Richard Mather

The Reverend Richard Mather
Illustration of Richard Mather by John Foster), c. 1675.
Born	1596 Lowton, Winwick, Lancashire, England
Died	22 April 1669 (aged 72–73) Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Education	Brasenose College, Oxford
Occupation	Minister
Spouses	Katherine Hoult Sarah Hankredge
Children	Samuel Nathaniel Increase

Richard Mather (1596 – 22 April 1669) was a New England Puritan minister in colonial Boston. He was father to Increase Mather and grandfather to Cotton Mather, both celebrated Boston theologians.