Mather Byles (loyalist)
- Not to be confused with his father, Mather Byles I or his son Mather Byles III
| Mather Byles | |
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| Born |
12 January 1734/1735 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died |
12 March 1814 Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Alma mater | Harvard College, Yale College, University of Oxford |
| Occupation | cleric, rector of Christ Church, Boston |
Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814),[1] was a Congregational clergyman at New London, Connecticut Colony 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 College in 1751 at the age of twelve, and later received his MA from the school. He also graduated from Yale College and the University of Oxford.[1]
References
- 1 2 Wallace Brown, "Byles, Mather", Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Further reading
- Alfred Claghorn Potter, Charles Knowles Bolton (1897), The Librarians of Harvard College 1667-1877, Cambridge, Mass: Library of Harvard University
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