Ebenezer Mather

M, b. 1730, d. 20 December 1794
FatherRev Nathaniel Mather b. 30 May 1695, d. 20 Mar 1748
MotherRuth Havens b. 24 Jan 1684, d. 9 May 1743
     Ebenezer was born in 1730 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Ebenezer married Margaret Downs, daughter of John Downs and Margaret Howell, on 16 April 1752 in Aquabogue in the Town of Southold.1 In the 1778 census, Ebenezer Marther is listed with a family of eight in Aquebogue District. He gave his age as 48 on Oath of Allegiance & Peaceable Behavior that was required by Gov. Tryon in 1778.2 The 1790 U.S. Federal Census enumerates at Minisink Town, Orange County, New York, the family of Ebenezer Mather - 2 males over 16; 1 male uner 16; 4 females.3 Ebenezer departed this life on Saturday, 20 December 1794 in Minisink Town at age 64 years.

Family

Margaret Downs b. c 1731
Children

Citations

  1. [S535] New York Marriage Records, 1686-1980: 16 April 1752 - Ebenezer Mather & Elizabeth Downs in Aquebogue, Suffolk, New York.
  2. [S506] Note: P.R.O. Colonial Office. Class 5, Vol. 1109, p. 81.
  3. [S668] 1790 United States Federal Census: Minisink, Orange County, New York - Sheet 362 - transcribed by Larry & Kathy McCurdy.