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Rev Increase Mather

Increase was born on June 21st, 1639 in Massachusetts (MA).

Birth Notes
- Increase Mather
  Birthdate: June 21, 1639 (84)
  Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Increase'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 Eleazar. He was the youngest of the six children. He died at the age of 84 on August 23rd, 1723 in Massachusetts (MA).

Death Notes
- Increase Mather
  Death: August 23, 1723 (84)
  Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

General Notes
- Increase graduated at Harvard in 1656, was the president of Harvard College and a great man in the colony.
  
  Having in 1656 graduated from Harvard College, he went to Ireland to visit his brother Samuel, where he entered himself as a student at Trinity College, Dublin, and at 19 years old proceeded M.A. there. After 4 years away from home Increase returned to New England in 1661, and was invited to preach at the North Church in Boston. He was ordaned pastor there 27 May 1664.
  
  Increase had two sons, also Elizabeth, Maria and five other daughters, all of whom became mothers except one that died young. There may have been another son. In the Will of Mary Mather of London dated 1699, se leaves some of her estate to "Mr Samuel Mather, son of the aforesaid Mr Increase Mather"

Occupation Details
- Increase's occupation was Puritan Minister.
  - Occupation Notes
    - Clergyman, Reverand, Religion, Author, Minister, pastor of North Church in Boston and president of Harvard in 1684, President of Harvard College, Reverend

Social & Emotional Relationships
- Increase was a relative of Rev Richard Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Rev. Increase Mather, in his " Life and Death of Mr. Richard Mather" (Cambridge, 1670), says : "There is in the Parish of Winwick, the County of Lancaster, a small country town or village called Lowton, in which village Richard Mather was born, Anno 1596. His parents, Thomas and Margaret Mather, were of ancient families in Lowton aforesaid, but by reason of some unhappy mortgages they were reduced to a low condition as to the World." He does not give the name of the father of Thomas.
  He was a subordinate of Rev Samuel Mather.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Increase visited his brother in Ireland when he was young. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin while he was there.
  Mary Benn funded Increase.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1699, soon after Nathanial had died (in 1697), Mary Mather of London, Widow, wrote her Will, dated 29 April 1699 (with later Codicils added in 1699 and 1705). She gave £25 to her "Brother-in-Law Mr Increase Mather, his Execurors or Administrators".

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 Increase Mather
  - b.21 Jun 1639 in Massachusetts (MA) d.23 Aug 1723 in Massachusetts (MA)
  
  Katherine Holt
  - b.18 Jan 1596 in Bury d.Mar 1655 in Massachusetts (MA)

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