Samuel Mather (1706 - 1785)

Born 30 Oct 1706 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Hutchinson) Mather — married 23 Aug 1733 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died 27 Jun 1785 at age 78 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Rev. Samuel Mather was born on October 30, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts to Cotton Mather and his wife, Elizabeth Clark. He had one brother and one sister. He died on June 27, 1785, in his hometown, having lived a long life of 78 years, and was buried there.

Birth

• Rev. Samuel Mather was born on October 30, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Elizabeth Clarke, age 32, and Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, age 43.^{[1] [2][3][4][5]}

Graduation

• Samuel Mather graduated Harvard College 1723 with his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.^[6][4][5]
• Samuel went to graduate from Yale College 1725 with a Master of Arts degree.
• Samuel Mather graduated from the University of Glascow in 1731 with a Master of Arts degree.
• Rev, Samuel graduated from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland 15 1762 with a Master of Arts degree.
• Rev, Dr, Samuel Mather received his Doctor of Divinity degree from Harvard College in 1773.^[5]

Marriage

• Rev. Samuel Mather married Hannah Hutchinson in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 23, 1733, when he was 26 years old.^[7][8][4]

Ordination

• Rev, Samuel Mater was ordained 21 June 1772 at North Church, Boston, Massachusetts, the same church to which his father and grandfather had so long ministered,^[6][5]

Death

• Rev. Samuel Mather died on June 27, 1785, in Boston, Massachusetts, when he was 78 years old.^{[2][3][6][4][5]}

Burial

• Rev, Samuel Mather is buried at Copp's Hill Burying Ground in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.^[3][6]

Occupation

• Rev. Samuel Mather was a minister and an author.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Boston, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1700-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1997. Original data: Boston Registry Department. Boston Births from A.D. 1700 to A.D. 1800. Boston, MA, USA: Rockwell & Churchill, 1894.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 October 2019), memorial page for Rev Samuel Mather (30 Oct 1706–27 Jun 1785), Find A Grave Memorial no. 6600198, citing Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Peterborough K (contributor 46537737) .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Mather, Horace E. Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1986.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Pond, Enoch. The Mather Family Second Edition. Massachusetts Sabbath School Society; Boston; 1844. Page 178-179.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Mather, John. Genealogy of the Mather Family: from about 1500 to 1847 ; with Sundry Biographical Notices. London, England: Forgotten Books, 2012
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
8. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol 151, Page 215.

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
• Louis Harmon Peet. Handy Book of American Authors. New York, USA: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1907.
• Wilcox, Wayne H.M., Captain Thomas Hawkins, Shipwright, of London and Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 215.

• He had seven children, all born in Boston.