Arthur HATHAWAY

Notes:

"The year of 1651, one Arthur Hathaway was reported as owning in lot 26 in Puncka-teest, now Tiverton. In 1643 a resident of Marshfield of the same name was capable of bearing arms, and was at town meeting at Plymouth in 1646. The Colonial Records state that Arthur Hathaway had a share in lands in that part of Plymouth called Kingston. The records do not settle the question of whether these individuals were one person. Elisha C. Leonard thought they were, while some investigators assert that there were two Arthurs, father and son . . . But so far as known, all who resided within the limits of Old Dartmouth before 1800, were descendants of Arthur Hathaway. By marriage he was connected with important families of Plymouth Colony."

"The name was applied to this region in a tax levy as early as 1632, although the town of Dartmouth was not constituted until 1664. But as early as 1660 Arthur Hathaway and “Segeant” Shaw were residing here, because an order was given to Captain Willet to collect their taxes. In 1656 Hathaway was a member of the grand jury, but probably not from an unincorporated place like Cushena. He did not leave Plymouth until after Feb. 28, 1655, and so must have taken up his abode at Dartmouth between 1655 and 1660."

"During the first twenty years after the town was established, Arthur Hathaway was eight terms selectman . . . The official career of Arthur Hathaway ends abruptly in 1684 and with the exception of two deeds and a will, he disappears from all recorded history. Twelve years later in 1696 he decided to divide his lands. He owned on the east side of the Acushnet River, north of Dahl’s corner. The south half he gave to his son, Jonathan, and the north to his son Thomas. The deeds were executed later and were not recorded until several years later, which would indicate that he was not ready to complete the transfer when it was first arranged. This was his farm where he lived . . . These deeds are executed by his written signature. Nothing further appears concerning Arthur Hathaway until the probate of his will, which was dated February, 1709-10, and presented to the court February, 1710-11. It was executed by his mark. The witnesses were John Cannon Jr., Isaac Howland and Jonathan Delano. It states that he “was very weak of body but of perfect mind and memory.” He gave to his wife Sarah the income of certain estate and a legacy of five shilling to each of his children: Thomas, Jonathan, Mary Hammond, Lydia Sisson, and Hannah Cadman. His real estate consisting of a half share of land in Dartmouth, he devised to his son John, whom he selected as executor. The sudden termination of his business and official career presents a curious problem that defies explanation. His name does not appear even as a witness to any will or deed during that long period. His death probably took place within a month before the probate of his will."

According to the will of Arthur Hathaway he left three sons and three daughters.

John - Married (1) Joanna Pope, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Jenney Pope, 1732; (2) Patience.
Thomas - Married Hepzibeth, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Starbuck, of Nantucket, 1748.
Jonathan - Married Susannah Pope, daughter of Captain Seth Pope.
Mary - Married Samuel Hammond, son of Benjamin Hammond.
Lydia - Married James Sisson, son of Richard Sisson.
Hannah - Married George Cadman, son of William Cadman.

(source: Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch Number 31, Being the proceedings of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, Water Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1910; Arthur Hathaway and His Immediate Descendants, by Caroline W. Hathaway; https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs-no-31)

Arthur married Sarah COOKE Nov 1652, Dartmouth, MA. Sarah (daughter of John COOKE and Sarah WARREN) was born 1635; died Aft 1710. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The probate documents of John Hathaway of Dartmouth dated 11 July 1732 mention Hannah Boomer as a daughter.

"John, the oldest son, married Johanna Pope, daughter of Thomas Pope, and Sarah “Jenne,” both well known families in Plymouth. (A well preserved Pope cradle of 1648 is exhibited in this building.) His second wife was Patience. The first wife had six children, and the second ten, and of these, ten were sons."

John Hathaway Married (1st) Joanna Pope, daughter Thos. and Sarah (Carey) Pope.

Children:
Sarah - Married John Cadman.
Joanna - Married Elkanah Blackwell.
John - Married Alice Launders.
Arthur - Married (2) Maria Luce.
Hannah - Married ____ Boomer.
Mary - Married ____ Douglass.

John Hathaway (married 2nd) Patience.

Children:
Jonathan - Married Abagail Nye.
Richard - Married Deborah Doty.
Thomas.
Hunnewell - Married Mary (Worth?)
Abialson (or Abiah) - Married Mary Taber.
Elizabeth.
Patience - Married Reuben Peckham.
Benjamin - Married Elizabeth Richmond, Mary Hix.
James - Married Mary ____. (or Agnes Burton?)
Ebenezer - Married Ruth Hatch.

"John Hathaway’s land, chiefly on the west side of the Acushnet River, was in several tracts, and in area was about as extensive as that of his brother Thomas. His homestead extended from the river out to Mt. Pleasant Street, and began at a point 330 feet south of Davis Street at the north line of the Coffin farm, and extended north as far as Brooklawn Park. On the water front of this farm are located today the Whitman, Manomet, Nonquitt and Nashawena mills. In the northeast corner on the river was a landing place as early as 1730, and here John McPherson started the village of Belleville in 1774."

"John Hathaway had another tract of 200 acres on the south side of Hathaway Road, and extending west from Shawmut Avenue to the ledge. On Shawmut its frontage is over half a mile. On the north side of the Tarkiln Hill Road were large tracts extending down from the hill west beyond the railroad, and east about the same distance. The house that he gave his son Arthur stands there today, and is still occupied. Arthur early moved to Rochester, and owned a large tract there. John also owned a large tract to the south of Sassaquin Pond, the east part of which became the farm of Jonathan Tobey."

"In 1708 came the first clash between the Presbyterians and the Quakers, which resulted in the great struggle in 1723 when the English king, George I, overruled the general court of Massachusetts and declared the Quakers entitled to freedom from contributing toward the maintenance of Congregational churches and ministers. At the opening of the contest, which was urged chiefly in Dartmouth, a petition signed by eighty-six men who were Quakers and Baptists, was sent to the general court protesting against the church tax. This was signed by John and Thomas Hathaway. The position of Thomas can be easily understood, because his wife belonged to the leading Quaker family of Nantucket. John’s first wife was a sister of Captain Seth Pope, who was a vigorous Puritan. The second wife hasn’t yet been identified, but the second marriage may have led to his favor for the Quakers."

(source: Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch Number 31, Being the proceedings of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society, Water Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1910; Arthur Hathaway and His Immediate Descendants, by Caroline W. Hathaway; https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs-no-31)

The following excerpt is from a different source: http://www.maxfieldgenealogy.com/hathaway01.html

"John Hathaway lived out most of his life in the Town of Dartmouth. His first wife, Joanna, died at the age of thirty-seven, leaving John, age forty-two, with children ages eleven, nine, seven, five, two, and one. In nine months he married again, and had ten more children.

John Hathaway's first wife, Joanna Pope, belonged to another family that moved to Dartmouth in its earlier days. When she was about eighteen years old, King Phillip's War broke out. The Indians attacked the frontier town of Dartmouth, killing two of Joanna's brothers and one sister-in-law, before they could reach the security of a garrison house. Everyone, including the remaining Popes and the Hathaways, left Dartmouth, returning in a few years to rebuild.

When John Hathaway married his second wife, Patience Hunnewell, he was forty-three, she twenty-two. She probably came from Scarborough, in the District of Maine. By the time Patience gave birth to her tenth child, she was forty-three, John was sixty-three. All sixteen children lived to adulthood, and fourteen married.

In 1708, when a Congregational Church was organized in Dartmouth, John Hathaway was one of eighty-six persons petitioning the Province against paying the church tax. John was probably a member of the Society of Friends, which had organized its first meeting in Dartmouth in 1699. "

John married Joanna POPE 15 Mar 1682/83, Harwich or Dartmouth, MA. Joanna (daughter of Thomas POPE and Sarah JENNY) was born Abt 1658, Plymouth, MA; died 25 Oct 1695, Dartmouth, MA. [Group Sheet]

John married Patience Hunnewell 29 Sep 1696. Patience (daughter of Richard Hunnewell and Elizabeth Stover) was born Abt. 1674; died aft. 11 July 1732. [Group Sheet]

Thomas — Hepzibeth Starbuck. [Group Sheet]

Jonathan — Susannah Pope. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Samuel Hammond. [Group Sheet]

Lydia — James Sisson. [Group Sheet]

Hannah — George Cadman. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

BR says 24 Feb 1684.

Notes:

BR says 28 Jany 1685.

Notes:

BR says 18 Mch 1687.

John married Alice Landers 18 Nov 1714, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The marriage record says Hannah was "of Tiverton."

Hammah Boomer is mentioned as a daughter in her father's will dated 11 July 1732 at Dartmouth, MA.

Hannah married Matthew BOOMER 28 Sep 1720, Freetown, MA. Matthew (son of Matthew BOOMER, Jr. and Hannah CHURCH) was born 29 Sep 1689, Freetown, MA; died Bet. 1734 - 1744, Freetown, MA. [Group Sheet]

Hunnewell married Mary Worth 5 Oct 1731, Nantucket Island, MA. [Group Sheet]

John married Zeruiah Hathaway 24 Nov 1748, MA. [Group Sheet]

Josiah married Jemima Gurney 3 Jan 1754, Darthmouth, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Zephaniah — Desire Hatch. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Eleanor was Nathaniel's first cousin.

Eleanor (Boomer) Luther is mentioned in the will of her uncle, Joshua Boomer of Freetown, and in the will of Lydia Boomer -- probably her aunt.

Eleanor married Nathaniel LUTHER, Jr. Abt 30 Nov 1751. Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel LUTHER, Sr. and Mercy BOOMER) was born 21 Sep 1719, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA; died 5 Aug 1763, Swansea, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Paul married Sarah Winslow 22 Apr 1779, Dartmouth, MA. Sarah was born 3 Jun 1762; died 10 May 1837, Dartmouth, MA. [Group Sheet]