Eleazer Mather (1753 - 1837)

Born 22 Jun 1753 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Irene (Sterling) Mather — married 29 May 1775 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1837 at age 84 in Boston, Summit, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Eleazer Mather was born on 22 June 1753 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony, son of Eleazer Mather (1716–1798) and Anne Watrous (1723–1804).

His siblings were:

• Samuel Mather (born 10 February 1742)
• Frederick Mather (born 10 April 1745)
• Frederick Mather (born 11 June 1746)
• Augustus Mather (born 24 June 1748)
• Abigail Mather (born 30 July 1751)
• Elisha Mather (born 18 March 1755)

Eleazer (21) married Irene Sterling (16) (born in Lyme, Connecticut; daughter of Samuel Sterling and Elizabeth (Perkins) Sterling) on 29 May 1775 in Lyme. Their known children were:

• Eleazer Mather (born 30 December 1775)
• Watrous Mather (born 11 March 1778)
• Seth Mather (born 1780)
• Samuel Sterling Mather (born 1790)
• Nancy Irene Mather (born 17 December 1792)
• Betsey Mather (born 4 February 1794)

Eleazer died on 17 September 1837 in Boston, Summit, Ohio, United States, aged 84.^[1] He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Ohio.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57939013/eleazer-mather: accessed), memorial page for Eleazer Mather Jr. (22 Jun 1753–17 Sep 1837), Find a Grave Memorial ID 57939013, citing Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Summit County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Leanne Wiese (contributor 47002450).

See also:

• Year: 1753. Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
• Baptism. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
• Sterling, A. M. (Albert Mack)., Sterling, E. Boker. (1909). The Sterling genealogy. New York: Grafton Press. Volume 1. Page 366.
• Daughters of the American Revolution. Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 082. Page 317.
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, Volume 239.
• Graves Registration Cards Collection, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, Ohio.
• Mather, H. E. (1890). Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather. Hartford, Conn.: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company. Pages 129 and 168.