Mather, Richard

Notes:

BIRTH: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 191 (FHL #002983).
MAR: "Suffield Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1674-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 179 (FHL #002980).

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Richard married Burbank, Lois on 24 Mar 1733/1734 in Suffield,Hartford,CT. Lois (daughter of Burbank, John and Granger, Mary) was born on 15 Jan 1714/1715 in Suffield,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mather, Charles was born on 20 Feb 1734/1735 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; was christened on 2 Mar 1734/1735 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 14 Jun 1825 in Torrington,Litchfield,CT; was buried in Torringford Cemetery,Torrington,Litchfield,CT.
2. Mather, Lois was christened on 5 Dec 1736 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
3. Mather, Elizabeth was born on 22 Dec 1738 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; was christened on 24 Dec 1738 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
4. Mather, Elihu was born on 2 Apr 1741 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; was christened on 26 Apr 1741 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; was buried on 17 Dec 1778 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
5. Mather, Zachariah was born on 22 Sep 1743 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; was christened on 25 Sep 1743 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 21 Aug 1816 in Fayette,Seneca,NY.
6. Mather, Cotton was christened on 15 Dec 1745 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 26 Nov 1791 in Windsor,Hartford,CT; was buried in Palisado Cemetery,Windsor,Hartford,CT.
7. Mather, Mary was christened on 10 Jul 1748 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
8. Mather, Sarah was christened on 4 Mar 1751 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
9. Mather, Anna was christened on 7 Jan 1753 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 7 May 1791 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
10. Mather, Lucinda was christened on 11 May 1755 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 12 Dec 1842 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.

Notes:

CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF DORCHESTER AT NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 173 (FHL #833385).
MAR #1: "Windsor Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1637-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1929; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 190 (FHL #002983).
MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1926), 2:272 (FHL #974.46/R2 V2r).
DEATH: "Suffield Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1674-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1928; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 178 (FHL #002980).
NOTE: Atherton Mather was dismissed from Dorchester Church to join the church at Windsor, Conn., 15 June 1690 (RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER, 13).

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Atherton married Lamb, Mary on 24 Oct 1705 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. Mary (daughter of Lamb, Caleb and Wise, Mary) was born on 7 Mar 1680/1681 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA; was christened on 13 Mar 1680/1681 in 1st Cong'l Church,Roxbury,Suffolk,MA; died on 3 Jul 1755 in Pomfret,Windham,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 1:209 (FHL #974.46/B1 V2r).
CHR: ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS, 6th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1881), 136 (FHL #974.461 H2b).
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2:173.
DEATH: "Pomfret Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1705-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1921; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 131 (FHL #002977).

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BEPS: IGI

Notes:

BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Timothy is identified in the will of his father, Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester, 16 Oct 1661, proved 24 May 1669, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (n.s.) 6:30 (FHL #584128). It is stated that Timothy was born in Liverpool in 1628 in Horace E. Mather, LINEAGE OF REV. RICHARD MATHER (Hartford, 1890), 54 (FHL #186133 item 2). However, it is more likely that he was born in the nearby village of Much Woolton in the parish of Childwall. It is stated that Richard removed to Much Woolton after his mar in 1624 in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND MAN OF GOD, MR. RICHARD MATHER (Cambridge, MA, 1670; repr, Dorchester, MA, 1850), 50 (FHL #1425681 item 2). This work was published with the sanction of Increase Mather, Timothy's brother, although professedly not written by him. Furthermore, Timothy's nephew, Rev. Cotton Mather, wrote in 1702 that Samuel Mather, Timothy's brother, was born in Much Woolton in 1626. See Cotton Mather, MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, 2 vols. (London, 1702; repr Hartford, 1853), 2:39 (FHL #1688545).
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Adm of estate of Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester was granted to Timothy Mather, "son-in-law," with others, 27 Sep 1661, Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate, #275, (o.s.) 4:31 (FHL #584127).The given name of Timothy's wife is derived from her death rec: "Elizabeth wife of Mr. Timothy Mather," died 15 May 1678 (DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners [Boston, 1890], 29 [FHL #974.46/D1 V2r]).
MAR #2: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 24. The wife is called Elizabeth Weeks. She is apparently the widow of William Weeks who died at Dorchester, 13 Dec 1677 (Ibid, 29). She is not the dau of Ammiel Weeks of Dorchester, who was born on 18 Oct 1657 (Ibid, 5), as the Elizabeth Weeks who married Timothy Mather died on 20 Feb 1707/10, aged 79 yrs ("Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester," NEHGR, 4[1851]:278 [FHL #974 B2ne]).
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 120.
OCC: Farmer

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Timothy married Atherton, Elizabeth about 1650. Elizabeth (daughter of Atherton, Humphrey and Kenyon, Mary) was christened on 28 Sep 1628 in Winwick,Lancs,Eng; died on 15 May 1678 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHR: Robert Dickinson, ed, THE REGISTER OF WINWICK PARISH CHURCH, Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications, 113(1974):20 (FHL #942.72 K29pr).
MAR: No mar rec found. The adm of estate of Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester was granted to Timothy Mather, "son-in-law," with others, 27 Sep 1661, Suffolk Co. Probate, #275, (o.s.) 4:31 (FHL #584127). The given name of Mather's wife is derived from her death rec: "Elizabeth wife of Mr. Timothy Mather," died 15 May 1678 (DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners [Boston, 1890], 29 [FHL #974.46/D1 V2r]).
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 29.

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Notes:

BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 1:208 (FHL #974.46/R2 V2r). Also see the statement of Rev. Eliot in Roxbury Congregational Church recs: "Caleb... was born about the middle of the 2d month 1641." (ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS, 6th Report Boston Record Commissioners [Boston, 1881], 73 [FHL #974.461 H2b]).
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2:240.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Caleb Lamb of Roxbury, 4 Nov 1692, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1978, (o.s.) 13:79 (FHL #584131), inv 2 Nov 1679 (Ibid, 13:79), acct and order for distribution 9 Sep 1697 (Ibid, 11:336-37 [FHL #584130]), settlement 19 Sep 1701 (Ibid, 14:389 [FHL #584131]), release of rights by youngest dau, Huldah, 15 Jun 1716 (Ibid, 22:722 [FHL #584136]).
OCC: Mariner

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Caleb married Wise, Mary on 30 Jun 1669 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. Mary (daughter of Wise, Joseph and Thompson, Mary) was christened on 27 Feb 1649/1650 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 1:389 (FHL #974.46/R2 V2r). Chr date is given as "3" Feb 1649/50 in ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS, 6th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1881), 118 (FHL #897126).
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2:240.

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Notes:

BIRTH: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND MAN OF GOD, MR. RICHARD MATHER (Cambridge, MA, 1670; repr, Dorchester, MA, 1850), 41 (FHL #1425681 item 2). This work was originally published under the sanction of his son Increase Mather, although professedly not written by him.
MAR #1: W. J. Lowenberg, ed, THE REGISTERS OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF BURY, Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications, 10 (1901):356 (FHL #599508 item 2). Also see LIFE AND DEATH OF RICHARD MATHER, 49.
MAR #2: BOSTON BIRTHS, BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 9th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1883; repr Baltimore, 1994), 57 (FHL #982237). Wife is called "widow" Sarah Cotton on mar rec. She was no doubt the widow of Rev. John Cotton who died 1652. She married (1) to William Story, 1 May 1619, at Boston, Lincs. He was buried at Boston 19 Mar 1627/8. She married (2) at Boston to Rev. John Cotton 25 Apr 1632 (C.W. Foster, ed, PARISH REGISTERS OF BOSTON, Publications of the Lincoln Record Society, 3[1914]:87, 133, 162 [FHL #942.53 B4lp]).
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 27 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). Also see the will of Richard Mather of Dorchester, 16 Oct 1661, proved 24 May 1669, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (n.s.) 6:30 (FHL #584128).
BUR: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CEMETERY DEPARTMENT, 1904-1905 (Boston, 1905), 226 (FHL #599732 item 3).
OCC: Puritan minister

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Richard married Holt, Catherine on 29 Sep 1624 in Bury,Lancs,Eng. Catherine (daughter of Holt, Edmund) was christened on 18 Jan 1595/1596 in Bury,Lancs,Eng; died in 1655 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHR: W. J. Lowenberg, ed, THE REGISTERS OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF BURY, Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications, 1 (1898):13 (FHL #496822 item 3).
MAR: Ibid, 10 (1901):356 (FHL #599508 item 2). Richard Mather's wife is also identified as Catherine, dau of Edmund Holt of Bury, in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND MAN OF GOD, MR. RICHARD MATHER (Cambridge, MA, 1670; repr, Dorchester, MA, 1850), 49 (FHL #1425681 item 2). This work was written and published under the sanction of Increase Mather, son of Richard and Catherine (Holt) Mather, but was professedly not written by him.
DEATH: Samuel G. Drake, "Pedigree of the Family of Mather," NEHGR, 6(1852):20 (FHL #974 B2ne). Death is not recorded in Dorchester vital or church recs.

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BEP: IGI
SEAL S: FGRA

Notes:

BIRTH: Date of birth is an approximation. Residence of Wigan is given on mar rec, below.
MAR: Robert Dickinson, ed, THE REGISTER OF WINWICK PARISH CHURCH, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 113 (1974):72 (FHL #942.72 K29pr).
DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 26 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r). For a detailed account of his death, see Joseph Besse, A COLLECTION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, 2 vols. (London, 1753), 2:270 (FHL #599671). Also see Suffolk Co. Probate, #275, (o.s.); most important docs:
4:31, adm of estate, 27 Sep 1661 (FHL #584127).
20:63-65, adm of remaining estate, 9 Oct 1717 (FHL #584134).
28:203-204, adm of remaining estate, 26 Oct 1730 (FHL #548138).
Abstracts of much of Atherton's probate file were published in William B. Trask, "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on Record...in the County of Suffolk," NEHGR, 32(1878):197-204 (FHL #974 B2ne). Also see additional probate from the Hartford, Connecticut Probate District, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:174-75 (FHL #974.6 P2m).
BUR: "Epitaphs at Dorchester," NEHGR, 2(1848):382 (FHL #974 B2ne). Died on "16" Sep 1661.
OCC: Magistrate, military officer, Major-general of militia in 1656.

Humphrey married Kenyon, Mary on 29 Mar 1625 in Winwick,Lancs,Eng. Mary was born about 1603 in of Winwick,Lancs,Eng; died in (wp) 3 Oct 1672 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Date of birth is an approximation. "Istius [of this place]" on mar rec at Winwick, below.
MAR: Robert Dickinson, ed, THE REGISTER OF WINWICK PARISH CHURCH, Lancashire Parish Register Society, 113(1974):72 (FHL #942.72 K29pr).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Mary Atherton of Dorchester, 21 Feb 1671, proved 3 Oct 1672, Suffolk Co. Probate, #609, (o.s.) 7:245 (FHL #584128).

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: No mar rec found. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lamb, was buried, 28 Nov 1639 (VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. [Salem, MA, 1925-26], 2:571 [FHL #974.46/R2 V2r]).
MAR #2: Ibid, 2:240.
DEATH: ROXBURY LAND AND CHURCH RECORDS, 6th Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1881), 173 (FHL #974.461 H2b). Town vital recs give date of 3 Apr 1646 (VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2:571). Also see the inv of estate of Thomas Lamb of Roxbury, 1646 (date incomplete), Suffolk Co. Probate, #2428, (o.s.) 2:27 (FHL #584127), adm of estate 3 Mar 1697/8 (Ibid, [n.s.] 8:106 [FHL #594175]), adm bond 3 Mar 1697/8 (Ibid, [n.s.] 4:265 [FHL #594360]).

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Thomas married Harbottle, Dorothy on 16 Jul 1640 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. Dorothy was born about 1617 in England; died on 28 Jan 1697/1698 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 2:240 (FHL #974.46/R2 V2r).
MAR #2: Ibid.
DEATH: "Roxbury Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1630-1844" (typescript, n.d.), unpaginated, citing orig ms, 1:195 (FHL #741320).

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Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Joseph may be son of "Widow Elizabeth Wise" of Sudbury, Suffolk, Eng, and Roxbury, Mass. See Douglas Richardson, "Widow Wise of Roxbury...," TAG, 55(1979):149-50 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 2:442 (FHL #6014108).
DEATH: Ibid, 2:675. Also see the adm of estate of Joseph Wise of Roxbury, 15 Sep 1684, inv 16 Sep 1684, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1366, (o.s.) 9:190, 204 (FHL #584129).
OCC: Butcher

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1267049-R).

Joseph married Thompson, Mary on 3 Dec 1641 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. Mary was born about 1619 in England; died on 4 Aug 1693 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: It is often stated that Mary is the dau of John Thompson and Alice Freeman, chr at Preston Capes, Nhants, 14 Dec 1619, the widow Alice having come to Roxbury with her children. See Mary Lovering Holman, ANCESTRY OF COL. JOHN HARRINGTON STEVENS, 2 vols. (n.p., 1948-51), 1:422(FHL #929.273 St47h); and Donald Lines Jacobus, book review of THE MAGNA CARTA SURETIES, 1215 in TAG, 32:128 (FHL #973 D25aga). However, Joseph Wise, testified in the case of Edmund Thompson, late of Salem, now of Co. Suffolk, Eng, 11 Jan 1648 (ASPINWALL NOTARIAL RECORDS, 1644-1651, 32nd Report Boston Record Commissioners, [Boston, 1903], 186-87 [FHL #974.461 H2b]). This suggests the possibility that his wife is connected to the family of Edmund Thompson, who is not related to John and Alice (Freeman) Thompson. William Aspinwall was a Boston attorney and recorder of the Suffolk Co. Court, 1644-1651.
MAR: VITAL RECORDS OF ROXBURY, 2 vols. (Salem, MA, 1925-26), 2:442 (FHL #6014108).
DEATH: Ibid, 2:675.

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263461-R)