886)

His name fills the pages of the quarterly courts as the assistant before whom most depositions were given.

He died in Salem April 1681.^[1]

Last Will & Testament

Dated 17 Feb 1679/80, proved 28 Jun 1681; inventory taken 10 Jun 1681^[2]

• to the two sons of my son Eleazer Hathorne late deceased (William and Samuel) and to his (Eleazar's) dau Abigaile... [all minors]
• my son John Hathorne
• my son William (late deceased)... Sarah his wife, my daughter-in-law
• Jervice Helwyes my grandchild "provided he come over out of Urop to enjoy it, then if not:
• to my daughter Sarah Coaker's two eldest sons, by her husband Coaker that are now living [implying there'd been others now deceased]
• to Ann my dear wife...
• my son-in-law Israell Porter

Children

1. Sarah, b 11 Mar 1634/5; m1 before 7 Apr 1663 Edward Helwise, from whom she was divorced on 9 Sept 1664; m2 Newbury 13 Apr 1665 Joseph Coker (as Sarah Hathorne)
2. Eleazer, b 1 Aug 1637; m Salem 28 Aug 1663 Abigail Curwen
3. Nathaniel, b 11 Aug 1639; no further record after baptism
4. John b 4 Aug 1641 [sic]; m Salem 22 Mar 1674/5 Ruth Gardner
5. Anna, b 12 Dec 1643; m in Salem 27 Jan 1664/5 Joseph Porter
6. William, b 1 Apr 1645; m Sarah ____, who survived him. (She is said to have been Sarah Ruck, dau of John and Hannah (Spooner) Ruck and to have m2 Rev. George Burroughs. Burroughs did marry Sarah Ruck for in his will of 4 Oct 1697 John Ruck bequeathed fur hundred acres of land to "my four grandchildren ... Burroughs, but no evidence has been found that Sarah was the wife of William Hathorne.
7. Elizabeth, b 22 Jul 1649; m. Salem 1 May 1653 Israel Porter
8. Mary b Salem 1 May 1653; omitted from William's own list of his children; no further record.

Marriage & Family

Spouse: Ann Johnson (Hathorne) (1607–1686)

Children:

1. Daughter (infant death) Hathorn (1633– )
2. Sarah Hathorne (1634–1666)
3. Eleazer Hathorne (1637–1680)
4. Nathaniel Hathorne (1639–1664)
5. John Hathorne Justice (1641–1717)
6. Anna Hathorne (1643–1714)
7. William Hathorne Capt (1645–1679)
8. Elizabeth Hathorne (Porter) (1649–1706)
9. Priscilla Hathorne (1649–1678)
10. Mary Hathorne (1653–1661)
11. Ebenezer Hathorne (1656–1705)
12. Phebe Hathorne (1663–1676)

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Great Migration Begins (1995) p 885, citing The Diary of Samuel Sewall, p 49]
2. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, 1636-1686 (The Essex Institute, 1911) Vol 1, p 135-

• Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1909)

• Soldiers in King Philip's War: Containing Lists of the Soldiers, By George Madison Bodge http://books.google.com/books?id=BtGm3zlgdNoC&pg=PA268#v=onepage&q&f=false No. XXIII page 268: Captain William Hathorne

• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Gale Research, Farmington Hills, MI, USA, 2012) Arrival: 1634 Dorchester, Massachusetts

• Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890 (Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA, 1999). Microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

• Bodge, George. Soldiers in King Philip's War Being a Critical Account of that War (Boston, Mass., 1906) Page 318-9

• Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889: Name: William Hathorne; Birth Date: 1608; Birth Place: Wiltshire, England; Death Date: 1681; Death Place: Salem, Massachusetts; Occupation: Colonial Official; Household Members: Name: William Hathorne

• Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI): Name: William Hathorne; Birth Year: 1607; Death Year: 1681; Has Photo: No; Source: American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. (AmNatBi) Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936. (DcAmB) The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 22. New York: James T. White & Co., 1932. Use the Index to locate biographies. (NatCAB 22) Who Was Who in America. A component volume of Who's Who in American History. Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967. (WhAm HS); Household Members: Name: William Hathorne

• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775: Name: Maj William Hathorne; Birth Date: 1607; Death Date: 1681; Page number: 284; Household Members: Name: Maj William Hathorne

• Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records Supplement, 1644 - 1691: Name: William Hathorne; Death Year: 1681; Death Place: Massachusetts, British America; Probate Date: Jun 1681; Probate Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, British America; Record Type: Testate; Household Members: Name: William Hathorne

• Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840: Name: Major William Hathorn; Probate Date: 28 Jun 1681; Residence Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, British America; Probate Type: testate; Inferred Death Year: 1681; Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts, British America; File Number: 12889

• Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current: Name: Maj William Hathorne III; Birth Date: 1606; Birth Place: Bray, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England; Death Date: Apr 1681; Death Place: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Has Bio?: Y; Spouse: Ann Hathorne; Children: Eleazer Hathorne; URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35664509

• Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850: Name: William Hathorne; Event Type: Death; Death Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USAHousehold Members: Name: William Hathorne

• Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890: Name: William Hathorne; State: MA; County; Massachusetts Colony; Township: Freeman 14 May; Year: 1634; Database: MA Early Census Index

• Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991: Name: William Hathorne; Probate Date: 28 Jun 1681; Probate Place: Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Inferred Death Year: Abt 1681; Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts, USA; Case Number: 12889; Item Description: Probate Records, Hathorne, S-Hawks, A, 1828-1991; Household Members: Name: William Hathorne

• Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 1995) Vol. 2, Pages 881-87. William Hathorne AmericanAncestors (with subscription).

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Name: William Hathorn; Gender: Male; Spouse: Ann; Child: Anne Hathorn

• Soldiers in King Philip's War

• The history of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company: Essex Regiment

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s: Name: William Hathorne; Arrival Year: 1634; Arrival Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts; Household Members: Name: William Hathorne

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: William Hathorne; Gender: Male; Birth Place: EN; Birth Year: 1607; Spouse Name: Ann; Marriage State: of MA; Number Pages: 3

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name: Maj William Hathorne III; Birth Date: 1606; Birth Place: Bray, Windsor and Maidenhead Royal Borough, Berkshire, England; Death Date: Apr 1681; Death Place: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Has Bio?: Y; URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35664509

• U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Name: William Hathorn; [User-submitted-comment]; Gender: Male; Birth Year: 1607; Marriage Date: 1635; Marriage Place: New England, USA; Death Year: 1681; Spouse: Ann Hathorn; Household Members: Name: William Hathorn; Ann Hathorn

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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Lynden Castle Rodriguez for starting this profile.