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.

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instanceOf Puritan minister
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, Province of Massachusetts Bay
educatedAt Harvard College
Trinity College Dublin
ethnicGroup English colonists in North America
familyName Mather
father Richard Mather
fullName Increase Mather
givenName Increase
influenced Cotton Mather
New England Congregational churches
knownFor efforts to moderate witchcraft prosecutions
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 New England Puritanism
notableWork A Brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England
A Call from Heaven
An Essay for the Recording of Illustrious Providences
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits
Remarkable Providences
The Order of the Gospel
occupation author
college president
minister
politician
theologian
positionHeld Agent of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in England
Minister of the Second Church in Boston
President of Harvard College
Rector of Harvard College
religion Congregationalism
Puritanism
residence Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
sibling Eleazar Mather
Nathaniel Mather
Samuel Mather
spouse Maria Cotton


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