Atherton Mather

Atherton Mather

• Birth: Oct 4 1663 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Death: Nov 9 1734 - Suffield, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
• Parents: Timothy Mather, Catherine Atherton
• Spouses: Rebecca Stoughton, Mary Lamb
• Children: William Mather, Jerusha Smith (born Mather), Joshua Mather, Richard Mather, Thomas M. Mather, Eliakim Mather, Mary

Biography

Atherton Mather was born on 4 October 1663.2 He was the son of Timothy Mather and Catherine Elizabeth Atherton. Atherton Mather married Rebecca Stoughton on 20 September 1694 at Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony. Atherton Mather died on 9 November 1734 at age 71.2

Children of Atherton Mather and Rebecca Stoughton

• William Mather b. 2 Mar 1698
• Jerusha Mather+ b. 18 Jul 1700, d. 5 Nov 1789

Married 24 Oct. 1705 to Mary Lamb. Their child was Richard Mather, born 1708.

Citations

• George E. McCracken, "unknown short article title."
• Henry Hudson and Mary Hudson, "Loomis Letters."
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHZ9-ZTB : 5 November 2017), Atherton Mather and Mary Lamb, 24 Oct 1705; citing Marriage, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 741,320

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Links

• https://rohrbaughfamilytree.com/index.php/rootspersona-tree/atherto...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34254453