Humphrey Atherton (1608 - 1661)

Biography
Hon. Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton was born on 4 Sep 1608 in Lancashire, England and to Edmund Atherton ( - ) and Mary Rudd ( - ) and died on 16 Sep 1661 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He married before 1627 Mary Wales (1613 - 1672). He arrived in 1635 at Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He is buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

Facts and Occupation
He was Justice of the Peace, Town Selectmen in 1638, Treasurer in 1638, Assistant Governor of the Massachusetts General Court 1639-1641, Speaker of the Massachusetts House in 1653, Leader of the Court of Deputies in 1653, he was Major General of the Suffolk County Massachusetts Regiment, he was a Member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, he organized and trained the Dorchester Militia, he was the Senior Military Officer of the New England forces

Coat of Arms
These were the coat of arms of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton (1608 - 1661): Three golden haws a red backround.

Lineage
Maj. Gen. Hon. Humphrey Atherton (1608 - 1661) m. Mary Wales (1613 - 1672)

Mary Atherton (1636 - 1692)

m. William Billings (1628 - 1713)

Mary Billings (1676 - 1727)

m. John Whiting (1665 - 1732)

Capt. Nathaniel Whiting (1690 - 1779)

m. Margaret Mann (1691 - 1775)

Lt. Nathaniel Whiting (1725 - 1790))

m. Mary Metcalf (1728 - )

Mary Whiting (1757 - 1834)

m. John Fairbanks (1759 - 1844)

Nathan Fairbanks (1788 - 1825)

m. Sally Nurse (1795 - 1819)

William Nelson Fairbanks (1818 - 1854)

m. Abby Augusta Reed (c.1826 - 1899)

Helen Suzette Fairbanks (1841 - 1921)

m. Frederic Crowninshield (1845 - 1918)

Helen Suzette Crowninshield (1868 - 1941)

m. Carl August de Gersdorff (1865 - 1944)

Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)

Marriage

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 22.

Occupation

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 22.

Death

 * The Pioneers of Massachusetts; A Disriptive List Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, 2007, by Charles Henry Pope, p. 22.

Birth

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Marriage

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Children
Immigration
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Occupation

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Death

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