Richard Mather

For other people named Richard Mather, see Richard Mather (disambiguation).

The Reverend
Richard Mather
Woodcut print, 1670
Born1596
Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Died22 April 1669 (aged 72–73)
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
EducationBrasenose College, Oxford
OccupationMinister
Spouses
Katherine Hoult
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(m. 1624; died 1655)​
Sarah Hankredge
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(m. 1656)​
Children

Richard Mather (1596 – 22 April 1669) was a New England Puritan minister in colonial Boston. He was father to Increase Mather and grandfather to Cotton Mather, both celebrated Boston theologians.

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