Mather Byles II (12 January 1734/1735 – 12 March 1814), was a Congregational clergyman at New London,

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until 1768. In 1768 he entered the

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, and became

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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. The son of Mather Byles (1706–1788), 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.

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