Rev. Hope Atherton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: 1665, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated from Harvard College.
• Occupation: 1669, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He taught grammar school.
• Ordained: 1671; He was ordained to preach.
• Freeman: 1672
• Married: 1674; Sarah Hollister, the daughter of John and Joanna Hollister. She was born about 1654 in Massachusetts. After Hope's death, about 1680 Sarah, married (2) Timothy Baker, son of Edward and Joan Baker. She died on Saturday 8 December 1691. Issue: 1. Hope Atherton (1675-____) 2. Joseph Atherton (1675-____) 3. Sarah Atherton (1676-____)
• Residence: 1674, Hatfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
• Military: 1676; He served as a chaplain during King Philip's War and was at the battle of the Falls under Capt. Turner, 18 May 1676. During the retreat from the battle, he was separated from the rest of the force. The Indians found him but refused to accept his surrender owing to his being mentally unbalanced. Hope finally reached home, though he was in a state of hallucination. He died year later.