Catharine Mather

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name
Catharine Mather
aka
[Catherine Mather, Catharine Marvin]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Wife of Capt. Elisha Marvin of Lyme, Connecticut, whom she married in 1739, and the mother of his seven children, probably including Capt. Timothy Marvin. Born at Lyme in 1717/18, probably a daughter of Capt. Timothy Mather and Sarah Noyes, she was remembered as a charming woman of devout character and lively wit. She died at Lyme in 1799.
born
date
11 Jan 1717/18
place
Lyme, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather, book-salisbury-1892-family-histories]
note
Mather (1890) and Salisbury print "Jan. 11, 1717," the Old Style year.
died
date
4 Dec 1799
place
Lyme, Connecticut
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather]
father
id
timothy-mather-1681
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather, book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
research
research/hatten/Hatten_Philbrick_Marvin.md
mother
id
sarah-noyes-1683
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather]

Wife of Capt. Elisha Marvin of Lyme, whom she married in 1739, and mother of his seven children. The Marvin genealogy says she "was 'a charming woman of devout character, endowed with lively wit, and very agreeable in conversation'" (source). Salisbury tells the story behind it. The "annual seating" of the meeting-house placed each family by its standing in the town for the year, and "on one occasion, her family were moved down a seat or two, when she merely said: 'We will grace that seat this year'" (source).

She was a daughter of Capt. Timothy Mather and Sarah Noyes. Through her father she was a great-granddaughter of Joseph Wise of Roxbury and a great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Richard Mather and of Maj.-Gen. Humphrey Atherton; through her mother, a granddaughter of Rev. Moses Noyes and Ruth Pickett, and so of the Brewsters of Plymouth. Her sister Ruth married Elisha's brother James Marvin. Her brother Rev. Moses Mather (1719-1806) of Darien was the great-great-grandfather of Stephen Tyng Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. Her eldest son was named Pickett.

Research: Notable connections of Patricia Hatten (1940-2009): the paternal Hatten line.

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  2. name: Catharine Mather
  3. aka: [Catherine Mather, Catharine Marvin]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Wife of Capt. Elisha Marvin of Lyme, Connecticut, whom she married in 1739, and the mother of his
  8. seven children, probably including Capt. Timothy Marvin. Born at Lyme in 1717/18, probably a
  9. daughter of Capt. Timothy Mather and Sarah Noyes, she was remembered as a charming woman of devout
  10. character and lively wit. She died at Lyme in 1799.
  11. born:
  12. date: 11 Jan 1717/18
  13. place: Lyme, Connecticut
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather, book-salisbury-1892-family-histories]
  17. note: Mather (1890) and Salisbury print "Jan. 11, 1717," the Old Style year.
  18. died:
  19. date: 4 Dec 1799
  20. place: Lyme, Connecticut
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather]
  24. father:
  25. id: timothy-mather-1681
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather, book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin]
  29. research: research/hatten/Hatten_Philbrick_Marvin.md
  30. mother:
  31. id: sarah-noyes-1683
  32. basis: compiled
  33. confidence: probable
  34. sources: [book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin, book-mather-1890-lineage-rev-richard-mather]
  35. ---
  37. Wife of [Capt. Elisha Marvin](/people/elisha-marvin-1718/) of Lyme, whom she married in 1739, and
  38. mother of his seven children. The Marvin genealogy says she "was 'a charming woman of devout
  39. character, endowed with lively wit, and very agreeable in conversation'"
  40. ([source](/files/sources/book-marvin-1904-reinold-and-matthew-marvin/)). Salisbury tells the story behind
  41. it. The "annual seating" of the meeting-house placed each family by its standing in the town for the
  42. year, and "on one occasion, her family were moved down a seat or two, when she merely said: 'We will
  43. grace that seat this year'" ([source](/files/sources/book-salisbury-1892-family-histories/)).
  45. She was a daughter of Capt. Timothy Mather and Sarah Noyes. Through her father she was a
  46. great-granddaughter of Joseph Wise of Roxbury and a great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Richard Mather
  47. and of Maj.-Gen. Humphrey Atherton; through her mother, a granddaughter of Rev. Moses Noyes and Ruth
  48. Pickett, and so of the Brewsters of Plymouth. Her sister Ruth married Elisha's brother James Marvin.
  49. Her brother Rev. Moses Mather (1719-1806) of Darien was the great-great-grandfather of Stephen Tyng
  50. Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. Her eldest son was named Pickett.
  52. Research: `research/hatten/Hatten_Philbrick_Marvin.md`.
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