Biography

Private Joel Atherton served with 3rd Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Joel Atherton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A003552.

Joel Atherton is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 105152
Rank: Private

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86383778/joel-atherton: accessed 07 December 2023), memorial page for Joel Atherton (21 Aug 1764–8 Feb 1844), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86383778, citing Elm Vale Cemetery, South Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Ben York (contributor 47157501).

• "Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKXM-WSJW : Thu Oct 05 19:57:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton.

• "Maine Revolutionary War Bounty Land Applications, 1835-1838," , FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-X26G : accessed 7 December 2023), Joel Atherton, 26 May 1835; citing Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Z-X2X8 : accessed 7 December 2023), Joel Atherton, 13 Jun 1836; citing Waterford, Oxford, Maine, United States, Maine State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm .

• "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-9Z1 : 13 March 2018), Joel Atherton, 08 Feb 1844; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,837.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J2-W4C : Thu Oct 26 12:39:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton and John Atherton, 22 Aug 1764.

• "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLX7-LT6 : Mon Oct 23 16:44:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton and Nancy Crumbee, 1791.

• "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY5-5Q9 : Fri Oct 06 11:27:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton, 1840.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7F98-VWW2 : Fri Oct 06 18:42:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton and Joel Atherton, 1 June 1840.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZY-DT14 : Fri Oct 06 18:38:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Joel Atherton, 1 Jun 1840.