Ensign John HATHAWAY

Abt 1629 - 1705  (76 years)

• Name	John HATHAWAY  [1, 2]
  	In 1658 he together with Edward Bobet and Timothy Holloway purchased of Rev. Nicholas Street 400 acres 'of meadow and upland', in that part of Taunton which later became the town of Berkley. A part of this tract was later known as 'The Farms', and a portion is still in possession of his descendants. The people of Taunton wishing to acquire more lands entered into negotiations with the Indians for the tracts knowns as North and South Purchases. He was a member of the association which conducted the negotiations and served with a committee in surveying and dividing these purchases. In 1671 he purchased of Nathaniel Morton the 18th lot of the Freetown lands and installed thereon his eldest son John Hathaway Jr. In 1676 and again in 1690 he was elected constable, at that time a position of great responsibility and power; was several times elected a deputy to the Plymouth General Court, served four years as selectman and served in King William's War. He associated with a company which in 1695 set up a 'Bloomery' or forge on Stony Brook, which was called the 'Chartley Iron Works', afterwards known as the Leonard Iron Works" of Norton. He gave lands for a portion of what is now Fox cemetery. [1]
  Prefix	Ensign
  Birth	Abt 1629	England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Nicholas Hathaway   [2]
  Death	1705	Berkley, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I100987	Main Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Martha SHEPARD   d. Abt 1684, Berkley, Massachusetts
  Marriage	1649  [1]
  Children	+ 1. John HATHAWAY,   b. 1650   d. 1730 (Age 80 years)  [Birth] + 2. Deacon Abraham HATHAWAY,   b. 11 Sep 1652, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts d. 23 Aug 1725 (Age 72 years)  [Birth] + 3. Ephraim HATHAWAY,   b. Abt 1661, Berkley, Massachusetts d. 29 Dec 1717, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F41903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth ?,   b. Abt 1643   d. 10/11 Sep 1705, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1692	Braintree, Massachusetts   [1]
  Family ID	F41904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1629 - England Marriage - 25 Oct 1692 - Braintree, Massachusetts Death - 1705 - Berkley, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12062] Melvin E. Jones, M.E., Genealogy of JONES HATHAWAY RICHARDS GOODING. [S3193] Margaret Olier Collacott and Ruth Thompson Grandin, The Ancestors and Descendants of Zephaniah and Silence ALDEN HATHAWAY With Notes on Allied Families.