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- In 1681, the same year he became president of Harvard and when his son Cotton Mather was only 18-years-old, Increase Mather began work on a manuscript that was to be a collection of "illustrious providences" and he solicited contributions from the other Puritan ministers.
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Increase Mather (/ ˈ m æ ð ər /; June 21, 1639 Old Style [1] – August 23, 1723 Old Style) was a New England Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and president of Harvard College for twenty years (1681–1701). [2]
Aug 19, 2024 · Increase Mather, Congregational minister, author, and educator, who was a determining influence in the councils of New England during the period when leadership passed into the hands of the first native-born generation. He was the son of Richard Mather, son-in-law of John Cotton, and father of Cotton Mather.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
By 1680-1681, Increase Mather had "established himself as the conservative champion of the New England church." His predominant role in Puritan society would call him across the ocean, as turbulent events in England led to the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony's charter.
- Early Life
- Salem Witch Trials
- Legacy and Death
Increase Mather was a native of Massachusetts Bay Colony who was born in Dorchester on June 21, 1639, to his father, Reverend Richard Mather, and Kathrine Holt Mather. His parents had migrated from England to the 13 original colonies during the Great Migration. He was the youngest of six brothers: 1. Samuel 2. Nathaniel 3. Eleazar 4. Joseph 5. Timo...
Increase played a peculiar role during the Salem Witch Trials. When Increase arrived back from England, the hysteria surrounding the trials had already begun. He never condemned the trials and was even present during George Burrough's conviction but was skeptical over the allowance of spectral evidencein the courtroom. He rejected the tests for wit...
After the death of his wife Maria, he married Ann Cotton. Ann was the widow of his nephew John. On August 23, 1723, Increase Mather died of bladder failure at the age of 84. In his Last Will and Testament, he named his slave Spaniard. Spaniard most likely came from West Africa but spent time in the Spanish Caribbean colonies. In his will, he freed ...
INCREASE MATHER (1639-1723). Even more than his illustrious son Cotton, Increase Mather, is representative of American Puritanism in seventeenth-century New England. As a leader of Boston’s ministry, he became the defender of Puritan orthodoxy during its decline; as president of Harvard, he guided the college through its most difficult period ...
May 18, 2018 · Increase Mather went to England in 1688 to negotiate restoration of the colonial charter, revoked by James II. Failing in this, he returned with a charter that nullified the colonists' right to elect their governors but preserved the power of the representative assembly elected by voters.
Although Mather served his church throughout his lifetime and considered the ministry his principal calling in life, he was also elected president of Harvard College in 1681.
