John Mather (1721 - 1804)

Born 13 Jul 1721 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Higgins) Mather — married 13 Jun 1745 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Husband of Ruth Robbins — married about 25 Feb 1785 in Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1804 at age 82 in Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

When John Mather was born on July 13, 1721, in Lyme, Connecticut, his father, Joseph Mather, was 35 and his mother, Phebe DeWolf, was 30. He married Mercy Higgins and they had thirteen children together. After Mercy died, he then married Ruth Robbins on February 25, 1785, in Lyme, Connecticut. He died on January 1, 1804, in Old Lyme, Connecticut, having lived a long life of 82 years, and was buried there.

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Sources

Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name: John Mather; Gender: Male

Birth Date: 13 Jul 1721; Birth Place: Lyme

Parent: Joseph; Parent: Phebe

Marriage to Mercy Higgins. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name: John Mather

Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1745

Marriage Place: Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Mercy Higgins

Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Name: John Mather; Gender: Male

Spouse's name: Mercy Higgins; Spouse Gender: Female

Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1745

Marriage Place: Lyme, New London

Marriage to Ruth Robbins. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Name: John Mather

Marriage Date: 25 Feb 1785

Marriage Place: Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Spouse: Ruth Robins

Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Name: John Mather

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1721; Birth Place: Lyme, Connecticut

Death Date: 1 Jan 1804; Death Place: Lyme, Connecticut

SAR Membership: 95037

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 8 Mar 1967

Father: Joseph Mather; Mother: Phebe Mather

Spouse: Mary Higgins

Children: Joseph Mather

"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010.

Name: John Mather; Gender: Male

Birth Date: abt 1722

Age at Death: 82

Death Date: 1 Jan 1804; Death Place: Old Lyme, Connecticut

FHL Film Number: 3166

The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

Name: John Mather

Age: 82

Birth Date: abt 1722

Death Date: 1 Jan 1804

Burial Place: Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA

Cemetery: Duck River Cemetery

New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Name: Mr John Mather

Event Type: Death

Birth Date: abt 1722

Age at Death: 82

Death Date: 1 Jan 1804

Death Place: Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Name: John Mather

Birth Date: 12 jul 1721

Death Date: 1 jan 1804

Cemetery: Duck River Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Old Lyme, New London County (New London), Connecticut, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Father: Joseph Mather; Mother: Phoebe Mather

Spouse: Mercy Mather

Children: Joseph Mather, Stephen Mather, John Mather, Jemima Champion, Sylvenus Mather, Jerusha Austin

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27894007/john-mather

See Also:

Trowbridge, F. Bacon. (199). The Champion genealogy: a history of the descendants of Henry Champion of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut, together with some account of other families of the name. Salem, Mass.: Higginson Book Co. Page 46.

Mather, H. E. (1890). Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather. Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company. Pages 107, 130-131.