GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002036
NameIncrease Mather
TitleDr
Gendermale
DenominationCongregationalist
Livedb. 1639-06-21 - d. 1723-08-23 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Dayly Obseruations both Diuine & Morall. The First part: HM 93manuscript owner - Notes for a sermon by Increase Mather: HM 2153manuscript owner - Sermons on the Sacrament: Mss. Octavo Vols. G
Linked SermonsAnother Sermon preached Decem[ber] 31 1694 [sic] -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather December the 24th 1693 -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather Febr: 4th: 1693/4 -- preacher? (autograph: no)A Sermon Preached by Mr Mather January the 7th 1693/4 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Ezekiel 21:27 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Hebrews 7:22 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Isaiah 6:9-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Romans 8:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 1 on Romans 8:34 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ecclesiastes 11:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Ezekiel 21:27 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Hebrews 7:22 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Isaiah 6:9-11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 8:17 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 2 on Romans 8:34 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 3 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon 4 on 2 Peter 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon by Old Mr. Mather -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon o 1 Peter 1:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:32 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Corinthians 12 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Timothy 4:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 1 Timothy 6:12 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:20 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 1:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Peter 2:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on 2 Timothy 3:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Amos 7:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 1:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 2:13 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Colossians 4:5 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Ecclesiastes 11:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Exodus 21:22 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ezekiel 1:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Ezekiel 33:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Genesis 3:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Habakkuk 2:10 -- dedicatee (autograph: yes)Sermon on Hebrews 16:20 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:14 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 2:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 3:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Hebrews 3:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Isaiah 44:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on James 4:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 3:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on John 3:46 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on John 3:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Jude 1:4 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Lamentations 1:7 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 13:1-3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 14:32 -- dedicatee (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 19:41-42 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 21:31 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Luke 4:16 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 16:25 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 16:26 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 23:37 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 25:19 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Matthew 5:28-29 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Matthew 9:38 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Numbers 21:8-9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Numbers 25:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 111:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 36:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalm 75:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 119:20 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 121:8 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 14:5 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 40:12 -- dedicatee? (autograph: yes)Sermon on Psalms 74:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Psalms 89:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 1:11 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 15:3 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 21:6 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 2:2 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 3:12 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Revelation 5:9 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 12:1 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 4:20 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 5:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 5:21 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:15 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:18 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:19 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:3 -- preacher? (autograph: no)Sermon on Romans 8:33 -- preacher (autograph: no)Sermon on unidentified text -- preacher (autograph: partly)Sermon on unidentified text -- scribe (autograph: partly)Sermon on Zechariah 12:10 -- preacher (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesNorth Church -- ParishHarvard College (University) -- Place of BusinessHarvard College (University) -- Place of StudyTrinity College -- Place of Study
Source of DataODNB (Article: 18322); Adrian Chastain Weimer; Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 18322)
Other NoteIncrease Mather was born on 21 June 1639 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. At the age of 12, he attended Harvard College, receiving a bachelor's degree five years later. He preached his first sermon on his eighteenth birthday. Subsequently, Mather entered Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated M.A. Mather moved to England in 1659, preaching at Devon, Guernsey and Gloucester. In 1661, shortly after the Restoration of the monarchy, Mather left for New England, and became minister of North Church, Boston. He married his stepsister, Maria Cotton (1642-1714). His children included Cotton Mather (1663-1728). In 1685, he became president of Harvard. He resigned this post in 1701. Increase Mather died on 23 August 1723, and was buried at Copps Hill, Boston. See also Michael G. Hall, The Last American Puritan: The Life of Increase Mather 1639-1723 (Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1988).
GEMMS record createdSeptember 10, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 12, 2019