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Rev Richard Mather & Sarah Cotton

Richard and Sarah were married in a religious ceremony on August 26th, 1656.

Marriage/Union Notes
- Dictionary of National Biography: "He (i.e. Richard) married secondly, on 26th Aug. 1656, Sarah, whos first husband was named Story, and who's second husband was John Cotton (d. 23 Dec 1652). She died before Mather."

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.
  Sarah Cotton
  Sarah was born about 1600. She died on May 26th, 1676 in Bosden.²

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² GENI.COM