1John C. J. Brown, The Atherton Family in England, NEHGR Vol. 35, p. 72 (Jan 1881).
"Humphrey Atherton, born in Lancashire, England, about -----; died Sept. 17, 1661; married Mary Wales, who died in 1672. Their children, as appears by the Suffolk Probate Records, were:
i. JONATHAN, probably born in England; was a mariner. His mother left him by her will £5, if he would come for it. As he was in Boston in 1673, he probably took it. Upon the Register of St. Peter's Church, Cornhill, London, under the date of 1663, appears the marriage of a Jonathan Atherton, mariner (possibly this Jonathan), and Sarah ffirebread, spinster, of Ratcliffe (Lancashire).
ii. ISABEL, probably born in England; m. Nathaniel Wales, Jr.
iii. ELIZABETH, probably born in England; m. Timothy Mather, 1650?
iv. CONSIDER, probably born in New England, m. Anne Annable, 14 Dec. 1671.
v. MARY, probably born in New England; m. Joseph Weeks, 9 April, 1667.
vi. MARGARET, born in New England; m. James Trowbridge, 30 Dec. 1659.
vii. REST, bapt. 26 May, 1639; m. Obadiah Swift, 15 March, 1660-61.
viii. INCREASE, bapt. 2 Jan. 1642; d. at sea, Jonathan admin. Aug. 1673.
ix. THANKFUL, bapt. 28 April, 1644; m. Thomas Bird, Jr., 2 April, 1665.
x. HOPE (Rev.), bapt. 30 Aug. 1646; m. Sarah Hollister, 1674.
xi. WATCHING, bapt. 24 Aug. 1651; m. Elizabeth Rigby, 23 Jan. 1678-9.
xii. PATIENCE, bapt. 2 April, 1654; m. Isaac Humphrey, 1685.".