Genealogy Report: Descendants of Richard Mather
Descendants of Richard Mather
1.RICHARD3 MATHER(THOMAS2, JOHN1) was born 1596 in Lowton, Lancaster, England, and died 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.He married (1) CATHARINE HOLT 29 Sep 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England, daughter of EDMUND HOLT and ELIZABETH SHEPLEY.She was born 1598 in Bury, Lancashire, England, and died 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts1.He married (2) SARAH HANDRIDGE (STORY) (COTTON) 26 Aug 16562, daughter of RICHARD HANDRIDGE.She died 27 May 1676.
More About RICHARD MATHER:
Burial: 1669, Old Burying Ground, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Education: 09 May 1618, Entrance at Brazen Nose College, Oxford
Immigration: 17 Aug 1635, Boston, Massachusetts
Published: Aft. 1636, "the Bay Psalm Book"
Ship arrived on:: 1635, "James of Bristol"3
More About RICHARD MATHER and CATHARINE HOLT:
Marriage: 29 Sep 1624, Bury, Lancashire, England
More About RICHARD MATHER and SARAH (COTTON):
Marriage: 26 Aug 16564
Widowed: Abt. 1655, from John Cotton, father of Increase Mather's wife
Children of RICHARD MATHER and CATHARINE HOLT are:
| i. | SAMUEL4 MATHER, b. 13 May 1626, Lancashire, England4; d. 29 Oct 1671, Dublin, Ireland; m. ? STEVENS; b. Abt. 1628, Dublin, Ireland; d. 1668, Ireland. |
| More About SAMUEL MATHER: Graduation: 1643, Harvard College Occupation: 1670, minister |
| 2. | ii. | TIMOTHY MATHER, b. 1628, Liverpool, England; d. 14 Jan 1684/85, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. | |
| iii. | NETHANIEL MATHER, b. 20 Mar 1629/30; d. 26 Jul 1697; m. MARIA BENN; d. Unknown. | ||
| iv. | JOSEPH MATHER, b. 1634; d. Unknown. | ||
| v. | ELEAZOR MATHER, b. 13 May 1637, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 24 Jul 1669, Boston, Massachusetts; m. ESTHER WARHAM; d. Unknown. |
| More About ELEAZOR MATHER: Graduation: 1656, Harvard College Occupation: Abt. 1662, first minister of Northhampton, Massachusetts Ordination: 23 Jun 1661, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 3. | vi. | INCREASE MATHER, b. 21 Jun 1639, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 23 Aug 1723. |