Catharine ATHERTON

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• Fact: Daughter of Major General Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester

Family/Spouse: Timothy MATHER. Timothy (son of Rev. Richard MATHER and Katherine HOLT) was born in 1628 in Liverpool, England; died on 14 Jan 1684 in (from a fall in his barn) Dorchester, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel graduated at Harvard in 1671, married Hannah, daughter of Governor Treat of Connecticut, and died in 1727 at the age of seventy-seven years. In 1682, when thirty-two years old, he settled inWindsor, Conn., where he remained as the pastor of its church until his death. He was a clergyman of considerable celebrity, able and faithful; and when Yale College was founded in 1700, he was one of the principal ministers chosen to be founders by the general consent of the Connecticut clergy. He is the head of the Windsor branch of the Mather family.

Rev. Samuel Mather graduated at H.C. in 1671, and prepared himself for the ministry. He then preached in Deerfield, Mass., until the destruction of that town by the Indians, in 1675; from there he went to Hatfield, and later to Milford and Branford, Conn., and from the latter place he was called to settle in Windsor, Conn., in 1682, where he remained until his death. It was said of him, "that in every respect e was a fit successor to the venerable John Warham." Descended from a highly respectable and gifted ancestry, he was one, and by no means the least, of a circle of noble men, whose varied talents and pious lives have rendered the name of Mather distinguished among the families of New England, even to the present day. His father, Timothy Mather of Dorchester, was a son of Rev. Richard, third minister of that town, and his mother a daughter of the excellent Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton. Thus highly connected, his earlier years were spent in the enjoyment of all the advantages which the best society of tat day could afford. The powers of his mind, the amiability of his character, and his piety, speedily won the esteem and love of his people, and composed the difficulties which existed among them. he was then in the prime of his life, grave and dignified in person, faithful and consistent in his daily life, and benignant and winning in manner. His connection b marriage with the daughter of the Hon. Robert treat, afterwards governor of the Colony of Connecticut, was in itself happy, and served to increase the influence which his gifts of mind and heart had already secured for him in the public estimation. Thus, happy in his public and domestic relations, his life was quietly passed in the faithful discharge of his pastoral duties to his now happy flock. And it is pleasant to record that during the whole period of his ministry, not one shadow of complaint seems to have darkened his or their pathway. On the contrary there is abundant evidence that he was the constant recipient of many marks of public and private respect and care....

Family/Spouse: Hannah TREAT. Hannah (daughter of Gov. Robert TREAT and Jane TAPP) was born on 1 Jan 1660/1 in Milford, New Haven Co., Connecticut; died on 3 Mar 1707/8 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard Mather, named after his grandfather Richard Mather, was a farmer, and settled at first in Dorchester, but a few years after his marriage he removed to Lyme, Conn. In the year 1687 he bought a tact of land in Lyme of Hezekiah Usher of Boston. As Mr. Mather died the next year, he could not have done much in his new enterprise. He died on the fifty-third anniversary of the landing of his grandfather in America, which was on the 17th of August 1635.

Although Mr. Mather died at the age of thirty-five yers, his descendants far outnumber either of the other branches, the Windsor, or Suffield, and many of them have attained eminence in the professions and in business, some of whom will be noticed farther along in the history.

Richard married Catharine WISE on 1 Jul 1680. Catharine was born on 26 Apr 1657. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 2 Sep 1658

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• Birth: 25 May 1661

Joseph married Sarah CLAPP on 20 Jun 1689. Sarah (daughter of Nicholas CLAPP and Abigail ?) was born in Dec 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He settled in Windsor when a young man, and in 1712 removed to Suffield. He was prominent and public spirited, and represented the town four years in the General Court. he was the head of the Suffield branch of the Mather family. Among his descendants are Gov. John Cotton Smith of Connecticut and Hon. Elias Leavenworth of Syracuse, New York.

Atherton married Rebecca STOUGHTON in 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Atherton married Mary LAMB on 24 Oct 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]