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Richard Mather

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death: August 17, 1688 (34)
Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of Timothy Mather and Elizabeth Mather
Husband of Catherine Mather
Father of Capt. Timothy Mather; Elisabeth Mather; Samuel Mather and Joseph Mather
Brother of Elizabeth Davis; Rev. Samuel Mather; Katherine Mather; Nathaniel Mather; Joseph Mather and 6 others

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About Richard Mather

Richard Mather

  • Birth: December 22, 1653 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  • Parents: Timothy Mather,  Elizabeth Atherton
  • Wife: Catherine Wise
  • Death: August 17, 1688 (34) - Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Married

  1. July 1, 1680 Dorchester Mass to Catherine Wise. She was the daughter of Joseph Wise & Mary Thompson

Their four children were Capt. Timothy, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Lt. Joseph.


References

  1. Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825 By Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) page GoogleBooks
  2.  Volume VIII of the 1893 book "American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776" refers to Catherine as "Elizabeth" on pages 4 and 5, and "Catherine" on page 196. 
  3. Find A Grave Memorial# 63160857
  4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33908805/elizabeth-mathe
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Richard Mather's Timeline

1653
December 22, 1653
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1664
1664
Age 10
Dorchester, Norfolk County, Morocco
1681
March 20, 1681
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1682
November 20, 1682
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
1683
January 3, 1683
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1686
January 29, 1686
Lyme, New London, Connecticut
1688
August 17, 1688
Age 34
Lyme, New London, Connecticut