Rev.
Mather
Byles
D.D.
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Josias Byles
and Elizabeth (Mather) Byles
Brother of
Josias Byles [half], Thomas Byles [half], Unknown Byles [half], Samuel Byles [half], Joseph Byles [half], James Byles [half], Sarah Byles [half] and Samuel Byles [half]
Husband of
Anna (Noyes) Byles
— married
after 14 Feb 1734 in State Room of the Province House, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Husband of
Rebecca (Tailer) Byles
— married
11 Jun 1747 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mather Byles II, Samuel Byles, Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, Mary Byles, Belcher Byles, Samuel Byles, Joseph Byles, Mary Byles and Catherine Byles
Died
at age 82
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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| Created 23 Apr 2018
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Biography
Mather Byles was born in 1706. He graduated from Harvard University in 1725, received his A.M. degree there in 1728 and in 1733 he became pastor of the Hollis Street Church (Congregational), Boston. In 1744, Mather Byles published a book of verse called Poems on Various Occasions. He supported the Crown during the Revolutionary War and is famous for saying: "Which is better - to be ruled by one tyrant three thousand miles away or by three thousand tyrants one mile away?" A variation of the quote is spoken by Mel Gibson in The Patriot. Mather Byles died in Boston on July 5, 1788, at age 82.
Sources
- Eaton. Rev. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. Old Boston Families, Number Four, The Byles Family, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1959) Vol. 69, Page 105-7.
- http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/byles_mather_5E.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mather_Byles
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6786929
- Mather Byles, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass.,1848) Vol. 2, Page 403.
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