Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Richard MATHER | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - son of Thomas MATHER and Margerite ABRAM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RICHARD, Dorchester, s. of Thomas, b. 1596, of an ancient fam. as his gr.s. Cotton in Magn. III. c. 20, assures us, at Lowton, in the parish of Winwick, Lancash. was employ. in teach. a sch. some yrs. bef. going to the Univ. but at length, on 9 May 1618, was ent. of Brazen Nose Coll. Oxford, yet soon call. to Toxteth, where he had taught the sch. preach. his first sermon 30 Nov. of the same yr. There most faithful. he serv. 15 yrs. and was then suspend. for non-conform. and feeling the true sense of his office, resolved on expatriat. In disguise he emb. at Bristol in the James, arr. 17 Aug. 1635, aft. peril in the remarka. storm two days bef. and on 25 Oct. with w. Catharine join. the ch. of Boston. He had m. 29 Sept. 1624, that d. of Edmund Holt, Esquire, of Bury, in Lancash. had Samuel, b. 13 May 1626, H. C. 1643; Timothy; Nathaniel, 20 Mar. 1630, H. C. 1647, bef. ment.; and Joseph, wh. d. in childhood; aft. com. to N. E. had Eleazer, 13 May 1637, H. C. 1656; and Increase, 21 June 1639, H. C. 1656, bef. ment. He was a man of excel. discretion, of less learning, it is prob. than his ambitious s. Increase, and less brilliancy, it is clear, than his eccentr. gr.s. the never dying author of Magnalia, but in true serv. as min. happier than either, and better than both. He was sett. at D. 23 Aug. 1636; his w. d. 1655, and he m. 26 Aug. 1656, Sarah, wid. of his great friend John Cotton, and d. 22 Apr. 1669. A few days bef. he had met a great indignity, in being refus. adm. with sundry others, sent by an ecclesiast. council, met at Boston, to attempt conciliat. in the first ch. there, as John Hull, one of the aggriev. mem. relates in his Diary, p. 229 of the Vol. pub. by the Antiq. Soc of Worcester. The wid. made her will 3 May 1670, but did not d. for six yrs. His life, written by Increase, print. 1670, is condensed in the Magn. the author of wh. could never be scrupulous in use of materials; and of course he shows that he had not resort. to the MS. of the journal of his gr.f. Yet the slight extracts from tbe interesting work, caused a desire for the orig. wh. in Young's Chron. was print. from the autogr. 210 yrs. aft. its date. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MATHER, Rev. Richard Cotton, Sarah 26 June 1656 Boston, Mass. [ref 15] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [poss error] Richard Mather, of Dorchester, Mass., one of the first settlers of that town, and third minister of the same, was twice married. 1. To Catharine Hoult, or Holt, daughter of Edmund Hoult, September 29, 1624, in England. She died in 1665. 2. To Sarah Cotton, widow of Rev. John Cotton, second minister of the First Church in Boston, August 26, 1656. Her maiden name was Sarah Rossiter. Rev. Richard Mather died April 22, 1669, aged 73. [ref 59:150] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mr. Richard Mather Pastor to the Church of Dorchester & Mrs. Sarah Cotton widow were married 26th - 6th month 1656 by John Endecott Govr. (Boston record) [ref 71:57] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev. Richard Mather death 22 Apr 1669 Dorchester Suffolk 73y [ref 76] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - religion: Church of England; later Puritan preached at Toxteth Chapel, in Liverpool left England because he would not wear the priest's surplice 4 Jun 1635 on the James from Bristol, arrived Aug in Boston [with abt 100 others] pastor in Dorchester until his death buried at Uphams Corner Cemetery, Dorchester MA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
| Notes for Sarah* HAWKREDD | ||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Anthony HAWKREDD and Isabel DOWSE aka HAWKRIDGE, HANKRIDGE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [John COTTON married] shortly before 3 October 1632 Sarah (_____) Story, widow; she m. (3) Boston 26 August 1656 Richard Mather [ref 26] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 July 1656, after John Cotton's widow had decided to marry Richard Mather, she relinquished control of Cotton's estate to "Elder William Colbron & Elder James Penn during the nonage of her children John & Maria" [ref 26] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mrs. Sarah Mather died May 27, 1676, aged 75. [ref 59:150] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28 May 1676 buried at King's Chapel Burial Ground - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||
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