INCREASE MATHER
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Ms DelGrego
CP Junior English
November 7th 2011
Birth
June 1639 State Born: Massachusetts
Childhood
Youngest out of the 5 kids Entered Harvard at the age of 12 Delivered first sermon at age 18
Family Life
Married his step sister Maria Cotton Had 10 Kids 7 Daughters 3 Sons
Education
Graduated from Harvard college President of Harvard college
Career
Received a transcript titled “The Day of Trouble is Near”- influential speech
Became a minister
Religious practices
Puritan
Death
August 1723 Age: 84
Works CitedMadden, Mathew. “Increase Mather.” Famous American Trials: Salem
Witch Trials 1692. 03 Nov. 2011. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/ASA_INC.HTM.
Stevens, Patsy. “THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS: Increase Mathers.” Garden of Praise: Free Education Materials 2007. 03 Nov. 2011
http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdmath.htm
Tuckerman, Joseph. “Increase Mather.” Increase Mather: NNBD Tracking The Entire World. 1995. 03 Nov. 2011.
http://www.nndb.com/people/376/000048232/