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Mather, Timothy

Male 1628 - 1684  (56 years)


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  • Name Mather, Timothy  
    Birth 1628  Much Woolton,Lancs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Jan 1684  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Timothy is identified in the will of his father, Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester, 16 Oct 1661, proved 24 May 1669, Suffolk Co. Probate, misc docket, (n.s.) 6:30 (FHL #584128). It is stated that Timothy was born in Liverpool in 1628 in Horace E. Mather, LINEAGE OF REV. RICHARD MATHER (Hartford, 1890), 54 (FHL #186133 item 2). However, it is more likely that he was born in the nearby village of Much Woolton in the parish of Childwall. It is stated that Richard removed to Much Woolton after his mar in 1624 in THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND MAN OF GOD, MR. RICHARD MATHER (Cambridge, MA, 1670; repr, Dorchester, MA, 1850), 50 (FHL #1425681 item 2). This work was published with the sanction of Increase Mather, Timothy's brother, although professedly not written by him. Furthermore, Timothy's nephew, Rev. Cotton Mather, wrote in 1702 that Samuel Mather, Timothy's brother, was born in Much Woolton in 1626. See Cotton Mather, MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, 2 vols. (London, 1702; repr Hartford, 1853), 2:39 (FHL #1688545).
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. Adm of estate of Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester was granted to Timothy Mather, "son-in-law," with others, 27 Sep 1661, Suffolk Co., Mass. Probate, #275, (o.s.) 4:31 (FHL #584127).The given name of Timothy's wife is derived from her death rec: "Elizabeth wife of Mr. Timothy Mather," died 15 May 1678 (DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 21st Report Boston Record Commissioners [Boston, 1890], 29 [FHL #974.46/D1 V2r]).
      MAR #2: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 24. The wife is called Elizabeth Weeks. She is apparently the widow of William Weeks who died at Dorchester, 13 Dec 1677 (Ibid, 29). She is not the dau of Ammiel Weeks of Dorchester, who was born on 18 Oct 1657 (Ibid, 5), as the Elizabeth Weeks who married Timothy Mather died on 20 Feb 1707/10, aged 79 yrs ("Inscriptions from the Old Burial Ground in Dorchester," NEHGR, 4[1851]:278 [FHL #974 B2ne]).
      DEATH: DORCHESTER BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS, 120.
      OCC: Farmer

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      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I4836  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 28 Jun 1999 

    Father Mather, Richard,   b. 1596, Lowton,Winwick,Lancs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1669, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Holt, Catherine,   c. 18 Jan 1595/1596, Bury,Lancs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1655, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage 29 Sep 1624  Bury,Lancs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2057  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Atherton, Elizabeth,   c. 28 Sep 1628, Winwick,Lancs,Eng Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1678, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1650 
    Children 
     1. Mather, Samuel,   b. 5 Sep 1651, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Mar 1727/1728, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Mather, Richard,   b. 22 Dec 1653, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1688, Lyme,New London,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     3. Mather, Katherine,   b. 6 Jan 1655/1656, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. (inv) 20 Feb 1693/4, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mather, Nathaniel,   b. 2 Sep 1658, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1676 (Age < 17 years)
     5. Mather, Joseph,   b. 25 May 1661, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1690, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    +6. Mather, Atherton,   c. 4 Oct 1663, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 1734, Suffield,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
    Family ID F2048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1709/1710, Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 20 Mar 1678/1679  Dorchester,Suffolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2056  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart