Rest Atherton

Bef 1639 - 1708  (> 69 years)

• Name	Rest Atherton
  Birth	Bef 26 May 1639  [1, 2]
  Baptism	26 May 1639	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Nov 1708  [3]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Elizabeth Atherton ,   b. Bef 28 Sep 1628, England d. 15 May 1678  (Age > 49 years) ▻ Timothy Mather ,  m. Bef 1651   2. Margaret Atherton ,   b. Abt 1633   d. 17 Aug 1672, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 39 years) ▻ Deacon James Trowbridge ,  m. 30 Dec 1659 + 3. Rest Atherton ,   b. Bef 26 May 1639   d. 3 Nov 1708  (Age > 69 years) ▻ Obadiah Swift ,  m. 15 Mar 1661 + 4. Thankful Atherton ,   b. Bef 29 Apr 1644   d. 11 Apr 1719, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age > 74 years) ▻ Thomas Bird ,  m. 2 Feb 1665
  Person ID	I34642	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton,   b. Abt 1603   d. 17 Sep 1661, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age ~ 58 years)
  Mother	Mary   d. Between 21 Feb 1671 and 16 Sep 1672, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 28 Sep 1628  [2]
  Family ID	F13979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Obadiah Swift,   b. 16 Jul 1638, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 27 Dec 1690 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	15 Mar 1661	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Obadiah Swift,   b. 28 Jan 1671, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 20 Jan 1747 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F20367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S7376] The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638 by Ian Watson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2024. [S5562] The Memoirs of Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift by Joseph Gardner Swift, To Which Is Added a Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Swift of Dorchester, Mass., 1634 by Harrison Ellery. 1890.