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Richard Weeks 1653–1724 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1653

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 26 August 1724

Death Location: Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Father: William Weeks

Mother: Elizabeth Atherton

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In 1653, Richard Weeks entered the world in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, born to William Weeks And Elizabeth Atherton. Richard Weeks passed away in 1724 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1653, Richard Weeks entered the world in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, born to William Weeks And Elizabeth Atherton.
  • Richard Weeks passed away in 1724 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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Richard Weeks's Ancestors

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Richard Weeks
1653–1724
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
William Weeks
1628–1677
Salcombe Regis, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Atherton
1628–1678
Winwick, Lancashire, , England
Grandparents
HUMPHREY AthertoN
1607–1661
Preston,Lancester,Minwick,England
Mary Wales
1613–1672
Winwick, Lancashire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Atherton
1576–1613
Mary Rudd
1580–1611
Nathaniel (Deacon)
1586–1661
SUSANNA GreenawaY
1590–1662
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Atherton
1550–1596
Alice Chadwick
1554–1596
Richard Rudd
1554–1582
Richard Rudd
1559–
Nathaniel Wales
1566–1610
Margret Hobson
1564–1600
John Greenway
1563–1659
MARY MarkE
1563–1682

Richard Weeks's Timeline

2 Records

1653
1653
Birth of Richard Weeks in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
1724
26 August 1724
Age 71
Death of Richard Weeks in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1653
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1724
    Event Place: Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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