Born in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Belcher Athearn
and Keziah (Dexter) Athern
Sister of
Sophia D (Athearn) Clapp, Joseph Allen Athearn, Jabez Belcher Athearn, Lydia Allen Athearn, Prince Dexter Athearn and Zadock Allen Athearn
Wife of
Nathan Mayhew
— married
28 Jun 1829 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
William Holmes Mayhew
Died
at age 68
in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2019
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Biography
Elizabeth was born about 1809. She was the daughter of Belcher Athearn and Keziah Dexter. She passed away about 1877.
On 28 Jun 1829, Elizabeth Athearn of Tisbury, Massachusetts, married Nathan Mayhew of Farmington, Maine, at Tisbury.[1]
The widow Elizabeth (Athearn) Mayhew died from an ovarian tumor at Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on 10 Oct 1877, with her age at her death recorded as 68 years, 7 months, 24 days.[2] She is buried beside her husband at the Milton Cemetery in Milton, Massachusetts.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Undated transcription of the marriage record of Nathan Mayhew and Elizabeth Athearn, in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch > Dukes > Tisbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1666-1844 > image 106 of 148; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ Death record of Elizabeth Mayhew, identified as the daughter of Belcher and Keziah Athearn, born at Tisbury, in Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924, database with images, FamilySearch > 0960212 (004221427) > image 36 of 469; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ Photo of gravestone of "Elizabeth Athearn, wife of Nathan Mayhew" (Find A Grave: Memorial #167363825)
- See also:
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6N-SXM : 10 February 2018), Keziah Dexter in entry for Betsey Athearn, 16 Feb 1809; citing TISBURY,DUKES,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0599267 IT 2.
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 August 2019), memorial page for Belcher Athearn (30 Mar 1777–8 Nov 1839), Find A Grave Memorial no. 73322415, citing West Tisbury Village Cemetery, West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Charles Baker (contributor 47201082) .
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