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| Birth: | 12 Feb 1662/63 in Boston, Mass. 1 2 3 |
| Death: | 13 Feb 1726/27 in Boston, Mass. 1 2 3 |
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| Father: | Increase Mather b. 1639 in Dorchester, Mass. |
| Mother: | Maria Cotton b. 16 Feb 1639/40 in Boston, Suffolk, Mass. |
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MARRIAGE: New England Marriages: Prior to 1700 (C. A. Torrey) p. 496 Mather, Cotton (1663-1728), son of Increase Mather , born in Boston, and educated at Harvard College (now Harvard University). He served with his father in the ministry of Boston's North Church from 1685 until the elder Mather died (1723) and served thereafter as sole pastor until his own death. Mather was a highly influential writer. His Magnalia Christi Americana (1702), an ecclesiastical history of New England, ranks among the most important and scholarly works produced during America's first 100 years. He also wrote extensively on the subject of witchcraft. Mather's interest in science prompted him to champion inoculations
against smallpox in 1721, and w ith the American physician Zabdiel Boylston, he did much to conquer public pr ejudice against the practice. Because of these achievements Mather was the fi rst native-born American inducted into the Royal Society of London. His numer ous books include works on history, science, biography, and theology. Among t hem are Wonders of the Invisible World (1693), an account of some of the Salem witchcraft cases; Essays to Do Good (1710); and Ratio disciplinae (1726),
a discussion of Congregational church government. Cotton Mather is the 1st Cousin, 9 Times Removed of Jenny Lind . Mather Pettys. That makes him the 1st Cousin, 10 times removed of her son, Richard R. Pettys, Sr., and the 1st cousin 11 times removed of my children, Richard Jr., William Howland II and Clement Nelson. Salem Witchcraft Trials. In 1692 the famous witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts. The episode began when a group of young girls accused others, generally older women, of consorting with the devil. Before the trials were over, 300 men and women had been accused. Twenty people were executed, including a minister who intoned the Lord's Prayer before his death. S oon after the trials, the weight of opinion in Massachusetts turned against the superstition of witchcraft, and no other trials of this sort were held in New England. For the online link to early Salem , Mass. vital records : http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords/ . Thank - you !! WJD .
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