Rev. Nathaniel MATHER

Male 1630 - 1697  (67 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rev. Nathaniel MATHER was born on 20 Mar 1630 in Liverpool, England (son of Rev. Richard MATHER and Katherine HOLT); died on 26 Jul 1697 in London, England.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Rev. Nathaniel Mather, the next younger brother of timothy, was born in Liverpool, march 20, 1630, and came to this country with his father. He graduated at Harvard in 1647 and afterwards went to England, where he was presented with a living at Barnstable by Oliver Cromwell in 1656. Upon his ejectment in 1662, he went to Holland and was minister at Rotterdam. About 1672 he succeeded his brother Samuel at Dublin, whence he removed to London where he was pastor of a dissenting church and one of the lecturers at Pinner's Hall. he died July 26, 1697, aged sixty-seven years, and was buried near Bunhill Fields. On his tombstone is a long Latin inscription written by Dr. Watts, which ascribes to him a high character for learning, piety and ministerial fidelity.

    Family/Spouse: Maria BENN. Maria died in 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. Richard MATHER was born about 1596 in Lowton, Winwick Parish, of Toxteth, Park, England; died on 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of Thomas, and grandson of John Mather of Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England

    Richard married Katherine HOLT on 29 Sep 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England. Katherine died in 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Katherine HOLT died in 1655.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Edmund Hoult/Holt

    Children:
    1. Rev. Samuel MATHER was born on 13 May 1626 in Lancashire, England; died on 26 Oct 1671 in Dublin, Ireland.
    2. Timothy MATHER was born in 1628 in Liverpool, England; died on 14 Jan 1684 in (from a fall in his barn) Dorchester, Connecticut.
    3. 1. Rev. Nathaniel MATHER was born on 20 Mar 1630 in Liverpool, England; died on 26 Jul 1697 in London, England.
    4. Joseph MATHER was born in 1634; died in young.
    5. Rev. Eleazer MATHER was born on 16 May 1637 in Dorchester, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jul 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
    6. Rev Dr. Increase MATHER was born on 12 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.