Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Rev. Cotton MATHER | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COTTON, Boston, H. C. 1678, b. 12, bapt. 15 Feb. 1663, eldest s. of Increase, freem. 1680, when he was only 17 yrs. old, so that he came forward with strange rapidity (hav. join. the ch. of his f. 31 Aug. 1679), wh. is the more striking, as his f. was never adm. freem. that we find; and if his course at coll. were full one, he must have ent. at 11 1/2 yrs. more than two or three have been min. in Boston younger than he; but with less sagacity than his f. he was ord. at 2d ch. collea with him 13 May 1685; disting. as a scholar above most of his contemp. but kn. in mod. days chiefly as author of the Magn. in seven books, London 1702, a work of no little value, and more curious than valuable, d. 13 Feb. 1728. He m. 4 May 1686, Abigail, d. of John Phillips of Charlestown, wh. d. 28 Nov. or as town rec. says, 1 Dec. 1702, hav. borne to him nine ch. of wh. five d. young, three bef. bapt. and he m. 18 Aug. 1703, Elizabeth d. of Dr. John Clark, wid. of Richard Hubbard, mariner, with a good est. had six more ch. of wh. Rev. Samuel, b. 30 Oct. bapt. 3 Nov. 1706, H. C. 1723, attained no humble share of celebrity; and she d. 18 Nov. 1713. He next m. 5 July 1715, Lydia, d. of Rev. Samuel Lee, wid. of John George, wh. long surv. On 3 Jan. preced. he had writ. to Colman, saying he had "no manner of prospect of return. unto" the married state; tho. "I have no doubt foolishly eno. been ready to fall into this weakness." Hardly any more curious letter can be found in the Geneal. Reg. See V. 60. In less than a yr. aft. his m. with this d. of Lee, her sis. Catharine, by sudden death of her h. Henry Howell, was left with two ch. of two and three yrs. of age, to wh. in evil hour, M. was appoint. guardian, and suffer. much anxiety in conseq. See 4 Mass. Hist. Coll. II. 122. Twelve of his ch. with dates of bapt. and names, are in the appendix to Rev. Chandler Robbins's Hist. of the 2d ch. but six of them are by tbe sec. w. In the pious labor of his s. Rev. Samuel, on the biography of his f. he is more copious than exact. The most agreeable of all tbe copious writings of Mather, will, perhaps, be found in some apologues design. to magnify the merits of his f. in obtain. the new chart. for wh. however, little favor was found in the mind of Calef. They may be seen in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. I. 126, 133. But his epistolary exercises are most frequent. refer. to, and they are very num. As the sample of big style, and also highly illustrat. the politics of the day, that his f. was too much engag. in for the larger part of his life, the reader will glad. turn to the letters in 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. III. admonish. Gov. Dudley by f. and s. each, as if in rivalry, more venomous than the other. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cotton Mather married Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbert Aug 18, 1703 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA [ref 23:0818093 - 0818095] Dr. Cotton Mather married Lydia George July 05, 1715 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA [ref 23:0818093 - 0818095] (no children) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cotton, born February 12, 1663. [ref 59:155] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rev. Cotton Mather, of Boston, Minister of the North Church in that town, was thrice married. 1. To Abigail Phillips, daughter of Col. John Phillips, of Charlestown, Mass., May 4, 1686. She was born June 19, 1670, and died November 28, 1702. 2. To Elizabeth Hubbard, widow, daughter of Doct. John Clarke, August 18, 1703. She died November 8, 1713. 3. To Lydia George, widow of John George, of Boston, and daughter of Rev. Samuel Lee, July 5, 1715. Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather died February 13, 1728, aged 65. Administration on the estate of the Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, late of Boston, deceased, granted to Nathaniel Goodwin, of Boston, shopkeeper. An Inventory of the Estate of Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, taken by John Barnard, John Goldehwait, Grafton Favcryear, the estate being shown to them by Mrs. Lydia Mather, the widow of the deceased, and the children of the deceased. Amount of inventory, (among the articles of which are 147 ounces silver plate, at 16s.6d. the ounce, �121.5s.6d., and 500 acres of land in the county of Hampshire, at cost, �96) �217.10s.10d. [ref 59:155] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cotton of Mr. Increase & Mariah Mather born Feb. 12, 1662. (Boston record) [ref 71:84]; Cotton of Increase Mather 15 day 12 mo, 1662. (Boston 1st Ch) [ref 71:87] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - buried at Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
| Notes for Lydia LEE | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Rev. Samuel LEE wid. of John GEORGE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mrs. Lydia Mather, alias George, died January 22, 1734. [ref 59:156] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To all people to whom these presents shall come. Madam Lydia Mather, of Boston, within the county of Suffolk, and province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New-England, relict widow of the Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, late of Boston, aforesaid, clerk, deceased, and Mr. Samuel Mather, aforesaid, gentleman, only surviving son of said Cotton Mather, send greeting: --Know ye, that we the said Lydia Mather and Samuel Mather, as well for and in consideration of the sum of thirty pounds to us in hand at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, well and truly paid by Mrs. Hannah Mather, of Boston, aforesaid, spinster, only surviving daughter of the said Cotton Mather, as for divers other causes and considerations us thereunto especially moving, we the said Lydia Mather and Samuel Mather, have granted, bargained, sold, remised, released, quitclaimed, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, &c., unto the said Hannah Mather, all our and each of our right, estate, title, interest, share, part, portion, proportions, dividend, dower, thirds, claims and demands whatsoever of, in and unto all the goods, chattels and personal estate of the said Cotton Mather which belonged and appeared to him at the time of his decease, as the same are particularly named and expressed in an inventory of the same exhibited into the probate ofice for the county of Suffolk, on the 5th day of August, 1728, to have and to hold, &c. [Dated April 24, 1730. Vol. xxviii., page 10] Whereas, it appears to me by the inventory and account presented by Nathaniel Goodwin, administrator to the estate of the Reverend Doctor Cotton Mather, late of Boston, clerk, deceased, that there is clear personal estate, amounts to tw hundred and forty and five pounds, five shillings and two pence, after administration charges and payments by him made are deducted, one-third part thereof, being eight-one pounds fifteen shillings and three pence, belongs by law to Lydia Mather, wife of said Cotton Mather, he dying intestate . . . Given under my hand and seal of the said court of probate the 25th of May, 1730. Josiah Williard. Exam'd pr John Boydell, Reg. [Vol. xxviii, page 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
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