Increase Mather

Increase Mather was a writer, theologian, university teacher and christian minister (1639–1723). He was born at Dorchester and died at Boston.

Increase Mather in brief

Born
1639
Died
1723
Known for
writer, theologian, university teacher and christian minister
Place of birth
Dorchester
Contents

Identity and origins

His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Protestantism.

He was the child of Richard Mather and Catherine Holt. He married Maria Cotton and Anne Lake. 4 children are recorded: Cotton Mather, Elizabeth Mather, Samuel Mather and Abigail Mather.

Catalogued works

32 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1701 to 1988.

The wonders of the invisible world. Wonders of the Unseen World. Kill the Witches! Remarkable Providences. Early History of New England. Brief History of the Warr with the Indians in New England. Early History of New England; Being a Relation of Hostile Passages Between the Indians and European Voyagers and First Settlers. Brief History of the Warr [sic] with the Indians in New-England. Diary. Wo to Drunkards. Two Sermons Testifying Against the Sin of Drunkenness. Mystery of Christ. Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing. An Arrow Against Profane and Promiscuous Dancing. A Dissertation Concerning the Future Conversion of the Jewish Nation. Answering the Objections of the Reverend and Learned Mr. Baxter, Dr. Lightfoot, ... the First Resurrection. By Increase Mather,. The Voice of God, in Stormy Winds. Considered, in two Sermons, Occasioned by the Dreadful and Unparallel'd Storm, in the European Nations. Novemb. ... Increase Mather. [Five Lines of Quotations]. A Call to the Tempted. a Sermon on the Horrid Crime of Self-Murder, Preached on a Remarkable Occasion, by the Memorable Dr. Increase Mather. and Now ... Suicides. [five Lines of Quotation in Latin]. A Guide to Christ, Or, the Way of Directing Souls That Are Under the Work of Conversion. A Guide to Christ. The Wonders of the Invisible World. Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New England. Soul-Saving Gospel Truths; Delivered in Several Sermons, Wherein Is Shewed. The History Of King Philip's War. The Doctrine Of Divine Providence Opened And Applied. Remarkable providences illustrative of the earlier days of American colonisation, dated 1856. The Blessed Hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ, opened and applied in several sermons, dated 1701, illustrations: engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 24.90.1821. Parentator: Memoirs of Remarkables in the Life and Death of the Ever-memorable Dr. Increase Mather, who expired August 23, 1723, dated 1724, illustrations: engraving, woodcut, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 24.90.1913. Increase Mather : the foremost American Puritan / by Kenneth Ballard Murdock., dated 1925, held by Wellcome Collection. Increase Mather, his works : being a short-title catalogue of the published writings that can be ascribed to him / compiled by Thomas J. Holmes., dated 1930, held by Wellcome Collection. M0018350: Portrait of Increase Mather (1639-1723), dated November 1960, held by Wellcome Collection. The last American Puritan : the life of Increase Mather, 1639-1723 / Michael G. Hall., dated 1988, held by Wellcome Collection. Remarkable providences illustrative of the earlier days of American colonisation / by Increase Mather ; with introductory preface by George Offor., dated 1856, held by Wellcome Collection. Meditations on the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ delivered in several sermons. By Increase Mather. [Seven lines of Scripture texts]., dated 1705, held by Wellcome Collection. Memoirs of the life of the late Reverend Increase Mather, D.D. Who died August 23, 1723. With a Preface by the Reverend Edmund Calamy, D.D., dated 1725, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 120 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

CHAPTER XXI. INCREASE MATHER, Increase Mather, 1925. Mather, Increase, D.D. (1639–1723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Mather, Increase (1639-1723), Puritan minister, American National Biography Online, 2000. CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND . — T H E BIRTH OF INCREASE MATHER, Increase Mather, 1925. As Vozes de Deus, Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

A Disquisition Concerning Ecclesiastical Councils: Proving, that Not Only ... (1870) — Internet Archive. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately ... (1862) — Internet Archive. Diary (1900) — Internet Archive. A Faithful Man Described and Rewarded: A Sermon Preached at Malden, June 24, 1705, Occassioned ... (1849) — Internet Archive. A guide to Christ: or, The way of directing souls that are under the work of ... (1827) — Internet Archive. Remarkable Providences Illustrative of the Earlier Days of American Colonisation (1856) — Internet Archive. De successu Evangelii apud indos occidentales, in novâAngliâ; epistola. ... scripta, a Crescentio Mathero apud Bostonienses V.D.M. nec non collegii Harvardini quod est Cantabrigia NovAnglorum, rectore (1699) — Internet Archive. An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism, with Practical Inferences from Each Question: As it ... (1767) — Internet Archive. The Times Of Men Are In The Hand Of God: Or a Sermon (1675) — Internet Archive. Cases of Conscience Concerning Evil Spirits (1693) — Internet Archive. Remarkable Providences (1890) — Internet Archive. The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1639Increase Mather born at Dorchester.
  2. 1699De successu Evangelii apud indos occidentales, in novâAngliâ; epistola. ... scripta, a Crescentio Mathero apud Bostonienses V.D.M. nec non collegii Harvardini quod est Cantabrigia NovAnglorum, rectore digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1723Increase Mather died at Boston.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MATHERS IN NEW ENGLAND . — T H E BIRTH OF INCREASE MATHER, Increase Mather, 1925

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    CHAPTER XXI. INCREASE MATHER, Increase Mather, 1925

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    Mather, Increase (1639-1723), Puritan minister, American National Biography Online, 2000

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    Mather, Increase, D.D. (1639–1723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

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    Open Library author record for Increase Mather (Internet Archive), 23 catalogued works.

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    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Increase Mather.

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    Internet Archive, 17 digitised items catalogued under Increase Mather as creator.

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    Project Gutenberg holds 1 full text attributed to Increase Mather.

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    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Increase Mather (2 objects).

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 120 works naming Increase Mather.

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2632251: Increase Mather

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  12. 12.

    “Increase Mather”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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