Background
Mather, Increase was born on June 21, 1639 in Dorchester. Massachusetts. Son of Richard and Katherine (Holt) Mather.
Mather, Increase was born on June 21, 1639 in Dorchester. Massachusetts. Son of Richard and Katherine (Holt) Mather.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1656. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1658.
Delaware to Ecclesiastical Synod from Dorchester. Pastor North Church, Boston, 1664, teacher 2d Church, Boston, 1664. Appointed a licenser of press, 1674.
Appointed fellow Harvard, 1674, acting president, 1685, president, 1686-1701. Chosen to take petitions from Congregational chs. in colony to King James II, 1688. Agent for Massachusetts in England, 1690, accepted charter from King William III. Author: Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits.
A Brief History of the War with the Indians, 1676. A Relation of the Troubles Which Have Happened in New England by Reason of the Indians There, 1677. Life and Death of That Reverend Man of God, Mr.
Richard Mather, 1670. Also sermons: The Great Blessing of Primitive Counsellours,” 1693. “The Surest Way to the Greatest Honour,” 1699.
Married Maria Cotton, March 1662, 10 children including Cotton. Married second, Ann Lake, 1715.