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No. XXIII.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HATHORNE.
WILLIAM HATHORNE, the father of Captain William
Hathorne, was the son of William and Sara, of Binfield,
Berkshire Co., England, born about 1607, and came to this
country with Winthrop, in the Arbella, in 1630, and settled first
at Dorchester, where he was a land holder, and appears prominently
in affairs in the earliest days of the settlement, and until
1636, when he removed to Salem. He was admitted freeman in
1634, and was chosen deputy in 1635 and 1637, and from Salem
many times afterwards ; and when, in 1644, the "House of Deputies
" elected a Speaker for the first time, he was elected, and served
in that position for several years afterwards. He was elected Assis-
tant in 1662, which office he retained until 1679, and the history of
the times in which he lived shows him to have been one of the most
able, energetic, and widely influential men in New England, in his
day. He was mentioned as present at the great "training" at
Boston, 1639 ;
was commissioned Captain of the company at Salem,
May 1, 1646, and Major before 1656. See also " Wonder-working
Providence," p. 109. While he was evidently narrow and bigoted
in his religious theories, and arbitrary and intolerant in the administration
of affairs, both of church and state, he was the zealous and
fearless advocate of the personal rights of freemen as against royal
emissaries and agents.
The investigations of our Mr. Waters, in the English Archives,
have revealed the Hathorne ancestry in England as given above,
and from additional data gathered by him and others, we have room
for the following brief statement, tracing the descent of the distinguished
Nathaniel Hawthorne of our own day from this eminent
ancestor.
William 1
Anne, by whom he had children :
i. A daughter. 2
Hathorne brought with him to this country his wife
ii. Sarah, 3 b. March 11, 1634-5; m. Joseph Coker, of Newbury.
iii. Eleazer, 3 b. Aug. 1, 1637 ; m. Abigail, dau. of George Curwen.
iv. Nathaniel, 2 b. Aug. 11, 1639.
v. John, 2 b. Aug. 5, 1641 ; m. Ruth Gardner, dau. of George.
vi. Anna, 2 b. Dec. 12, 1643 ; ra. Joseph Porter.
vii. William, 3 b. April 1, 1645; m. Sarah .
viii. Elizabeth, 3 b. 1649 ; m. Israel Porter.