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Watching Waiting Atherton 1651–1692 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Aug 1651

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 17 Jun 1692

Death Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: * A22B23C11

Mother: * A22B23C12

Spouse(s): * A22B23C6

Children(s): Samuel Atherton, * A22B23C2, Elizabeth Atherton

Watching Waiting Atherton was born in 1651 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Humphrey Major General Atherton Atharton Etherton Olde English Personal Name Aethelhere Tun A Settlement Town Hence Aethelhere S Town 11Ggf A22B23C11 And Mary Wales Atherton Wales Welsh Germanic Walh Walha From The Name Of The Gaulish People Volcae 11Ggm A22B23C12. Watching Waiting Atherton married Elizabeth Rigby Rigbee Atherton 10Ggm A22B23C6, and had children including Elizabeth Atherton, Margaret Atherton, Patience Atherton Atharton Eatherton Etherton Chaffee 9Ggm A22B23C2, Samuel Marriage Elizabeth Millard Atherton. Watching Waiting Atherton passed away in 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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  • Watching Waiting Atherton was born in 1651 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Humphrey Major General Atherton Atharton Etherton Olde English Personal Name Aethelhere Tun A Settlement Town Hence Aethelhere S Town 11Ggf A22B23C11 And Mary Wales Atherton Wales Welsh Germanic Walh Walha From The Name Of The Gaulish People Volcae 11Ggm A22B23C12.
  • Watching Waiting Atherton married Elizabeth Rigby Rigbee Atherton 10Ggm A22B23C6, and had children including Elizabeth Atherton, Margaret Atherton, Patience Atherton Atharton Eatherton Etherton Chaffee 9Ggm A22B23C2, Samuel Marriage Elizabeth Millard Atherton.
  • Watching Waiting Atherton passed away in 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Watching Atherton's Ancestors

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Watching Atherton
1651–1692
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
* Humphrey Major-General ATHERTON Atharton Etherton(Olde English-' personal name "Aethelhere",+"tun", a settlement, town; hence, "Aethelhere's town") 11GGF* A22B23C11
1608–1661
Preston, Lancashire, England
* (Mary WALES (Atherton) ("Wales" "Welsh" Germanic "Walh""Walha") from the name of the Gaulish people "Volcae") 11GGM*) A22B23C12
1613–1672
Winwick, Lancashire, England
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Watching Atherton's Descendants

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Watching (Waiting) Atherton (24 Aug 1651–17 Jun 1692) m. * (Elizabeth RIGBY Rigbee (Atherton) 10GGM*) A22B23C6 (1661–28 Jan 1732)
  1. 1. Samuel ((Marriage Elizabeth Millard)) Atherton 1686–1744 m. Elizabeth Millard 1704–1745
    1. 1. Johnathan (“ John “ “ Consider “Sr. Atherton ( My Line) ) 1742–1812 m. Sarah ('Sally') Osgood 1748–1816
      1. 1. John (Jr.) Atherton 1767–1829 m. Mary (Polly Newman or) Talbott 1778–1831
        1. 1. Ann (E "Annie") Atherton 1804–1870 m. William (C "Pat") Brown 1798–1855
  2. 2. * (Patience ATHERTON Atharton Eatherton Etherton(Chaffee ) 9GGM*) A22B23C2 1682–1732
  3. 3. Elizabeth Atherton 1680–1705

Watching Atherton's Timeline

2 Records

1651
24 Aug 1651
Birth of Watching Waiting Atherton in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1692
17 Jun 1692
Age 41
Death of Watching Waiting Atherton in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1651
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Jun 1692
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

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