ARTHUR HATHAWAY
Arthur 1 Hathaway arrived in America about 1630 settled in Plymouth and remained there. (New England Historic Genealogical Register 32-92) He probably came with his son, Arthur 2, but this distinction is rarely indicated and many printed records of this family confuse the two Arthurs.
Arthur 2, died 11 December 1711; his will is dated between 9 December 1709-1710. He was married in Duxbury, MA, on 20 November 1652 to Sarah Cooke, daughter of John and Sarah (Warren) Cooke, and grandaughter of Francis and Hester (Mayhew/Mahiew/Le Mahieu) Cooke, and also a grandaughter of Richard Warren. It is through his wife, Sarah (Cooke) Hathaway, that all of Arthur's descendants are eligible for membership in the Mayflower Society.
Arthur 2 and Sarah (Cooke) Hathaway lived in Duxbury, MA, when the older two children were born but later moved to Dartmouth, MA, before 1662. A majority of Hathaways from the Dartmouth and New Bedford areas of MA are descendants of Arthur Hathaway.
ii. Sarah 3 , b. 28 Feb. 1655/6.
iii. Hannah 3 , b. 1662; d. c1749; m. George Cadman; he d. 24 Nov. 1718.
iv. Lydia 3 , b. 1663; d. Newport, R.I. 23 June 1714; m. James Sisson, 30 May 1708.
v. Thomas 3 , b. Dartmouth 1664 or 166; d. Dartmouth, Feb. 1748; will dated 5 Apr. 1742 is quoted in Mayfl. Desc. 16-112; he m. Hepsibeth Starbuck, dau. Nathaniel and Mary (Coffin) Starbuck, b. c.1676 (N.E.H.G.R. 8-129) d. 7th 2mo. 1740 ae. 61 (Nantucket Record).She called first Friend in New England. Mayflower No. 17, 078. Bristol Co. Hist., p. 156 states that he sailed from England 1680 on Isabella.
vi. Mary 3 , b. 1665, m. c1680, Samuel Hammond, son of Benjamin and Mary (Vincent) Hammond, b. Yarmouth, 1655; d. Rochester 1728.
vii. Jonathan 3 , b. 1671; d. Dartmouth, 17 Sept. 1727 in an epicemic; (letter, N.E.H.G.R. 7-136); bur. Acushnet, Cem. ae 56; m. Dartmouth, 31 Dec. 1701, Susanna Pope, dau. Capt. Seth and Deborah (Perry) Pope, b. Dartmouth 31 July 1681; d. 5 Feb. 1760, bur. Acushnet Cem Leonard Papers.
