Family of Rev Richard Mather & Katherine Holt

Personal Details
- Rev Richard Mather
  Richard was born in 1596 in Lowton.
  - Birth Notes
    - Richard Mather was born in Lowton, a village in the parish of Winwick near Liverpool, England in 1596.
  He died at the age of 73 on April 22nd, 1669 in Massachusetts (MA).¹
  - 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.
  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
  - 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

Children
- Rev Samuel Mather
  Samuel was born on May 13th, 1626 in Liverpool.
  - 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.
  He died at the age of 45 in 1671.
  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.
  - Death Notes
    
    Death: July 26, 1697 (66)
    London, Middlesex, England
    
    Place of Burial: Islington, Greater London, England
  Joseph Mather
  Joseph was born on July 26th, 1634 in Lancashire.²
  - Birth 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
  He died at the age of 2 in 1636 in Lancashire.
  - Death Notes
    
    Joseph died young.
    
    Joseph Mather
    Death: 1636
    Probably Much Woolton, Lancashire, England
  Rev Eleazar Mather
  Eleazar was born on May 13th, 1637 in Massachusetts (MA).²
  - Birth Notes
    
    Eleazer Mather
    Birthdate: May 13, 1637 (32)
    Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  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
  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
  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

Rev Richard Mather & Katherine Holt

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