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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American/Canadian academic
A.K.A.
Mather Byles II
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
12 January 1734(Boston)
Death:
12 March 1814(Saint John)
Family:
Mother:
Anna Gale
Father:
Mather Byles
Spouse(s):
Rebecca Walter
Sarah Lyde
Susanna Reid
Children:
Rebecca Byles
The details
Biography
Not to be confused with his father, Mather Byles I or his son Mather Byles III
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.
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.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1751.