Aaron Atherton Sr (1720 - aft. 1790)

Born 1720 in Montgomery, Province of Maryland

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Died after 1790 after age 70 in Kentucky County, Virginia, United States

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Aaron was born in 1720. He passed away after 1790.

Name Aaron Atherton Gender Male

About 1720, Born. ^[1]Montgomery, Maryland, USA

1778^[2] Partiots Oath

Sources

1. ↑ Connection to Bardstown, Kentucky.
   • June 1999, A Lee folder was discovered in the genealogical section of the Bardstown, Kentucky library. In the folder was a work sheet bearing the following information: "William Henry Lee was born in Maryland (possibly Baltimore Co.) about 17--, and he joined the Maryland Militia taking the Oath of Fidelity & support in Jan 27, 1778. While in service or before, he met and served with Aaron Atherton Sr. and his three brothers, John, Joshua and Benjamin. William and the Athertons served in the Washington County, MD area in Capt. Daniel Cresap's Co. of Col. Lemuel (Samuel) Barrett's Battalion. He was already married to Marg. Atherton. He served with his son Abraham Lee...
   • June 2013 The following statement above should be written as Maj. William Lea Sr. was born in Montgomery County, Maryland about 1737. He joined the Maryland Militia taking the Oath of Fidelity & support in Jan 27, 1778. While in service, or before, he met and served with Aaron Atherton Sr. b. 1720 and his three brothers, John, Joshua, and Benjamin. Maj. William Lea Sr. and the Athertons served in the Washington County, Maryland area in Captain Daniel Cresap's Company of Colonel Lemuel 'Samuel' Barrett's Battalion. Maj. William Lea Sr., was already married to Margaret Atherton, the daughter of Aaron Atherton Sr. b. 1720. Maj. William Lea Sr., likely served with his son's, brother's, one being an Abraham Lee.
2. ↑ "The Revolutionary Records of Maryland", under Montgomery County, it shows among the men signing the Patriots' oath of fidelity and support, returned on 16 March 1778 the names of William Lee Sr., Joseph Lee, Joseph Lee, Jr., Samuel Lee, Aaron Atherton, Benjamin Atherton, John Atherton, Aaron Atherton Jr., and Daniel Cresop.

See also:

• "A Maryland Revolutionary War Militia List", compiled by the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America from the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore located in the Filson Club in Louisville,KY

• • page 225 under Captain Daniel Cresap; Col. Barret Bn; Washington, Company are listed John Eatherington, Cpl; Joshua Eatherington, Private 1st class; William Lee, Pvt 1st class; Samuel Lee, Pvt 2nd class; Benjamin Eatherington, Pvt 3rd class; Aaron Aetherington, Pvt 6th class & Josiah Lee, Pvt 7th class.

• • page 267 - list of discharged soldiers of 2 Bns of militia raised to serve in Continental Army - pd 1781 to Wm Lee no., 479, nine pounds and one shilling. Since the first names are the same, Eatherington is a phonetic varient spelling of Atherton and Daniel Cresap is a phonetic varient for Daniel Cresop, and visa versa.

• Those same named Lees and Athertons show up on tithable and tax records in Nelson Co., Ky (which was then still Virginia) and one of Aaron Atherton Sr. and Jr. daughters married one of William Lee Sr., and Jr. sons, according to Kentucky marriage records. There is a Jessee Lee who was the son of this William Lee Jr., through his marriage to his wife, Sarah Jane Morgan nee Reeves.

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