Mather Family Tree
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Elizabeth Atherton
1628-1678
married
1650
Other Siblings:
Joseph,
Samuel,
Nathaniel,
Joseph,
Eleanor,
Elazer
Sarah Hankridge, widow of Rev. John Cotton - 2nd wife
Catherine Holt 1st wife
1596-1655
Richard traveled in 1596 aboard the Ship James, with wife Sarah and 4 children including Timothy, to Massachusetts and became part of the Puritan clergy of New England.
married
1680
Siblings:
Samuel, Richard
Katharine, Nathaniel, Joseph + 6 others
Timothy was known as "the Mather Farmer." Moved to Lyme, Connecticut and established family farm.
Also a farmer in Lyme, CT.
3 siblings
Captain Timothy served with colonists in the wars with Pequot Indians.
Oldest of 5 children
Siblings:
John, Hannah, Bell, Hannah (2nd)
married
1746
married
1777
Graduated from Yale and moved to Stamford, CT (now Darien) to become a Congregational minister. Became a "fiery patriot" and champion of the Revolutionary Cause.
Siblings:
Hannah, Sarah, Moses, Rana, Clara, Clara (2nd), Nancy, Betsey, David, Phebe
Built the Mather Homestead on 100 acres of farmland. He and his wife, Sarah, raised 11 children in the house.
married
1816
Happy Osborne Wakeman
1794-1871
married
1864
Joseph Wakeman Mather
1820-1930
Bertha Jemima Walker
1844-1899
married
1893
Jane Thacker Floy
1868-1944
married
1932
Edward Reynolds McPherson
1906-2002
Became a wealthy industrialist in the Borax business. He made the case for the National Park Service and became its first Director in 1917.
Anne Floy McPherson Tracy
1934
Stephen Mather McPherson
1937
Jane Mather McPherson Nickerson 1940
One of the first female architects in Connecticut and a charter member of the Darien Historical Society.
