Alden Hatheway

1770 - 1861  (91 years)

• Name	Alden Hatheway
  Birth	9 Apr 1770	Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Sep 1850	Freetown, Bristol, MA ; age 80, born MA, son Alden's family next door
  Census	31 Aug 1855	Freetown, Bristol, MA ; age 85, born MA, son Alden's family in house
  Census	8 Sep 1860	Freetown, Bristol, MA ; age 90, born MA, living with son Alden's family
  Death	11 Sep 1861	Freetown, Bristol, MA
  Burial		Plummer Burial Ground, Freetown, MA
  Person ID	I355	Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Stephen Hatheway,   b. 15 Sep 1745, Middleboro, Plymouth, MA d. 29 Apr 1819, Dighton, MA (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Hopestill Pierce,   b. 27 Jun 1748   d. 10 Jan 1831 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Feb 1767	Middleboro, Plymouth, MA
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Palmer,   b. 26 Apr 1778, Rhode Island d. 11 May 1864, Freetown, Bristol, MA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	3 Jan 1802	Dartmouth
  Children	1. Gideon Palmer Hatheway,   b. 4 Sep 1803, Freetown, Bristol, MA d. 10 Feb 1868, Freetown, Bristol, MA (Age 64 years)   2. Anna A. Hatheway,   b. 4 Oct 1805, Freetown, Bristol, MA d. 19 Jun 1847, Freetown, Bristol, MA (Age 41 years) + 3. Alden Hatheway, Jr.,   b. 6 Apr 1811, Freetown, Bristol, MA d. 7 Jul 1886, Freetown, Bristol, MA (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F84	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2016

  
  

• Headstones

  Alden Hatheway Gravestone ALDEN HATHEWAY / DIED / Sept. 11. 1861, / AE. 91 y'rs & / 5 m'os. "Though I walk through the / valley of the shadow of death. / I will fear no evil:"

  
  

• Notes

  from "History of Bristol County Massachusetts" by D Hamilton Hurd, 1883 Alden was born April 9, 1770. He learned carpentering when a boy, but when he grew up he went to sea and became master of a vessel. When twenty-six years of age he met with the misfortune of losing his vessel at sea, and with it most of his possessions. He then gave up a seafaring life, and returning to his native town he engaged in trade at Assonet village, and became a successful business man, accumulating quite a property for those times. He was a much respected citizen of the town. He married Mercy Palmer, and had three children who reached maturity, - Gideon P., Anna A. (married Samuel Blake, of Taunton), and Alden. In 1821 he purchased the house formerly owned by his brother Nicholas, who was a physician, and resided there until his death, September, 1861.