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 Rev. Samuel Mather M.A. - Deerfield, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 32.737 W 072° 36.253
18T E 696714 N 4713140
A monument honoring the first minister of Deerfield, MA the Rev. Samuel Mather M.A. is located at the site of his home near 70 Old Main Street in Deerfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WM10TQW
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2019
Views: 2
A monument honoring Rev. Samuel Mather M.A., a member of the prominent Mather family of colonial New England, contains a bronze plaque affixed to a rough cut granite boulder. The plaque contains a coat of arms and includes some of the tragic history of Deerfield, MA. It is inscribed:
IN MEMORY OF
REV. SAMUEL MATHER M.A.
PIONEER MINISTER OF DEERFIELD 1673-75
WHO LIVED IN A HOUSE ON THIS SITE
BORN AT DORCHESTER, 1650 GRADUATE HARVARD COLLEGE
MARRIED HANNAH, DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR ROBERT TREAT
OF CONNECTICUT 1676
SON OF TIMOTHY AND GRANDSON OF REV. RICHARD MATHER
MINISTER OF TOXTETH, ENGLAND AND DORCHESTER, MASS.
FOUNDER OF THE NOTED MATHER FAMILY OF AMERICA
GRANDSON OF GENERAL H. ATHERTON
OF THE COLONIAL ARMY AND FRENCH INDIAN WARS
CHOSEN BY THE GENERAL CONSENT
OF THE CLERGY OF CONNECTICUT IN 1700
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
AND FIRST TRUSTEE OF YALE COLLEGE.
MINISTER AT WINDSOR CONNECTICUT
FROM 1682 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1728.
AFTER BLOODY BROOK MASSACRE IN 1675 THIS TOWN WAS DESTROYED
BY INDIANS AND THE CHURCH SCATTERED.
AT THE REQUEST OF HE SURVIVORS HE WAITED FOUR YEARS
WHEN, THERE BEING NO PROSPECT OF THE RE-SETTLEMENT
HE ACCEPTED A CALL TO ANOTHER CHURCH.
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE CHURCHES OF THE COLONY
WHEREOF HE HATH BEEN FOR MANY YEARS
A FAITHFUL PASTOR. FOR HIS PIETY, GRAVITY AND USEFULNESS
Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link]
Location: Mather House - Old Main St. Deerfield, MA
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