 1628 - 1684 (56 years)
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| Name |
Mather, Timothy |
| Born |
1628 |
Much Woolton,Lancs,Eng  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
14 Jan 1684 |
Dorchester,Suffolk,MA |
| 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
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS1,2: IGI
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| Person ID |
I4836 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
28 Jun 1999 |
| Father |
Mather, Richard, b. 1596, Lowton,Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. 22 Apr 1669, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age 73 years) |
| Mother |
Holt, Catherine, c. 18 Jan 1595/1596, Bury,Lancs,Eng , d. 1655, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 58 years) |
| Married |
29 Sep 1624 |
Bury,Lancs,Eng |
| Family ID |
F2057 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Atherton, Elizabeth, c. 28 Sep 1628, Winwick,Lancs,Eng , d. 15 May 1678, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age ~ 49 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1650 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mather, Samuel, b. 5 Sep 1651, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 18 Mar 1727/1728, Windsor,Hartford,CT (Age 76 years) |
| | 2. Mather, Richard, b. 22 Dec 1653, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 17 Aug 1688, Lyme,New London,CT (Age 34 years) |
| | 3. Mather, Katherine, b. 6 Jan 1655/1656, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. (inv) 20 Feb 1693/4, Windsor,Hartford,CT |
| | 4. Mather, Nathaniel, b. 2 Sep 1658, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. Bef 1676 (Age < 17 years) |
| | 5. Mather, Joseph, b. 25 May 1661, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 8 Jan 1690, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age 28 years) |
| + | 6. Mather, Atherton, c. 4 Oct 1663, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 9 Nov 1734, Suffield,Hartford,CT (Age ~ 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2048 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Elizabeth, b. Abt 1630, England , d. 19 Feb 1709/1710, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
20 Mar 1678/1679 |
Dorchester,Suffolk,MA |
| Family ID |
F2056 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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