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Abigail Mather (Worthington)

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Birthplace: Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: February 12, 1815 (74)
Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Whately, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Daniel Worthington, Rev. War Vet. and Elizabeth Worthington
Wife of Benjamin Mather
Mother of Rhoda Alvord and Betsey Worthington Mather
Sister of Elizabeth Daniels; Col. Elias Worthington; Asa Worthington; Sibyl Smith; Samuel Worthington and 21 others
Half sister of Elizabeth Worthington

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About Abigail Mather

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Biography ==When Abigail Worthington was born on March 10, 1740, in Colchester, Connecticut, her father, Daniel Worthington, was 41,and her mother, Elizabeth Loomis, was 37. She married Benjamin Mather on March 14, 1763, in Lyme, Connecticut. They had ten children during their marriage. She died on February 12, 1815, in Whately, Massachusetts, at the age of 74, and was buried there.

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<references />Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. :Name: Abigail Worthington; Gender: Female
:Birth Date: 10 Mar 1740; Birth Place: Colchester
:Parent: Daniel; Parent: Elizabeth
Baptism. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
:Name: Abigail Worthington
:Father: Daniel Worthington
:Baptism Date: 16 Mar 1740
:Baptism Place: Colchester, Connecticut, USA
Marriage. Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
:Name: Abigail Worthington; Gender: Female
:Spouse's name: Benjamin Mather; Spouse Gender: Male
:Marriage Date: 14 Mar 1763
:Marriage Place: Lyme, New London
Marriage. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: GenealogicalPublishing Co., 1994-2002.
:Name: Abigail Worthington
:Marriage Date: 14 Mar 1763
:Marriage Place: Colchester, Connecticut, USA
:Spouse: Capt. Benjamin Mather
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Volume 28.
:Name: Abigail Worthington
:SAR Membership: 5476
:Role: Ancestor
:Spouse: Benjamin Mather
:Children: Cotton Mather
Death. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
:Name: Abigail Mather
:Birth Date: abt 1740
:Death Date: 12 Feb 1815; Death Place: Whately, Massachusetts
:Death Age: 75
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
:Name: Abigail Mather
:Birth Date: 10 mar 1740:Birth Place: Colchester, New London County (New London), Connecticut,United States of America
:Death Date: 12 feb 1815:Death Place: Whately, Franklin County (Franklin), Massachusetts, United States of America
:Cemetery: Center Cemetery:Burial or Cremation Place: Whately, Franklin County (Franklin), Massachusetts, United States of America
:Has Bio?: Y
:Father: Daniel Worthington; Mother: Elizabeth Worthington
:Children: Marshfield P Mather, Cotton Mather, Joseph Mather
:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127195582/abigail-mather
See Also: Temple, J. H. (Josiah Howard). (1849). Early ecclesiastical history of Whately: being the substance of a discourse deliveredJanuary 7, 1849. Northampton: Printed by J. Page 35.

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Abigail Mather's Timeline

1740
March 10, 1740
Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1763
1763
Lyme, United States
1768
January 1, 1768
1815
February 12, 1815
Age 74
Whately, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
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Center Cemetery, Whately, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States