Mather, Richard

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BIRTH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners (Boston, 1890), 6 (FHL #974.46/D1 V2r).
CHR: RECORDS OF THE FIRST CHURCH AT DORCHESTER IN NEW ENGLAND (Boston, 1891), 163 (FHL #833385).
MAR: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 24.
DEATH: "Lyme Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1667-1852," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1919; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 128 (FHL #002973).

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Richard married Wise, Katherine on 1 Jul 1680 in Dorchester,Suffolk,MA. Katherine (daughter of Wise, Joseph and Thompson, Mary) was christened on 10 Oct 1658 in Roxbury,Suffolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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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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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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SEAL S1: FGRA

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]

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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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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]

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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).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. The Mathers were said to be an ancient family of Lowton, a village in the parish of Winick. See 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 grandson Increase Mather, although professedly not written by him. Thomas's birth year is an approximation. It has been published that Thomas is a son of John Mather. See Samuel G. Drake, Pedigree of the Family of Mather," NEHGR, 6(1852):20 (FHL #974 B2ne). Also see Horace E. Mather, LINEAGE OF REV. RICHARD MATHER (Hartford, 1890), 33 (FHL #186133 item 2). The earliest mention of John seems to be in Mrs. Hannah Mather Crocker's "Reminiscences and Traditions of Boston," quoted in "Abstracts of Wills of the Mather Family," NEHGR, 47(1893):340 (FHL #974 B2ne). Mrs. Crocker (1752-1829) is a granddaughter of Rev. Cotton Mather. Research has yet to prove/disprove that John is the father of Thomas.
MAR: Archibald Sparke, ed, THE PARISH REGISTERS OF WARRINGTON, Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications, 70(1933):2 (FHL #942.72 K29pr).
NOTE: It is probable that Thomas had other children besides Richard. Many children of Thomas Mather were baptized at Warrington and Winwick, but it appears that there were two or more contemporary Thomas Mathers, making it difficult to determine which children belong to which Thomas.

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Thomas married Abram, Margaret on 14 Sep 1591 in Warrington,Lancs,Eng. Margaret was born about 1571 in of Lowton,Lancs,Eng; was buried on 6 Apr 1600 in Warrington,Lancs,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Thomas Mather and wife were said to be of ancient families of Lowton, a village in the parish of Wincick. See 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 her grandson Increase Mather, although professedly not written by him. Year of birth is an approximation.
MAR: Archibald Sparke, ed, THE PARISH REGISTERS OF WARRINGTON, Lancashire Parish Register Society Publications, 70(1933):2 (FHL #942.72 K29pr).
BUR: Ibid, 70:19.

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NOTE: It is clear that there was more than one Edmund Holt living in Bury at this time. Edmund no doubt had other children, but it has not been possible to distiguish his children from those of the other Edmund Holt having children at Bury during the period.