Sarah Mather

First marriage and widow of William Story and daughter of Anthony Hawkridge. After John Cotton's death in 1652, she married Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester Mass. the father of Increase Mather and grandfather of Cotton Mather. She was the daughter of Anthony Hawkridge and widow of William Story. She had been a friend of Rev. John Cotton's first wife.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkredd-5

Sarah Hawkredd, daughter of Anthony Hawkredd was born about 1601.[1]

Note that the John Cotton sketch in Anderson's Great Migration does not identify the maiden name of Sarah (_____) Story/Cotton/Mather[2]

The Anderson sketch on her third husband Richard Mather does name her as Sarah Hawkredd, d/o Anthony Hawkredd.[3]

Sara Hawkrit and William Storey were married 01 May 1619, at St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire.[4][5][6][7]

William "Storie" the first husband of Sarah Hawkredd was bur. at St. Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire 16 Mar 1628.[8][9][10]
Sarah Story married John Cotton, clerk, 25 April 1632 at St. Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire.[11][12] She was his second wife, his first wife dying in England sometime after October 2, 1630, without children.

Sarah migrated to New England with John Cotton in 1633, giving birth to their first child (named appropriately, "Seaborn" en route to Massachustts Bay. They settled in Boston and became members of the church on September 8, 1633 with her husband being called to be the "teacher" at the church in Boston on October 10, 1633.[2]

John Cotton was granted a farm "at Muddy River," he also held "one house and garden" of about one and half acre.[2]

Her husband became gravely ill, Amos Richardson wrote on December 2, 1652 to John Winthrop Jr., "Mr. Cotton is very ill and it is much feared will not escape this sickness to live. He hath great swellings in his legs and body..." He died December 23, 1652. In his will, dated November 30, 1652 and proved January 27, 1652/3, he bequeathed to his wife her wife and garden in the marketplace of Boston in Lincolnshire, the money in the hands of his brother Coneye, the dwelling house where they lived, and the land at Muddy River. The inventory of his estate totaled L1088 4s.[2]

On July 28, 1656, Sarah Cotton married Richard Mather at Boston, Massachusetts. She relinquished the Cotton estate to "Elder William Colbron and Elder James Penn during the nonage of her children John and Maria."[2]

Sarah (Hawkredd) (Story) (Cotton) Mather died May 27, 1676 at the age of 75 years and was buried at King's Chapel Burying Ground.[13]

Dated 3 May 1670 Proved 19 July 1676. After a preamble she left her estate, both here and in England, to be divided equally between her children Seaborn, J[missing], and Maria, for the use of their children. Excepting bequests to grandaughter Elizabeth Symonds, [missing] Sarah Symonds, my [missing] Mather and Granddaughter Symonds, but daug Mather have first choice; son Seaborn's wife and son John's wife; sister Makepeace; eldest son of son Seaborn; eldest son of daughter Mather; eldest son of son John; son Mather the gold ring his father gave her; my sisters children, John, Mary & Martha. She named sons Seaborn, Mather and John as executors. Signed Sarah mather[14]

Child of Sarah and William Story

1. Elizabeth Storie, d/o William Storie, bpt. 11 Jun 1622, St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire[15][16][17]

Children of Sarah and John Cotton:

1. Seaborn was born at sea on August 12, 1633 and baptized at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony on September 8, 1633. He graduated from Harvard in 1651. Married on June 14, 1654 to Dorothy Bradstreet, daughter of Samuel Bradstreet.
2. Sarahjah/Sariah was born at Boston on September 12, 1635 and baptized there on September 20, 1635. She died at Boston on January 20, 1649/50
3. Elizabeth was born at Boston on December 9, 1637 and was baptized there on December 10, 1637. She married at Boston on October 12, 1655 to Mr. Jeremiah Eggington.
4. John was born at Boston on March 15, 1639/40 and baptized there on March 22, 1639/40. He was a graduate of Harvard in 1657. On November 7, 1660 at Wethersfield he married Joanna Rossiter, daughter of Bray Rossiter.
5. Maria was born at Boston on February 16, 1642 and baptized there on February 20, 1641/2 "being about 5 days old." She married on March 6, 1661/2 to Increase Mather, son of Richard Mather.
6. Rowland was baptized at Boston on December 24, 1643 "being about 6 days old." He died at Boston on January 29, 1649/50.

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Notes

from "The parentage and English progenitors of Nathaniel Coney of Boston, Mass" By Thomas Hills, Nathaniel Coney

The elder Anthony had three daughters, whose marriage dates indicate that they were older than their brothers. Mary married Thomas Coney who became town clerk of Boston about 1620. Thomson says the marriage was in 1618. The parish register of St. Botolph's has record of the marriage of "William Story and Sara Hawkrit May 11, 1619," and of "John Conye and Elizabeth Hawkred Dec. 16, 1624." The testator of the will of Aug., 1626, mentions daughters Mary wife of Thomas Coney, and Elizabeth wife of John Coney. Thomas and John were brothers. The baptismal record is clear as to the first named; it reads in the parish register: "Feb. 21, 1599, Thomas Conie son of John Conie." As to that of his brother, the vicar's clerk writes: "that of John, I cannot come across, altho I have made a careful search, I send a tracing of the one which may be it; but one line is so run into another that I am not certain it is. '21 Oct. 1596. John son of John Conoke,' or it may be Conie; I cannot tell. You will see the tails of the line above go right through the name." The clerk correctly describes the obscurity, though it requires the help of one's imagination to see the resemblance of a k entangled in the loop of a y or a zof the line above. The marriage licenses of Lincolnshire contain this item: "1624—Nov. 29, John Coney of * * * ast. 26 and Elizabeth Hawkred of same, Spr [Boston]." The printed page shows clearly that the scribe that prepared the copy for the press could not read all of the crabbed script, and as to the residence of the young candidates for matrimony, could only guess that a certain jumble of lines was intended for the written word Boston. In modern writing it is easy to mistake an 8 and read it as 6. It is safe to conclude that the copyist was not as successful in reading the unit figure in the numerals that expressed John Coney's age as he was in guessing the place of his home. Ann, daughter of John Coney, died in Feb., 1652. A record of burial, in the Register of St. Botolph, which reads, "Mrs. Ann Cunny, widow, 9 May 1652," doubtless is that of the interment of the child's grandmother.
William Story, the husband of Sarah Hawkredd, was buried at Boston, Mar. 16, 1628, and on the 25th Apr., 1632, she married Rev. John Cotton whose first wife had died. So it was because Thomas Coney was husband of his wife's sister that Mr. Cotton left moneys in his "brother Coneye's hand," referred to his wife as "my sister Mary Coneye," and to his nephew by marriage as " my cosigue John Coneye their sonne."
Following first the line of Thomas the town clerk, and that of his son John who succeeded him in his office, the parish record shows the baptism of the first child of Thomas and Mary (Hawkredd) Coney, which reads: "John, son of Thomas Coney, gent, baptised Nov. 28, 1619." The father held his town office from 1620 to 1647. Thompson says he died July 31, 1649. The register of St. Botolph's has this record: "John Conny and Ann Mitchell married by license 16 Jan. 1638." This was the John who succeeded his father as town clerk. He died not later than 1653.

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References

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 16 2016, 13:06:40 UTC
• http://leewiegand.com/FAMILYTREE/Ancestors/1015/1015DennisCharles.htm
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 16 2016, 13:06:40 UTC
• Birth year of Sarah (Hawkredd) (Story) (Cotton) Mather is documented in "The Great Migration," v. 5, M-P, page 88. Sarah's son Seaborne stated, "'My dear mother Mrs. Sarah Mather, formerly Mrs. Cotton, having lived about 75 years died in the Lord May 27, 1676 & was buried 28 May being the Lord's Day.'" Dates on find a grave are incorrect, making her too old to have her youngest children and born before the marriage of her parents. Will try to find her christening record.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9Q92-4PZ
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35945974/sarah-mather
• The Ancestors and Descendants of William Gustavis Carr and Frances jane Wallace by Blanch Carr Matlock. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/133393319?cid=mem_copy
• Sarah (Hawkredd) (Story) (Cotton) Mather in Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration," v 5, M-P, p. 88. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/121637745?cid=mem_copy
• Rev John Cotton Great Migration bio p 486 https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/121637745?cid=mem_copy
• “Sarah Hawkered” https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/23415206?cid=mem_copy
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkredd-5 cites

1. Brayton, John Anderson, "Additions to the Ancestry of Sarah (Hawkredd) (Story) (Cotton) Mather of Boston, Lincolnshire" The Genealogist, Volume 21 (2007), pages 115-117
2. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., p. 486. 1995). Featured article for John Cotton Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
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4. Parish Registers of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, Volume II, 1599-1638 Reference page 87
5. www.freereg.org.uk Marriage
6. "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP24-L5SH : 21 January 2020), Willm Storey and Sara Hawkrit ?, 1 May 1619; citing Marriage, 1 May 1619, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln; FHL microfilm .
7. ."England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5VH-GQX : 13 March 2020), Willm Storey, 1619. Sara Hawkit
8. "English Progenitors of Nathaniel Coney." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 61: p 53+/-
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10. www.freereg.org.uk Burial
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12. www.freereg.org.uk Marriage
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14. Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2735/i/48697/806-co1/1416763344 Suffolk #806 19 July 1676
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18. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTX-QBW2 : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for Seaborne Cotton, 12 Aug 1633; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
19. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT9-S3MM : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for Elizabeth Cotton, 9 Dec 1637; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
20. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT7-8GPZ : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for Maria Cotton, 16 Feb 1641; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
21. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT9-SWN2 : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for Sarah Cotton, 12 Sep 1635; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
22. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTM-45MM : 10 November 2020), Sarah in entry for John Cotton, 15 Mar 1639; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324. "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP24-L5SC : 21 January 2020), Willm Storey and Sara Hawkrit ?, 1 May 1619; citing Marriage, 1 May 1619, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln; FHL microfilm .
23. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5VH-5JP : 13 March 2020), Sarah Story in entry for John Cotton, 1632. See Also:
24. Find A Grave: Memorial #35945974
25. Thornton, John Wingate, Esq., LL.B. The Cotton Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 164