They came from Maidstone, Kent, to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 (on 14 Mar 1634/5, "W[illia]m Witherell of Maidstone, schoolmaster, & Mary his wife," with children "Sam[ue]l, Daniel, Thomas" & servant "Anne Richards," were enrolled at Sandwich as passengers for New England on the Hercules. They first settled in Cambridge MA, but moved to Charlestown in 1636, Duxbury in 1639, & Scituate in 1645.
They had nine known children:
SAMUEL: bp. Maidstone, Kent, 5 Dec 1628; m. after 8 Mar 1677/8, Isabel (____) Hiland, widow of Samuel Hiland.
DANIEL: b. Maidstone, 29 Nov 1630; bp. Maidstone, 3 Dec 1630; m. 4 Aug 1639, Grace Brewster, daughter of Jonathan Brewster.
THOMAS: bp. Maidstone, 28 Aug 1633; no record after 1635 passenger list (he was not the "Thomas Witherley" fined in Mass. Bay in 1639).
MARY: b. say 1635; m. Scituate, 20 Nov 1656, Thomas Oldham {1635, Duxbury}.
ELIZABETH: b. say 1637; m. Scituate, 22 Dec 1657, John Bryant.
JOHN: b. say 1640; m. by 1675, Hannah (Pinson) Young, daughter of Thomas Pinson {1638, Scituate} & widow of George Young.
THEOPHILUS: b. say 1642; m. Scituate, 9 Nov 1675, Lydia Parker, daughter of William Parker {1638, Scituate}(not Mary Parker).
SARAH: b. Scituate, 10 Feb 1644/5; bp. Scituate Second Church, 7 Sep 1645; m. Hingham, 21 Dec 1668, Israel Hobart, son of Peter Hobart.
HANNAH: b. Scituate, 20 Feb 1646/7; bp. Scituate Second Church, 28 Feb 1646/7; no further record (she was not the wife of James Morgan of New London).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
They came from Maidstone, Kent, to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 (on 14 Mar 1634/5, "W[illia]m Witherell of Maidstone, schoolmaster, & Mary his wife," with children "Sam[ue]l, Daniel, Thomas" & servant "Anne Richards," were enrolled at Sandwich as passengers for New England on the Hercules. They first settled in Cambridge MA, but moved to Charlestown in 1636, Duxbury in 1639, & Scituate in 1645.
They had nine known children:
SAMUEL: bp. Maidstone, Kent, 5 Dec 1628; m. after 8 Mar 1677/8, Isabel (____) Hiland, widow of Samuel Hiland.
DANIEL: b. Maidstone, 29 Nov 1630; bp. Maidstone, 3 Dec 1630; m. 4 Aug 1639, Grace Brewster, daughter of Jonathan Brewster.
THOMAS: bp. Maidstone, 28 Aug 1633; no record after 1635 passenger list (he was not the "Thomas Witherley" fined in Mass. Bay in 1639).
MARY: b. say 1635; m. Scituate, 20 Nov 1656, Thomas Oldham {1635, Duxbury}.
ELIZABETH: b. say 1637; m. Scituate, 22 Dec 1657, John Bryant.
JOHN: b. say 1640; m. by 1675, Hannah (Pinson) Young, daughter of Thomas Pinson {1638, Scituate} & widow of George Young.
THEOPHILUS: b. say 1642; m. Scituate, 9 Nov 1675, Lydia Parker, daughter of William Parker {1638, Scituate}(not Mary Parker).
SARAH: b. Scituate, 10 Feb 1644/5; bp. Scituate Second Church, 7 Sep 1645; m. Hingham, 21 Dec 1668, Israel Hobart, son of Peter Hobart.
HANNAH: b. Scituate, 20 Feb 1646/7; bp. Scituate Second Church, 28 Feb 1646/7; no further record (she was not the wife of James Morgan of New London).
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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