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Thankful Atherton 1614–1719 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Apr 1614

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Death Date: 11 Apr 1719

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Father: Humphrey Atherton

Mother: Mary Wales

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The story of Thankful Atherton began in 1614 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Thankful Atherton passed away in 1719 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • The story of Thankful Atherton began in 1614 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • Thankful Atherton passed away in 1719 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

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Thankful Atherton's Ancestors

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Thankful Atherton
1614–1719
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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

Thankful Atherton's Timeline

2 Records

1614
28 Apr 1614
Birth of Thankful Atherton in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1719
11 Apr 1719
Age 105
Death of Thankful Atherton in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1614
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Apr 1719
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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