John Hathaway

1650 - 1730  (79 years)

• Name	John Hathaway
  Birth	16 Aug 1650	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jun 1730	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I7532	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Father	John Hathaway,   b. 1629, England d. 1705, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Shepard,   b. Between 1612 and 1638   d. Between 1671 and 1727 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1649  [1]
  Family ID	F1831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Christian Maxfield,   b. Between 1646 and 1666   d. Aft 1726 (Age > 81 years)
  Marriage	Between 1681 and 1713  [1]
  Family ID	F1828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Burt,   b. Between 1638 and 1659   d. Aft 28 Jun 1705 (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	Between 1681 and 1701  [1]
  Children	1. John Hathaway,   b. Between 1671 and 1698, Freetown, Massachusetts d. 1718 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Martha Winslow Hathaway,   b. Between 1671 and 1698   d. Between 1676 and 1781 (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thomas Hathaway,   b. Between 1671 and 1698, Freetown, Massachusetts d. Between 1677 and 1778 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ephraim Hathaway,   b. Between 1671 and 1698, Freetown, Massachusetts d. Between 1677 and 1778 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hannah Simmons Hathaway,   b. 1671, Freetown, Massachusetts d. 1765 (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Isaac Hathaway,   b. Between 1671 and 1698, Freetown, Massachusetts d. Between 1677 and 1778 (Age 6 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jacob Hathaway,   b. 1675, Freetown, Massachusetts d. Between 1676 and 1765 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Experience Sherman Hathaway,   b. Between 1672 and 1705   d. Between 1729 and 1793 (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Abigail Hathaway,   b. 1680, Freetown, Massachusetts d. 3 Apr 1761, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #5006, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1997] Will dated 23 May 1723 bequeathed half the iron works to his son Jacob and the other half to son Isaac. Will proved 11 Jun 1730. Had received 18th lot of Freetown from his father, located about a mile below Assonet Village on Fall River road, only 100 rods or less wide at the road, but extended about four miles to the river. Selectman 12 yrs. History of Dighton, 1962, p 148ff, states that John Hathaway and Thomas Coram chose the spot on the west side of the river for their shipyard as early as 1693, built houses side by side; after ten years Coram returned to England and left Hathaway with business. Law suit involved two completed ships, one fully rigged and ready for the sea. Second marriage was to Christian, probably Maxfield. She signed with him the deed to Jacob dated June 24, 1726 (Taunton 17-88).

  
  

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