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1639 - 1723 (84 years)
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Name |
Increase MATHER [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
- Rev. Increase Mather, so named from "the never-to-be-forgotton increase of every sort wherewith God favored the country about the time of his nativity," the youngest and by far the most distinguished brother of timothy, was born in Dorchester, June 21, 1639, and died in Boston, August 23, 1723, in the eighty-fifth year of his age, having been a preacher for sixty-six years, sixty-two of which were spent in the ministry in Boston. He graduated at Harvard in 1656, and being invited by his brother to Dublin, remained abroad four years studying and preaching. In 1664 he was ordained pastor of the North Church in Boston, and continued such until his death. He was President of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701, and enjoyed the distinction of having received from the college the first degree of Doctor of Divinity ever conferred in British America. In April 1688, he was sent to England as agent of the Provinces, to lay their grievances before King James himself. he had five interviews with the King in about six months, and at his request prepared and presented a memorial and petition, but all ended in good words and fair speeches. After the accession of William and Mary in November of that year, his efforts were rewarded with better success, for although he was unable to obtain a restoration of the Old Charter, he procured a grant of the New Charter of Massachusetts, and to him was entrusted the nomination of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and the Board of Council, who were to be appointed by the King. In the spring of 1692, after an absence of four years, he returned to Boston, accompanied by the new Governor, Sir William Phipps, and the new government, under the new charter, was quickly put in operation. [1]
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Rev Dr. |
Birth |
12 Jun 1639 |
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [1, 6] |
Gender |
Male |
Occupation |
Minister of the North Church of Boston, Mass., and President of Harvard University [5] |
Death |
23 Aug 1723 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [1, 5, 6] |
Person ID |
I38139 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
13 Jan 2021 |
Father |
Rev. Richard MATHER, b. Abt 1596, Lowton, Winwick Parish, of Toxteth, Park, England d. 22 Apr 1669, Dorchester, Connecticut (Age 73 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Katherine HOLT d. 1655 |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
29 Sep 1624 |
Bury, Lancashire, England [5, 6, 7] |
Family ID |
F00648 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Maria COTTON, b. 16 Feb 1640/1, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 04 Apr 1714, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
16 Mar 1661/2 [4, 5] |
Children |
+ | 1. Rev. Cotton MATHER, b. 12 Feb 1662/3, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 13 Feb 1727/8, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Rev Samuel MATHER, b. 1674, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts d. Witney, Oxfordshire, England [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F22453 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Dec 2020 |
Family 2 |
Anne LAKE, b. 12 Oct 1663, Hampton, New Hampshire d. 29 Mar 1736/7, Brookline, Massachusetts (Age 73 years) |
Marriage |
30 May 1715 |
Brookline, Massachusetts [2] |
Family ID |
F10991 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2018 |
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Sources |
- [S12076] Charles S. Hall, HALL Ancestry A Series of Sketches of the Lineal Ancestors of the children of Samuel Holden Parsons Hall and his wife Emeline Bulkeley.
- [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson.
- [S02352] James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;).
- [S03453] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, (Name: Name: NEHGS: 1995;;).
- [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).
- [S12200] Horace E. Mather, Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather.
- [S12201] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol V M-P.
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