1639 - 1723 (84 years)
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Name |
Increase Mather |
Title |
Reverend |
Born |
21 Jun 1639 |
Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
1656 |
Harvard College [2] |
Ordained |
27 May 1664 [2] |
Died |
23 Aug 1723 |
Boston, Suffolk County, MA [1] |
Buried |
29 Aug 1723 |
Boston, Suffolk County, MA [1] |
Person ID |
I138231 |
Day Family Tree |
Last Modified |
17 Feb 2015 |
Father |
Richard Mather, b. 1596, Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England , d. 22 Apr 1669, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA (Age 73 years) |
Mother |
Catharine Holt, b. 1598, Bury, Lancashire, England , d. 1655, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA (Age 57 years) |
Married |
29 Sep 1624 |
Bury, Suffolk, England [1] |
Family ID |
F48493 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Mary (Maria) Cotton, d. 4 Apr 1714, Boston, Suffolk County, MA |
Married |
6 Mar 1662 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Reverend Cotton Mather, b. 12 Feb 1663, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 13 Feb 1728, Boston, Suffolk County, MA (Age 65 years) |
| 2. Maria Mather, b. 7 Mar 1665, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 24 Nov 1746 (Age 81 years) |
| 3. Elizabeth Mather, b. 6 Jan 1667, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 20 Aug 1745 (Age 78 years) |
| 4. Nathaniel Mather, b. 6 Jul 1669, Boston, Suffolk County, MA |
| 5. Sarah Mather, b. 9 Nov 1671, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 1758, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA (Age 86 years) |
| 6. Samuel Mather, b. 28 Aug 1674, Boston, Suffolk County, MA |
| 7. Abigail Mather, b. 13 Apr 1677, Boston, Suffolk County, MA |
| 8. Hannah Mather, b. 30 May 1680, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 2 Dec 1706 (Age 26 years) |
| 9. Catharine Mather, b. 14 Sep 1682, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. Bef Jun 1683, Boston, Suffolk County, MA (Age 0 years) |
| 10. Jerusha Mather, b. 16 Apr 1684, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 30 Dec 1710 (Age 26 years) |
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Family ID |
F48479 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Anne Lake, b. 12 Oct 1663, Boston, Suffolk County, MA , d. 29 Mar 1737, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA (Age 73 years) |
Married |
1715 [1] |
Family ID |
F46278 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Increase was chosen President of Harvard College 1685 and filled that office until 1701. [2]
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Sources |
- [S19] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, VOL. III, 175.
- [S30] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.
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