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Rev Eleazar Mather

Eleazar was born on May 13th, 1637 in Massachusetts (MA).¹

Birth Notes
- Eleazer Mather
  Birthdate: May 13, 1637 (32)
  Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Eleazar's father was Rev Richard Mather and his mother was Katherine Holt. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Mather and Margaret (Margerite) Abrams. He had five brothers named Samuel, Timothy, Nathaniel, Joseph and Increase. He was the fifth oldest of the six children. He died at the age of 32 on July 24th, 1669 in Massachusetts (MA).

Death Notes
- Death: July 24, 1669 (32)
  Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  
  Place of Burial: Northhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States

General Notes
- "The chair in the Antiquarian room [i.e. the rooms of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.] belonged to Thomas. Richard sat in it when a child. He was married in 1624 ; his children that were born in Europe sat in the chair before he came to this country - Samuel, Timotliy, Nathaniel, Joseph. The last named sat in it when he brought the chair to America. Eleazer and Increase were born in Ainerica."
  
  Eleazar (1637–1669), who graduated at Harvard in 1656 and after preaching in Northampton, Massachusetts, for three years, became in 1661 pastor of the church there; father-in-law to Rev. John Williams (minister) 1664-1729 {Harvard Class of 1683} of Deerfield Massachusetts.
  
  "Eleazer, first Minister of Northampton, Mass."

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Mather
  - b.~  1528 in Winwick d.24 Apr 1601 in Lancashire
  
  John Mather
  - b.~  1550 d.1633 in Lowton
  
  Margaret
  - b.~  1530 in Winwick
  
  Thomas Mather
  - b.1575 in Lowton d.1633
  
  Margaret
  - d.>  1633 in Lowton
  
  Rev Richard Mather
  - b.1596 in Lowton d.22 Apr 1669 in Massachusetts (MA)
  
  Margaret (Margerite) Abrams
  - b.29 Mar 1568 in Lowton d.06 Apr 1621
  
  Rev Eleazar Mather
  - b.13 May 1637 in Massachusetts (MA) d.24 Jul 1669 in Massachusetts (MA)
  
  Katherine Holt
  - b.18 Jan 1596 in Bury d.Mar 1655 in Massachusetts (MA)

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¹ Abstracts of the Wills of the MATHER FAMILY (1573-1650)