John Hathaway was the son of Richard Hathaway. husbandman, of Shottery, a small village about a mile west of the market town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
He was baptised on 3 February 1574/5 at Holy Trinity, Stratford, and entered in the parish register as “John son to Richard Hathaway.”[1]
His father was buried at Holy Trinity, Stratford on 7 September 1581.[2] His will dated 1 September 1581 states:
I geve and bequeth vntoThomasJohn my sonne vjli xiijs iiijd to be paid vnto him att the Age of Twentie yeares[3]
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