Rev. Samuel MATHER

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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]

Samuel married Abigail GRANT on 13 Apr 1704. Abigail (daughter of Samuel GRANT and Mary PORTER) was born about 1679; died on 1 Sep 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hannah BUCKLAND on 15 May 1723. Hannah (daughter of Nicholas BUCKLAND and Elizabeth DRAKE) was born about 1694; died on 23 Mar 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Nathaniel Mather graduated at Yale college 1715, was settled over the first church in Lower Aquebogue in Suffolk County, Long Island, and remained there until his death. The present foundation of the Congregational Church of Lower Aquebogue is the same as the church edifice stood upon when Rev. Nathaniel Mather was pastor 150 years since, it is stated.

Nathaniel married Ruth ? on 21 Jan 1724. Ruth was born about 1684; died on 9 May 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]