Reverend Increase Mather
1639 - 1723 (84 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Reverend Increase Mather was born on 21 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA (son of Richard Mather and Catharine Holt); died on 23 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; was buried on 29 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. Increase married Mary (Maria) Cotton on 6 Mar 1662. Mary (daughter of John Cotton) died on 4 Apr 1714 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Reverend Cotton Mather was born on 12 Feb 1663 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 13 Feb 1728 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
- Maria Mather was born on 7 Mar 1665 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 24 Nov 1746.
- Elizabeth Mather was born on 6 Jan 1667 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 20 Aug 1745.
- Nathaniel Mather was born on 6 Jul 1669 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
- Sarah Mather was born on 9 Nov 1671 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died in 1758 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA.
- Samuel Mather was born on 28 Aug 1674 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
- Abigail Mather was born on 13 Apr 1677 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
- Hannah Mather was born on 30 May 1680 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 2 Dec 1706.
- Catharine Mather was born on 14 Sep 1682 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died before Jun 1683 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
- Jerusha Mather was born on 16 Apr 1684 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 30 Dec 1710.
Increase married Anne Lake in 1715. Anne (daughter of Captain Thomas Lake and Mary Goodyear) was born on 12 Oct 1663 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; died on 29 Mar 1737 in Brookline, Norfolk County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Richard Mather was born in 1596 in Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England (son of Thomas Mather and Margarite); died on 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA. Richard married Catharine Holt on 29 Sep 1624 in Bury, Suffolk, England. Catharine (daughter of Edmunt Holt) was born in 1598 in Bury, Lancashire, England; died in 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Catharine Holt was born in 1598 in Bury, Lancashire, England (daughter of Edmunt Holt); died in 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA. Children:
- Samuel Mather was born on 13 May 1626; died on 29 Oct 1671.
- Timothy Mather was born in 1628 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; died on 14 Jan 1685 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA.
- Nathaniel Mather was born on 20 Mar 1630 in England; died on 26 Jul 1697.
- Joseph Mather was born in 1634; died in YOUNG.
- Reverend Eleazer Mather was born on 13 May 1637 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA; died on 24 Jul 1669 in Northampton, Hampshire County, MA.
- 1. Reverend Increase Mather was born on 21 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA; died on 23 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA; was buried on 29 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Mather Thomas married Margarite. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margarite Children:
- 2. Richard Mather was born in 1596 in Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England; died on 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA.
6. Edmunt Holt was born in in Bury, Lancashire, England. Children:
- 3. Catharine Holt was born in 1598 in Bury, Lancashire, England; died in 1655 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA.