 1596 - 1669 (73 years)
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| Name |
Mather, Richard |
| Born |
1596 |
Lowton,Winwick,Lancs,Eng  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
22 Apr 1669 |
Dorchester,Suffolk,MA |
| Buried |
North Burying Ground,Dorchester,Suffolk,MA |
| 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
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS2: IGI
SEAL S1: FGRA
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| Person ID |
I4848 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
25 Nov 2003 |
| Father |
Mather, Thomas, b. Abt 1565, of Lowton,Lancs,Eng |
| Mother |
Abram, Margaret, b. Abt 1571, of Lowton,Lancs,Eng , bur. 6 Apr 1600, Warrington,Lancs,Eng (Age ~ 29 years) |
| Married |
14 Sep 1591 |
Warrington,Lancs,Eng |
| Family ID |
F2067 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
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 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mather, Samuel, b. 13 May 1626, Much Woolton,Lancs,Eng , d. 29 Oct 1671, Dublin,Dublin,Ire (Age 45 years) |
| + | 2. Mather, Timothy, b. 1628, Much Woolton,Lancs,Eng , d. 14 Jan 1684, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA (Age 56 years) |
| | 3. Mather, Nathaniel, b. 20 Mar 1630, Much Wooton,Lancs,Eng , d. 26 Jul 1697, London,Eng (Age 67 years) |
| | 4. Mather, Joseph, b. 1634, Much Woolton,Lancs,Eng |
| | 5. Mather, Eleazer, b. 13 May 1637, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 24 Jul 1669, Northampton,Hampshire,MA (Age 32 years) |
| | 6. Mather, Increase, b. 21 Jun 1639, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA , d. 27 Aug 1723, Boston,Suffolk,MA (Age 84 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2057 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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