REVEREND MATHER BYLES, D.D.
Mather Byles, Junior, D.D., was a son of the Reverend Mather Byles, D.D.,first pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on his mother's side descended from Richard Mather and John Cotton. Mather Byles, Junior, was born in Boston in 1734, and graduated at Harvard College in 1751. In 1757, he was ordained at New London to the ministry of the Congregational Church, his father preaching the sermon. "Eleven years after, his ministry came to an abrupt termination. Without previous intimation, he called a meeting of his church, and requested dismission, that he might accept an invitation to become rector of the North, or Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston. His congregation was much displeased and the record on the church books, April 12, 1768, is: "The Rev. Mr. Byles dismissed himself from the church and congregation." Before the close of 1768, he was inducted into the rectorship of Christ Church, of which he was the third rector. In 1776, with his family of four persons, he went to Halifax, and in 1778 was proscribed and banished. Soon after his arrival in Halifax, he was appointed garrison chaplain. He also assisted Dr. Breynton at St. Paul's, and after the latter went to England in 1785, he and Mr. Weeks divided the duty between them. In 1789, Dr. Byles went to St. John, New Brunswick, where he became rector of Trinity Church, and chaplain of the Province. See the report of the S. P. G. for 1791, in which year Trinity Church was opened. At a vestry meeting of Trinity Church, December 8, 1791, it was resolved, "that the old Church be sold, price £200. The bell, organ, and King's Coat of Arms be removed to Trinity Church." These royal arms were probably originally on the walls of the council chamber of the Town House in Boston, whence they were taken by some of the Loyalists, when they left that city for St. John. In the council chamber they probably hung between the portraits of King Charles II. and King James II., "in a splendid golden frame."
Dr. Byles was a learned and able, and high-spirited man. He died at St. John, March 12, 1814, in his eightieth year. His daughter Anna was married at St. John, August 22, 1799, to Thomas Desbrisay, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. His daughter Rebecca, born in New London, in 1762, was married to Dr. William James Almon, of Halifax, surgeon to the Ordnance and Artillery, and died there in 1853. His daughter Elizabeth was married to William Scovil of St. John, and died in 1808, aged forty-one. His son Belcher died in England in 1815, aged thirty-five. His son Mather died at Grenada, in 1803, aged thirty.
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Mather Byles, Jr. (1735-1814), the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and Anna Gale née Noyes Byles, was a clergyman and Loyalist. He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and worked as minister of the First Church in New London, Conn., and Christ Church in Boston. In 1776, following the Siege of Boston, he removed his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with other Massachusetts Loyalists, where he served as chaplain to the garrison. He was happily married three times: first to Rebecca Walter (1739-1775)12 May 1761 in Roxbury (Boston), second to Sarah Lyde (1746-1787)10 Feb 1777 in Halifax, NS;, and third to Susanna née Lawlor Reid {widowed Col. Reid of Royal Artillery}(b. 1750) m.2 Oct 1788, also in Halifax proved a good mother to his 13 children by his first two unions. His children included: Rebecca "Becca" Byles (1762-1853), who married Dr. William Almon of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mather Byles III (1764-Dec 17 1802), the commissary general at Grenada, British West Indies, who m.June 1797/1799 Mary Bridgewater, eldest dau of Chief Justice Bridgewater of Grenada; Elizabeth Byles (1767-1808), who married William Scovil; Anna Byles (1768-1830); Sarah Byles (1770-1855); and Belcher Byles (1780-1815), who married Sarah Louisa Lyde (1779-1871) in 1808.
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Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814), was a Congregational clergyman at New London, Connecticut until 1768. In 1768 he entered the Established Church, and became rector of Christ Church, Boston. Graduated from Harvard University in 1751.
Sympathizing with the royal cause, he settled, after the War of Independence in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Chaplain to the Garrison and later in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was rector of a church until his death.
Second FaG for Rev Mather 20495085
The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution By James Henry Stark
also http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0314
He died on 12 March 1814 in the very chair in which his father and grandfather had died
Mather Byles, Junior, D.D., was a son of the Reverend Mather Byles, D.D.,first pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on his mother's side descended from Richard Mather and John Cotton. Mather Byles, Junior, was born in Boston in 1734, and graduated at Harvard College in 1751. In 1757, he was ordained at New London to the ministry of the Congregational Church, his father preaching the sermon. "Eleven years after, his ministry came to an abrupt termination. Without previous intimation, he called a meeting of his church, and requested dismission, that he might accept an invitation to become rector of the North, or Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston. His congregation was much displeased and the record on the church books, April 12, 1768, is: "The Rev. Mr. Byles dismissed himself from the church and congregation." Before the close of 1768, he was inducted into the rectorship of Christ Church, of which he was the third rector. In 1776, with his family of four persons, he went to Halifax, and in 1778 was proscribed and banished. Soon after his arrival in Halifax, he was appointed garrison chaplain. He also assisted Dr. Breynton at St. Paul's, and after the latter went to England in 1785, he and Mr. Weeks divided the duty between them. In 1789, Dr. Byles went to St. John, New Brunswick, where he became rector of Trinity Church, and chaplain of the Province. See the report of the S. P. G. for 1791, in which year Trinity Church was opened. At a vestry meeting of Trinity Church, December 8, 1791, it was resolved, "that the old Church be sold, price £200. The bell, organ, and King's Coat of Arms be removed to Trinity Church." These royal arms were probably originally on the walls of the council chamber of the Town House in Boston, whence they were taken by some of the Loyalists, when they left that city for St. John. In the council chamber they probably hung between the portraits of King Charles II. and King James II., "in a splendid golden frame."
Dr. Byles was a learned and able, and high-spirited man. He died at St. John, March 12, 1814, in his eightieth year. His daughter Anna was married at St. John, August 22, 1799, to Thomas Desbrisay, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. His daughter Rebecca, born in New London, in 1762, was married to Dr. William James Almon, of Halifax, surgeon to the Ordnance and Artillery, and died there in 1853. His daughter Elizabeth was married to William Scovil of St. John, and died in 1808, aged forty-one. His son Belcher died in England in 1815, aged thirty-five. His son Mather died at Grenada, in 1803, aged thirty.
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Mather Byles, Jr. (1735-1814), the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and Anna Gale née Noyes Byles, was a clergyman and Loyalist. He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and worked as minister of the First Church in New London, Conn., and Christ Church in Boston. In 1776, following the Siege of Boston, he removed his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with other Massachusetts Loyalists, where he served as chaplain to the garrison. He was happily married three times: first to Rebecca Walter (1739-1775)12 May 1761 in Roxbury (Boston), second to Sarah Lyde (1746-1787)10 Feb 1777 in Halifax, NS;, and third to Susanna née Lawlor Reid {widowed Col. Reid of Royal Artillery}(b. 1750) m.2 Oct 1788, also in Halifax proved a good mother to his 13 children by his first two unions. His children included: Rebecca "Becca" Byles (1762-1853), who married Dr. William Almon of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mather Byles III (1764-Dec 17 1802), the commissary general at Grenada, British West Indies, who m.June 1797/1799 Mary Bridgewater, eldest dau of Chief Justice Bridgewater of Grenada; Elizabeth Byles (1767-1808), who married William Scovil; Anna Byles (1768-1830); Sarah Byles (1770-1855); and Belcher Byles (1780-1815), who married Sarah Louisa Lyde (1779-1871) in 1808.
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Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814), was a Congregational clergyman at New London, Connecticut until 1768. In 1768 he entered the Established Church, and became rector of Christ Church, Boston. Graduated from Harvard University in 1751.
Sympathizing with the royal cause, he settled, after the War of Independence in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Chaplain to the Garrison and later in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was rector of a church until his death.
Second FaG for Rev Mather 20495085
The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution By James Henry Stark
also http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0314
He died on 12 March 1814 in the very chair in which his father and grandfather had died
REVEREND MATHER BYLES, D.D.
Mather Byles, Junior, D.D., was a son of the Reverend Mather Byles, D.D.,first pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on his mother's side descended from Richard Mather and John Cotton. Mather Byles, Junior, was born in Boston in 1734, and graduated at Harvard College in 1751. In 1757, he was ordained at New London to the ministry of the Congregational Church, his father preaching the sermon. "Eleven years after, his ministry came to an abrupt termination. Without previous intimation, he called a meeting of his church, and requested dismission, that he might accept an invitation to become rector of the North, or Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston. His congregation was much displeased and the record on the church books, April 12, 1768, is: "The Rev. Mr. Byles dismissed himself from the church and congregation." Before the close of 1768, he was inducted into the rectorship of Christ Church, of which he was the third rector. In 1776, with his family of four persons, he went to Halifax, and in 1778 was proscribed and banished. Soon after his arrival in Halifax, he was appointed garrison chaplain. He also assisted Dr. Breynton at St. Paul's, and after the latter went to England in 1785, he and Mr. Weeks divided the duty between them. In 1789, Dr. Byles went to St. John, New Brunswick, where he became rector of Trinity Church, and chaplain of the Province. See the report of the S. P. G. for 1791, in which year Trinity Church was opened. At a vestry meeting of Trinity Church, December 8, 1791, it was resolved, "that the old Church be sold, price £200. The bell, organ, and King's Coat of Arms be removed to Trinity Church." These royal arms were probably originally on the walls of the council chamber of the Town House in Boston, whence they were taken by some of the Loyalists, when they left that city for St. John. In the council chamber they probably hung between the portraits of King Charles II. and King James II., "in a splendid golden frame."
Dr. Byles was a learned and able, and high-spirited man. He died at St. John, March 12, 1814, in his eightieth year. His daughter Anna was married at St. John, August 22, 1799, to Thomas Desbrisay, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. His daughter Rebecca, born in New London, in 1762, was married to Dr. William James Almon, of Halifax, surgeon to the Ordnance and Artillery, and died there in 1853. His daughter Elizabeth was married to William Scovil of St. John, and died in 1808, aged forty-one. His son Belcher died in England in 1815, aged thirty-five. His son Mather died at Grenada, in 1803, aged thirty.
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Mather Byles, Jr. (1735-1814), the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and Anna Gale née Noyes Byles, was a clergyman and Loyalist. He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and worked as minister of the First Church in New London, Conn., and Christ Church in Boston. In 1776, following the Siege of Boston, he removed his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with other Massachusetts Loyalists, where he served as chaplain to the garrison. He was happily married three times: first to Rebecca Walter (1739-1775)12 May 1761 in Roxbury (Boston), second to Sarah Lyde (1746-1787)10 Feb 1777 in Halifax, NS;, and third to Susanna née Lawlor Reid {widowed Col. Reid of Royal Artillery}(b. 1750) m.2 Oct 1788, also in Halifax proved a good mother to his 13 children by his first two unions. His children included: Rebecca "Becca" Byles (1762-1853), who married Dr. William Almon of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mather Byles III (1764-Dec 17 1802), the commissary general at Grenada, British West Indies, who m.June 1797/1799 Mary Bridgewater, eldest dau of Chief Justice Bridgewater of Grenada; Elizabeth Byles (1767-1808), who married William Scovil; Anna Byles (1768-1830); Sarah Byles (1770-1855); and Belcher Byles (1780-1815), who married Sarah Louisa Lyde (1779-1871) in 1808.
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Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814), was a Congregational clergyman at New London, Connecticut until 1768. In 1768 he entered the Established Church, and became rector of Christ Church, Boston. Graduated from Harvard University in 1751.
Sympathizing with the royal cause, he settled, after the War of Independence in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Chaplain to the Garrison and later in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was rector of a church until his death.
Second FaG for Rev Mather 20495085
The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution By James Henry Stark
also http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0314
He died on 12 March 1814 in the very chair in which his father and grandfather had died
Mather Byles, Junior, D.D., was a son of the Reverend Mather Byles, D.D.,first pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, on his mother's side descended from Richard Mather and John Cotton. Mather Byles, Junior, was born in Boston in 1734, and graduated at Harvard College in 1751. In 1757, he was ordained at New London to the ministry of the Congregational Church, his father preaching the sermon. "Eleven years after, his ministry came to an abrupt termination. Without previous intimation, he called a meeting of his church, and requested dismission, that he might accept an invitation to become rector of the North, or Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston. His congregation was much displeased and the record on the church books, April 12, 1768, is: "The Rev. Mr. Byles dismissed himself from the church and congregation." Before the close of 1768, he was inducted into the rectorship of Christ Church, of which he was the third rector. In 1776, with his family of four persons, he went to Halifax, and in 1778 was proscribed and banished. Soon after his arrival in Halifax, he was appointed garrison chaplain. He also assisted Dr. Breynton at St. Paul's, and after the latter went to England in 1785, he and Mr. Weeks divided the duty between them. In 1789, Dr. Byles went to St. John, New Brunswick, where he became rector of Trinity Church, and chaplain of the Province. See the report of the S. P. G. for 1791, in which year Trinity Church was opened. At a vestry meeting of Trinity Church, December 8, 1791, it was resolved, "that the old Church be sold, price £200. The bell, organ, and King's Coat of Arms be removed to Trinity Church." These royal arms were probably originally on the walls of the council chamber of the Town House in Boston, whence they were taken by some of the Loyalists, when they left that city for St. John. In the council chamber they probably hung between the portraits of King Charles II. and King James II., "in a splendid golden frame."
Dr. Byles was a learned and able, and high-spirited man. He died at St. John, March 12, 1814, in his eightieth year. His daughter Anna was married at St. John, August 22, 1799, to Thomas Desbrisay, Lieutenant-Colonel of Artillery. His daughter Rebecca, born in New London, in 1762, was married to Dr. William James Almon, of Halifax, surgeon to the Ordnance and Artillery, and died there in 1853. His daughter Elizabeth was married to William Scovil of St. John, and died in 1808, aged forty-one. His son Belcher died in England in 1815, aged thirty-five. His son Mather died at Grenada, in 1803, aged thirty.
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Mather Byles, Jr. (1735-1814), the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and Anna Gale née Noyes Byles, was a clergyman and Loyalist. He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and worked as minister of the First Church in New London, Conn., and Christ Church in Boston. In 1776, following the Siege of Boston, he removed his family to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with other Massachusetts Loyalists, where he served as chaplain to the garrison. He was happily married three times: first to Rebecca Walter (1739-1775)12 May 1761 in Roxbury (Boston), second to Sarah Lyde (1746-1787)10 Feb 1777 in Halifax, NS;, and third to Susanna née Lawlor Reid {widowed Col. Reid of Royal Artillery}(b. 1750) m.2 Oct 1788, also in Halifax proved a good mother to his 13 children by his first two unions. His children included: Rebecca "Becca" Byles (1762-1853), who married Dr. William Almon of Halifax, Nova Scotia; Mather Byles III (1764-Dec 17 1802), the commissary general at Grenada, British West Indies, who m.June 1797/1799 Mary Bridgewater, eldest dau of Chief Justice Bridgewater of Grenada; Elizabeth Byles (1767-1808), who married William Scovil; Anna Byles (1768-1830); Sarah Byles (1770-1855); and Belcher Byles (1780-1815), who married Sarah Louisa Lyde (1779-1871) in 1808.
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Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814), was a Congregational clergyman at New London, Connecticut until 1768. In 1768 he entered the Established Church, and became rector of Christ Church, Boston. Graduated from Harvard University in 1751.
Sympathizing with the royal cause, he settled, after the War of Independence in Halifax, Nova Scotia as Chaplain to the Garrison and later in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he was rector of a church until his death.
Second FaG for Rev Mather 20495085
The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution By James Henry Stark
also http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0314
He died on 12 March 1814 in the very chair in which his father and grandfather had died
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