| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Mather, Samuel |
| Title: | Samuel Mather Record Book |
| Dates: | 1825-1840 |
| Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Samuel Mather, Jr. (b. 1745) was a descendant of Cotton and Increase Mather. He owned land in York and Lafayette townships, Medina County, and in Sheffield, Ashtabula County. His heirs included his sons, Thomas, Samuel and James Mather, and his daughters, Anna Lord, Mehitable and Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman and Lydia Hubbard. The collection consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs." |
| MS Number | MS 3262 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Samuel Mather Record Book, 1825-1840, consists of a bound volume detailing the distribution of Mather's estate, entitled "Division of lands in the Western Reserve state of Ohio belonging to Samuel Mather Junior Esq. deceased among his heirs."
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of Cleveland, Ohio, and the Mather family there in the nineteenth century. Heirs included in the record book included Thomas Mather, Samuel Mather, James Mather, Anna Lord, Mehitable Sill, Margaret Sill, Fanny Chapman, and Lydia Hubbard. The land consisted of tracts in Lafayette and York townships in Medina County, Ohio, and Sheffield, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3262 Samuel Mather Record Book, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of R. Henry Norweb in 1965.