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Elizabeth Mather (Atherton) - Elizabeth (Atherton) Mather & Elizabeth (Unknown) Weeks Mather - two separate people

Started by Private User on Monday, December 24, 2018
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Private User
12/24/2018 at 6:28 AM

Hello, I think this profile is combining two different people.

There is Elizabeth Atherton, first wife of Timothy Mather. She died in 1678 and there is Elizabeth (Unknown) who married first William Weeks, of Dorchester and then Timothy Mather in 1679, she died in 1710 at age 79. The George Weeks Elizabeth is not an Atherton, she is unknown unfortunately and Elizabeth Atherton Mather did not marry George Weeks. Also, this profile is giving a death of Jan 1684 which is the death date of Timothy Mather.

The 1717 distribution to the grandchildren/heirs of Humphrey Atherton lists all adult children and their heirs and there is only Elizabeth Mather the first wife Atherton listed as she had all his children. There is no child listed as Catherine or heirs of a Catherine, only heirs of Elizabeth Mather in the detailed probate/court documents relating to the grandchildren's claim 50 years after the death of Humphrey Atherton.

Does anyone want to discuss? Erica Howton? Thanks.

https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/suffolk-county-ma-proba...
Erica Howton C
12/24/2018 at 9:42 AM

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45567208/elizabeth-weeks_mather (without citing sources) has:

Her ancestry is not known at this time.

Her first husband was William Weeks. She was the mother of all of his children.

As her second husband, she was the second wife of Timothy Mather, married at Dorchester,MA on Mar 28,1678/9. NOTE: This Elizabeth should not be confused with Timothy's first wife, Elizabeth (Atherton) Mather, who died in May 1678.

Children: John Weeks, Elizabeth Weeks Henley, Mary Weeks White, William Weeks Jr, George Weeks, Renew Weeks Carpenter, Jane Weeks Blackman, George Weeks, Sarah Weeks Macomb, Hannah Weeks, Samuel Weeks, and Submit Weeks Cook.

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Let’s see what we can find for primary sources.
Erica Howton C
12/24/2018 at 10:10 AM

And Great Migration Begins agrees with your reading of HUMPHREY Atherton’s Probate Records

https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158316-00199/39403...

Title: Great Migration, Vol 5, M-P Page 88 in the Richard Mather sketch.

They have first wife Elizabeth Atherton, second wife Elizabeth Weeks, married 20 March 1679

Private User
12/24/2018 at 11:07 AM

Hi Erica. Yes, I agree these are two different people. Many trees and some genealogies show the first wife had a sister Catherine Elizabeth Atherton who is Elizabeth Weeks Mather, but this is not proven and the Humphrey Athertons late 1717 probate shows no heirs of a Catherine Atherton, nor any participation by William Weeks in Humphrey Atherton's original 1661 probate, like the other sons-in-laws (Mather, Trowbridge & Swift).

I hate that she is unknown, but she is!
Erica Howton C
12/24/2018 at 11:36 AM

I’m going to try merge undo, could get sloppy.

Private User
12/24/2018 at 1:02 PM

Thank you! Happy Holidays to you!
Erica Howton C
12/24/2018 at 1:21 PM

The updated Elizabeth Mather

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