Henry Withington

Bef 1590 - 1667  (> 76 years)

• Name	Henry Withington  [1]
  Birth	Bef 22 Feb 1590  [2]
  Baptism	22 Feb 1590	Leigh, Lancashire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Feb 1667	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I40436	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	George Withington
  Mother	Margaret Pinington
  Marriage	28 Jul 1583	St. Mary the Virgin, Leigh, Lancashire, England   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F6827	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Anne Leech   d. Bef 26 Sep 1621
  Marriage	Sep 1615	Leigh, Lancashire, England   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Faith Withington,   b. Bef 13 Oct 1616   d. 3 Feb 1689, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 72 years) + 2. Richard Withington,   b. Bef 3 May 1618   d. 22 Dec 1701, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age > 83 years)
  Family ID	F25371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Smith   d. 16 Feb 1660, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Marriage	30 Sep 1622	Leigh, Lancashire, England   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Withington,   b. Abt 1623   d. 26 Mar 1697, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F6822	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Margery Turner   d. 20 May 1676, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Jun 1662	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F24877	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He came to Dorchester in 1636.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7062] Danforth Genealogy: Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N.E. (1589-1638) and William Danforth, of Newbury, Mass. (1640-1721) and Their Descendants by John Joseph May. Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1902. [S7405] Frederic Scherer Withington, "Henry Withington of Dorchester, Mass., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 75:142, Apr 1921; 75:196, Jul 1921; 75:246, Oct 1921; 76:6, Jan 1922. [S7407] Transcribed marriage record of George Withington and Margaret Pinington. [S7406] England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1583-1850, on findmypast.co.uk., year and town only.