Mather, Richard ___ 1596-1669 ___ American ___ priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Mather was born in Lowton, Lancaster. He worked as a minister of the Episcopal Church at Toxteth, near Liverpool, but was removed from the ministry in 1633, because his views conflicted with those of the church. To avoid persecution, he and his family emigrated to New England. He settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he became a minister. Mather kept a vivid journal for the duration of his sea voyage in 1635. He was the father of Increase Mather, and the grandfather of the celebrated Cotton Mather, also a diarist.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1635 ___ maritime weather

WEB TEXT LINKS
googlebooks
etext
 

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
New England Historic Genealogical Society

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society Collections III, 1850
Journal of Richard Mather
 

July 2005, July 2008, April 2013
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