Birth: Timothy Hatherly was baptized at
Winkleigh, Devonshire on September 29, 1588, son of Norbert and
Ellinor (_____) Hatherly.
Death: He died in Scituate
on October 24, 1666.
Ship: Anne,
1623
Life in England: Timothy Hatherly was a merchant
and feltmaker living in St. Olave’s parish, Southwark, Surrey, across
the river Thames from London. He was one of the investors in
Plymouth
Colony and there are many letters in Bradford’s history of Plymouth Colony
attesting to his work on the colony’s behalf.
Life in New
England: Timothy Hatherly came to Plymouth Colony in the summer of
1623. Soon after his arrival, his house with all of his belongings burned and
he returned that winter to
England “much impoverished and much discouraged.”
He traveled back to New England yearly from 1631 to 1633, and
settled permanently in Scituate in 1634. Hatherly held many
government offices, including Assistant Governor and Commissioner for
Plymouth to the United Colonies, as well as serving on numerous committees.
Hatherly’s sister, Eglin Hanford arrived in Scituate with two daughters. Her
son and remaining two daughters also came to New
England.
Family: Timothy Hatherly married Alice Collard
at St. Olave, Southwark on December 26, 1614, and had one son. She died by
1634. He married (2) Susan ____ by January 11, 1634/5, who died by 1641. He
married (3) Lydia (Huckstep) Tilden, widow of Nathaniel Tilden, after 1641.
She was living in 1670.
Children of Timothy and Alice
Hatherly:
- Nathaniel was baptized at St. Olave, Southwark on July 16, 1618.There is
no further information.