Byles family papers, 1757-1837.

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Byles family papers, 1757-1837.

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Correspondence and other papers of Mather Byles (1735-1814) of Boston and Halifax and other members of his family relating to family matters and to their Loyalist exile.

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Byles, Mather, 1735-1814

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Mather Byles (1735-1814), Episcopal clergyman and Loyalist, was born in Boston, Mass., on 12 January 1735, the son of Mather Byles (1707-1788) and the great-grandson of Increase Mather (1639-1723). He graduated from Harvard in 1751 and settled as minister of the First Congregational Church of New London, Conn., in 1757. In 1768 he converted to Church of England and took a position with Christ Church in Boston, Mass., remaining there until 1775. In 1776, Byles became a refugee at Halifax, N.S., a...

Biles family.

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