Mary Atherton1

F, b. 1636, d. 17 September 1692
     Mary was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton and Mary Kennion. Mary married Joseph Weekes on 9 April 1667 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Joseph & Mary had children: Mary [5/20/1668], Joseph [3/26/1670][m, Deliverance], Mindwell [bap. 4/13/1673][m, Abiel Bird] & Repent [2/22/1676][m. Joshua Pomeroy]. Mary departed this life on Wednesday, 17 September 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. She was buried at Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, in the Dorchester North Burying Ground. The epitaph on her stone reads: "Here lyes ye body of Mary Weeks wife of Joseph Weeks aged 56 years died September ye 17 1692".

Citations

  1. [S296] Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn From The Records Of The Colonies, Towns, & Churches, & Other Contemporaneous Documents., page 22.