1Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Mass., Vol. 1, p. 221 (1907)
"(II) Joseph Atherton, son of James (1) and Hannah Atherton, born May 28, 1672, at Lancaster, Massachusetts; married Hannah Rogers, at Lancaster, January 9, 1720. Children, born at Harvard, Massachusetts, were: 1.Oliver, born August 1, 1721. 2. Mary, born May 8, 1722-3. 3. Joseph (see forward). 4. Elizabeth, born May 5, 1727. 5. Elizabeth, born September 7, 1729. 6. Hannah, born May 16, 1731. 7. Patience, born August 15, 1735.".
1Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Mass., Vol. 1, p. 221 (1907)
"(II) Joseph Atherton, son of James (1) and Hannah Atherton, born May 28, 1672, at Lancaster, Massachusetts; married Hannah Rogers, at Lancaster, January 9, 1720. Children, born at Harvard, Massachusetts, were: 1.Oliver, born August 1, 1721. 2. Mary, born May 8, 1722-3. 3. Joseph (see forward). 4. Elizabeth, born May 5, 1727. 5. Elizabeth, born September 7, 1729. 6. Hannah, born May 16, 1731. 7. Patience, born August 15, 1735.".