Rev Increase Mather 
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Birth Notes
Increase Mather
Birthdate: June 21, 1639 (84)
Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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"
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Connections & Relationships
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.Relationship Notes
Increase visited his brother in Ireland when he was young. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin while he was there.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".
Increase was a relative of Rev Richard Mather.He was a subordinate of Rev Samuel Mather.Mary Benn funded Increase.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1528 in Winwick d.24 Apr 1601 in Lancashire
- b.~ 1550 d.1633 in Lowton
- b.~ 1530 in Winwick
- b.1575 in Lowton d.1633
- d.> 1633 in Lowton
- b.1596 in Lowton d.22 Apr 1669 in Massachusetts (MA)
- b.29 Mar 1568 in Lowton d.06 Apr 1621
- b.21 Jun 1639 in Massachusetts (MA) d.23 Aug 1723 in Massachusetts (MA)
- b.18 Jan 1596 in Bury d.Mar 1655 in Massachusetts (MA)
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Increase and Maria were married. They had two sons and two daughters, named Cotton, Nathaniel, Maria and Elizabeth. The family line is yet to be completed.
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Children
Birth Notes
Cotton Mather
Birthdate: February 12, 1663 (65)
Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, MassachusettsDeath Notes
Death: February 13, 1728 (65)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesDeath Notes
Death: August 19, 1745 (76-84)
Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA
Rev Cotton Mather
Cotton was born on February 12th, 1663 in Massachusetts (MA).
Elizabeth Mather
Elizabeth was born in 1665. She died at the age of 80 on August 19th, 1745 in Massachusetts (MA).
Nathaniel Mather
Nathaniel was born on July 6th, 1669. He died at the age of 19 on October 17th, 1688.
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