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Son Le Ms DelGrego CP Junior English November 7 th 2011. Increase Mather. 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
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Son Le Ms DelGrego CP Junior English November 7th 2011 Increase Mather
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 Cited Madden, 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/