Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Increase Mather
1639 - 1723 (84 years)1. Increase Mather was born on 21 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 23 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts (son of Rev. Richard Mather and Elizabeth Holt); died on 23 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Increase married Maria Cotton on 6 Mar 1662. Maria (daughter of Rev. John Cotton and Sarah Hawkredd) was born on 16 Feb 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 20 Feb 1642 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather was born on 12 Feb 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 13 Feb 1728 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Increase married Anne Lake on 30 May 1715. Anne (daughter of Capt. Thomas Lake and Mary Goodyear) was born on 12 Oct 1663 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Mar 1737 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Rev. Richard Mather was born in 1596 in Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England (son of Thomas Mather and Margaret Abraham); died on 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Richard married Elizabeth Holt on 29 Sep 1624 in Bury, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Edmund Holt) died in 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Holt (daughter of Edmund Holt); died in 1655. Children:
- Timothy Mather was born in 1628 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; died on 14 Jan 1684 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
- 1. Increase Mather was born on 21 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 23 Jun 1639 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1723 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
4. Thomas Mather was born in of Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England. Thomas married Margaret Abraham on 30 Sep 1591 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret Abraham Children:
- 2. Rev. Richard Mather was born in 1596 in Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England; died on 22 Apr 1669 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
6. Edmund Holt was born in of Bury, Lancashire, England. Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Holt died in 1655.