Individual Details
Consider Atherton
( - 1690)
The marriage is recorded in Dorchester. AmericanAncestors.org.
Consider Atherton was Married unto Anna Aniball, the 19th of the 10th month (December) 1671.
Suffolk County Court, 29 Oct 1678. List of those who took the Oath of Allegiance from Dorchester includes Consider Atherton.
Suffolk County Court: 1671-1680, Vo. XXX, p. 971
Consider Atherton died on the Canada Expedition to Quebec, 1690. He was a son of Humphrey Atherton, b. Lancashire, England, died in Dorchester 17 Sep 1661, and his mother was nee Mary Wales who died 1672.
Other databases have a date of death of Consider Atherton as 26 Apr 1687 in Dorchester with no proof.
Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts, by a Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, published by Ebenezer Clapp, Jr., of Boston, 1859. The Preface states that this book was compiled from the records of the minister & historian, Thaddeus M. Harris who had written a history of Dorchester and planned to expand on that volume but died before he did. Taken from town, church records.
p.248 1684
"The Church, this year, had Consider Atheron before them, for the sin of drunkenness.
p. 254 1688
" The Church had a great deal of trouble with Consider Atherton, this year, and finally pronounced him an incorrigible drunkard and admonished him."
p.256 A list of the names of the soldiers under the command of Capt. John Withington, Oct 3, 1690, includes Consider Atherton. [King Phillip's War]
Events
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1671 | Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts - Hannah Annable | ![]() | ||
| Death | 1690 | Quebec, Canada | ![]() |
Families
| Spouse | Hannah Annable ( - 1687) |
| Child | Humphrey Atherton (1672 - 1748) |
| Child | Hannah Atherton (1679 - 1735) |
| Father | Humphrey Atherton ( - 1661) |
| Mother | Mary Kennion ( - 1672) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Atherton ( - 1678) |
| Sibling | Watching Atherton (1651 - 1689) |
Endnotes
1. Benjamin Shurtleff, Descendants of William Shurtleff, Vol 1: of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (Revere, MA: n.p., 1912), p.318-319.
2. Benjamin Shurtleff, Descendants of William Shurtleff, Vol 1: of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts (Revere, MA: n.p., 1912), p.318-319.
