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with my own name upon it ; although for myself I should 

 wish to be buried in America." 



The name has been prominent in our annals from the 

 first settlement, and has been variously spelt, eight differ- 

 ent modes having been noticed. 



The emigrant ancestor, Major William Hathorue, came 

 over in the Arabella, with Winthrop, as stated by Savage 

 in his Genealogical Dictionary. He went probably, first 

 to Dorchester, having had grants of land there in 1634; 

 made freeman May 14, 1634, and was one of the ten men 

 in 1635. In 1636 Salem tendered him grants of land if 

 he would remove hither ; he came in that or the year 

 following. From that time his name appears on our 

 records, as holding important positions, Commissioner, 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Counsel in 

 cases before the Courts, Judge on the Bench, soldier 

 commanding important and difficult expeditions, and in 

 innumerable other cases. 



Johnson, in his "wonder working Providence," thus 

 says of him, " yet through the Lord's mercy we still 

 retaine among our Democracy the Godly Captaine Wil- 

 liam Hathorn, whom the Lord hath indued with a quick 

 apprehension, strong memory, and Rhetorick, volubility 

 of speech, which hath caused the people to make use of 

 him often in Publick Service, especially when they have 

 had to do with any foreign government." He died in 

 1681. His son John seems to have inherited many of his 

 prominent traits of character, and to have succeeded in 

 all his public honors, was freeman in 1677, Representa- 

 tive in 1683, Assistant, or Counsellor, 1684 to 1712, ex- 

 cept the years of Andros' government ; a Magistrate in 

 the prosecution of the witchcraft trials, afterwards of the 

 Superior Court ; Colonel of a regiment and commander 

 of the forces in the expedition of 1696, on the retire- 



