flag female ancestor  Martha  MATHER

  (b. 7 September 1799 Lima, Livingston, New York, USA   d. 7 June 1851 Livingston, New York, USA )  

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Martha MATHER was born 7 September 1799 in Lima, Livingston, New York, USA

Martha MATHER was the child of ?   and   ?

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Martha  married  Henry DECKER 17 August 1817 .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Henry DECKER  was born 23 May 1795 in Painted Post, Erwin, Steuben, New York, USA.  Henry died abt. 1866 in New York, USA. 

Martha MATHER died 7 June 1851 in Livingston, New York, USA.





daughter of Timothy Mather and Sarah Ann Clark


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Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Nancy Ellen DECKER (b.9 October 1828, Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA  d. 13 December 1904, Springport, New York, USA )
m. Clinton Theron BACKUS 17 October 1855



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birth1799 Birth
7 September 1799
Lima, Livingston, New York, USA
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
marriage1817 Marriage / Partner
Martha MATHER and Henry DECKER 17 August 1817,

She was 17 years old.
1828 Birth of Child
Nancy Ellen DECKER was born 9 October 1828, Livonia, Livingston, New York, USA

Martha was 29 years old.
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1851 Death
7 June 1851
Livingston, New York, USA

She died at the age of 51.

Martha is buried at: Avon, Livingston, New York
Added: 1/23/2025 1:45:38 PM - Updated: 1/23/2025 1:46:10 PM
Did You Know?New York was named after the English Duke of York and Albany (and the brother of England's King Charles II) in 1664 when the region called New Amsterdam was taken from the Dutch. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1664 - New Amsterdam
1664 - 1687 - New York Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1788 - Crown Colony of New York
July 26, 1788 - Virginia becomes 11th U.S. state


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