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MATHER, RICHARD, Dorchester, s. of Thomas, b. 1596, of an ancient fam. as
his gr.s. Cotton in Magn. III. c. 20, assures us, at Lowton, in theparish of Winwick, Lancash. was employ. in teach. a sch. some yrs. bef.going to the Univ. but at length, on 9 May 1618, was ent. of Brazen NoseColl. Oxford, yet soon call. to Toxteth, where he had taught the sch.preach. his first sermon 30 Nov. of the same yr. There most faithful. heserv. 15 yrs. and was then suspend. for non-conform. and feeling the truesense of his office, resolved on expatriat. In disguise he emb. atBristol in the James, arr. 17 Aug. 1635, aft. peril in the remarka. stormtwo days bef. and on 25 Oct. with w. Catharine join. the ch. of Boston.He had m. 29 Sept. 1624, that d. of Edmund Holt, Esquire, of Bury, inLancash. had Samuel, b. 13 May 1626, H. C. 1643; Timothy; Nathaniel, 20Mar. 1630, H. C. 1647, bef. ment.; and Joseph, wh. d. in childhood; aft.com. to N. E. had Eleazer, 13 May 1637, H. C. 1656; and Increase, 21 June1639, H. C. 1656, bef. ment. He was a man of excel. discretion, of lesslearning, it is prob. than his ambitious s. Increase, and lessbrilliancy, it is clear, than his eccentr. gr.s. the never dying authorof Magnalia, but in true serv. as min. happier than either, and betterthan both. He was sett. at D. 23 Aug. 1636; his w. d. 1655, and he m. 26Aug. 1656, Sarah, wid. of his great friend John Cotton, and d. 22 Apr.1669. A few days bef. he had met a great indignity, in being refus. adm.with sundry others, sent by an ecclesiast. council, met at Boston, toattempt conciliat. in the first ch. there, as John Hull, one of theaggriev. mem. relates in his Diary, p. 229 of the Vol. pub. by the Antiq.Soc of Worcester. The wid. made her will 3 May 1670, but did not d. forsix yrs. His life, written by Increase, print. 1670, is condensed in theMagn. the author of wh. could never be scrupulous in use of materials;and of course he shows that he had not resort. to the MS. of the journalof his gr.f. Yet the slight extracts from tbe interesting work, caused adesire for the orig. wh. in Young's Chron. was print. from the autogr.210 yrs. aft. its date.
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MATHER
Descendants of John Mather
1 John Mather b: Abt. 1550 in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England d: in England
2 Thomas Mather b: 1575 in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire,England d: 1633 in Lancashire, England
~ +Margaret Abrahms b: Abt. 1574 in England m: September 14, 1591 in Warrington, Lancashire, England d: in Lancashire, England
3 Richard (Rev) Mather b: 1596 in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England d: April 22, 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA Fact 2: studentat Oxford, England Fact 3: 1635 Migrated to New England, America Fact 4:August 17, 1635 arrived in New England from Bristol, England Fact 5:sailed to America on the ship "James"
~~~ +Catherine Holt/Hoult b: 1598 in Bury, England m: December 29, 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England d: 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA Father:Edmund (Esq) Holt
~ 4 Samuel (Rev) Mather b: May 13, 1626 in Much Wooton, Lancashire,England d: October 29, 1671 in Ireland
~~~~ +Miss Stevens b: Abt. 1628 in Dublin, Ireland m: Abt. 1646 d: 1668 in Ireland
~ 4 Timothy Mather b: 1628 in Liverpool, Lancastershire, England d: January 14, 1683/84 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
~~~~ +Catherine Atherton b: September 28, 1628 in Winwick, Lancashire, England m: 1650 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: February 2, 1709/10 inDorchester, Suffolk, MA Father: Humphrey (General) Atherton Mother: MaryWales
~~ 5 Samuel (Rev) Mather b: July 5, 1650 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: March 18, 1727/28
~~~~~ +Hannah Treat b: January 1, 1659/60 in Milford, New Haven, CT Father: Robert Treat
~~~ 6 Samuel Jr Mather b: 1677 in Barnford, New Haven, CT d: 1746 in Windsor, hartford, CT
~~~~~~ +Hannah Buckland b: Abt. 1680
~~~ *2nd Wife of Samuel Jr Mather:
~~~~~~ +Abigail Grant b: January 27, 1679/80 m: April 1704 d: 1742 in Lyme, Grafton, NH Father: Samuel I Grant Mother: Mary Porter
~~~~~ 7 Elikim Mather b: March 10, 1704/05
~~~~~ 7 Samuel III Mather b: January 6, 1705/06
~~~~~ 7 Timothy Mather b: April 23, 1710
~~~~~ 7 Nathaniel Mather b: August 8, 1716
~~~~~ 7 Joseph Mather b: May 31, 1718 in Windsor, hartford, CT d: December 27, 1732
~~~~~ 7 Charles Mather b: February 16, 1718/19
~~~~~ 7 Abigail Mather b: March 6, 1720/21 in Windsor, hartford, CT d: June 9, 1741
~~~~~~~ +Gideon Wolcott b: Abt. 1720 m: February 27, 1738/39
~~~~~ 7 Hannah Mather b: August 12, 1727
~~~~~ 7 Lucy Mather b: February 18, 1728/29
~~~~~ 7 Elizabeth Mather b: January 22, 1730/31
~~~ 6 Hannah Mather b: September 1682
~~~ 6 Azariah Mather b: August 29, 1685
~~~ 6 Ebenezer Mather b: September 3, 1687
~~~ 6 Joseph Mather b: March 6, 1688/89
~~~ 6 Elizabeth Mather b: January 2, 1690/91
~~~ 6 Nathaniel Mather b: May 30, 1695
~~~~~~ +Ruth Terry b: 1684 in Aqueboque, Suffolk, NY
~~~ 6 Benjamin Mather b: September 29, 1696
~~~ 6 John Mather b: Abt. 1698
~~ 5 Richard Mather b: December 20, 1653 in Dorchester, MA d: August 17, 1688 in Lyme, CT
~~~~~ +Catherine Wise b: December 8, 1658 in Roxbury, MA m: July 1, 1680 in Dorchester, MA d: in Lyme, CT Father: Joseph Wise Mother: MaryThompson
~~~ 6 Timothy (Capt) Mather b: March 20, 1680/81 in Lyme, New London, CT d: July 25, 1755 in Lyme, New London, CT
~~~~~~ +Sarah Noyes b: Abt. 1684 d: in Lyme, CT
~~~~~ 7 Timothy Jr Mather b: October 9, 1711
~~~~~~~ +Sarah Huntley b: June 17, 1718 Father: John Sr Huntley Mother: Elizabeth Pearson
~~~~~ *2nd Wife of Timothy Jr Mather:
~~~~~~~ +Sarah Laye/Lay b: Abt. 1712 in Lyme, CT m: Abt. 1732 in Lyme, CT
~~~~~ 7 Joseph Mather b: February 23, 1712/13 in Lyme, New London, CT
~~~~~~ 8 Nathaniel Mather b: Abt. 1737 d: in Tillotson Cemetery, Niobe, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~ 9 Francis W. Mather b: Abt. 1770 in as of 1820: Harmony, Chautauqua Co, NY
~~~~~~~~~~ +Mary Tillotson b: Abt. 1774 Father: Asa Tillotson
~~~~~~~~ 10 William Mather b: Abt. 1800
~~~~~~~~~ 11 George Asa Mather b: Abt. 1828
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Lotta Adeline Mather b: Abt. 1865
~~~~~ 7 Ruth Mather b: December 3, 1715
~~~~~ 7 Catherine Mather b: January 11, 1716/17
~~~~~ 7 Moses Mather b: February 23, 1718/19
~~~ 6 Elizabeth Mather b: November 20, 1682 in MA
~~~~~~ +Zachariah Sill b: Abt. 1680
~~~ 6 Samuel Mather b: January 3, 1682/83 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: July 12, 1725 in Lyme, CT
~~~~~~ +Deborah Champion b: Abt. 1684 in MA m: January 1, 1711/12 in Lyme, CT
~~~ 6 Joseph Sr Mather b: June 29, 1686 in Lyme, New London,CT d: September 30, 1749 in Old Lyme, CT
~~~~~~ +Phebe Sill b: Abt. 1688 m: 1706 in Lyme, CT
~~~ *2nd Wife of Joseph Sr Mather:
~~~~~~ +Phebe DeWolf b: January 20, 1690/91 in Lyme, New London, CT m: 1713 in Lyme, New London, CT Father: Simon Sr Dewolf Mother: SarahLaye/Lay
~~~~~ 7 Joseph Jr Mather b: March 15, 1714/15 in Lyme, CT d: 1797
~~~~~~~ +Anna Booth b: September 1718 Father: Robert Booth Mother: Anne Hollister
~~~~~ 7 Phebe Mather b: March 10, 1718/19
~~~~~~~ +Andrew Sill b: Abt. 1715
~~~~~ 7 Eleazar Mather b: November 17, 1718 in Lyme, CT d: November 21, 1798 in Lyme, CT
~~~~~~~ +Anne Watrous b: December 31, 1723 in Lyme, CT m: November 5, 1741 in Lyme, CT d: in Lyme, CT Father: Isaac Watrous Mother: Elizabeth
~~~~~ 7 John Sr Mather b: July 31, 1721 in Lyme, CT d: January 1, 1803/04 in Old Lyme, CT
~~~~~~~ +Nancy Higgins b: Abt. 1726 Father: Joseph II Higgins Mother: Mercy/Mary Remick
~~~~~ *2nd Wife of John Sr Mather:
~~~~~~~ +Mary Higgins b: Abt. 1724 m: June 13, 1745 d: October 20, 1782 Father: Joseph II Higgins Mother: Mercy/Mary Remick
~~~~~~ 8 John Jr Mather b: April 4, 1746
~~~~~~ 8 Simeon Mather b: October 31, 1747
~~~~~~ 8 Rebecca Mather b: December 2, 1748 in Lyme, CT
~~~~~~~~~ +John Waite b: Abt. 1746 d: February 17, 1817/18
~~~~~~ 8 Mary Mather b: December 11, 1750
~~~~~~~~~ +Richard Lay b: Abt. 1747
~~~~~~ 8 Joshua Mather b: March 6, 1752/53
~~~~~~ 8 Hannah Mather b: December 25, 1754
~~~~~~ 8 Joseph Mather b: January 27, 1755/56
~~~~~~~~~ +Ruth Adams b: Abt. 1758 m: December 6, 1780
~~~~~~ 8 Stephen Mather b: February 9, 1757/58 in Lyme, New London, CT d: June 7, 1837 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY - buried Clear Creek Cem
~~~~~~~~~ +Elizabeth Peck b: June 5, 1760 in Lyme, CT m: June 5, 1781 d: September 12, 1839 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY - buried Clear Creek CemFather: Elijah Peck Mother: Hepzibah Pearson
~~~~~~~ 9 Elijah Mather b: March 14, 1782/83
~~~~~~~ 9 Luther P. Mather b: June 24, 1785 in Bennington, VT d: January 4, 1841/42 in Columbus, Warren Co, PA
~~~~~~~~~~ +Gabrielle Bridgette Balmat b: 1792 in Paris, France d: 1881 in Columbus, Warren Co, PA Father: Joseph Victor Balmat Mother: GenevieveTigny
~~~~~~~ 9 Susanna Mather b: August 15, 1789 d: November 2, 1860 in Ellington, NY>Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, NY Fact 2: April 6, 1860other death date seen
~~~~~~~~~~ +Ira Day b: October 25, 1786 in of Burlington, Oswego Co, NY m: 1810 in NY d: December 4, 1862 in Ellington, NY>buried PioneerCemetery, Ellington, NY Father: Charles Day Mother: Susanna W. Fact 2:could this be Ira Porter Day???? who also lived in Ellington, NY Fact 3:names that could link to this Day: Patterson Day d. 1870; Dwight Ives Dayd. 1841; Alden Day d. 1852;
~~~~~~~~ 10 Daniel W. Day b: 1811 d: July 20, 1852 in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, Ny
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Sally Susanna Day b: Abt. 1840 d: August 25, 1843
~~~~~~~~ 10 Adaline W. Day b: Abt. 1814 in of Georgetown, NY d: November 9, 1847 in buried in Georgetown Baptist Churchyard, Georgetown,NY
~~~~~~~~ 10 Lorenzo M. Day b: May 16, 1816 in Otsego Co, NY d: October 27, 1895 in buried at Valley View Cemetery, Ellington, Chautauqua, NY Fact 2: middle name is probably 'Mather'
~~~~~~~~~~~ +Caroline M. Hoag b: 1823 in Genesee County, NY m: January 1, 1841/42 d: January 30, 1886/87 in buried at Valley View Cemetery,Ellington, NY Father: Warren Sr Hoag Mother: Hannah Filkins
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Ellen Day b: February 12, 1846/47 in Chautauqua County, NY d: 1868 in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, NY
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Eliza M. Day b: 1852 in Chautauqua County, NY d: 1856
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Ida Day b: 1859
~~~~~~~~ 10 Almira Day b: May 30, 1818 in Otsego Co, NY d: August 16, 1888 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY/buried Valley View Cemetery Fact 2:August 8, 1895 date Almira's will was probated Fact 3: 1828 moved toEllington, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~ +Warren Jr Hoag b: 1816 in Tompkins Co, NY m: January 6, 1839/40 in of Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: October 23, 1891 in Ellington,Chautauqua, NY/buried Kennedy cemetery Father: Warren Sr Hoag Mother:Hannah Filkins Fact 2: July 7, 1860 Census of Amity Twp, PA Fact 3:Warren's sister, Caroline b. 1823 married Almira' brother Lorenzo Day b.1816 Fact 4: March 4, 1890/91 date Warren writes his will Fact 5:December 28, 1891 date Warren's will is probated Fact 6: 1840 moved toEllington, Chautauqua Co, NY from Genesee Co, NY Fact 7: related toLeland Sweet - who married Susan Day
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Hannah M. Hoag b: May 15, 1842 in Chautauqua County, NY d: March 1, 1890/91 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Willard Aldrich b: Abt. 1840
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 James Aldrich b: 1872 in Jamestown, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Ray Aldrich b: 1874 in New Jersey
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Ralph Aldrich b: April 22, 1876 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: November 1970 in Gowanda, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Kate Aldrich b: 1884 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Eugene A. Hoag b: November 17, 1847 in Chautauqua County, NY d: March 16, 1923/24 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY/buried Valley ViewCemetery Fact 2: Farmed for 50 years near Gerry, NY
~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Iona M. Conet b: August 5, 1851 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co., NY m: February 27, 1870/71 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co, NY d: June26, 1933 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY/buried Valley View Cemetery Father:Joseph Conet Mother: Emily Terhune
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Morrow J. Hoag b: December 19, 1871 in Gerry, Chautauqua Co., NY d: February 21, 1915/16 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY/buriedValley View Cemetery
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Millicent A. Hoag b: Abt. 1873 in Gerry, Chautauqua Co., NY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Mr. Colburn b: Abt. 1870
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Edith D. Hoag b: Abt. 1876 in Gerry, Chautauqua Co., NY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Carlton A. Wright b: Abt. 1876
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Ira Day Hoag b: November 5, 1849 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: December 3, 1935 in of R. D. #1 Mill Village, PA in 1930/buriedValley View Cem Ellington, NY Fact 2: 1920 lived in Waterford, ErieCo, PA
~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Alice Evelyn Watkins b: May 30, 1853 in Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA m: July 3, 1873 in Chautauqua Co, NY (probably) d:September 11, 1930 in Lebouf twp, Erie Co, PA - age 77>buried atWaterford Cemetery, PA Father: Josiah Jordon Watkins Mother: ElizaBenedict Fact 2: see notes for Alice's Will Fact 3: September 26, 1930Petition for probate of Will by Jay J. Hoag Fact 4: September 26, 1930personal assests = $500.00 - real estate owned = $1800.00 Fact 5: RealEstate owned: 60 (sixty) acres in LeBoeuf Twp/frame dwelling house,basement barn/other bldgs Fact 6: Alice died at 9:30 PM Fact 7: died ofVitral Insufficiency/high blood pressure
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Jay Josiah Hoag b: July 13, 1874 in Chautauqua County, NY d: February 28, 1964/65 in Penellas Park, Florida buried SylvanAbbey,Clearwater,Fla
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Carrie Evelyn St. John b: October 7, 1885 in Union City, PA d: July 7, 1949 in Union City, PA - buried @ Waterford, PA Father:Warren A. St. John Mother: Rose Arvilla Dumars
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 May Evelyn Hoag b: October 10, 1875 in of Ripley, NY d: February 25, 1946/47
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Claude Caswell b: 1870 in of Ripley, NY d: Aft. 1959
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 William/Willard Warren Hoag b: July 18, 1877 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co, NY d: August 15, 1960 in City of Erie, ErieCo, PA - buried @ Waterford, PA Fact 2: machinist and a farmer Fact3: August 15, 1960 died at 6:50 AM - had surgery on Aug 12, 1960 Fact 4:Grandpa's funeral cost $642.00 (from grandma's notes) Fact 5: September14, 1919 divorced first wife Fact 6: name could be Willard Warrenaccording to his mother's will Fact 7: Abt. 1930 William Hoag was put injail (for six years) for molesting his daughters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Elsie Gregory b: 1886 in Mill Village, PA>27 Ontario St., Edinboro, Erie, PA m: Abt. 1904 d: 1958 in Edinboro, Erie, PA>buried MillVillage Cemetery Father: Guy A. Gregory Mother: Orpha Rhinehart
~~~~~~~~~~~ *2nd Wife of William/Willard Warren Hoag:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Nellie Mae St. John b: September 27, 1897 in Union City, Erie Co, PA m: February 18, 1919/20 in Erie, Erie County, PA d: February28, 1988/89 in Erie, Erie Co, PA - buried @ Waterford, PA Father: WarrenA. St. John Mother: Rose Arvilla Dumars Fact 2: cremation - cause ofdeath: respiratory failure/old age Fact 3: born in Union City - moved toWisconsin when 6 yrs old- 1903
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Alice (Allie) Gertrude Hoag b: July 14, 1879 in Ellington, Chautauqua Co, NY d: July 3, 1935 in PA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Charley Kert Cowick b: October 27, 1873 in PA m: February 6, 1900/01 in PA d: December 6, 1939 in PA Father: John W. Cowick Mother:Jemima Edwards
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Herbert H. Hoag b: April 6, 1881 d: June 19, 1937
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Carrie Loop b: October 16, 1888 m: November 20, 1907
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Leonard S. Hoag b: July 13, 1883 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: 1914 in Waterford Cem, Erie Co, PA Fact 2: 1916other death year seen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Ethel M. Bush b: August 8, 1885 d: in Waterford Cem, Erie Co, PA
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Victoria A. Hoag b: August 1, 1886 in NY d: September 1946
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Guy II Gregory b: Abt. 1883 m: February 28, 1904/05 d: Aft. 1958 in of Indian River, FL Father: Guy A. Gregory Mother: OrphaRhinehart
~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 Ethel Blanche Hoag b: November 20, 1890 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: December 5, 1890 in Ellington, Chautauqua, NY
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Detta Hoag b: 1852 in Chautauqua County, NY d: Bef. 1891
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Seth Hoag b: Abt. 1856 d: September 1, 1868 in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, Chaut, NY
~~~~~~~~ 10 Edwin P. Day b: Bet. 1823 - 1826 in of Ellington, Chautauqua, NY d: April 17, 1862 in Pioneer Cemetery, Ellington, Chaut,NY
~~~~~~~~~~~ +Emeline b: 1823
~~~~~~~~~ 11 Fremont Day b: 1853
~~~~~~~~ 10 Susan Day b: Bet. 1812 - 1826
~~~~~~~~~~~ +Leland Sweet b: Abt. 1800 in of Winfield, Herkimer, NY
~~~~~~~ 9 Andrew A. Mather b: August 27, 1789 in of Ellington, Chaut, NY in 1822 d: January 29, 1880/81
~~~~~~~~~~ +Betsey Stebbins b: Abt. 1793 m: January 17, 1816/17
~~~~~~~ 9 Triphena Mather b: March 4, 1793/94 d: March 4, 1841/42
~~~~~~~~~~ +Mr Gregory b: Abt. 1790
~~~~~~~ 9 Daniel Mather b: September 12, 1796 d: September 2, 1885
~~~~~~~~~~ +Roxy Underwood b: Abt. 1800 m: April 1, 1822
~~~~~~~ 9 Elisha P. Mather b: August 6, 1799 d: February 14, 1859/60
~~~~~~~~~~ +Annie Brown b: Abt. 1803 m: November 2, 1828
~~~~~~~ 9 Hepzibah Mather b: October 5, 1802
~~~~~~~~~~ +Nathan Griffin b: Abt. 1800 m: 1824
~~~~~~~ 9 Lorenzo Mather b: July 17, 1806 d: May 10, 1886
~~~~~~ 8 Sylvanus Mather b: Abt. 1760
~~~~~~~~~ +Caroline Chadwick b: Abt. 1762
~~~~~~ 8 Jerusha Mather b: February 25, 1762/63
~~~~~~~~~ +Benjamin Austin b: Abt. 1761
~~~~~~ 8 Daniel Mather b: March 24, 1764/65
~~~~~~ 8 Jemima Mather b: January 22, 1766/67
~~~~~~ 8 Mehitable Mather b: March 5, 1768/69
~~~~~ *3rd Wife of John Sr Mather:
~~~~~~~ +Ruth Robbins b: Abt. 1737 m: February 27, 1784/85
~~~~~ 7 Jerusha Mather b: February 11, 1724/25
~~~~~~~ +Daniel Shipman b: Abt. 1722
~~~~~ 7 Samuel Mather b: November 10, 1728
~~~~~ 7 Benjamin Mather b: September 19, 1731 in Lyme, New London, CT d: December 25, 1821 in Whately, Franklin, MA
~~~~~~~ +Irene Parsons b: Abt. 1734
~~~~~ *2nd Wife of Benjamin Mather:
~~~~~~~ +Abigail Worthington b: Abt. 1734 m: March 14, 1762/63 in Lyme, New London, CT Father: Daniel Worthington Mother: Elizabeth Loomis
~~~~~ 7 Ann Mather b: September 22, 1733
~~~~~ 7 Simeon Mather b: February 21, 1734/35
~~ 5 Catherine Mather b: January 6, 1654/55 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: 1694
~~ 5 Nathaniel Mather b: September 2, 1658
~~ 5 Joseph Mather b: May 25, 1661 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: January 8, 1690/91
~~~~~ +Sarah Clapp b: Abt. 1663 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA m: June 2, 1689 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA
~~~ 6 Catherine Mather b: Abt. 1690
~~ 5 Atherton Mather b: October 4, 1663 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: November 9, 1734
~~~~~ +Rebecca Stoughton b: June 19, 1673 in Windsor, Hartford, CT
~~~ 6 William Mather b: March 2, 1697/98
~~~~~~ +Silence Buttolph b: Abt. 1700
~~~ 6 Jerusa Mather b: July 18, 1700
~~~~~~ +Samuel Smith b: November 5, 1700 in Suffield, Hartford, CT
~~ *2nd Wife of Atherton Mather:
~~~~~ +Rebecca Lamb b: Abt. 1666
~ *2nd Wife of Timothy Mather:
~~~~ +Elizabeth Weeks b: Abt. 1630 in England m: March 20, 1678/79 in Dorchester, MA d: in MA Father: Amiel Weeks
~ 4 Nathaniel Mather b: March 20, 1630/31 in Toxteth, England d: July 26, 1697 in London, England
~~~~ +Maria Benn b: Abt. 1630 in Dorchester, England d: 1705 Father: William Rev. Benn
~ 4 Joseph Mather b: 1634
~ 4 Eleazar Mather b: May 13, 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA d: July 24, 1669
~~~~ +Esther Warham b: December 8, 1644 in Windsor, Hartford, CT d: July 24, 1669 Father: John Rev. Warham
~~ 5 Eunice Mather b: August 2, 1664
~~ 5 Warham Mather b: September 7, 1666 in Northampton, Hampshire, MA
~~~~~ +Elizabeth Davenport b: October 7, 1666 in New Haven, CT
~~ 5 Eliakim Mather b: September 22, 1668
~ 4 Increase (Rev & Dr.) Mather b: June 21, 1639
~~~~ +Maria Cotton b: February 16, 1640/41 in Boston, MA Father: John Rev. Cotton
~~ 5 Cotton Mather b: Abt. February 12, 1661/62
~ *2nd Wife of Increase (Rev & Dr.) Mather:
~~~~ +Anna Lake b: Abt. 1643
*2nd Wife of Richard (Rev) Mather:
~~~ +Sarah Hankridge b: Abt. 1600 in Boston, England m: February 26, 1655/56 in Dorchester, MA d: May 27, 1676 in Dorchester, MA Father:Richard Hankridge
3 Ellin Mather b: Abt. 1598
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# ID: I05332
# Name: Richard Mather
# Sex: M
# Title: The Rev.
# Birth: 1596 in Lowton, Lancashire, England 1
# Death: 22 APR 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA 1
# Immigration: 4 JUN 1635 On the James out of Bristol
# Note:
In August, 1635, there arrived at Boston a company of about a hundred emigrants, who had embarked at Bristol in England. With them was the Rev.Richard Mather, the father of Increase and grandfather of Cotton Mather.Other companies of emigrants came over about the same time, either inthat or the following year. Many of these emigrants settled down inDorchester, and purchased the lands left vacant by the former residents.Mr. Mather was invited to the work of the ministry in Plymouth, inRoxbury, and in Dorchester. By the advice of the Rev. Mr. Cotton and theRev. Mr. Hooker, he chose the latter place. A partial attempt was made toform another church in April, 1636; but it was not then successful; andthe church was not organized until the following August. The covenantbears date Aug. 23d, 1636, and was signed by Richard Mather and sixothers. Mr. Mather continued to be their pastor until his death, inApril, 1669. (Memoir of the Rev. William Robinson)
Richard Mather, the grandson of John and the son of Thomas Mather, preached at Toxteth Chapel, in Liverpool, and came to Boston in 1635.
. . . Rev. Richard Mather, also a Puritan, who had found it convenient to leave England sometime before because he would not wear asurplice although he had been a priest of the Church of England for manyyears.
Father: Thomas Mather b: ABT 1566
Mother: Margaret Abrams b: ABT 1571
Marriage 1 Catherine Holt b: ABT 1604 in England
* Married: 29 SEP 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England 1
Children
1. Samuel Mather b: BEF 13 MAY 1626 in England
2. Timothy Mather b: 1628 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England
3. Nathaniel Mather b: BEF 20 MAY 1631
4. Joseph Mather b: ABT 1635
5. Increase Mather b: 21 JUN 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
6. Eleazer Mather b: 13 MAY 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., MA
Marriage 2 Sarah Hankridge b: ABT 1601 in perhaps Boston, Lincolnshire, England
* Married: 26 AUG 1656 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA 2
Sources:
1. Title: NEHG Register
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Magazine
Page: Vol 106, p. 64
2. Title: The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633
Author: Robert Charles Anderson
Publication: Great Migration Study Project New England Historic Genealogical Society Boston 1995
Repository:
Call Number:
Media: Book
Page: p. 486
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See woodcut portrait by John Foster:
The woodcut artist John Foster was a graduate of Harvard (1667), taught school in Dorchester from 1669, and set up Boston's first press in 1675.The portrait of Mather is thought to be the first woodcut printed inAmerica, about 1670, the year after the sitter's death at which time itwould have been printed in Cambridge, which had the only press availableat that time.
Source: American printmaking, the first 150 years. Pref. by A. Hyatt Mayor. Foreword by Donald H. Karshan. Introd. by J. WilliamMiddendorf II. Text by Wendy J. Shadwell. [New York, 1969], p. 16.
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Rev. Richard Mather (1596-1669), the patriarch of the Mather dynasty, was born in Lancashire, England to Thomas Mather and MargariteAbrams of Lowton, England. They insisted that Richard attend grammarschool although it was an extremely difficult experience for him. Theschoolmaster was harsh and Richard was beaten almost daily. He came togreatly appreciate his father’s steadfastness in not allowing him toquit, as it gave him a quest for knowledge that remained until his death.(Even so, he never completed a course of study at any university. He islargely self-educated, a fact that set him apart from his peers.)
THE TEACHER
Toxteth Park, now a suburb of Liverpool, had been the property of the Crown from the time of King John. But in the 1604, Richard Molyneuxpurchased the land. Prior to this time, Toxteth Park was described as a"wasteland without inhabitants. "Eventually, many people settled on theland and began its cultivation. Among the new settlers was EdwardAspinwall, whom Richard lived with, when, at the age of 15, he was calledto take charge of the school there. During this time, Richard convertedto Puritanism. There seems to have been some conflict between his beliefsand that of his host family, as reflected in Richard’s own words, statingthat there was "a difference between his own walk and the most exact,faithful and prayerful conversation of some in the family of the learnedand pios [sic] Mr. Edward Aspinwall of Toxteth Park. . . ."
THE NONCONFORMING PREACHER
After three years of teaching at Toxteth Park, Richard began studying at Oxford. But he dropped out to take a position as a preacherback at Toxteth. (He was ordained a minister in 1620 when he was 24.)Desiring not to engage in the "sin of conformity," he refused to wear the"Surplice," a papal robe. For 15 years he preached the Puritan ethicbefore he was "silenced" in 1633 for "nonconformity" by theecclesiastical authorities of the Church of England. He was brieflyreinstated, then silenced again in 1634. It was also the year that hisfourth son, Joseph, died shortly after his birth. It was during thisdifficult time in his life when Rev. Richard decided to leave Englandand bring his wife, Catherine Holt, and their three sons, Samuel,Timothy, and Nathaniel to New England. (Two more sons, Eleazer andIncrease, were born later in Massachusetts.)
THE JOURNEY TO NEW ENGLAND
Rev. Richard Mather and his family left England in 1635 to begin a new life in Massachusetts. His agonizing decision to leave England andjoin the masses of people who were migrating to New England is reflectedin the journal he kept. The journey took a total of six weeks, three ofwhich were spent at sea. In his journal, Rev. Richard describes thehardships and storms at sea.
LIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Less than a week after his arrival on August 17, 1636, Rev. Richard Mather accepted the ministry of the North Church in Dorchester,Massachusetts, where he remained for 34 years. During their life in NewEngland, his wife, Catherine, took charge of managing the household andtheir 100 acres of property, educating five boys in their early years,buying and selling cattle, as well as the planting and harvesting of thecrops. Once the children began to read, Rev. Richard then directed theireducation. It was customary for boys to leave home at an early age inthose days. Thus, four of them went to board at Harvard between the agesof 12 and 16. Timothy was apprenticed out as a farmer.
Meanwhile, Rev. Richard Mather’s influence spread beyond his own congregation. He was a leading figure in all the disagreements that shookthe churches of early Massachusetts and was a principal translator andeditor of the Bay Psalm Book, the Whole Booke of Psalms, the first bookprinted in this country. (1700 copies were printed, of which 11 todaysurvive).
Richard died in his home in Boston on April 22, 1669 after suffering for days from uremic poisoning because of a kidney stone.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsw eb.com/~mather/Mather/Stories/Richard.htm
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See portrait:
http://twist.lib.uiowa.edu/8141/illustrationrmather.htm
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