Increase Mather
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Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Increase Mather canonical | 25 |
| Mather | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Puritan minister
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clergyman ⓘ person ⓘ political leader ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1639-06-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| child | Cotton Mather ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1723-08-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English colonists in North America ⓘ |
| familyName |
Increase Mather
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mather
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| father | Richard Mather ⓘ |
| fullName | Increase Mather self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Increase ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cotton Mather
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New England clergy ⓘ
surface form:
New England Congregational churches
|
| knownFor |
efforts to moderate witchcraft prosecutions
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influence on colonial Massachusetts politics ⓘ leadership in New England Puritanism ⓘ negotiating the new charter of Massachusetts Bay after the revocation of the original charter ⓘ role in the aftermath of the Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Mather family ⓘ |
| movement |
Puritanism
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surface form:
New England Puritanism
|
| notableWork |
Magnalia Christi Americana
ⓘ
surface form:
A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England
A Call from Heaven ⓘ Remarkable Providences ⓘ
surface form:
An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits ⓘ Remarkable Providences ⓘ The Order of the Gospel ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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college president ⓘ minister ⓘ politician ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Agent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in England
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Minister of the Second Church in Boston ⓘ President of Harvard College ⓘ Rector of Harvard College ⓘ |
| religion |
Congregationalism
ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ |
| residence |
Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
|
| sibling |
Eleazar Mather
ⓘ
Nathaniel Mather ⓘ Samuel Mather ⓘ |
| spouse | Maria Cotton ⓘ |
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