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Jun 10, 2024 · Puritan pastor John Cotton drew thousands of followers to the largest purpose-built parish church in England, many of whom followed his dream all the way to Massachusetts Bay. Other men from Boston and St. Botolph’s Church went on to play leading roles in early colonial Massachusetts as well.
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Jun 17, 2024 · Increase Mather, Congregational minister, author, and educator, who was a determining influence in the councils of New England during the period when leadership passed into the hands of the first native-born generation. He was the son of Richard Mather, son-in-law of John Cotton, and father of Cotton Mather.
Jun 17, 2024 · "John Cotton" published on by null. (1584–1652),as dean of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, became interested in Puritanism. He emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1633) and became a religious leader.
3 days ago · Hooker and his supporters became restive under the influence of John Cotton, and in 1636 Hooker led a group to Connecticut to settle Hartford, where he served as pastor until his death.
Jun 23, 2024 · His unusual first name honors John Cotton, a prominent New England minister and contemporary of Mather’s grandfather. Coming from such a prestigious family background, Mather was an...
Jun 9, 2024 · Church organization in the colony was determined by John Cotton, who pursued “that very Middle-way” between English Separatism and the presbyterian form of government.
5 days ago · The children of clergymen tended to marry each other, and a clerical elite was perpetuated over generations, as, for example, Cotton Mather followed his father Increase Mather and his grandfathers Richard Mather and John Cotton into the ministry.
