The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies:  pp. 20 - 27

THE ATHEARN FAMILY

Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925.
[Transcribed and prepared for the web with additional comments by C. Baer, 1999.]

 

The most promising clew to the English origin of this family is found in the existence of Athorn (Athourne, Atherne) family as early as 1602 in the parish of Boughton-under-Blean, co. Kent, which is situated ten miles north of Ashford, from whence came our Nicholas Butler. The author has already stated his belief that Simon Athearn came to New England as servant in the employ of Bulter, and the proximity of the two parishes seems to indicate that locality as the region where the Athearn family originated. With the exception of a family of the same name (Athorne) residing in Stratfield Mortimer, co. Hants, at the same period, this is the only occurrence of the name known to the author after an extended research among the manuscript and printed vital records of England


1. SIMON ATHEARN. A full biographical sketch of this prominent pioneer may be found in Vol. II, Annals of W. T., pp. 28-40, and it is not necessary to repeat facts there given. He m. MARY BUTLER (12) 4 Oct. 1665 when she was not yet fourteen years of age, one of the best authenticated cases of early marriage known to the compiler. She was b. 1652 and d. 8 Apr. 1741 in the 90th year of her age. He d. 20 Feb. 1714-15 aged 72 years.

10. SAMUEL, b. 17 Sept. 1671; res. T., merchant; m. 16 Sept. 1719 MRS. PHOEBE (COLEMAN) CATHCART (wid. of Robert Cathcart) (1) and dau. of John and Phoebe (Starbuck) Coleman of Nantucket, who d. bef. 24 Nov. 1739. He d. 4 Mch. 1766 without issue.
11. MARY, b. 3 May 1674; m. THOMAS WALDRON (10).
12. SARAH, b. 1 Jan. 1676; m. REV. JOSIAH TORREY (30).
13. JABEZ, b. 10 Oct. 1678.
14. LYDIA, b. 22 Sept. 1681; d. 1729 aged 50 years, unm.
15. JOYCE, b. 22 Sept. 1684; m. SAMUEL RHODES of Newport, R.I. 1717.
16. SOLOMON, b. 31 Mch. 1686.
17. ZERVIAH, b. 25 Aug. 1689; m. JOHN TORREY of Bristol, R. I.
18. JETHRO, b. 30 June 1692.

 

 

13. JABEZ ATHEARN, (Simonl), b. 10 Oct. 1678, res. T., gentleman, lawyer and Clerk of Courts. He m. (1) KATHERINE BELCHER 30 Nov. 1705; (dau. of Moses and Mary (Nash) Belcher of Braintree, Mass.), who was b. 5 July 1686 and d. 3 Apr. 1752 [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery]; (2) Mrs. THANKFUL (DAGGETT) (36) BUTLER DAGGETT (wid. of Zephaniah Butler and Brotherton Daggett) who was b. Apr. 1696 and d. 2 July 1766. Jabez Athearn d. 29 Nov. 1761 [and is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

20. KATHERINE, b. 23 Apr. 1708; m. GEORGE MANTER (32) 17 Nov. 1726. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
21. MARY, b. 28 Oct. 1711; m. GERSHOM CATHCART (14) 19 July 1733.
22. EZRA, b. 23 Mch 1713.
23. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Apr. 1715; m. (1) THOMAS CHASE (35) 16 Aug. 1733; (2) PETER WEST (25) 16 Dec. 1740. [She is buried at Crossways Cemetery in Vineyard Haven.]
24. ABIJAH, b. 18 Feb. 1716-17.
25. ABIGAIL, b. 24 Feb. 1726; m. ADONIJAH LUCE (103). [Marje Lukacsko <Weezie89@aol.com> writes: "Adonijah Luce, b. August 15, 1717 in Tisbury, married to Abigail Athearn about 1744, died in Stowe, VT."]

 

 

16. SOLOMON ATHEARN, (Simonl), b. 31 Mch. 1686, res. E., and later T., (Seconquit) farmer. He m. SARAH SKIFF (47) 24 July 1717, who was b. 7 Feb. 1698 and d. 4 Sept. 1749. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He d. 12 Dec. 1762 [and is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

30. HEBSIBAH, b. (1719); [bapt. 1725 in Edgartown]; m. ELISHA SEABURY of Lebanon, Conn.
31. SIMON, b. (1722); [bapt. 1725 in Edgartown].
32. SARAH, bapt. 14 Mch. 1725 [in Edgartown]; m. JOHN POPE of Lebanon, Conn. 4 Oct. 1751.
33. HANNAH, bapt. 26 Feb. 1727 [in Edgartown]; m. LEMUEL BUTLER (74).
34. REBECCA, bapt. 8 June, 1729 [in Edgartown]; m. THOMAS DAGGETT (82).
35. LYDIA, b. July 1731; [bapt. 1732 in Edgartown]; d. 5 Apr. 1763; unm.

 

18. JETHRO ATHEARN, (Simon l ), b. 10 June 1692, res. T., gentleman and farmer. He m. MARY MAYHEW (80) 8 Sept. 1720 [in Chilmark] who was b. 26 Sept. 1700 and d. 7 Apr. 1778 [and is buried at the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.] He d. 3 Feb. 1784 [and is buried at the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

40. SARAH, b. 29 Nov. 1721; m. JOHN WORTH (13) 26 May 1748.
41. ZERVIAH, b. 23 Aug. 1723; m. BENJAMIN MANTER (35) 9 Dec. 1742.
42. JAMES, b. 16 Oct. 1725.
43. ELEANOR, b. 4 Dec. 1727; m. BENJAMIN ALLEN (28) 8 Jan. 1753. [She is buried at West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
44. MARY, b. 16 Sept. 1731; m. SAMUEL BUTLER (73) 5 Apr. 1753.
45. MARTHA, b. 9 Aug. 1733; m. JAMES ALLEN (142) 1755.
46. SUSANNA, b. 1 Nov. 1735; m. NATHAN MAYHEW (250) 28 June 1761.
47. DINAH, b. 24 Jan. 1737; m. REV. GEORGE DAMON 14 Oct. 1762.
48. JETHRO, b. 23 June 1742.

 

22. EZRA ATHEARN, (Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 23 Mch. 1713, res. T., farmer; m. MARGARET TORREY (43) 2 Sept. 1735, who was b. in 1714 and d. 13 Aug. 1811. He d. 11 Mch. 1801.

50. NATHAN, b. 18 June 1736; d. 13 Nov. 1809 at Newport, R. I.
51. JABEZ, b. 13 Nov. 1737; d. Aug. 1762 at sea.
52. SYBIL, b. 25 Feb. 1740; d. 31 Mch 1818, unm.
53. MOSES, b. 25 Apr. 1742.
54. ELIJAH, b. 10 Nov. 1743; d. 20 Nov. 1821, unm.
55. SARAH, b. 5 Mch 1745-46; d. 19 July 1779, unm.
56. SOLOMON, b. 14 Dec. 1748.
57. JOYCE, b. 1l June, 1755; m. ZACHARIAH SMITH ALLEN 16 June 1774.
58. LOVINA, b. July 1758; d.11 Sept. 1763.

 

 

24. ABIJAH ATHEARN, (Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 18 Feb. 1716-17, res. T., farmer. He m. TABITHA LAMBERT (24) abt. 1738, who was b. 19 Oct. 1718 and d. 7 Aug. 1788. He d. 10 July 1796.

60. KATHERINE, b. 10 Sept. 1739; m. JOHN RAND (45) 12 Dec. 1765.
61. MARY, b. 14 May 1741 ; m. ISAIAH GRAY (32) 7 Feb. 1769.
62. JOSEPH, b. 13 Oct. 1742.
63. JONATHAN, b. 12 Jan. 1748.
64. TABITHA, b. 17 Jan. 1756; m. MATTHEW MANTER (72) 13 Oct. 1774.

 

 

31. SIMON ATHEARN, (Solomon,2 Simon l), b. 1722, res. T., farmer. He m. ANN COTTLE (73) abt. 1750 who was b. 6 June 1732 and d. 25 Nov. 1815. He d. 24 Sept. 1808.

70. SARAH, b. 17 Apr. 1752; m. GEORGE MANTER (76) 22 Mch. 1770.
71. ROBERT, b. (1767).
72. ANN, b. (1763) ; m. NOAH WALDRON (28) 21 Aug. 1785.
73. JONATHAN, b. (1769). [He married (1st) Abigail Athearn (96) 16 Sept. 1798; and (2nd) Lucy Athearn (94) 18 June 1815.]
74. BENJAMIN, b. (1772).

 

 

42. JAMES ATHEARN, (Jethro,2 Simon l), b. 17 Oct. 1725, res. T., gentleman, lawyer, Clerk of Courts. He m. REBECCA SCUDDER (dau. of Ebenezer and Lydia (Cobb) Scudder of Barnstable) who was b. 27 Nov. 1730 and d. 31 Jan. 1813 [in Tisbury.] He d. 10 Nov. 1814 having been, during his life, one of the leading citizens of his native town and prominent in many official positions.

80. JONATHAN,. b. 7 Nov. 1751.
81. GEORGE, b. 13 Aug. 1754.
82. WILLIAM, b. 11 Dec. 1756.
83. ELIZABETH, b. 16 Sept. 1760; m. PETER NORTON (496) 2 Nov. 1780.
84. MARY, b. 10 Oct. 1763; m. NATHANIEL MAYHEW (235) 23 Feb. 1786 [in Chilmark].
86. REBECCA, b. 18 Oct. 1768. [She was living, unmarried, with the Jones family in Tisbury in the 1850 census.]
86. SUSANNA, b. 25 Oct. 1772; m. EBENEZER JONES (120) 2 Sept. 1790. [She died in 1815 and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

 

 

48. JETHRO ATHEARN (Jethro,2 Simon l), b. 23 June 1742, res. T., farmer. He m. MERCY CHASE (162) 5 Dec. 1765 who was b. 17 Feb. 1743 and d. 27 July 1820. He d. 11 July 1819.

90. SAMUEL, b. 1767.
91. TIMOTHY, b. 22 Feb. 1769.
92. SARAH, b.1771; m. THOMAS BUTLER (129) 20 Dec. 1813.
93. {MERCY, b.24 July 1773; d.21 Apr. 1819, unm.
94. {LUCY, b. 24 July 1773; m. JONATHAN ATHEARN (73) 18 June 1815. [She died of bronchitis 2 Oct. 1856 in Tisbury, and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
95. BENJAMIN, b. 1776; d. 5 Oct. 1794.
96. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 1778; m. JONATHAN ATHEARN (73) 16 Sept. 1798.

 

 

53. MOSES ATHEARN, (Ezra,3 Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 25 Apr. 1742, res. T., farmer. He m. JEDIDAH PEASE (304) who was b. abt. 1740. Little is known of this family except that he d. 16 Jan. (or on 9 Jan.) 1813.

100. *(_____)
101. *(_____)
102. *(_____). (* In Oct. 1767 the Seleetmen of Tisbury complained that Moses Athearn had left his wife and children in destitute condition, and the Court ordered them to be placed in care of the grandfather, Ezra, for support. The names of these children are not known to the compiler.)
103. OLIVE, b. 17 Aug. 1769. (*The records of Tisbury contain the birth of Henry, son of Olive Athearn 9 Sept. 1788. A Henry Athearn married Anna Dunham (554) (?) 14 Sept. 1823.)
104. JOHN, b. 29 May 1775.
105. NATHAN, b. 12 Dec. 1783. [Did he die in Newport, RI in 1809-10? See 10 Jan. 1810 issue of the Columbian Centinel.]

 

 

56. SOLOMON ATHEARN, (Ezra,3 Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 14 Dec.1748, res. T., mariner. He m. WAITSTILL MANTER (111) 3 Nov. 1784, who was b. 30 Nov. 1764 and d. 5 Apr. 1848. He
d. 5 Feb. 1824. [They are both buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

110. PEGGY [MARGARET], b. 3 Oct. 1785; m. [REV.] JESSE PEASE (397) 27 Mch. 1815. [She died of unknown causes on 29 Jun 1863 in West Tisbury, and is buried in the West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
111. TEMPERANCE, b. 23 Jan. 1787; d. unm. [She died of "chronic diarrhea" on 9 May 1854 in Holmes Hole.]
112. EZRA, b. 2 Oct. 1789; d. 11 Apr. 1805. [sic.] [He married Eliza Waldron and died of palsy on 11 Apr 1850 (not 1805) in Tisbury. He is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Their children include Mary S. Athearn (b. 7 Mar 1837; d. 22 Feb 1873; married Jesse P. Look.); and Nathan Athearn (b. 23 Oct 1823).]
113. SARAH, b. 5 Aug. 1793; d. 2 July 1805.
114. SYBIL, b. 24 July, 1798; m. JOSEPH LOOK (138) 17 Dec. 1818.
115. JABEZ, b. 16 Apr. 1800; d. 13 Sept. 1865. [Jabez was a Tisbury farmer. He married SALLY P. VINCENT (161), born 1798. They are buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
116. LOVINA, b. 9 Jan. 1804; m. JAMES ROGERS (124) 6 Nov.1831.

 

 

62. JOSEPH ATHEARN (Abijah,3 Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 12 Oct. 1742; res. T., farmer. He m. LYDIA ALLEN (239) 25 Aug. 1768, who was b. 22 Jan. 1747 and d. 27 Nov. 1829 [in Tisbury.] He d. 1 June 1811.

120. JABEZ, b. 21 Jan. 1769; d. 17 Dec. 1795 at Port au Prince.
121. PRINCE, b. 6 Dec. 1770.
122. KATHERINE, b. 30 Sept. 1772; m. SYLVANUS ALLEN (275) 30 Aug. 1792.
123. BELCHER, b. 30 Mch. 1777; m. KEZIAH DEXTER 23 Oct. 1803. [Belcher Athearn Esq. died in 1839, and Keziah on 9 May 1861 in Edgartown. They are both buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Their children include Sophia D. Athearn (b. 23 Mar 1805; married Capt. William Clapp of Rochester); Joseph Allen Athearn (b. 9 Nov 1806; m. Nancy C. _____); Betsey Athearn (b. 16 Feb. 1809; married Nathan Mayhew); Jabez Belcher Athearn (b. 24 Mar 1811); Lydia Allen Athearn (b. 4 Apr 1813; did she marry Capt. Calvin C. Adams?); Zadoc A. Athearn (b. 18 Jan 1822 (twin); d. 1906; married Betsey Flanders 1842); and Prince D. Athearn (b. 18 Jan 1822 (twin)).]
124. LOVINA, b. 14 Sept. 1779; m. REUBEN HASKELL 8 Oct. 1801. [She died in 1859 in Marshall, Michigan.]
125. BETSEY, b. 17 Aug. 1785; m. [Deacon] HENRY DAVIS (61) 12 Dec. 1805. [She died 16 May 1868 in East Strong, Maine.]

 

 

63. JONATHAN ATHEARN, (Abijah,3 Jabez,2 Simon l), b. 12 Jan. 1748, res. T., farmer. He m. MARY MANTER (73) 11 Feb. 1773, who was b. 11 Apr. 1753 and d. 6 July 1810. He d. 4 Apr. 1841.

130. ABIJAH, b. 17 Sept. 1775; d. y.
131. ZERVIAH, b. 5 Apr. 1777; d. 26 June 1847, unm.
132. MARY, b. 23 Nov. 1779; m. JOHN DAVIS (35).
133. SUSANNAH, b. 28 Sept. 1781; m. BARNARD LUCE (566) 25 Dec. 1819.
134. ABIJAH, b. 12 Apr. 1783; m. POLLY NORTON (228) 11 Oct. 1818, who was b. 2 Jan. 1783 and d.19 Jan. 1862. He d.29 July 1841. [They are both buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

 

 

71. ROBERT ATHEARN, (Simon,3 Solomon,2 Simon l), b. abt. 1757, res. E., laborer. He m. PEGGY DAGGETT (77) who perh. d. Sept. 1785; little is known of this family by the compiler and it is possible that removal to another place may explain lack of subsequent records concerning them.

140. THOMAS, b. 1778; [bapt. 1781 in Edgartown.]
141. SOLOMON, b Jan. 1780; [bapt. 1781 in Edgartown]; m. NANCY FOSTER (83) 21 Nov. 1805. [He died of "inflamation bowell" / "dysentery" on 22 Mar 1850 in Tisbury. He was a blacksmith, and called "Deacon." Nancy died of "diarrhoea" on 25 Aug 1852 in Holmes Hole. They are both buried in the Vineyard Haven Village Cemetery. Their children include Holmes M. Athearn (b. 10 Sep 1817; m. Abagail S. Smith.); and perhaps Mary A. Athearn (b. 6 Mar 1814.)]
142. JOHN, bapt. 23 Mch 1783 [in Edgartown.]

 

 

73. JONATHAN ATHEARN, (Simon,3 Solomon,2 Simon1), b. abt. 1769 and bapt. 12 July 1772, res. T., farmer. He m. (1) ABIGAIL ATHEARN (96) 16 Sept. 1798, who d. 16 Mch.1813; m. (2) her sister, LUCY ATHEARN (94) 18 June 1815, who d. 15 Sept. 1856. He d. 30 May 1842.

143. ALMIRA, b. 4 Aug. 1799; m. CAPT. BENJAMIN MANTER (157). [She died "suddenly" in Chilmark on 24 Apr 1866. Benjamin died on 14 July 1874.]
144. JULIA, b. July 1802; m. CAPT. GRANVILLE MANTER (158) [in 1826].
145. LUCY, b. 23 Aug. 1804; m. SAMUEL T. HANCOCK. [She died 31 Oct. 1851 and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]
146. MARY, b. 16 Sept. 1807; m. BARTLETT MAYHEW.
147. ABIGAIL, b. 1 Sept. 1809; m. (1) HORATIO G. NORTON [4 Sep 1830 in Edgartown]; (2) DANIEL LUCE, JR.
148. JONATHAN, b. 28 Nov. 1811; m. MARTHA W[ood] CATHCART 28 Oct. 1840. [Jonathan was a West Tisbury farmer and yeoman. He died "suddenly," "in a fit / no medical attends" on 6 Dec 1860 in West Tisbury. Martha died in 1868. They are both buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Their children include Freeman Allen Athearn (b. 27 Aug 1842); Sophronia Wood Athearn (b. 10 Aug 1845); Mary Palmer Athearn (b. 1848); and (? Daughter) Athearn (b. 1850).]

By Second Wife:

149. WILLIAM, b. 14 Mch. 1816; m. SARAH E. CHASE 20 June 1841. [William was a West Tisbury farmer. He died of "Inamonia" on 18 May 1864 in West Tisbury, and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Sarah died in 1911. Their children include Elbridge Chase Athearn (b. Oct. 1842); and Lucy Athearn (b. 1847; married Charles Edwin Bessey - See comments.).]

 

 

74. BENJAMIN ATHEARN, (Simon,3 Solomon,2 Simon1), b. abt. 1772, res. T., He m. SARAH ["Sally"] LUCE (960) 30 May 1797 who was b. July 1779. He d. Apr. 1826. [She was undoubtedly the Sarah Athearn who died in West Tisbury in Sept., 1850, aged 71.]

150. BENJAMIN, b. 1 Sept.1797; m. HEPSIBAH ATHEARN (170). [Benjamin was a West Tisbury farmer. He died in 1880, and Hepsa died in 1889. Their children include Adeline Athearn (b. 22 Oct 1826); Charlotte F. Athearn (b. 3 Mar 1831); George F. Athearn (b. 10 July 1834); Cyrus Athearn (b. 25 Oct 1837; d. of pneumonia 11 Jan 1869); and Hepsibah H. Athearn (b. 18 Oct 1839).]
151. ROBERT, b. 9 July 1799; m. ELIZA MAYHEW. [Robert was a West Tisbury farmer. Their children include: Avis J. Athearn (b. 1823; married Elijah B. Vincent); John W. Athearn (1827-1866; married Adeline _____); Isabella Athearn (c. 1829-1858; married John S. Vincent); Elizabeth Athearn (b. July 1833); Charles M. Athearn (b. 10 July 1835); and Alpheus Athearn (b. 5 Oct. 1837).]
152. ALEXANDER, b. 16 Aug. 1805; m. LOUISA H. SMITH [23 Sep 1827 in Edgartown.] [Alexander was a West Tisbury farmer. Their children include Sarah Athearn (b. 21 Nov. 1829; married George B. Cottle); and Benjamin Athearn (b. 15 Feb. 1833).]
153. JAMES L., b. 3 Aug. 1815; m. MARGARET PEASE. [James was a West Tisbury farmer. He died in 1880, and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

 

 

81. GEORGE ATHEARN, (James,3 Jethro,2 Simon 1), b. 13 Aug. 1754; res. T., lawyer; Judge of Probate for many years, 1816-1839. He grad. H. C. 1775 and took his master's degree in 1778. He m. HEPSIBAH HUSSEY 10 Sept. 1778, who was b. 13 Dec. 1761 and d. 2 Mch. 1842. He d. 8 Apr. 1837.

160. JAMES HUSSEY, b. 23 May 1779; d. y. [He d. 23 Jun 1782.]
161. BETSEY, b. 23 Oct.1780; d. y.
162. MARY L., b. 20 Aug. 1782; m. (1) FREEBORN LOOK (209); (2) WILLARD LUCE (1024) 10 Jan. 1819.
163. JAMES, b. 5 Aug. 1784; d.1850. [The 2 July 1852 Vineyard Gazette reported that James Athern, Esq., formerly of Nantucket, died "in Boston, recently." Jack G. Thompson <PoppaT70@aol.com> writes that he is descended from James through his son, James Frederick Athearn, and his grandson Levi Starbuck Athearn.]
164. FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. 14 May 1786; d. 2 Sept. 1858. [He married Abiah _____, who died 2 Oct. 1816, aged 24. Frederick removed west in 1819, and died in Lockland, Ohio on 2 Sep 1858.]
165. ELIZA, b. 18 June 1789; m. [Capt.] JEREMIAH MANTER (151). [She died of Typhoid Fever on 22 Mar 1860 in West Tisbury, and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. Jeremiah died on 21 Oct. 1861.]
166. CYRUS, b. 14 July 1791. [He died in Charlestown in 1854.]
167. AVIS, b. 15 Mch 1794; m. JAMES A. JONES (200) 31 July 1817. [She died 20 Jun 1850 in West Tisbury, and is buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery. The Gazette called her "a most worthy and excellent lady."]
168. DANIEL SCUDDER, b. 26 Jan. 1796; d. y. [sic.] [Died in Hindustan, Indiana in 1822.]
169. ADELINE, b. 13 Mch. 1799; m. (1) JOSHUA A. ADAMS (63) 12 Apr. 1821 ; (2) MOSES JEWETT.
170. HEPSIBAH, b. 18 Mch. 1803; m. BENJAMIN ATHEARN (160) 1826.

 

 

82. WILLIAM ATHEARN, (James,3 Jethro,2 Simonl), b. 11 Dec. 1756; res. T., master mariner. He m. HANNAH LEACH (10) 20 Sept. 1792, who was b. abt. 1770. He d. 20 Nov. 1810 [in Holmes Hole. He was Inspector of the Customs.]

180. HEPSIBAH, b. 20 Aug. 1793.
181. WILLIAM, b. 8 Jan. 1795. [He may have been the Capt. William Athearn who died in Santa Martha in 1822, aged 26, according to the Columbian Centinel.]
182. GEORGE, b. 10 June 1796; d. 4 July 1797.
183. GEORGE, b. 21 Apr. 1798. [He may have been the George Athearn of Bath, mate of Sch. Nile, who died in Aux Cayes in 1819, according to the Columbian Centinel.]
184. JOHN HENRY, b.24 Feb. 1800.
185. JOSEPH[A?] VELINA, b. 14 Oct.1802.
186. PATIENCE HANNAH, b. 8 Apr. 1805; d. y.

 

 

90. SAMUEL ATHEARN, (Jethro,3-2 Simon1), b. 1767, res. T farmer. He m. SUSANNA ADAMS (54) 21 Apr. 1791 [in Chilmark] who was b. 31 Aug. 1765. This family may have removed from the Vineyard as he is not enumerated among the heads of families in the census of 1800.

190. WILLIAM.
191. JETHRO.
192. MAYHEW.
193. LUCRETIA
194. POLLY.
195. LUCY.

 

 

91. TIMOTHY ATHEARN, (Jethro,3-2 Simonl), b. 22 Feb. 1769, res. T., farmer, deacon of Congregational Church. He m. NANCY LAMBERT (101) 12 Dec. 1793, who was b. 23 Sept. 1770 and d. 18 Nov. 1858. He d. 7 Feb. 1828. [She died of consumption on 19 Dec. 1858 in Tisbury, and they are both buried in West Tisbury Village Cemetery.]

200. NANCY, b.12 Oct. 1794; m. GILBERT W. SMITH (121) 27 Oct. 1816.
201. BENJAMIN, b.26 July 1797; d. 3 July 1823.
202. CHARLES GRANDISON, b. 1800; m. ANN THAXTER (67) 1 Jan. 1824 [in Edgartown.] [He died 4 Sept. 1855 in in "Kanzas, Hamden City," having left the island the previous April "to find a pleasant home for his family." He was deacon of the Church of Christ in Tisbury for more than thirty years. He appeared in Edgartown in the 1850 census as a laborer. Their children include Charles Grandison Athearn Jr. (b. 20 Jan 1826]; Ann Thaxter Athearn (b. 5 Sept 1830); Caleb Thaxter Athearn (b. 4 July 1832); Sophronia Athearn (b. 27 Nov 1835); Joseph Horan Kimball Athearn (b. 10 July 1839); Caroline Eaton Athearn (b. 19 Jan 1845); and Albon C. Athearn (b. Nov 1847).]
203. SOPHRONIA SPALDING, b. 26 Sept. 1803; m. [Dea.] BARTLETT PEASE, JR. (976) 17 Oct. 1837. [She died 14 Sept. 1874, and they are buried in Lambert's Cove Cemetery.]
204. BETSEY LAMBERT, bapt. 5 Oct. 1805; m. WILLIAM A. MAYHEW 25 Nov. 1830. [She died in 1891.]
205. SARAH, bapt. 10 Sept. 1808; m. THOMAS L. NORTON (256) 18 July 1836. [Contact Horace Waters <hwaters@mediaone.net> for more information about this family.]
206. LAURA, b. 14 July 1813.

 

 

121. PRINCE ATHEARN, (Joseph,4 Abijah,3 Jabez,2 Simonl), b. 6 Dec. 1770, res. T., ship carpenter; rem. to Falmouth abt. 1802. He assisted Col. George Claghorn in building the U. S. S. Constitution. He m. CONTENT LUCE (1013) 15 Dec. 1796, who was b. 9 Aug. 1774. He d. 1862.

220. CONTENT, b. 30 Sept. 1797; m. SHADRACH HATHAWAY.
221. IRA, b. 13 Feb. 1800.
222. FANNY PRICE, b. 29 Jan. 1803.
223. REBECCA HATCH, b. 9 Apr. 1805.
224. JANE ANN, b. 28 Aug. 1807.
225. PRINCE ALLEN, b. 12 Apr. 1811.
226. HARRIETT J., b. [_____].
227. MARTHA, b. [_____]; m. LAMKIN.


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