William Witherell was born about 1600 in England.
He married Mary Fisher in England. They had children.
William, his wife, three children, and a servant all travelled in 1634 to New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'.
He died in Scituate, Plymouth county, Plymouth Colony.
William Witherell was the first minister of the Second Church of Scituate. He was ordained on September 2, 1645 and he ministered for 39 years. During that time, he baptised 608 children. His record of those baptisms still exist, and shows that people came to him in (current day) Norwell from as far away as Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Before he died, he was able to bring about an end to the feud that initiated the creation of the Second Church of Scituate. The church which he served as the first minister continues on today as the First Parish of Norwell.
He married Mary Fisher in England. They had children.
William, his wife, three children, and a servant all travelled in 1634 to New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'.
He died in Scituate, Plymouth county, Plymouth Colony.
William Witherell was the first minister of the Second Church of Scituate. He was ordained on September 2, 1645 and he ministered for 39 years. During that time, he baptised 608 children. His record of those baptisms still exist, and shows that people came to him in (current day) Norwell from as far away as Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Before he died, he was able to bring about an end to the feud that initiated the creation of the Second Church of Scituate. The church which he served as the first minister continues on today as the First Parish of Norwell.
William Witherell was born about 1600 in England.
He married Mary Fisher in England. They had children.
William, his wife, three children, and a servant all travelled in 1634 to New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'.
He died in Scituate, Plymouth county, Plymouth Colony.
William Witherell was the first minister of the Second Church of Scituate. He was ordained on September 2, 1645 and he ministered for 39 years. During that time, he baptised 608 children. His record of those baptisms still exist, and shows that people came to him in (current day) Norwell from as far away as Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Before he died, he was able to bring about an end to the feud that initiated the creation of the Second Church of Scituate. The church which he served as the first minister continues on today as the First Parish of Norwell.
He married Mary Fisher in England. They had children.
William, his wife, three children, and a servant all travelled in 1634 to New England on the 'Good ship Hercules of Sandwich'.
He died in Scituate, Plymouth county, Plymouth Colony.
William Witherell was the first minister of the Second Church of Scituate. He was ordained on September 2, 1645 and he ministered for 39 years. During that time, he baptised 608 children. His record of those baptisms still exist, and shows that people came to him in (current day) Norwell from as far away as Yarmouth on Cape Cod.
Before he died, he was able to bring about an end to the feud that initiated the creation of the Second Church of Scituate. The church which he served as the first minister continues on today as the First Parish of Norwell.
