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See also:BYLES, See also:MATHER (1706-1788) , See also:American clergyman, was See also:born in See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, on the 26th of See also:March 1706, descended, on his See also:mother's See also:side, from See also:John See also:Cotton and See also:Richard Mather. He graduated at Harvard in 1725, and in 1733 became pastor of the Hollis See also:Street See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (Congregational), Boston. He held a high See also:rank among the See also:clergy of the See also:province and was noted for his scholarly sermons and his ready wit. At the out-break of the See also:War of See also:Independence he was outspoken in his advocacy of the royal cause, and after the See also:British evacuation of Boston his connexion with his church was dissolved. He remained in Boston, however, and subsequently (1777) was arrested, tried and sentenced to See also:deportation. This See also:sentence was later changed to imprisonment in his own See also:house. He was soon released, but never resumed his pastorate. He died in Boston on the 5th of See also:July 1788. Besides many sermons he published A Poem on the See also:Death of See also:George I. (1727) and' See also:Miscellaneous Poems (1744).
His son, MATHER BYLES (1735-1814), graduated at Harvard in 1751, and was a Congregational clergyman at New See also:London, See also:Connecticut, until 1768, when he entered the Established Church, and became See also:rector of See also:Christ church, Boston. Sympathizing with the royal cause, he settled, after the War of Independence, in St Johns, New See also:Brunswick, where he was rector of a church until his death.
End of Article: BYLES, MATHER (1706-1788)
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