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Joel Atherton 1629–1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Aug 1629

Birth Location: Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 Aug 1673

Death Location: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Humphrey Atherton

Mother: Mary Wales

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Joel Atherton was born in 1629 in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Humphrey Atherton And Mary Wales. Joel Atherton passed away in 1673 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joel Atherton was born in 1629 in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Humphrey Atherton And Mary Wales.
  • Joel Atherton passed away in 1673 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Joel Atherton's Ancestors

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Joel Atherton
1629–1673
Birth Place: Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Humphrey Atherton
1608–1661
Minwick, Lancashire, England
Mary Wales
1613–1672
Winwick, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Edmund Atherton
1576–1613
Winstanley, Lancastershire, England
Mary Rudd
1580–1611
Winstanley, Lancashire, England
Nathaniel (John "Deacon" Wales "Shipwright" (Survived the Great Huricane of 1635 on his voyage to the New World)) Sr
1585–1661
Settle, Craven, Yorkshire, England
Susannah (Greeneway) Wales
1590–1662
Mildenhall, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Atherton
1550–1596
Alice Chadwick
1554–1596
ELKANAH WALES
1565–1657
MARGARET HOBSON
1564–1600
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Atherton
1524–1559
Margaret Hobson
1525–1600
Nathaniel Wales
1533–1610

Joel Atherton's Timeline

2 Records

1629
14 Aug 1629
Birth of Joel Atherton in Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1673
15 Aug 1673
Age 44
Death of Joel Atherton in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Aug 1629
    Event Place: Winwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Aug 1673
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

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