Rev Richard Mather & Katherine Holt 
Richard and Katherine were married in a religious ceremony on September 29th, 1624 in Bury.1
Marriage/Union Notes
Rev. Richard1, the American ancestor of the Mathers, was born in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England, in 1596. He married (1) Catherine, daughter of Edmund Holt of Bury, England, from whom this branch of the family is descended, on Sept. 29, 1624.
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Personal Details
Birth Notes
Richard Mather was born in Lowton, a village in the parish of Winwick near Liverpool, England in 1596.
Death Notes
Richard' died April 22, 1669.
Dictionarry of National Biography (Ma-My, Vol 13):
His health was remarkably good, and he never called a physician, though in his latter years he bacame deaf, in 1662 one of his eyes failed him, and from 1667 he had several attacks of stone. After presiding at a council of Churches in Boston, 13-16 April 1669 Richard was seized with a violent fit of this disorder, and returned to Dorchester, where he died on 22 April 1669.Death Notes
They came to Americal, reaching Boston on Aug. 17, 1635, and settling at Dorchester. The wife Catherine, who bore all the children of Rev. Richard Mather, died in 1655
Death: March 1655 (59)
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Rev Richard Mather
Richard was born in 1596 in Lowton.
Katherine Holt
Katherine was born on January 18th, 1596 in Bury. She died at the age of 59 in March 1655 in Massachusetts (MA).1
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Children
Birth Notes
Samuel Mather was the eldest son of Richard Mather. He was born at Much Woolton (now Woolton), near Liverpool, Lancashire, on 13 May 1626. His father took him in 1635 to New England, where he was educated at Harvard College and graduated M.A. in 1643, becoming a fellow of the College. He was the first fellow of Harvard who had graduated there.Death Notes
Death: July 26, 1697 (66)
London, Middlesex, England
Place of Burial: Islington, Greater London, EnglandBirth 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."
Joseph Mather
Birthdate: July 26, 1634 (2)
Birthplace: Much Woolton, Lancashire, England
Death Notes
Joseph died young.
Joseph Mather
Death: 1636
Probably Much Woolton, Lancashire, EnglandBirth Notes
Eleazer Mather
Birthdate: May 13, 1637 (32)
Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay ColonyDeath Notes
Death: July 24, 1669 (32)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Place of Burial: Northhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United StatesBirth Notes
Increase Mather
Birthdate: June 21, 1639 (84)
Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk, MassachusettsDeath Notes
Increase Mather
Death: August 23, 1723 (84)
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Rev Samuel Mather
Samuel was born on May 13th, 1626 in Liverpool.
Timothy Mather
Timothy was born in 1628 in Liverpool.1 He died at the age of 56 on January 14th, 1684 in Massachusetts (MA).1
Rev Nathaniel Mather
Nathaniel was born on March 30th, 1631 in Liverpool. He died at the age of 66 on July 26th, 1697 in London.
Joseph Mather
Joseph was born on July 26th, 1634 in Lancashire.2
Rev Eleazar Mather
Eleazar was born on May 13th, 1637 in Massachusetts (MA).2
Rev Increase Mather
Increase was born on June 21st, 1639 in Massachusetts (MA).
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