Increase Mather

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Puritan minister clergyman person political leader theologian

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.

Aliases (1)

Mather ×3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
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 →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Call from Heaven → Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits → Remarkable Providences → The Order of the Gospel →	author
Eleazar Mather ("Mather") → Increase Mather ("Mather") → Nathaniel Mather ("Mather") →	familyName
Puritanism → Salem witch trials →	keyFigure
Eleazar Mather → Nathaniel Mather →	sibling
A Call from Heaven →	associatedWithPerson
Copp's Hill Burying Ground →	burialPlaceOf
Richard Mather →	child
Remarkable Providences →	compiler
Cotton Mather →	father
Increase Mather →	fullName
Increase →	hasGivenNameBearer
Mather family →	hasNotableMember
Cotton Mather →	influencedBy
Increase →	notableBearer
Magnalia Christi Americana →	notablePersonDescribed
Maria Cotton →	notableRelative
Eleazar Mather →	relative
Maria Cotton →	spouse
Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits →	workOfAuthor