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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.